Leaving NY
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What The Monopoly Properties Look Like In Real Life
Whenever I played Monopoly as a kid, I used to love imagining what the game’s city would look like in real life. I remember thinking of Mediterranean and Baltic as being these short, run-down alleys ala West Side Story, while Pennsylvania Ave and the other greens as Fifth Avenue-style apartment buildings. What I didn’t know…
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Escape From New York: Roadtrip Pennsylvania!
Looking to get out of the city, but not sure where to go? I’m a big fan of mini-roadtripping outside of New York, and this day-long excursion to Pennsylvania is one of my all-time favorites. Here’s the itinerary. ROADTRIP PENNSYLVANIA Destination #1: Yuengling Brewery – 501 Mahantongo Street, Pottsville, PA First stop on the agenda…
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The Most Impressive Party Boat In Florida: A Trip To Vizcaya
Though we were fighting the clock to get to Orlando for our flight back to NY, we made sure to leave time for a stop at a place universally recommended by Scouting NY readers: the Vizcaya estate.
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Abandoned On A Desert Island: A Trip To Dry Tortugas
Back to the New York stuff next Monday, but I wanted to close my series of road trip posts with two really special places we saw just before we headed home. On our last day in Key West, we decided to visit Dry Tortugas National Park. Unfortunately, we got some bad news as we arrived…