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Day Three Hundred and Seventy-Seven Walking through Brooklyn in the Wintertime January 31st, 2026

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Who says there’s nothing to do in the cold months? It all depends on how much you want to bundle up and enjoy the outdoors.

The last weekend of the ‘Monet & Venice’ showing at the Brooklyn Museum brought me out to Brooklyn on a sunny but chilly Saturday afternoon recently. I knew there would be crowds at the Brooklyn Museum as everyone was probably thinking of doing the same (at the end of the visit I found this to be true) so I got to the museum by noon and got tickets to the first slot open at 2:30pm.

Since I had a couple of hours until my tour of the exhibit, I decided to tour the Brooklyn Botanic Garden next door. There were no walking tours that day and the gardens were under a foot of snow from the recent storm. There was a quiet beauty of all the snow and the way it fell and shined in the sun all over the gardens. There were no lines or crowds (like the recent lightshow a few weeks earlier), so I had the gardens pretty much to myself.

The first stop on my walk was the Japanese Gardens, which has I had visited recently for the lightshow and experienced the fantastic musical display. The pond now sat under snow and ice and still it was impressive looking.

Walking through the Brooklyn Botanic Garden next to the Japanese Gardens

The Japanese Gardens in the early afternoon

The inside of the Japanese Gardens in the middle of winter. It was such a spectacular view of the pond.

The beauty of the snow covered pool

Another view of the Garden

I never realized how beautiful the Japanese Gardens were in the winter. The sun shines so nicely on the snow covered trees. It was just as beautiful snow covered as it is in the Spring and Summer when the garden is in full bloom.

The fountain in the Shakespeare Garden

I then walked through the entire gardens stopping in various gardens to see what they looked like topped with snow. My first stop was the Shakespeare Gardens and I marveled at the elegance of the snow covered fountain I like so much in the Spring. The variety of the colors of this garden are waiting just under the snow for the warmer months.

The view of the snow covered gardens

I then walked around the paths to the back of the gardens along the watershed lawns that were under a foot of snow and still impressive.

Daffodil Hill in the winter. In two months this will be covered by hundreds of brightly colored daffodils

The Magnolia tree court and sun dial

In the Spring, this is my favorite part of the garden with the hues of pinks and whites of the Magnolia trees and the yellows of the daffodils.

My favorite fountain just off the Magnolia Court on the stairs leading to the Lotus polls

The snow covered fountains by the Lotus pools

The snow covered Lotus pools shined in the sun

I then got out of the cold weather and entered into the warmth of the Tropical Garden Collection. This series of gallery of plants is a series of greenhouses at various degrees of temperatures that display a series of themed gardens. They don’t just display plants but also keep you warm in a cold day.

The indoor tropical gardens

The Tropical Garden collection

The first room I visited wasabi the Bonsai Museum room. The temperature controlled room was perfect for a stroll.

The Bonsai museum

These beautiful tiny well pruned trees lined the tables with their elegance and been so well maintained.

The Bonsai trees lining the tables in the galleries

The beautiful bonsai

The flowering bonsai

The beautifully shaped bonsai

The Cherry blossom bonsai in the middle of the winter

The other trees in the gallery

The video tour of one side of the Bonsai Gallery:

The video tour of one side the Bonsai Gallery:

My video of the gallery tour

The Tropical Room

The tropical room

I then toured the Tropical Garden collection with its series of flowering plants and palms. It was so nice and warm inside and a break from the cool temperatures outside.

A video tour of the Tropical Gallery:

The walk is amazing

The Tropical Room

Colorful tropical flowers line the walkway in the dead of winter

The blooming Lotus

The real White Lotus

I then walked through the second tropical room in the rain forest and there were more beautiful plants to see and experience. There was a wedding garden shoot going on so I was not able to tour the complex.

The flowering tiers of plants in the Tropical room

The flowering plants in the Tropical gallery

The beautiful violets

I then began the tour of the Desert Gallery and the beauty and warmth of the room made me very happy.

The Birds of Paradise in bloom

Along the walls of the gallery, more flowering plants were placed.

Flowers in bloom in the winter

The climate controlled Desert collection was filled with cactus and other plantings the defied the weather. They have a pretty extensive collection of desert flowers and cactus in the room.

The Desert Collection gallery

The flowering cactus family

Walking back through the rainforest

Walking back through the Desert Gallery before exiting to tour the snow covered gardens

Video tour of the Desert Gallery:

There was still a foot of snow on the ground when I visited the gardens that day, which did not make it popular with people wanting to visit the gardens but I found a quiet elegance in just walking the paths and admiring the snow covered plantings. It was like they were waiting to awake again in the near future.

I walked through the gardens which while under a blanket of snow still offered the most beautiful views. I was one of the few people walking through the gardens that afternoon so it was quiet and you could just enjoy watching nature.

Walking past the Children’s Garden in the Winter

Walking over the bridge in the Watershed lawn

I saw this little squirrel holding on to the tree looking cold

The geese feeding on the Watershed lawn

The Cherry Blossom lawn in the winter

The Rose Garden Fountain in the winter

Walking through the Cherry Blossom lawn

Walking back through the Magnolia garden

Taking one last walk around the Lotus Pools

Before I left the gardens that afternoon, I stopped in the Gift Shop for some warmth and see the items they were carrying. They have such beautiful selection of flowers and gifts and the perfect place to warm up on a cold day. Everything is so colorfully displayed.

