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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

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

Buddhist experiences in NYC – Teachings from HH Karmapa & others and my own teachings

June 16, 2018 by Jackie Leave a Comment

The biggest surprise of my visit is the presence of His Holiness the Karmapa in New York. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Jackie and Alfie's American Adventure Tagged With: Asia Museum, HH The Karmapa, Madison Square Garden, Richard Gere, Riverside Church, Rye, Sakya, Snug Huarbour, Tibetan Museum Staten Island, Westchester