Summertime, when many people who can afford it head out to the Eastern end of Long Island or the beaches of Fire Island, my friend and I go to the carousel in Central Park. This lovely and historic carousel is in mid-Central Park at 64th Street. The sound of the calliope can be heard all […]
The heat of New York City is not quite like anything else. The term concrete jungle takes on new meaning. It often feels like the heat is sizzling up from the ground. The city seems to move at a slower pace , as if you are swimming through soup. One of the best ways to […]
Here’s the thing about living in New York during the summer: it gets really hot and the air conditioner in your apartment is never good enough to keep you cool. Of course, when you go outside things get even worse with all that hot concrete and asphalt. Sure, you can travel around town on air-conditioned […]
This summer has definitely been one for the record books in New York City. Saying we are a “melting pot” has taken on a whole new meaning! On the days when the heat is just awful to deal with, I go to the movies. As a Jamaica, Queens resident I take advantage of $6 Tuesdays […]
New York City weather works in extremes. Whether it be during the snowy, biting winters or in the sweltering summer heat, New Yorkers spend their lives learning how to adapt. Unlike tropical areas, New York City does not have the privilege of humidity. In some cases, dry, hot summer heat can be even worse. Trekking […]
I was born and raised in Brooklyn. I’ve since relocated to Florida, and people often ask me how can you stand the summer heat of Florida? My answer is, that it is nothing compared to the hot, muggy, stale, smelly heat of New York. I recall growing up in a very old 35 family walk […]
There have been some heat waves during the recent years in New York City, summers are relatively hotter than what they used to be a few years ago. I have seen change in weather patterns across the world but let me only talk about New York City here. I usually sit around in Central Park […]
New York City can be one of the worst places in the world in the summer, as the Manhattan sky scrapers trap the heat all day long, and the stores run the AC so cold you get ill from going in and out of them all day. However, there is a solution to this, which […]
I had never truly experienced Halloween until I went to New York City to celebrate last year. One of my good friends from college knew someone who lived in Brooklyn, and he invited us to stay with him for the weekend. My friend had decided to dress up as a pirate and I would go […]