The Gift Shop at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Everything was in full bloom and really colorful

Everything was so beautifully displayed here

Before I left for the Brooklyn Museum to start my 2:30 pm tour, I stopped at one of my favorite sandwich shops down the road from the museum, Bahn Mai Place at 824b Washington Avenue for lunch. I love their sandwiches and drinks.

I ordinarily try a restaurant a few times before I recommend it for my dining website, DiningonaShoeStringinNYC@Wordpress.com, but I had the most amazing sandwich for dinner a few years ago and I had to share this place with the world.

Banh Mi Place at 824B Washington Avenue

https://banhmiplacebk.com/

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60827-d8530850-Reviews-Banh_Mi_Place-Brooklyn_New_York.html?m=69573

My review on DiningonaShoeStringinNYC@Wordpress.com:

https://diningonashoestringinnyc.wordpress.com/tag/banh-mi-place/

There are also all sorts of rice dishes on the menu, Pho (soups) and salads on the menu as well most priced around $10.00. On the Beverage menu, there is a selection of Hot, Iced and Milk drinks to choose from as well as a selection of Bubble teas and smoothies.

One sandwich I can recommend on a cold day is the Grilled Chicken Banh Mai. I had the sandwich with a mild hot sauce on a cold wintery day. The warm bun and crunchy fresh vegetables with the spicy sauce really warmed me up on a cold afternoon in Brooklyn.

The Grilled Chicken Bahn Mi with a mild spicy sauce

The grilled chicken with fresh veggies

The mild spicy sauce really brings out the flavor of the grilled meat. With a little plumb and chili sauces, it really brings out the flavor of the sandwich.

The chicken was spicy and moist

It was the perfect lunch

The service was very quick and very friendly. The woman who made my sandwich pushed my order ahead of someone else’s who ordered the same thing as me so I could be on my way which I thought was very nice of her.

After lunch, it was off to the Brooklyn Museum and the tour of the ‘Monet & Venice’ exhibition. I was so lucky that I got to the museum early and got the tickets. The show was completely sold out by the time I left.

The Brooklyn Museum at 200 Eastern Parkway

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/

My review on TripAdvisor:

The museum was seriously packed that afternoon, not just for the show but all over the museum. I have been coming here for over twenty years and I had never seen it so packed. Every floor was filled with people.

The entrance to the ‘Monet & Venice’ exhibition

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/monet-venice

The description of the show

(from the Brooklyn Museum website):

Claude Monet once claimed that Venice was “too beautiful to be painted,” a challenge he embraced by creating an extraordinary sequence of works depicting the Italian city. Monet and Venice is the first exhibition to focus on Monet’s luminous Venetian paintings—a radiant yet underexplored chapter in the artist’s late career—since their debut in 1912 (Brooklyn Museum website).

New York’s largest museum show dedicated to Monet in over 25 years, the exhibition features more than 100 artworks, books, and ephemera. Two masterpieces, the Brooklyn Museum’s own Palazzo Ducale and The Grand Canal, Venice from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, are presented alongside selections from throughout Monet’s career—including 19 of his Venetian paintings (Brooklyn Museum website).

The artist’s singular vision of Venice is also set in dialogue with portrayals of the city by renowned artists such as Canaletto, Paul Signac, John Singer Sargent, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Where others focused on Venice’s busy streets and canals, Monet’s interpretation is hauntingly devoid of human presence. Instead, he captures the interplay of architecture with color and light, enveloping viewers in the city’s distinctive atmosphere. Sonic installations by Niles Luther, the Museum’s composer in residence, and other immersive elements will further transport you to this fabled place (Brooklyn Museum website).

Walking through the galleries admiring the art

These were some of my favorite pieces from the show. These also were a favorite of Monet himself to the City of Venice.

The paintings of the Grand Canal

The views along the coastline of Italy

One of Monet’s famous ‘Water Lilly’ collection

Views from the Grand Canal

Walking around the gallery

Another view of the Grand Canal

I could not believe how packed the exhibition got behind me as I double backed through the gallery on the way out. Not only did the crowds grow in the exhibition but the line outside the exhibition was over a hundred deep and wrapped around three galleries on the Fifth Floor. It was so busy on the floor, I decided to walk around other exhibitions.

My favorite painting in the American Wing of the Mountain House Hotel in the Catskills

Then I walked down to the Middle Eastern Wing with the Assyrian and Egyptian Art, one of personal favorites in the museum. Unlike the Met, the Egyptian Wing of the museum is not overwhelming and is easier to view as the exhibits are not as packed with artifacts.

I started first admiring the Assyrian panels of the genies gracing the walls of the famous palace. It blows my mind that these are almost over a thousand years old.

The panels of genies along the walls of the old palace

The panels of genies along the walls

The different versions of genies along the walks

I have been visiting the Egyptian Wing of the museum since I attended the opening of the renovation with my father over a decade ago. It has an iconic entrance to the wing of the museum.

The entrance to the Egyptian Wing of the Brooklyn Museum

Walking through the Egyptian Galleries

Admiring the art on the wall

Walking through the Mummy display

The details on the Mummy coffin

Finishing the tour of the Egyptian galleries

I had a nice time at both the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens and at the Brooklyn Museum. There is more than enough to see and do at both cultural locations in the heart of Brooklyn.

It was a wonderful walk around neighborhood and even with all the snow on the ground, it was easy to maneuver around the sidewalks and streets. The snow may have covered the ground but was a backdrop for the beauty that it displayed. The recent storm did not keep us inside but brought us outside to see how it looked and enjoy its beauty.

