August 12, 2010 | Manhattan,North America,Travel

My youngest son (21 year old middle child) is moving to Manhattan. That’s his office, the brown building basking in the reflection of the iconic Chrysler building. Doesn’t that building just scream Gotham City to you?I flew with him to NY last weekend to get a feel for the neighborhoods. I’ve been to the city alot over the years, but never with the intention of moving there, so never considered where to live. We spent all of Saturday pounding the pavement – from Midtown, through Murray Hill and Kips Bay, into the East Village and the Lower East Side, up to the Upper East Side, across to the Midtown West/Hells Kitchen/Clinton neighborhoods, down to the Village and Chelsea. I can’t tell you how grateful I was that NY got a break from the heat on Saturday as we walked almost nonstop from 9am until 7pm.Although we were only going a short distance to dinner, we splurged on a cab and settled in at Osteria del Circo for some … Continue Reading »

July 15, 2010 | Dublin,Europe,Ireland,Travel

We got lucky again – another warm day of sunshine in Dublin as we set out for the Guinness Storehouse for a tour and a tasting.The structure of the Storehouse (which means a place of fermentation) was built in 1904 and modeled after the old Chicago school of architecture. Fortunately an elevator runs up through the inside of the building which helped us move through the levels. Continue Reading »