Marion's New York

An Insider's View of New York City

The places, the people, the unwritten rules of living there. Updated constantly.

02/17/08

   

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Welcome to my New York!
What do you think of when you hear "New York"?  The Statue of Liberty? The famous city skyline?  The lights of Broadway?
They're all New York, sure.  But there's another New York, that visitors rarely see.  It's my New York - the city where I've lived for 30 years, since I came here from Australia. It's an amazing city, and I want to share it with you. 
This is my New York.  The places.  The people. The seasons of the city.  The "unwritten rules" of living here. I hope you enjoy it, and that, when you visit New York, you see some of my New York.
One caveat.  Things change.  And they change fast in New York.  The restaurant you loved a year ago may be gone, or it may have a new owner and have changed completely.  Or my tastes may be completely different from yours.
So enjoy my New York, but find your own!
Click the links at left to see more.
   

October/November sunsets can be gorgeous.  This is the view from my window tonight.
Every year, a medieval festival is held at Fort Tryon Park, near the Cloisters Museum (all things medieval).  People dress up!
Marion Deland  
 

More cool links

http://www.nyctourist.com/map1.htm This is a useful site for visitors - lots of info about hotels, attractions, etc.

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eguides/nyc.html
This one, too.

http://www.hopstop.com/ is useful for finding your way around the city, though it tends to focus on the subways, and I for one prefer buses.

www.jimsdeli.com
This site is the reason I don't try to be an all-inclusive resource - they've already done it. It wasn't updated this year (2007), though, so they may have stopped maintaining it.

www.forgotten-ny.com
This guy does tours of obscure parts of New York. His site is full of the stuff I love - pictures of old New York and forgotten areas.

New York Cookbook
This is a terrific cookbook, filled with stories about the people, restaurants, and grocery stores of culinary New York.

All my photos
This is where you'll find full-sized versions of the photos shown on this site - and others too.

Other people's photos of New York.

I hate to admit it, but most of these photos are even better than mine.

A NYC 'Photoblog'

Some interesting stuff here, too.

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