Places to Visit:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

990 Washington Avenue

Brooklyn, NY  11225

(718) 623-7210

http://www.bbg.org

Open:  Sunday and Saturday 10:00am-6:00pm/Monday Closed/Tuesday-Friday 8:00am-6:00pm

Admission: Depending on the time of year/please check the website

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60827-d103900-Reviews-Brooklyn_Botanic_Garden-Brooklyn_New_York.html?m=19905

My review on VisitingaMuseum.com:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 990 Washington Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225

Brooklyn Museum

200 Eastern Parkway

Brooklyn, NY 11238

(718) 638-5000

Open: Sunday 11:00am-6:00pm/Monday-Tuesday Closed/ Wednesday-Saturday 11:00am-6:00pm

Admission: Adults $20.00/$30.00 Ticketed Events/Seniors-and Students Over 21 $14.00/Children Under 19 and Members Free

My review on TripAdvisor:

Places to Eat:

Banh Mi Place

824B Washington Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11238

(718) 552-2660

https://banhmiplacebklyn.com/

Open: Sunday 11:30am-9:00pm/Monday-Thursday 11:30am-9:30pm/Friday & Saturday 11:30am-10:00pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60827-d8530850-Reviews-Banh_Mi_Place-Brooklyn_New_York.html?m=19905

My review on DiningonaShoeStringinNYC@Wordpress.com:

https://diningonashoestringinnyc.wordpress.com/tag/banh-mi-place/

Day Three Hundred and Seventy-Six Touring the Met-Cloisters at Christmas time ‘The Yule Tide Tour’-The Walking Tour of the Museum January 4th, 2026

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I love the holidays in New York City. There are so many Christmas themed events to go to and decorated homes to visit. One of my favorite tours is at the Met Cloisters for their Christmas themed walking tours that take place from December through early January.

The Cloisters Museum & Gardens: A Branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

99 Margaret Corbin Drive

Fort Tryon Park

New York, NY  10040

(212) 923-3700

Open: March-October 10:00am-5:15pm/November-February-10:00am-4:45pm

http://www.metmuseum.org

https://www.metmuseum.org/visit/plan-your-visit/met-cloisters

Fee: Adults $30.00/Seniors $17.00/Children $12.00/Members & Patrons and Children under 12 are free (prices do fluctuate).

Museum Hours:

Hours: Open 7 days a week

March-October 10:00am-5:15pm

November-February 10:00am- 4:45pm

Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25th and January 1st.

*Some galleries may be closed for construction or maintenance.

TripAdvisor Review:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60763-d106609-Reviews-The_Met_Cloisters-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

My review on VisitingaMuseum.com:

The Cloisters Museum & Gardens: The Branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to Medieval Art 99 Margaret Corbin Drive Fort Tryon New York, NY 10040

To finish my weekend of holiday festivities before the Epiphany, I took the annual Christmas walking tour of the Met Cloisters. The museum hosts an interesting walking tour of the history of the holidays during the Medieval era. Each tour has a different theme to it. There is the history of Christmas in that era, the use of plants and flowers in the decorating of the religious sites and the historic significance of the visit of the Three Kings.

Each tour guide incorporates the artwork, architecture and plants into the discussion. On average you will have about forty people on the tour.

The entrance of the Cloisters decorated for the holidays

The Christmas Tide Tour:

https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/christmastide-deck-the-halls

The entrance of the gift shop decorated for the holidays

The archways were decorated with seasonal plants and fruits. I read online that the volunteers went into Fort Tyron Park and collected ivy from the wild to decorate the museum. Every day the museum is open during the holidays these are replaced on a daily basis.

The entrance to the galleries decorated for the holidays

We started the tour with a discussion of plants that once decorated churches and ministries

With the change in attitude towards the Christmas holidays during the Middle Ages and its incorporation into church traditions, decorating for the holidays came back into style. The use of holly, evergreen and mistletoe became part of the Christmas tradition and to justify the decorating, they were related to Christian symbols.

The beauty of the life plants in winter

Each of the Cloisters were lined with fresh greens and potted plants giving each of the Cloisters its own special mood.

One of the Cloisters bright with plants

The stairs leading into the chapel decorated for the holidays

The chapel on the main floor decorated for the holidays

The colorful floral displays lining the window sills of the chapel

This led to a discussion about what each plant, flower and fruit meant in the Christian tradition, a clever way to justify decorating and celebrating during the holidays. Ivies, pine, winter flowers and even late season apples not only lined places of worship but gave a festive look and district smell to these buildings. A symbol of life in the cold winter months while they waited for the arrival of Spring.

The plant types that decorated the houses of worship

The flowers and plants lining the chapel

The decorative candle stands lining the walls of the chapel

We then toured the main Cloister, closed for the Winter but was lined with plants, flowers and greens brighting every corner of the building. These were examples of plants and flowers that would have decorated these halls at the holidays.

Walking the halls of the Cloisters

Touring the halls of the Cloisters with flowers and plants to celebrate the season

Walking the halls of the Cloisters

The flowering plants of the Cloisters

The flowering plants and vines that would have decorated churches in Medieval times

We then toured the Tapestry Room and discussed the use of plants in art form and the use of the detail as symbolism in art. These tapestries were meant to cover the drafty walls of palaces and bring in color and decoration to the stone walls.

The famous ‘Hunt of the Unicorn’ tapestry

We then took a detour to the outside gardens that are enjoying their winter slumber. These gardens were used by the cloisters for food, medicines and decorative use. They will start coming to life in a few months.

