On Friday, having taken Ellie out for her usual run in the park, collected the morning free newspapers on Broadway and had breakfast with Debbie while listening to Brian Lehrer on WNYC, Debbie and I went to Madison Square Park.
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Autumn in NYC without my Alfie – 3rd of 4 blogs: Met Museum, Upstate, Staten Island etc
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Autumn in NYC without my Alfie – 2nd of 4 blogs: Governor’s Island, Botanic Garden etc
December 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
It was time to return to one of my favourite places in NYC – Governor’s Island, luckily still open until October 31st.
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Autumn in NYC without my Alfie – 1st of 4 blogs: “Bull”, the Morgan, Opal Apples etc
December 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
It felt strange to be back in New York for 2 weeks from 15 October to 1 November without my best mate Alfie. 
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Memories of NYC (Part 2)
October 15, 2018 by
This second blog covers the rest of our journey to NYC this Spring/Summer. A lovely experience was the Swedish Midsummer Festival at Wagner Park on the Battery.
Memories of NYC (part 1)
October 14, 2018 by
This is the first of 2 retrospective & final blogs from our trip to NYC 10 April to 26 June. This is my apartment building with my bedroom bottom left! 
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NYC concerts and stunning exhibitions
August 12, 2018 by
Because there are 8 million people in New York, every day there are a myriad of things to do.
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Exploring Morris Jumel Mansion, bird street art, the lower East river and Brooklyn Botanical Garden
July 15, 2018 by
Apart from the wonderful Central Park there are many green spaces in NYC.
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Open air theatre, films & jazz
July 8, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The wonderful thing about NYC in the Spring/Summer is the number of open-air freebies happening all over the 5 boroughs.
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Governor’s Island, Bay Head, Metropolitan concert & eating out
July 5, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Debbie and I finally got to visit Governor’s Island
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Buddhist experiences in NYC – Teachings from HH Karmapa & others and my own teachings
June 16, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The biggest surprise of my visit is the presence of His Holiness the Karmapa in New York.
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