A month ago I had an expiring IHG Annual Free Night Certificate (I wish it was an affiliate link) that had to be used up. Since I hadn’t gone anywhere in a couple of months I took this as an opportunity to make a trip to the City for some urban …
It looks like the long anticipated TWA Hotel at New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is finally taking reservations.
A recent trip to the City saw me trying to redeem the remaining IHG points in my account from writing out all those post cards before they expired. I was surfing for hotels to stay in NYC and stumbled upon the Hotel Indigo Lower East Side, which looked like it …
As I mentioned before in part 1 of this two part series, we dropped off our bags at the Intercontinental Barclay and headed out to explore the city. It was an absolutely frigid morning in the Big Apple with temperatures well below freezing. Consequently, walking along the streets meant going in …
This past Christmas, my sister and I took a quick trip to New York City at the start of the winter holidays and our trip to India (which I will write about a little later). My sister had never been to New York City during the holiday season and I had …
A while ago, we took a quick weekend trip to the Big Apple for some much needed R&R. Since we were looking for a relatively low priced property in the center of town, the Westin Grand Central came up as a number one choice. And simply because it was the …
According to Gizmodo, and several news outlets, the 2 mile radius around Trump Tower is now restricted airspace until January 21, 2017, when he moves into the White House. For those of you that don’t know where Trump tower is, it is in the SE corner of Central Park and …
We at Grabamile have wanted to put up a comprehensive list of hotels with great views for a long time now. Am I the only one to hear the absurdity of the word “comprehensive” in that statement? There is no way we can stay at all the hotels in all …
Introduction: Back in May of 2014, I had to attend the American Society of Hypertension meeting in New York to present our research poster. The event was being held at the Hilton Midtown in NYC just a block down from Times Square. Though I started the search for a hotel …
