Travel

Fashion and more

We had an easy day cruising round the garment district, calling into shops at random, and occasionally buying a frippery. One such shop was Pacific Trimming which was so full of things that I walked around with my mouth open, I swear! This is velcro. Look at those amazing colours! I’m sure I’ve never seen […]

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Governors Island and more of Brooklyn

We’ve never managed to get to Governors Island on previous visits as it’s closed in the winter months, so it was definitely on the list for this time. By the way, if you think, as I did, that Governors should have an apostrophe – it should, but it doesn’t! I’ve seen the ferry terminal from […]

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Beguiling Brooklyn

One of the reasons for staying in Brooklyn was to facilitate easier exploration of the area. I don’t think I realised quite how big the area is, so there may be a few posts as we explore. We had a day with no particular aims so thought we’d spend a bit more time in Prospect […]

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