The Cloisters Gardens

The garden terrace over looking the Hudson River

The terrace gardens in the winter waiting to come to life

Then we went back inside for a discussion of the Three Kings and the Epiphany and its symbolism in art at the Cloisters. These are some of the works featured on the ‘Christmas Tide’ tour to symbolize that visit.

Some of the woodwork from that era

The Visitation of the Three Kings

The Visitation of the Three Kings depicted in stained glass

The Visitation of the Three Kings depicted in statuary

We visited the last of the Cloisters and discussed some of the plants in the collection

We were admiring the plants and flowers

A candelabra in the hallway of the Cloisters

As I exited the building that afternoon, there were potted plants at the entrance of the Cloisters. It was a real treat to walk around the building at the holidays.

The potted plants outside the entrance of the museum

On my way down the stairs and out the door to Fort Tryon Park, I took another walk down the stone steps and walked through Ann Loftus Park. This popular playground was quiet this time of year, awaiting the Spring and the wonderful warm afternoons ahead.

Walking through Fort Tryon Park

Fort Tyron Park

Riverside Drive to Broadway

New York, NY  10040

https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/fort-tryon-park

https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/fort-tryon-park/history

Open: Sunday-Saturday 6:00am-1:00am

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60763-d2305249-Reviews-Fort_Tryon_Park-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

My review on VisitingaMuseum.com:

https://visitingamuseum.com/tag/fort-tyron-park/

Ann Loftus Park in the winter time

Ann Loftus Park quiet in the winter

Ann Loftus Park upon leaving the park that afternoon. The quiet beauty of the Winter.

https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/fort-tryon-park/highlights/11234

https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/playgrounds/325

After the tour was over, I went to G’s Coffee Shop for second breakfast that morning.

G’s Coffee Shop at 634 West 207th Street

G’s Coffee Shop

634 West 207th Street

New York, NY  10034

(212) 942-0679

Free Delivery

Open: Sunday-Saturday 7:00am-9:00pm

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Breakfast—Brunch-Restaurant/Gs-Coffee-Shop-205601462950934/

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d17445018-Reviews-G_s_Coffee_SHop-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

My review on DiningonaShoeStringinNYC@Wordpress.com:

G’s Coffee Shop 634 West 207th Street New York, NY 10034

My breakfast at G’s Coffee Shop

I love coming for breakfast at G’s Coffee Shop after a tour of The Cloisters. The food and service of this small ‘hole in the wall’ diner is wonderful. The meals are so reasonable and when you dine at the counter, you can watch the food cooked right in front of you. I had a wonderful Bacon, Egg and Cheese sandwich with a side of golden pancakes. What a great meal on a cold winter morning.

The Bacon, Egg and Cheese sandwich

The breakfast sandwiches here are so good

The pancakes were wonderful. The perfect comfort food on a winter day.

It was a really great tour, and it was fun to walk around the neighborhood through the parks and seeing all the post-Christmas decorations. Inwood is a really beautiful section of Manhattan with lots to do and see. It is the perfect place to spend the Christmas break.

Day Three Hundred and Sixty-Nine Bergecco-Parc Consulting Inc. presents the “Pasta and Pies” Restaurant concept December 10th, 2025

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The Bergecco-Parc Consulting Inc. Executive Paramus, NJ Team December 10th, 2025

My Executive Team Team picture

Every semester for my Business Marketing, Management and Communications classes, I create one big Team assignment for my students. In a Commuter College, it is a lot tougher for students to get to know one another between their studies and their jobs, so I create these projects to foster learning, creativity and especially Teamwork.

This semester I taught three sections of Business 101-Introduction to Business, which is the entry level course to the Business/Hotel Management School. This is a tough course to teach as you always have students of various age groups and various levels of industry experience.

The Fall semester was no different. This makes the class more interesting yet more challenging to teach. I still challenge them and test them to see what type of future executives they will become.

This semester I created three restaurant concept projects for my students, “Sounds and Subs”, a music store and sub/sandwich shop concept based on Mike’s Sub Shop in Boonton, NJ, “Farmer’s Market”, a farm to table concept based on The Corner Counter in Red Hook, NY and then “Pasta and Pies”, a sweet and savory pie concept with pasta dishes based on Nobel Pies out of Beacon, NY.

My evening Business 101 class worked on the “Pasta and Pies” concept where they were challenged to create a restaurant with a menu of sweet and savory pies, creative pasta dishes, a mocktail menu and a gift shop selling items from their menu plus clothing and gifts. The results were amazing to see and what students with a little creativity, a lot of time (six weeks) and a little push can accomplish.

In the past, I have created these projects under the Bergecco-Parc Consulting Inc. banner, the main consulting company, the Orion Malls banner, a Mall design company and the Buscomonzefi.com banner, my Tech Division. Each business does its best to be creative, forward thinking and have a thought producing presentations. I also challenge the students to top on another in their presentations and build on what they have seen others do in the past.

The Bergecco-Parc Banner is an acronym for Bergen Community College Paramus Campus where I work. I use this concept to teach the lessons in the book.

Professor Justin Watrel, CEO Bergecco-Parc Consulting Inc.

Our Corporate site (created my one of my former President’s:

Additional Resources

This class created menus with creative pies and what delicious ingredients that can be tucked into them, selective pasta dishes with side salads and unique signature desserts. Some students kept the menus safe while others really put their heart and sole into it and showed how creative they were with their menus.

