Pirate Treasure at Dungeon Rock

During the Thanksgiving break this year, I took some time to visit the Lynn Woods in Lynn Massachusetts, a beautiful nature reservation encompassing lakes, swamps, rock formations, a small mountain, endless woodland…

…and, according to legend, a pirate treasure that has been buried for centuries.

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Growing up near Lynn, I’d always heard the . . .

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Leaving NY: The White Mana Diner

Recently, I’ve been scouting New York looking for Detroit (don’t ask), a search that ultimately led to me to northern Jersey. As I was driving down down Tonnele Ave in Jersey City, I had to pull over and shoot what has to be one of the coolest diners I’ve ever come across, The White Mana Diner. Seriously, do diners get any better than this?

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Leaving NY: Newark’s Little Red Diner

Unless you need to be somewhere on time, I find that getting lost is often one of the best things that can happen to you. Today, I was heading back to the city from Bayonne, NJ, and got confused trying to follow my iPhone’s directions to the highway. I ended up on Wilson Avenue and had the pleasure of passing by this awesome diner . . .

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A Visit To Sleepy Hollow

“The sequestered situation of this church seems always to have made it a favorite haunt of troubled spirits…To look upon its grass-grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleep so quietly, one would think that there at least the dead might rest in peace.”

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“On one side of the church . . .

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Leaving NY: A Skull & Dagger in Barcelona

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I went to Spain last summer shortly after finishing a huge stressful film job and had an amazing time (despite my surprise to learn that the midday temperature in the south often hits 104°…I, uh, should really do my research before I go on these things).

I spent a week in Barcelona where a . . .

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Leaving NY: The Big Bamboo Lounge, Kissimmee, FL (R.I.P.)

The distance between my front door to the Big Bamboo Lounge in Kissimmee, Florida, is 1,104 miles, or 17 hours 29 minutes driving. Why is this being posted on a blog about New York City?

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If you’ve been reading this site, you’ve probably noticed that it’s not so much about . . .

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