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Eighth post from Jackie & Alfie, NYC 2019

July 15, 2019 by Jackie Leave a Comment

Up at 6.30 a.m. on Saturday 8th June to walk Alfie in a sunny, fresh and quiet Riverside Park [Read more…]

Sixth post from Alfie & me, NYC 2019

June 6, 2019 by Jackie Leave a Comment

The morning of 28 May, Alfie and I went to visit the goats by the tennis courts [Read more…]

Filed Under: Jackie and Alfie's American Adventure Tagged With: Alfie, Bob Thurman, Camp, Central Park, Coco, Lincoln Centre, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Philharmonic, Play it Loud, Romie Shrestha, the Cloisters, Tibet House, Yellow Barn Music Haul

Second blog post from Alfie and me, NYC 2019

May 20, 2019 by Jackie Leave a Comment

On Good Friday, Debbie and I tucked in to some of the 18 hot cross buns I brought with me from England

Back in NYC with Alfie!

May 13, 2019 by Jackie

I am so happy to be back in NYC with Alfie! We arrived on 10 April after flying from Manchester Airport. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Jackie and Alfie's American Adventure Tagged With: Brian Lehrer, Cathedral of St John the Divine, CBS, Central Park, Fresh Direct, Gallery MC, Greenwich Thirft store, Irish Arts Center, Jefferson Market Garden, Juilliard, Lincoln Centre, Manchester Airport, Morningside Park, New York City, New York Philharmonic, Port Authority, Riverside Church, Riverside Park, Washington Square Park, WYYC

Open air theatre, films & jazz

July 8, 2018 by Jackie 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. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Jackie and Alfie's American Adventure Tagged With: Barefoot Shakespeare, Black Panther, Central Park, Clinton Castle, Hell’s Kitchen, Lady Bird, Pier 45, Pier 86, Shakespeare, Shakespeare Downtown, She Doth Persist, the Delacorte

Alfie and I are back in NYC!

May 24, 2018 by Jackie Leave a Comment

Central, Morningside and Riverside Parks are Alfie’s favourite places to be – although Bob the cat in the local pet store is his obsession. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Jackie and Alfie's American Adventure Tagged With: Alfie, Central Park, Greenwich Village, MOMA PS1, Morningside Park, Newark, Pow-wow, Riverside Park, Stonewall, Stormy Daniels, Straus Park

The Hudson & East rivers & other park events

June 15, 2017 by Jackie Leave a Comment

The Hudson river runs down the West side of Manhattan past Riverside Park. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Jackie and Alfie's American Adventure Tagged With: Bill de Blasio, Bryant Park, Carl Schurz Park, Central Park, Gene Burtoncini, Gracie Mansion, Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Pier I, Queensboro Bridge, Rachel Brosnahan, Riverside Park, Ryan's Daughter, Summer on the Hudson

Teaching at Tibet House & the Tibetan Museum. Party! More plays: Sheridan & Shakespeare again

June 12, 2017 by Jackie Leave a Comment

I was delighted to be able to teach twice whilst in New York [Read more…]

Filed Under: Jackie and Alfie's American Adventure Tagged With: Barefoot Shakespeare, Belvedere Castle, Central Park, Jaroslav Poncar, New York, New York Classical Theatre, Ryan's Daughter, Shake Shack, Staten Island, Tibet House, Tibetan Museum

Shakespeare: poetry, prose and the garden – and other parks

June 8, 2017 by Jackie Leave a Comment

They are big on Shakespeare in New York. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Jackie and Alfie's American Adventure Tagged With: Central Park, Macbeth, Richard Thomas, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Park, Shakespeare's Garden

Return to New York, New York!!

May 28, 2017 by Jackie Leave a Comment

NYC is as captivating as ever, 7 weeks in to our trip. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Jackie and Alfie's American Adventure Tagged With: Central Park, New York