One Wednesday night, December 10th, 2025, the class presented their ideas to me and these are the results of the individual Teams.

The Project Concept:

The Proposal for Pasta and Pies:

BCC-Bergecco-Parc Consulting Inc. 2025 Pasta and Pies Fall SemesterDownload

The PowerPoint Presentation of the Project:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1G9MngEpc0Jzxa-jsUcfCI-R9eSd-pBG1PAhMsOYflCY/edit?slide=id.g3aaba619d79_4_162#slide=id.g3aaba619d79_4_162

The YouTube Presentation:

Part One: Opening Team Four and Team One

https://www.youtubeeducation.com/watch?v=FeXYdhTMG8c

Part Two: Team Two and Team Three

Part Three: Team Five and the Conclusion

https://www.youtubeeducation.com/watch?v=vV-C8kg5jbI

The Company Website:

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The Team Presentation pictures from that evening:

Each of the Team members are required to be in Professional dress when presenting their project to the fictional client as they would in task life.

Team Four starting their presentation

Team One presenting their presentation

Team Two’s winning presentation and I wanted to add the best dressed Team

Some of the creative Gift Shop ideas from Team Two

Team Four presenting their project featuring their logo

Team Five making their presentation of their Team

Some very creative advertising from Team Five

At the end of the presentation and after the Q& A, we take the Corporate picture, which I do to show feature recruiters what these students are made of and what seasoned executives they will make in the future. I really am proud of the students that accomplish this project.

Our Corporate picture at the end of the evening

At the end of the evening, I always have a small reception after the presentation. Many of the groups brought samples of their pies for extra credit and our President was the manager of a bakery and brought this beautiful sheet cake with the company logo on it. I thought this was very clever.

The President’s Cake at our reception after the presentation

I bake a variety of cookies, brownies and rice crispy treats along with providing a variety of chips, sodas and waters for the reception. It is my way of recognizing a job well done.

The students did a nice job interpreting what the ideas and theme of the project was and what the client might be expecting.

It was a very interesting evening of which I hope the students carry with them in the future not just to other classes but into the workplace as well.

Best of luck to my future executives.

Aux Merveilleux de Fred Midtown 1001 Sixth Avenue New York, NY 10018

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-Aux Merveilleux de Fred

1001 Sixth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

(646) 590-0263

https://auxmerveilleux.com/en/pastries?city=&store_slug=new-york-midtown

Open: Sunday-Saturday 7:00am-9:00pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g60763-d23759815-r1042403197-Aux_Merveilleux_De_Fred-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

The inside of the bakery

I came across the branch of Aux Merveilleux de Fred (I discovered there are three other branches in New York City) when I was exploring the Garment District for my blog MywalkinManhattan.com. I spied the delicious pastries in the window and this the last part of my trip that day. I saw items being made in front of me and a new batch of brioche just coming into the window.

The wonderful selection of sandwiches and brioche

The delicious pastries and meringues

I fell in love with the sugary brioche and the delicious meringues. The pastries here are such high quality and the selection of delicious treats is so different from other pastry shops in the City.

The store was beautifully decorated for the Christmas holidays. A little bit of Paris transported to New York City.

The delicious Sugar Brioche and the Cherry Merveilleux

The Cherry Merveilleux is a light meringue with a sugary Cherry topping. These delightful treats are sweet and whimsical to look at and more fun to eat. The sugary brioche have a chewy and crunchy consistency to them and are the perfect afternoon treat.

The Sugar Brioche

Inside the layers of brioche dough are the sugar crystals that give the pastry its extra sweetness.

The brioche pulls apart so nicely

The are so buttery and rich. These were warm just out of the oven.

The Cherry Mini Merveilleux are wonderful

This simple Meringue is delicious

The baked goods here are high quality and delicious. The service was excellent as well, very friendly and personal. It like visiting Paris in Manhattan. You can not pass by this bakery without stopping in to try something.

The history of Aux Merveilleux de Fred:

(from the Aux Merveilleux de Fred website)

About Chef Frederic Vaucamps:

Frédéric Vaucamps is a pastry chef from the North of France. During the 1980s, his career in pastry took him back to a cake dear to his heart: The Merveilleux. He adapted the recipe to make it extremely lightweight. In 1997, he decided to name his Lille store after his flagship cake, and so “Aux Merveilleux de Fred” was born.  His version of The Merveilleux has quickly become a must-have, just like the cramiques and his Belgian waffles.  Frédéric combines know-how and tradition to offer high-quality products in stores that are the epitome of French elegance.

Artisan pastry chef Frédéric Vaucamps utilizes his unique know-how to create his recipes whilst remaining true to his signature style: lightness and deliciousness. Each cake and pastry requires artisan know-how, a mastery of the craft that imbues them with a flavor that is instantly recognizable amongst thousands of others.  

About the Company:

We love to share and showcase our artisan know-how. Our specialties are created in front of our customers, in each of our store’s ateliers. Every day we pledge our commitment to offering high-quality products, created before your eyes and baked all day long. We make our specialties using ingredients that have been selected for their quality.

These tiny and delicate meringue treats evoke a specific period in French history: high society life during the Directory regime. The aristocratic Incroyables and Merveilleuses, as they were known at the time, would gather in salons to discuss politics and economics. But their main objective there was to see and be seen, to drink tea and eat cakes. The “Aux Merveilleux de Fred” stores with their refined, baroque decor, are generously adorned with mirrors and gilding and take inspiration from this historical period.

