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Tagged with coffee, dessert, dining, drink, outdoors, red-hook, shopping, statue of liberty, view

Between entertaining out-of-towners and amassing a collection of white elephant castoffs, you'll be needing an eleventh-hour escape. And Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood provides exactly that, a few hours of relief ... Read more..

Tagged with brooklyn, Events, festival, food, jazz, long-island, music, wine

Anyone who’s ever waited 12 months for a peppermint mocha knows our yen for some beverages are not only season specific, they are time-sensitive too. We look forward to light ... Read more..

Tagged with dining, reviews, williamsburg

Saltie co-owner Caroline Fidanza wrapped a coat around her and spanned the café from counter to door in four quick steps. She was sneaking out to catch a glimpse of ... Read more..

Tagged with art, cultural-activities, design, dining

When we consider what we know of Providence, many think of Ivy League and design schools, WaterFire, and a quaint New England city a stone’s throw from Boston. But a ... Read more..

Tagged with bed-and-breakfast, budget-friendly, dining, outdoors, train

It’s tough to choose when you’re spoiled for choice, which may explain why Washingtonians would rather list their favorites than pick just one. With an itinerary thick with recommendations, we ... Read more..

Tagged with budget-friendly, food, seafood, train

Manhattan chef King Phojanakong has opened Umi Nom in Clinton Hill as the sequel to Kuma Inn, his wildly popular, pint-sized Asian tapas destination in the Lower East Side. Drawing ... Read more..

Tagged with bedford-stuyvesant, dessert, food, outdoors, wine

Few fruits embody summer like a juice-laden peach on a sweltering city day. And so it was the pursuit of cobbler that led me to Peaches in the small pocket ... Read more..

Tagged with bed-and-breakfast, bus, dining, romantic, train

“It’s like grandma’s house. On pontoons,” my friend Jason said, sinking into a wicker chair at Green Turtle, a floating bed and breakfast in Boston Harbor. Last weekend, I visited ... Read more..

Tagged with food, gardens, green, organic, romantic

I first visited Ortine in February when it was drizzly and cold, which made the brightly lit glass storefront all the more welcoming. Small and sparingly decorated, the café ... Read more..