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city dwellers: new york’s gramercy
Though a spacious loft in Soho or the West Village will always top our dream list of places to live in Manhattan, an apartment in New York’s Gramercy that comes complete with a key to the private Gramercy Park is a close second. It’s hard not to peer through the fence as you walk by, picturing a different life. One where you leave your front door every morning, key in hand (which, we’ve never seen, but we picture to be very ornate and made of heavy antique brass), and settle down on a bench in front of the fountain, reading…
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city dwellers: new york’s murray hill
When the romantic first declared her triumphant return to New York, our minds didn’t even consider Murray Hill. Instead, they took an immediate trip to the good old days. Frolicking about the Upper East Side, hand in hand in hand in hand (our other halves belonging to the other two hands, natch). It seemed easy to resort to our safe space, our boozy comfort zone, our decidedly uncool highlands. Obviously, that changed. As we started to plan our weeklong rendezvous, we realized this was the perfect time to take advantage of all the Big Apple has to offer. With a…
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#LTnyc // a lesson in old habits
It’s been just over two weeks since we were reunited in Manhattan for the epic week that was #LTnyc, and somehow, we still can’t wrap our heads around it. This time 14 days ago, we were together. In the same room! It just feels wildly surreal that it’s all over so quickly, but alas. Time flies when you’re having fun. And, while we’re spouting out cliches: old habits do, indeed, die hard. As you may recall, the romantic had a few musts for her time back in her adopted hometown, and though we didn’t get to them all, we did…
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nyc brewery tour with @urbanoyster (or, the time the wino went day-drinking with her dad)
If you follow all things Lazy Travelers (which, les’ be honest, you should be), you may know our friends over at Urban Oyster. We joined the New York City tour company last winter for a brewery tour of Brooklyn-based beer destinations, which solidified my love for Brooklyn Brewery. When Urban Oyster told me that they expanded their beer tour to span multiple boroughs, I couldn’t wait to try out some new NYC beer hotspots. And, the super amazing cherry on top: they drive you from place to place. Done aaaand done. Before anyone gets accusatory, let me be the first to…
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tourists in our hometown: #LTnyc, the redux (+ a @HotelTonight giveaway!)
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. Ok, travelers: a question. You have one week in your home city to forget you live there. You don’t have to go to work, you don’t have to run any errands, and you definitely don’t have to do laundry. You can run and jump and play and treat your home turf like the playground that it is. So, tell us: what’s the #1 thing you would celebrate about your hometown?? What’s your top local tip that you wish you yourself could do with reckless abandon, but always miss out on because, well, you’re…