Frédéric Vaucamps transmits his passion for the French art of living through his cakes and pastries: the art of taking your time and appreciating good and beautiful things.

Day Three-Hundred and Sixty-Six Attending the Macy’s Day Parade. November 27th, 2025

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It has been almost a decade since I attended the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. The last time I attended the parade, it was when my best friend came in from the Midwest as part of a four day band trip that the local high school sponsored as they were performing in the parade. We had a really nice time.

My blog on Thanksgiving in NYC in 2015:

https://mywalkinmanhattan.com/tag/macys-parade/

For the next several years it was either spending time with a friend out on the island or family commitments or the weather that kept me away. Last year it down poured on the parade. This year it would be hit or miss with the weather but the rainstorm the day before went out to sea and it ended up being a sunny cool day.

My spot on the corner West 46th street and Sixth Avenue for the start of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

https://www.macys.com/s/parade/lineup/

I got there early leaving the house at 7:00am to a packed bus. I was lucky to get a seat and I am at the beginning of the route into the City. We just passed all the stops on the way into the City as we zoomed through the Lincoln Tunnel, a first in a long time.

The crowds at 8:00am on Sixth Avenue

I had read that the route had moved from Broadway to Sixth Avenue, so I walked a couple of blocks uptown to get away from the Times Square crowds. I figured that was where all the tourists were headed. I settled on West 46th Street, which has an incline near one of the office buildings and offered a better view.

The crowd just kept growing around me at the start of the parade.

The parade started uptown at 8:30am and made its way down Broadway until 59th Street and turn on Sixth Avenue and made its way down Sixth Avenue to Macy’s on West 34th Street. I was around the halfway point. Around 9:15am, we heard the first band coming down the Avenue and Tom Turkey, one of the oldest floats in the parade that I could remember from my years in the parade.

The Tom Turkey float used to house the grand marshal of the parade. My first year with the parade in 1988 it was a freezing cold Clint Black, the country singer.

Tom Turkey passing West 46th Street

As the float passed by there was no one on top. Maybe it was too cold or maybe they were on a different part of the float. That height can freak people out.

The start of the parade passing all of us on West 46th Street. The crowds and the excitement started to build. We could see Tom Turkey coming down Sixth Avenue to start the parade. People started to cheer as the parade passed us by.

The start of the parade with the Macy’s logoed gold balloons, which have been part of the parade since I volunteered in the early 1990’s.

The Macy’s balloons at the start of the parade

After this, it was a series of balloons and floats that passed by. The funny part was I thought there were more marching bands in the past.

The Super Mario balloon passing by

The Super Mario passing by

Doria the Explorer balloon

Doria the Explorer passing by our spot

The SpongeBob SquarePants balloon

The Sesame Street float passing by

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid balloon

The Green Giant float passing by

The Disney Float passing by with Micky Mouse

The Spiderman float makes an impact on the parade

The Spider-Man float passes by

The Minon passing us and looking everyone over

The Stuart the Minon balloon passes by

The Golden Turkey float passes by with rapper Busta Rhyms

The balloons Gabby and Panda Paw balloon pass by

Cool & the Gang on the Bronx Zoo float

The Smokey the Bear balloon

The Snoopy float, one of the many that have graced the parade for years

Snoopy passing by

Snoopy has been part of the parade in different forms since the early 1990’s. This is the latest version of the balloon.

The Pac Man Balloon passing by

The Marshall from Paw Control balloon passes

The Buzz Lightyear balloon passes by

The Silver Macy’s Balloon

The parade passed by in intervals as the parade had to stop for performances further down the route.

The Jolly Polly Pirate Ship passes by with Mr. Fantasy. I did not know who he was.

The balloons moved down Sixth Avenue

Here comes the Shrek Onion Carriage balloon in the distance

The Shrek Onion Carriage balloon

The Goldbear balloon

The Bluey the Dog balloon

The Counting Sheep Dream float passing by with performer Debbie Gibson, a singer from the 1980’s.

The Noorah balloon

The Palace of Sweets float

The Pillsbury Doughboy then passed us

The Pillsbury Doughboy passing us in the parade

The Deck the Halls float passed us with Ms. Christmas herself, Darlene Love, whose Christmas song, ‘Nobody aught to be alone on Christmas’ is played every year in the movie, ‘Home Alone II’.

Darlene Love on the Christmas float as it passed by

Then Minnie Mouse made her appearance towards the end of the parade

Then the ‘Believe’ balloons came down Sixth Avenue to announce the arrival of Santa

Here comes Santa, which basically opens the shopping season snd Christmas

Santa waving at the crowds

Santa waving to us as he passed by

Santa saved my way as we all waved to him

Santa on his sleigh marking the end of the parade as it passed West 46th Street

Then the parade ended by us as it made its way to West 34th Street to join the crowds at Macy’s. There all the performers would perform clips from their shows.

Sixth Avenue at the end of the parade

After the parade was over, I spent some time in Midtown getting some work on previous blogs and creating new ones.

After work was over at the club, I headed down to Chinatown for my Thanksgiving dinner. I had been feeling the sniffles trying to come in, so I had my dinner at Wonton Noodle Garden for an early dinner.

I felt I needed the excise and the fresh air to fight this thing so I walked from East 44th Street to Chinatown. I figured a several mile walk would get rid of this thing. I got some great pictures in along the way. All the parks on the way to Chinatown still had foliage left on the trees and the parks were also decorated for the upcoming Christmas holiday season. This is when you get to see the City at its best.

