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Let’s Go to MOMA Shall We? (NSFW) – PHOTOS

by Tony Shea August 5, 2015

New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), located in midtown Manhattan, features an absolutely astonishing collection of work from some of the most famous artists of all time, and includes a number of pieces that you might call “holy grails” of the art world like “The Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh, “Christina’s World” by […]

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Let’s Go to the Whitney, Shall We?

by Tony Shea May 4, 2015

Spring is in full effect in New York and to celebrate the Whitney threw a block party with free admission to the museum’s new digs.

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Let’s Go to the Easter Bonnet Festival NYC – Shall We? [PHOTOS]

by Tony Shea April 5, 2015

In my role as professional tourist I’m willing to do anything once. And so today I headed out with the family in tow over to 47th St. and 5th Ave for the annual “Easter Bonnet Festival”…

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The Frist Day of Spring – New York Style [PHOTOS]

by Tony Shea March 21, 2015

Ah the first day of Spring! Birdsong fills the air, dogs playfully catch frisbees as neighbors gather for a friendly barbecue, and the warm smell of blooming flowers tickles your nose. Glorious! Unless March has not received the message, which is this case it obviously has not. Instead we here in New York were greeted […]

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The Bronx Riviera – in Winter (Orchard Beach) [PHOTOS]

by Tony Shea February 15, 2015

This winter is starting to suck, I said to myself. I’m sick of being cooped up inside like a prisoner, I thought. What would I be doing back in LA right about now, I asked myself. And then the answer came to me. I would be at the beach! Damn straight I would. And hell, […]

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The New Arrivals (PHOTO STUDY)

by Tony Shea December 19, 2014
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30 Seconds at Grand Central – Ghost Train

by Tony Shea November 21, 2014

Opened in 1871, Grand Central Terminal (Grand Central Station as it more familiarly known) is the largest train station in the world by number of platforms. There are 67 tracks and 21.6 million visitors pass through it every year. It is the kind of place that immediately serves as a metaphor for the afterlife, or […]

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Monogold at Glasslands – This Bloom – Album Release – REVIEW – A+

by Tony Shea November 17, 2014

On a Saturday night that saw freezing temperatures on the East Coast, Monogold brought the heat to Glasslands in Williamsburg, firing up a sold out crowd who had come for the release of the band’s newest album, This Bloom. Hailing from Brooklyn, Monogold is a three-pice unit consisting of Keith Kelly on lead vox, guitar […]

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Dead Man’s Party – Halloween – NY

by Tony Shea November 2, 2014

There have been a proliferation of hardcore haunted houses (like Blackout and the super extreme McKamey Manor in San Diego) over the past couple years as folks seek out more intense thrills. And while I have flirted with the idea of attending one of these gruesome events, I realize that these days I’m more interested in some […]

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30 Seconds at Grand Central – NYC

by Tony Shea October 28, 2014
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Fall Comes to New York

by Tony Shea October 22, 2014

With temps down in the low 50’s and high 40’s at night, not to mention a healthy dousing of recent rain, autumn has arrived in New York, producing a glorious  cascade of reds and oranges, purples, yellows and browns, a kind of  abstract painting that will soon be removed to reveal a sky filled with winter’s […]

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Let’s Cross Manhattan Bridge, Shall We?

by Tony Shea October 5, 2014

One thing you can definitely say about New York City, there sure are lots of bridges (and tunnels.) Thousands of them in fact, from tiny little bridges in Central Park to massive suspension bridges, connecting the five boroughs and  New Jersey. Ten of these many bridges–the George Washington, High Bridge, Hell Gate, Queensboro, Brooklyn, Manhattan, […]

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Let’s Go to Chinatown, Shall We? [PHOTOS]

by Tony Shea September 29, 2014

Yesterday was an absolutely beautiful day for walking in New York. With temperatures in the low 80’s, sunny and dry, I started on 14th St. at Union Square then walked all through the Lower East Side, back up to Chinatown and over the Manhattan Bridge to Dumbo in Brooklyn.

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