Experiencing MoMA and the beautiful Omni Berkshire Place in New York City mikecohen February 26, 2015 6792 Travel Spotlight NEW YORK CITY: If you are headed to New York City anytime soon, here is a good tip: purchase the CityPASS (www.citypass.com/new-york). New York sure does appreciate its Canadian tourists. By...
Lake House at High Peaks Resort The Montrealer December 18, 2014 8132 Renovation of this funky 1960s-era Adirondack motor lodge is a finalist for ‘Best of the Year’ by Interior Design Magazine Lake House is part of the High Peaks Resort in Lake Placid, overlooking the pristine M...
New York: The best of the best sharmanyarnell March 12, 2013 5000 London, Paris, Dublin, Berlin - they all bring out the wanderlust in me. One city does something to me that defies reason. New York. It doesn’t matter what time of year, there is something magical about it. Som...
New York City: shopping, Broadway and fine dining mikecohen March 1, 2012 5204 NEW YORK CITY - There is no question that New York City remains one of the most exciting destinations in the world. When my family and I travelled there recently, it marked our first trip to the Big Apple in si...
Family activities in Albany, New York’s state capital mikecohen February 1, 2012 5590 ALBANY - My family and I recently spent a few days in Albany, the capital of the State of New York, on our way to the Big Apple. Albany has attracted visitors for 400 years with historic sites, fabulous attract...
A “Grand” Island to visit in New York’s Niagara Region The Montrealer February 14, 2011 5424 GRAND ISLAND, NEW YORK: For 12 of the past 13 years our family has spent the Christmas holidays in the warmth of South Florida. This year we decided to do something completely different. With some US friends of...
My South Florida alternative – Oakville, Niagara and Toronto The Montrealer January 3, 2011 5490 Winter plans do not always have to include warm weather climates. For the first time in well more than a decade our family did not spend the Christmas holidays in South Florida. It was not in the cards for us t...
Mirror Lake Inn – good times and special memories The Montrealer November 5, 2010 5314 The Mirror Lake Inn has a rich history that dates back to 1926. WR Wikoff, after making a fortune with his “Fuller Brush Man” concept, retired with his wife to Lake Placid and transformed an estate into an inn ...
The Baseball Hall of Fame is the highlight of Cooperstown, N.Y. The Montrealer May 7, 2009 3542 Some of those who dispute the claim that Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball in a cow pasture in Cooperstown, N.Y. in 1839 say the idea is nothing more than a “field of dreams”. Any notion that this...
