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Week 5: Wednesday 10th to Tuesday 16th May

May 19, 2023 by Jackie

When you peruse the e mails of what’s on in NYC you can pick up some gems, like the Fotograviska gallery’s exhibition of 50 years of Hip Hop being free for one day with Amazon music donating one dollar for every person who visited the exhibition.

Filed Under: Jackie in the USA Tagged With: Bryant Park, Central Park, Governor’s Island, Guns N’ Roses, Hip Hop, Naumburg Bandshell, Riverside Park, Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, St John the Divine, Staten Island, Stella Blue’s Band

Week 4: Wednesday 3rd to Tuesday 9th May

May 18, 2023 by Jackie Leave a Comment

Wednesday 3rd May was the 15th Anniversary of my meeting Alfie for the first time in Crickhowell so I marked it with a Facebook Post. I miss him more than ever. One of my favourite photos of him was taken 4 years ago, at the age of 11 in Bayhead, New Jersey, standing in his inimitable majestic style. I do feel blessed that this very special being was my loving and faithful companion for nearly 15 years.

Filed Under: Jackie in the USA Tagged With: Anderson Cooper, Anticipatory Grief, Central Park, Jane Jacobs, Juilliard, Long Island City, Manhattan School of Music, Municipal Arts Society, The Local

Week 3: Wednesday 26th April to Tuesday 2nd May

May 18, 2023 by Jackie Leave a Comment

Wednesday morning I set off for “Tavern to go” for a coffee & cookie, feeding crumbs to the birds (American robins and sparrows), [Read more…]

Filed Under: Jackie in the USA Tagged With: Bryant Park, Central Park, Ian Maloney, Il Violino, Manhattan School of Music, New York Library, Riverside Park, Tavern to Go, The Cathedral of St John the Divine, The General Theological Seminary, The Jewish Museum, The Juilliard, The Morgan

Week 2: Wednesday 19th to Tuesday 25th April

May 18, 2023 by Jackie Leave a Comment

I awoke determined to visit one of my favourite places – Governor’s Island, just 800 yards from the tip of Manhattan. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Jackie in the USA Tagged With: Central Park, Governor’s Island, Julliard, Katz’s delicatessen, Natalie Blundell, Rye

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…]

Filed Under: Jackie and Alfie's American Adventure Tagged With: Bay Head, Bryant Park, Central Park, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum Mile, New York City Opera, Riverside Park, Stonewall, Tavern to Go

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

Filed Under: Jackie and Alfie's American Adventure Tagged With: Central Park, Earth Day, Jesse Norman, Judy Collins, Riverside Park, Rye, Shakespeare Sonnet Slam, St John the Divine, The Frick, the Guggenheim, The Morgan, Trader Joe’s

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