Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Why we won't ever stay at The Gables



Hubby had a business trip that put him in a bed and breakfast in West Philly called "The Gables."

His comments:


  1. The B&B is called The Gables. 
  2. The shared bathroom is down the hall
  3. Showers are on a schedule
  4. My hand tremors make it impossible to lock my room door, because they still use keys with locks from the 18th century. 
  5. It's lovely, and no. Just no. I would rather stay in Camden.
  6. They have a Roku TV. All channels but one require a subscription

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Six ways we've discovered to visit the Statue of Liberty



  1. Staten Island Ferry 
    1. goes by it and it's free
    2. no tour guide
  2. NY Water Taxi
    1. From Clinton Castle
    2. Had a tour guide
  3. Circle Line Cruises
    1. We got tickets from doing Big Bus for Circle Line Cruise
    2. Had a tour guide
    3. From Pier 83 (or 79?)
  4. Liberty Cruises
    1. We got tickets through the Topview site, but there's also a Liberty Cruises site
    2. From Brookfield Place
    3. Had a tour guide
  5. Statue Cruises
    1. The only cruise that goes to the Statue of Liberty and you disembark
    2. This is the one we haven't done
    3. Leaves from Castle Clinton
  6. Hornblower
    1. Can reserve through City Sightseeing or Hornblower
    2. From BPT
    3. Had a tour guide

Walking the new East Midtown Greenway

  We were already in the city, on 5th avenue and 20th.  So we took the 6 train to 59th street and walked east and south to get to 54th stree...