Keeping Warm in Wintry Weather
Wintry weather has finally reached the Northeast and starting late last week, folks in New York City had to replace t-shirts with with coats, gloves and hats. Here are a few Insider tips to help New Yorkers adjust to the cold weather:
For times when just a regular cuppa joe won't do, we recommend that you warm up with an Irish coffee -- the Kinsale makes the best in town.
If you can't afford an island cruise, but clearly need a trip to some sort of oasis -- a warm place to relax, tap into some inner peace and tranquillity, make the pandemonium of this wonderfully exhausting city vanish for awhile -- the following are a variety of choices to consider:
For times when just a regular cuppa joe won't do, we recommend that you warm up with an Irish coffee -- the Kinsale makes the best in town.
If you can't afford an island cruise, but clearly need a trip to some sort of oasis -- a warm place to relax, tap into some inner peace and tranquillity, make the pandemonium of this wonderfully exhausting city vanish for awhile -- the following are a variety of choices to consider:
- The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. It's a sublime setting to contemplate the meaning of life, and to savor a museum-quality experience without vying for viewing space. The Cathedral is the largest Gothic structure in the world, with an interior length of 601 feet and a height of 124 feet at its nave. You could stroll for hours without discovering all its treasures -- architectural splendors, statuaries, sculptures, carvings, paintings, and exhibits. The seven Chapels of the Tongues represent the international character of New York City. The High Altar features the Great Cross and Menorah. Its enormous pipe organ nearly extends to the ceiling. The Great Doors of the West Front, each 18 feet high and weighing 3 tons, were cast in the same Paris foundry that cast the Statue of Liberty. The Poetry Wall speaks to great literary figures, the Historical Parapet to great historical figures. The Cathedral celebrates the spiritual dimension of everything from sports and education to ecology and civil rights.
- The New York Public Library. Just to look around, pull up a chair, and read, write, or doodle to your heart's content? You don't have to go any further than the first stairwell off the main entrance. Claim that marble bench. Sit. Rest. Watch the world go by. Take a walk or an elevator to the McGraw Rotunda on the third floor. Browse the assortment of exhibitions, including centuries-old lithographs and a Charles Addams collection. Overhead is a ceiling mural interpreting the Promethean legend. Four murals on the surrounding walls depict the story of the recorded word. The south reading room is calm, with mostly a low-level rustling of papers, an occasional scraping of a chair. Tuck yourself away from the entrance where people pick up books to the drone of "Next. Next. Next." Start doodling. Read a poem. Write that great American novel...or maybe just that letter to your grandmother you've been putting off.
- Go see the stars at the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. Along with two exhibition floors, the Planetarium offers various Sky Shows to transport you to galaxies far, far away.
posted by Insider Travel Guides at 12:36 PM
1 Comments:
Right now more that half the Cathedral is shut for renovation - the place looks like a dirty construction site. And "savor a museum-quality experience without vying for viewing space"? Sort of a back-handed compliment - the place has few visitors for a reason.
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