Tag: new york

Now We’re Cookin’! How Cooking Classes Enhance Travel (Around the World)

Let us take your tongues on a trip around the world!

Food is a huge part of travel for us, but even more fun is learning how to recreate the gastronomic goodies we discover in the far corners of the globe.

From classes, to demonstrations, to street vendors — who are kind enough to share their secrets — here is a taste of the knowledge we have compiled during our explorations… CONTINUE READING >>

Let us take your tongues on a trip around the world!

Food is a huge part of travel for us, but even more fun is learning how to recreate the gastronomic goodies we discover in the far corners of the globe.

From classes, to demonstrations, to street vendors — who are kind enough to share their secrets — here is a taste of the knowledge we have compiled during our explorations… CONTINUE READING >>

Kickin’ Some Glass in Corning, New York

Chase your GypsyNesters around as we discover Corning, New York!

Located halfway between NYC and Niagara Falls, we create our own masterpieces at the  world’s largest museum of glass, stay at a fabulous Victorian bed and breakfast and see a buffalo crash through a building… CONTINUE READING >>

Chase your GypsyNesters around as we discover Corning, New York!

Located halfway between NYC and Niagara Falls, we create our own masterpieces at the  world’s largest museum of glass, stay at a fabulous Victorian bed and breakfast and see a buffalo crash through a building… CONTINUE READING >>

The Rockwell Museum in Corning, New York

The Rockwell Museum’s emphasis is certainly unexpected for this neck of the woods.

We were thrilled to find several iconic pieces of Western art inside the beautifully restored gallery… CONTINUE READING >> 

The Rockwell Museum’s emphasis is certainly unexpected for this neck of the woods.

We were thrilled to find several iconic pieces of Western art inside the beautifully restored gallery… CONTINUE READING >> 

Fear Conquering & Gliding in a Sailplane

Considering that I have now jumped out of an airplane at 10,000 feet in Australia and paraglided off the sea cliffs of Lima, Peru, one would think that I would have no fear of sailplaning.

And I didn’t. Until I did.

I had about three-week’s notice before… CONTINUE READING >>

Considering that I have now jumped out of an airplane at 10,000 feet in Australia and paraglided off the sea cliffs of Lima, Peru, one would think that I would have no fear of sailplaning.

And I didn’t. Until I did.

I had about three-week’s notice before… CONTINUE READING >>

Veronica Glides in a Sailplane over New York State!


An unbelievably beautiful experience. And, yes, also scary. Of course, Veronica gets in her usual goofy “fear questions” between gasps and panic peeps… See the whole story here >>


An unbelievably beautiful experience. And, yes, also scary. Of course, Veronica gets in her usual goofy “fear questions” between gasps and panic peeps… See the whole story here >>

Letters from Americans to FDR at His Presidential Museum

In the entry hall to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, a wall is covered with letters sent to the president.

Partisan politics is nothing new, but we were impressed that FDR not only kept these, but they are now proudly on display… CONTINUE READING >> 

In the entry hall to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, a wall is covered with letters sent to the president.

Partisan politics is nothing new, but we were impressed that FDR not only kept these, but they are now proudly on display… CONTINUE READING >>