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We attended the [...]

In a city with food offerings as diverse as New York, Uighur cuisine is still difficult to find. Uighur (often spelled Uyghur) is a Turkic ethnicity spread across Central Asia, mainly in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and the northwest Chinese province of Xinjiang.

I fell in love with Uighur food when I was living in China, and [...]

In honor of New Year’s Eve, today’s daily photo is of Times Square, quite possibly the most celebrated place to ring in the new year. Add a few hundred thousand people and some snow to this photo and that’s what it will look like tonight.

Times Square by Alisha

Mural by Sean

Mother Nature has made her presence fully known this season. I was barely able to say goodbye to summer when autumn arrived with a fierce attitude as September hit.
Now that we can all finally admit that fall is here and we (or maybe some of us warm-weather lovers) begrudgingly throw on our layers, I feel [...]

…and green, and yellow, and orange, and red.

I would say southern California only has two seasons—summer and then the rest of the year that seems to blend together with slightly lower temperatures and occasional rain. I think it is because of this that I have never really appreciated seasons. Being born and raised in southern [...]

Summer felt like just a pinch this year.
As soon as it started, it ended.
Already leaves are falling, colors are changing, and the breeze is cooling.
Feeling in need of forest, I made it to Ramapo Mountain Reservation in Mahwah, New Jersey.
It’s about an hour away from NYC with no entrance fee and plenty of trails.
It is [...]

(Please excuse the quality of these photos as they are from a disposable water camera)
Need a slice of heaven?
Tubing down Esopus Creek in the Catskills is the answer to your prayers.
F-S Tube Rental in Phoenicia is worth the $20 bargain (includes water shoes) for about a 2 hour adventure down the creek.
There are mellow phases [...]

I had to catch my flight to London out of New York so I decided to stay for a couple of days to meet up with friends, see some sights and just enjoy summertime in the city. After 4 days, 4 nights and probably about a combined total of 16 hours of sleep, I am [...]

Times Square, as you knew it, is gone… well, at least the cars. Cruising down Broadway this past Saturday, it was a bit unnerving (in a very, very good way) to see people popping a squat in the middle of Times Square. Instead of dodging cabs I had to weave in and out [...]