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Hello dear readers and as always, thanks for checking out my site!!

I have to do some shameless self promotion now and then and well, its that time…

I am very excited to be doing some freelance writing for www.seenyc.com on one of my favorite topics of all time: New York City!

seenyc.com is a travel site specializing in New York City and is geared towards both first time and repeat visitors. The motto of the site is: Where to go…what to see…
On the site you can book flights, check out restaurants, reserve hotel rooms and… (insert my role…) read articles about what is happening in the city and what activities cannot be missed.

Even if you already live in NYC and want some ideas on things to do and see, check out the site and please let me know if you have any suggestions for article ideas!

The website will go through some cosmetic changes as it grows, but I will always point you to the articles and highlights of the site!

Thanks!
Here are some of the more recent articles:

Roam the Streets of NYC this August

Get Off the Beaten Path in NYC

Live Tennis in NYC

With Wimbledon still in full swing I can’t help but be excited that the US Open will be here before I know it!

The US Open occurs in Flushing Meadows, Queens each summer beginning in August and I can honestly say that it is THE best sporting event I have ever been to (and I have been to what I think are some epic sporting events in the past). It is extremely organized, clean, open and feels like a festival of sorts–often compared to an Olympic village atmosphere. Tickets to the day or night matches are available to see the main matches that take place in the Arthur Ashe stadium (the main arena there) but the tickets also allow free roaming ability to walk the grounds to shop, see tennis auctions, eat, visit and witness all of the constant action on the other 15 courts on the grounds. Aside from the “official” courts–there are practice courts on each side of the grounds and watching the tennis greats warm up up close is my favorite part of the Open.

At the practice courts, all of the players, ranked and unranked, practice for their matches side by side-like at a park or high-school. I am in awe for days after seeing Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal (RAFFA!!!) and Venus practice from front row bleacher seats.

Tickets are available here for the 2010 season that runs August 30- September 12 and here is a tip: if you go a week prior to the Open starting, you get on the grounds for free and can watch (and maybe meet) all of the tennis greats practice up-close.

My friend Cora and me at the Open last year. Love that blue court!

me and Roger

Nadal up close at the practice courts

Venus & Roddick practicing

the globe outside Arthur Ashe Stadium. Originally constructed for the 1961 Worlds Fair.

some of the practice courts

NYC from Arthur Ashe

Amazingly, I had a day with nothing scheduled on my calendar so I decided to do one of my favorite things: play tourist. My destination this time was Brooklyn–the hip Borough.

view of the bridge

Brooklyn water tower

Brooklyn is known for many things. Some call it the new “Seattle” for its music scene. So many bands are coming out of Brooklyn right now that its hard to keep up (my fave currently: TV on the Radio). The NJ Nets will soon make Brooklyn its new home thanks to a Russian billionaire that has a passion for basketball and this borough. It is the home of stroller pushing mothers that work their mandatory hours at the local, yet uppity co-op; large parks that host pickup games of all types; and, it also seems to be the place to live if you (men) want to sport a throwback mustache, Tom Selleck circa ’84 style. I can’t believe all of the ‘staches I see here and maybe its ’cause I don’t live here but I gotta say big N.O. no on that look making a comeback. The only guys I think look good with a mustache, in this order, are 1) Tom Selleck and 2) my dad. However- seems that I am the minority in this line of thinking since Brooklyn did host the 2009 NYC Beard and Mustache Championship.

But I digress…

Brooklyn street

Aside from roaming the quaint brownstone lined streets and and shopping at the some of the best stores around (such as my favorite bookstore Spoonbill & Sugartown), I enjoy noticing the seemingly acceptable, ample amounts of street art. The street art I am talking about could also be called graffiti, but the photos I am posting here will show that the graffiti stereotype of wall litter and/or tagging wouldn’t be appropriate. Enjoy and let me know where you enjoy browsing street art.

a little live art