Herald Square Park decorated for the holidays

https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/herald-square

Madison Square Park in the late Fall

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Washington Square Park by NYU decorated for the holidays

https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/washington-square-park

The park looked so festive in the late Fall

I loved the decorations on the gate

When I was attending NYU, I never realized how close Chinatown was to campus and I made my dumpling runs as many times as I could. I wanted to be supportive to Chinatown businesses. I decided earlier I would go to Wonton Noodle Garden (Mei Lai Wah) on Bayard Street for Thanksgiving.

Wonton Noodle on 62 Bayard Street

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My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d26997229-Reviews-Mei_Lai_Wah-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=69573

My review on LittleShoponMainStreet@Wordpress.com:

Wonton Noodle Garden 23 Pell Street New York, NY 10013 (moved in June 2023 to this new location)

I thought Chinatown and Little Italy would be closed down for Thanksgiving and I would not have much of a choice of places to eat. Wrong! Chinatown was mobbed with both locals and tourists and all the restaurants would be packed until 6:00pm.

When I got to the restaurant, it was packed with diners. I sat in the counter area by the kitchen, which I enjoy. You get quicker service and I like talking to the staff.

My Thanksgiving dinner, Cantonese Wonton Soup with Roast Pork, Egg Noodles and Pork Wontons and a order of Fried Wontons

This is the best dinner and the cure all when you have a cold. It cleans out all the cold in your system. The food and the service here are excellent. I have coming here since the original restaurant opened on Mott Street back when I was in Junior high.

The Cantonese Wonton Soup chicken broth is so rich in flavor

The Fried Wontons are the perfect accompaniment to the soup, crisp and served with a sweet sauce

The Wontons are so good

The staff is so funny here. They can never believe my appetite. I had had only a quick breakfast and no lunch so this served as both lunch and dinner. I was still hungry after lunch. I knew where to walk for dessert.

I stopped down at Great Taste Bakery on 53 Catherine Street for dessert.

https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/402220001/great-taste-bakery-inc/

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d26903712-Reviews-Great_Taste_Bakery-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=69573

My review on DiningonaShoeStringinNYC@Wordpress.com:

Great Taste Bakery 35 Catherine Street New York, NY 10038

Not only were they open but still baking. I got two egg custards that were still hot out of the oven. The tables were filled with local residents talking with their neighbors in Chinese.

The egg custards at Great Taste Bakery

This is one of the last reasonable holdouts in Chinatown for excellent desserts and cheap prices. It caters to the older locals and the hipsters who are flooding the neighborhood.

After dinner, I decided to walk back to Port Authority since it was such a nice night. Most people think I am crazy when I do this but it really is a nice walk.

Walking through Chinatown around 5:30pm Thanksgiving night

Chinatown at night near East Broadway

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Midtown with the Empire State Building lit for Thanksgiving

The Empire State Building in all its glory

It really was a great afternoon and a wonderful Thanksgiving. This was fun just seeing the parade on a sunny afternoon and the perfect dinner in Chinatown.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

The complete Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade 2025:

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in 2025

Day Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Artist Party-Ruth Asawa-Member’s Night at the MoMA November 22nd, 2025

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The front of the Museum of Modern Art on 11West 53rd Street

https://www.moma.org/

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g60763-d105126-r1040038069-The_Museum_of_Modern_Art_MoMA-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

There is always a lot of excitement when a new art exhibition is ready to open. It is even better when the museum opens it to its members first before the public gets a glimpse. The lines always wrap around the corner from the museum.

The long line of MoMA members waiting to get into the museum for the opening night of Artist Ruth Asawa’s exhibition

I noticed this year especially and right before Thanksgiving, all the museums are throwing open their doors for Member’s Nights. I have been invited to five Members Nights at museums all over the City. You can’t attend them all but when you can, it is a lot of fun.

The excitement the museum creates for these evenings

Video of entering the museum at the start of the opening with 80’s Japanese Pop Music

I think in an economy like this, these Members Nights are one of the best ways to engage with the membership for both donations and renewals of memberships especially before the holiday season. Plus it gives the members a wonderful night out to see the exhibitions ahead of time and enjoy the evening after a long week at work.

The opening of the Ruth Asawa Retrospect

Artist Ruth Asawa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Asawa

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The biography of the artist and her works

https://www.moma.org/artists/21-ruth-asawa

Biography of Artist Ruth Asawa:

(from the Museum of Modern Art website)

Born on a farm in Southern California, Asawa began her arts education when she was a teenager and she and her family were among the thousands of persons of Japanese descent who were forcibly incarcerated by the US government during World War II. It was at the internment camp that Asawa began taking classes in painting and drawing. After her release, Asawa studied to be a teacher but was unable to get a license because of her Japanese heritage, so she enrolled at Black Mountain College, an experimental art school in North Carolina. Asawa took classes from and worked alongside fellow artists Josef Albers, Robert Rauschenberg, Merce Cunningham, and R. Buckminster Fuller. Black Mountain was also where she met her husband, the architect Albert Lanier.

I loved her wire woven sculptures. They were the real standouts of the show.

The wire woven sculptures were the standouts of the exhibition

I thought these were a unique design

I liked here colorful paintings, these are of her child’s footprints. I loved the idea that her children were involved with the art

The patrons enjoying the art

The display of the wire art

The displays were impressive and graceful

The colorful faces looked tired

The look of nature in the wire art in the form of trees

I loved her works of food

At the end of the exhibition and the evening, I joined everyone on the main floor where the bar and gift shop were located. The main floor was the busiest part of the museum. I wondered if some of these people even went upstairs to see the exhibition or just stayed downstairs to socialize.

