Last week, I was scouting an empty townhouse on the Upper East Side. I turned into a room on the second floor – and stopped cold.

Holy crap – Had I somehow been transported into the Overlook Hotel from The Shining??

Other . . .

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If you’ve seen Spider-Man 2, you’ve seen my parents in a movie.

Sort of.

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If this is your idea of a board game…

…you really, really need to take a trip to one of my all-time favorite stores in New York City, The Compleat Strategist – the perfect place to find a completely original gift for that special someone on your list:

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Yesterday, I received this e-mail from a reader:

An interesting question. Really, how to put a value on content you’re used to getting for free?

After much thought, I realized the only solution is to compare the enjoyment you get from Scouting NY to products you buy without much thought. In other words, if you get as much enjoyment out of one of the following as you do an entire year of original content from Scouting NY, perhaps that’s an appropriate donation amount? A few choice examples:

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On November 8, Scouting NY celebrated its fourth birthday – Hooray!! To date, that’s over 550 posts and nearly 10,000 pictures highlighting the beautiful, strange, and overlooked places I come across in my travels as a movie location scout in New York City.

So here is my once-a-year movie fund-raising request to you, the constant reader:

If you’re a fan of Scouting NY and have enjoyed my work over the past year, would you please please consider making a donation to my film fund?

Goal: $30,000

Raised so far: $21,235.69

Readers Who
Donated: 998

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