(We Do Want To Go To) Chelsea

3363446580 c452a5be59 300x225 (We Do Want To Go To) Chelsea Huge fan of Elvis Costello — couldn’t help myself with today’s title.

But to be fair, I’m talking about today’s Chelsea in New York, not 1978 in southwest London.  

One of Manhattan’s oldest neighborhoods, lower west side Chelsea has become our favorite part of the city in which to gallery hop, wander street by cobblestone street and nibble our way to happiness.   Read more

Brooklyn Redux

March 18, 2009 by Melanie  
Filed under Brooklyn, New York, New York City, Northeast, The Americas, USA

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

We just got back from New York City, and I’m happy to say that I’ve finally seen Brooklyn again…for the first time since 1992.

This time around, two key things were different:

1.  Adam and I were together.
2.  No one was stabbed in front of me on the F train.

Before the day had even begun, it was a marked improvement.

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