The main floor of the museum is always packed with people

Share in the excitement of the Membership opening

These evenings always get my mind off the stress of life. It is nice to just be in Midtown Manhattan and be in the moment. It is nice to see art, hear music and walk through the museum.

Alexis Bittar Store 125 Greenwich Avenue New York, NY 10014

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Don’t miss the beauty and elegance of the Alexis Bittar stores.

The inside of the Alexis Bittar store in Greenwich Village

The elegant window displays at the store.

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Alexis Bittar Store

125 Greenwich Avenue

New York, NY 10014

(917) 365-5718

https://www.alexisbittar.com/

Open: Sunday 12:00pm-6:00pm/Monday-Saturday 11:00am-7:00pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

There are just some stores that stand out when you walk by them. Whether it is the merchandise in the window, the store displays or just window display itself that draws you inside. This is how the Alexis Bittar store is 125 Greenwich Street in Greenwich Village. It is just so impressive from the elegant displays in the window, the beautiful merchandise in the displays and when you walk in the very personal service and attention you receive. You do not see this much anymore.

Alexis Bittar at 125 Greenwich Avenue

What drew me in initially was the beautiful window displays which are surprisingly hiding under the scaffolding of the building which is being renovated.

The windows at Alexis Bittar showcase all the beautiful merchandise

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Village Pizza 65 Eighth Avenue New York City, NY 10014

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Don’t miss the delicious sandwiches and wonderful pizza at Village Pizza in Greenwich Village in NYC.

The sausage pizza is excellent!

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Village Pizza

65 Eighth Avenue

New York City, NY 10014

(212) 243-4367

https://www.villagepizzanewyork.com/

Open: Sunday 11:00am-10:00pm/Monday-Wednesday 11:00am-9:00pm/Thursday-Saturday 10:00am-10:00pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d4255652-Reviews-Village_Pizza-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

Village Pizza at 65 Eighth Avenue

I love exploring Greenwich Village. Here and there tucked into corners are all sorts of interesting stores and restaurants. One of the standouts is Village Pizza at 65 Eighth Avenue. This small hole in the wall pizzeria offers delicious food and excellent friendly service.

The inside of the restaurant

The first time I tried the restaurant, I stopped in for lunch before classes at NYU. I had the most wonderful Meatball Sandwich ($8.95), in which you are served four large meatballs on a soft chewy roll with fresh marinara sauce.

The Chicken and Meatball Parmesan sandwiches are really good

The meatballs I could tell were home made as well as the sauce was made from scratch. You could really taste the…

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Rosecrans 7 Greenwich Avenue New York City, NY 10014

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Don’t miss this wonderful little shop in the heart of Greenwich Village.

Don’t miss visiting Rosecrans in Greenwich Village on a warm day for a drink and pastry and people watching.

Inside and out you can admire beautiful flowers

Don’t miss a relaxing breakfast at Rosecrans of Scrambled eggs with Chives and Cheddar on sourdough bread and a sweet Teddy Madeline on the side with freshly squeezed Orange juice. The breakfast I had recently was delicious.

For lunch, do not miss their Three Cheese Grilled Cheese with a Fresh Ice Tea. It is the perfect meal.

The quiet corner to dine in the store.

The amazing Three Cheese Grilled Cheese sandwich.

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Rosecrans

7 Greenwich Avenue

New York City, NY 10014

(646) 504-6864

https://www.facebook.com/people/Rosecrans/100063571299072/

https://www.instagram.com/rosecrans/?hl=en

Open: Sunday-Saturday 8:00am-8:00pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d19402656-Reviews-Rosecrans-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

The outside of Rosecran’s Florist Shop and Cafe in late October 2022

Ever since I started Graduate School at New York University, I walk to school every day from Port Authority to the Greenwich Village to get exercise and clear my head before classes start. This gives me a chance to walk around the Village and explore the shops and all the wonderful concepts that people are developing in their stores with creative merchandising and wonderful window displays. What lured me into Rosecran’s was all the beautiful floral displays in the window and the beautiful little cafe that was outside that seemed to be popular with the locals in the neighborhood.

The entire outside of the store was surrounded by flowers and plants and on a warm September or…

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Abracadabra NYC 19 West 21st Street New York, NY 10010

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For things that go bump in the night, Abracadabra is the place for you!

The front of the store comes to life with all sorts of things that go bump in the night.

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Abracadabra NYC

19 West 21st Street

New York, NY 10010

(212) 627-5194

https://abracadabranyc.com/

https://www.facebook.com/AbracadabraNYC

Open: Sunday 1:00pm-7:00pm/Monday-Saturday 11:00am-7:00pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60763-d15010693-Reviews-Abracadabra_NYC-New_York_City_New_York.html

Abracadabra at 19 West 21st Stree

Abracadabra right before Halloween is an experience into itself

Ghosts and Ghouls greet you when you enter the store

Abracadabra is one of those stores that just stands out when you walk in. Every day is Halloween when you walk in the door and everything is there to shock and amaze you. It is a interesting blend of theater, imagination and creativity that makes the store come to life. Even the staff walk around in masks and costumes showing off the merchandise. Many I am sure are actors and artists using their own sense of style to show the costumes off.

Abracadabra is no ordinary store

There is no lack of interesting costumes to try on or accessories to match them…

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