More Odd Yonkers Signage…
First No Balloons in the Library, then You Can’t Stop Oprah…And now this: Then again, why not? “Notice: Employees Only,” “Danger High Voltage Keep Out,” and while we’re at it, “Don’t Be So Bad Kids.” Works for me. -SCOUT
A Quick Check-In With Penelope, The Rescued Pit Bull
For anyone new to the site, in January, my friend found a pit bull chained to the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn, left to die overnight in a horrendous snowstorm. I posted her story here, and despite the fact that about 1 in 800 rescue pit bulls finds a home, she became a sensation, and I…
New Scouting NY Contest! Where Am I?…
Scouting NY and ScoutMob.com have teamed up to bring you locations puzzlers with some pretty great prizes! This week’s prize: a $25 gift certificate to the Village’s Red Bamboo restaurant! To enter, just figure out New York City location pictured above and submit your answer to scoutingnycontests@gmail.com! And even if you’ve never been to the…
Abandoned on the Palisades: The Ruins of Cliffdale Manor
For the past couple weeks, I’ve been scouting the Rockland County area, and every time I drive the Palisades north… …I notice this strange castle-like structure whiz past out my window: Clearly the ruins of something, it kept bugging me each time I drove by until finally, I had to stop and figure out what…
And The Winner of the Where Am I Contest Is…
And this winner is… Arun Venkatesan of New York, NY! Congrats, Arun! You should be receiving your $100 gift certificate courtesy to Agave Restaurant in the West Village shortly, courtesy of ScoutMob.com! The answer was One Broadway, once home to the International Mercantile Marine Company, and one of my favorite buildings in NYC. Today, it’s…
Scouting NY on CBS Sunday Morning!
Hope you enjoyed the segment on CBS News Sunday Morning today! For anyone who missed it, here ya go! Stick around til the end, I make a few appearances… And if you’re just finding Scouting NY for the first time, I’ve put together a list of my favorite posts from over two years of writing….
Friday Puzzler Answered!
There were a lot of great answers for Friday’s locations puzzler. “How did you get a photo of my refrigerator?” asked Clazy8. “Taken at the Bowery…picture of a fungus on a homeless person’s toe,” wrote Robert C. “The Statue of Liberty’s underarm hair? She IS French…” suggested Ann Onimous. And of course, “some zombie graveyard…
Friday Puzzler! Where In NYC Was This Picture Taken?
Hint: Somewhere in Manhattan. Bonus points if you know what it’s a picture of! -SCOUT
It’s Just A Migraine
Real quick, I wanted to talk about something that’s totally off topic, but is important to me. Recently, this video of a reporter suffering aphasia, or an inability to speak correctly, went viral. CBS reporter Serene Branson was about to give a live report after the Grammy’s when she found that her words just weren’t…