As a young kid in school, we would regularly visit historical sites and museums. On those trips, it always seemed like the people giving us tours were….well….a lot older. And, to be fair, it does kind of make sense. History isn’t a huge money maker, and often times your local town historian is someone volunteering […]
This past December I published a story about having discovered a birth announcement designed as a theater ticket. When I first found the ticket at a garage sale, I hadn’t given it much attention. Later, after doing a little research, I became more and more intrigued by how unique it was. Recognizing the baby in […]
The New York times has written about it. People on Twitter have tweeted about it. Brooklynites have yelled about it over a coke and a slice. No one can agree on where Upstate New York actually exists. If you ask someone from the Hudson Valley, they might tell that you Upstate is north of Rockland […]
If you’ve resolved to make 2018 a great year, then you’re in good company. There’s no sense in looking back over the stressors of a previous year. Instead, each year at this time I attempt to find things to motivate me for the future. You’d think after seven years of blogging about Upstate New York […]
I get a fair amount of emails from people asking all sorts of questions. Normally, the answers are best served by a direct email, but occasionally someone writes in with a topic that I think other readers would really benefit from seeing the response to. Like, this one from Steve S. of New York City: […]