Brookhaven National Laboratory is a research laboratory funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The facility focuses on research for studies in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, applied science and advanced technology and is located on eastern Long Island. Every summer, the Laboratories host a four-week series of free programs on Sundays and invites the public […]
When I am not traveling or writing, I can usually have a book in my hand. I love to read, and often I try to combine my passions by visiting a location from one of my favorite books. My book club recently selected two books, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Z, A […]
Today is President’s Day. George Washington’s Birthday is February 22nd, but since 1971 the federal holiday was uprooted from the fixed date and transplanted to the third Monday in February. Sadly, most Americans think of George Washington’s Birthday as a sales bit on car commercials and without much thought about the Patriot that led America […]
One of my favorite things about living on the east coast is the history that accompanies the landscape. I particularly enjoy house tours and set out this month to take in the splendor of the holidays at Westbrook Estate. This 68-room mansion is now known as the Manor House at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum on […]
Keeping up with the elegance and luxury of the Gilded Age that now may be assigned to the Great Gatsby, Mill Neck Manor is one of the remaining historic estates on the North Shore of Long Island. Once known as Sefton Manor, this granite Tudor Revival mansion overlooks the water of the Long Island Sound on […]
So have I enticed you to visit Riverhead yet? With a few more weeks of summer and fall upon us, it is the perfect time to head east of NYC to this busy town on Long Island. I mean seriously, the kids just started school this past week, but anyone in the New York tri-state […]
Did you enjoy part one of 30 reasons to vacation in Riverhead? As mentioned before, the neat thing about Riverhead is that there is something for everyone. Mom’s and daughters will enjoy having tea at Tea Time Cottage, decorating Gingerbread cookies at The Gingerbread University and shopping at the outlets. Fathers and son’s will enjoy […]
Riverhead, New York is a small town on the east end of Long Island sitting at the mouth of Peconic River. Many people associate Riverhead with the Aquarium, the water park Splish Splash, and the Tanger Outlets. These might be the most popular attractions, but Riverhead has so much more to offer. Affordable hotels (that […]
Last week while roaming Barnes and Nobel, I stumbled upon what many people consider to be the “Great American Novel” on the summer reading table, The Great Gatsby. I ended up purchasing The Great Gatsby wanting to re-read it from my high school days before the new movie comes out May 2013. Reading through F. […]
This past Memorial Day weekend, my son and I visited the Village of Greenport on Long Island to check out the Tall Ships. The TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® Series is an annual series of tall ship races and maritime port festivals that educate the public about tall ships, maritime heritage and the power of sail training. […]