The New York City Traveler

The name may sound like M. Night Shyamalan’s latest horror flick, but if going to one of the area’s best beaches isn’t your thing, you can still beat the summer heat by taking a dip in the Floating Pool Lady. 
The Floating Pool Lady is a seven-lane freshwater floating pool that is located on a barge just off of Barretto Point Park in Bronx.  The pool has all of the amenities as your neighborhood pool, including a pool house, locker rooms, and restrooms, however the view of the Manhattan may just be unparalleled. 
Location:  Barretto Point Park at Tiffany …read more

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If Water Taxi Beach simply isn’t cutting it any longer, try a getaway to one of the New York area’s finest beaches.  Some are close enough for a day-trip while others are best enjoyed by spending a weekend. 

Rockaway Beach, Queens   Watch the longboarders catch some of New York’s best waves at this surfers delight.  Close to the city, Rockaway Beach Park offers a quick get-away.  Free admission.  A to Broad Channel then S to Rockaway Park-Beach 116th St. 
Jones Beach State Park, NY   If you don’t want to wade in the surf of this 6.5 mile beach, try …read more

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It’s been a wild season for the New York Yankees and we’re only 2 weeks into it!  No, I’m not talking about the lack-luster season which currently leaves the Yankees at .500– second to last in the AL East.  I’m referring to the “Curse of the Bambino” reversed– the buried Boston Red Sox jersey in the new Yankee Stadium.
For those of you who don’t follow urban myths and baseball superstitions, here is the short of it:  In August 2007, a construction worker buried a Boston Red Sox jersey in the ground of what would be the future visitors clubhouse at …read more

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Spring is “film festival season” in New York and today marks the opening of the Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY).  The film festival celebrates the best of Latin America cinema featuring films from Cuba, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America.  The festival runs until Thursday, April 17th. 
Tonight’s opening film, La Noche de los Inocentes (The Night of the Innocents) (Cuba/Spain/Italy), opens with a badly beaten man in the emergency room of La Habana hospital.  Everyone assumes that he’s been assaulted for being a transvestite, but as the night continues, mysterious characters “come out of the woodwork.”  The …read more

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This Monday, March 31st the Yankees begin the 2008 season with a home- opener against the Toronto Blue Jays.  This will be the final year the Yanks will be playing in the 1923 “House That Ruth Built.”  The new $1.3 billion Yankee Stadium (as seen being constructed in the above photo) is nearing completion and will host the Yankees beginning the 2009 season.
Photo credit: flickr 
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New York is a great place for kids during Easter.  The plethora of parks in every borough host Easter egg hunts and festivities.  Here is my short list of egg hunts:
Eggcellent Easter Egg Hunt | South Street Seaport (map) | Saturday, March 22, Noon-4pm   This Trinity Church-sponsored egg hunt will also have games, crafts, live music, and snacks.  Free
Spring Fling Egg Hunt | Brooklyn Bridge Park (map) | Saturday, March 22, 11am-2pm  Over 15,000 multi-colored, candy-filled eggs will be hidden across the city section of Brooklyn Bridge Park and the adjoining Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park.  There will be separate …read more

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Few flowers in the world evoke as much passion as the orchid.  They are spectacular flowers that have been adapted, mutated, crossbred, and cloned.  Often, they closely represent the insects that pollinate them and are viewed by many as erotic and sexual in appearance.   
The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean, and later, the movie Adaptation, starring Meryl Streep and Nicholas Cage, brought the mysterious world of orchid-collectors to the mainstream, forever changing how people view these fascinating flowers.
This year marks the 6th annual Orchid Show hosted by the New York Botanical Society.  The show is set against the …read more

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