Celebrating New Year's Eve in Times Square usually means freezing your backside off and not being able to use a bathroom for 7+ hours. Shae and I were incredibly fortunate to have an altogether much more amazing experience in Times Square for New Year's Eve 2023/24, enjoying a … [Read more...] about An Amazing New Year’s Eve Party At Charlie Palmer Steak In Times Square – Booked With United Miles
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Visiting The Statue Of Liberty & Ellis Island From New Jersey’s Liberty State Park
I love NYC. I mean, it's my heart city. There are very few places on earth that I've been to that make me feel like NYC. I've visited for most of my life and even lived there for a little while in 2003. So, I've done most of the iconic, "must-dos," like the Empire State Building, … [Read more...] about Visiting The Statue Of Liberty & Ellis Island From New Jersey’s Liberty State Park
A New Jersey Roundup: What We Did (And Didn’t) Do In New Jersey
It's January 2024 and you've probably noticed that last week we posted about Halloween in Salem, MA. Obviously, we've had some lag in our posts. But, it's not without good reason. Stephen has been working like a beast for two months solid on GCGalore, Frequent Miler, and still … [Read more...] about A New Jersey Roundup: What We Did (And Didn’t) Do In New Jersey
Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From New York
After finishing up in Michigan at the end of July, we moved on to the 38th state of our 50 state road trip - New York. We've visited New York City many times before and Shae lived there for a while, but we'd never spent any time in upstate New York. It was therefore great … [Read more...] about Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From New York
A Quick Getaway In New York City
When doing some planning last year for what we wanted to do in the summer of 2023, we booked a two week stay in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Soon before our stay there, we discovered that two different sets of friends would be in New York City on the same weekend which … [Read more...] about A Quick Getaway In New York City
Hamilton, Stonehenge, Thermal Baths & More: Week 1 Of Our 5 Week International Trip
Shae and I are currently in Paris, France as we've paused our 50 state road trip for a month this summer to spend some time in Europe. We left Chicago on August 6 and headed to New York for a couple of days, then flew from there to England. We've been super-busy the past few … [Read more...] about Hamilton, Stonehenge, Thermal Baths & More: Week 1 Of Our 5 Week International Trip
Hotel Review: Holiday Inn Manhattan 6th Ave-Chelsea, New York
I know we'd been spoiled by getting to stay one night at the Park Hyatt New York, but our move to the Holiday Inn Manhattan 6th Ave-Chelsea for six nights was a big letdown. We'd booked it as Shae's mom and stepdad were joining us for the week, so we needed somewhere with two … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Holiday Inn Manhattan 6th Ave-Chelsea, New York
Our Week In NYC: Food, Plays, Friends & More Food
We started planning our visit to New York City more than a year ago. Ticket sales opened up for the Harry Potter & The Cursed Child play in February 2018 and we managed to snag 6 tickets for $100 apiece. Based on how much some other theater goers paid the day we visited, … [Read more...] about Our Week In NYC: Food, Plays, Friends & More Food
Hotel Review: Park Hyatt New York
Having earned Globalist status with Hyatt last year (see: My Cost Of Earning Hyatt Globalist Status: 1,362 Points & $24.70 Per Night), one of the benefits I earned was a free category 1-7 certificate. That certificate meant we could stay at any of Hyatt's hotels worldwide, … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Park Hyatt New York