NYC Monthly: A Top 10 & the Cover Story!

Your humble host is all over NYC Monthly this April, including this month's Top Ten things to #NYSeeAndDo, plus my very first cover story on the 125th Anniversary of the New York Botanical Garden!  Check them out online or snag a copy in print the next time you're in Midtown; you can find them at Grand Central Terminal or in the lobby of most better hotels.  It's like you have your own personal tour guide.  (Well...you actually do.)

This April, everything's coming up...well, you know...

#NYSeeAndDo, 4/1-4/3

Friday may be April Fools Day, but #NYSeeAndDo is no joke, and I wouldn't leave you without a weekend plan. (After all, Sunday is technically my favorite holiday: Opening Day!)

Me IRL on Sunday

#NYSeeAndDo, 3/25-3/27

Fast cars, fragrant flowers, and a flock of sheep on the Upper East Side: #NYSeeAndDo has all the weekend weirdness your little heart could hope for, courtesy of NYC Monthly...

Hopping AND sheep?? Now that's an Easter .gif!

#NYSeeAndDo, 3/18-3/20

I found you free cookies this Sunday, because that's what friends are for: #NYSeeAndDo, courtesy of NYC Monthly.

"Look to the cookie."

#NYSeeAndDo, 3/11-3/13

It's almost the weekend (and if this weather holds, almost spring!), so I'm more pumped than ever to #NYSeeAndDo some great new things around town. Check out my weekly round-up, courtesy of NYC Monthly, and pass along your own favorite things to see and do as the weather warms up!

#twitterpated

NYC Monthly: Top Ten for March

Step right up, kiddies: we've got the Master, back in his Domain; The Who, hitting 50 at The World's Most Famous Arena; and some very enthusiastic Irish folks (or folks who wish they were Irish) this month in my NYC Monthly Top Ten.  Bonus: can you spot the Billy Joel reference?

[swoons]

#NYSeeAndDo, 3/4-3/6

After a brutal day of fighting with my modem (current score: Modem 2, Leah 0), I'm pumped to look ahead to the weekend, with visions of ice skating and kitty cats and sample sales dancing in my head.  Get a glimpse at all of the things I'm looking forward to in this week's #NYSeeAndDo, courtesy of NYC Monthly, and feel free to share ideas for future posts.  But, y'know, via carrier pigeon, since my email's been spotty at best...

The only thing between my modem and a hammer is imagining Time Warner HQ like this. And wine.
And yes, there are both cats and free wine in this week's #NYSeeAndDo. Pour one out for me.

#NYSeeAndDo, 2/26-2/28

This weekend, New York is full of my favorite things. There's free whiskey (!), a Star Wars costume exhibit (!!), and a Philadelphia tribute in honor of Sly Stallone's Oscar nod (!!!)  Read all about it in my #NYSeeAndDo post over at nycmonthly.com and feel free to send along suggestions for future posts.

Sorry, Leo, but Fozzie is the only bear I want to see on the big screen.

NYC Monthly: #NYSeeAndDo, 2/19-2/21

This weekend, there's a lot happening on stage (from Hall & Oates bringing the Philly to The Garden to The Amoralists Utility, closing Saturday night) and plenty of beer to wash it all down (from New York City Beer Week to The City Bakery's Friday flavor, Beer Hot Chocolate).  Get my guide and drink it all in!

Click #NYSeeAndDo to see this weekend's round-up, then submit your own snaps and snippets on Twitter and Instagram for a chance to be featured in an upcoming post.

#squadgoals

NYC Monthly: Top 10 for February

Better late than never?  This went up online without my even noticing, and is also available in the print version; pick up NYC Monthly when you pass through Grand Central or at better hotels across town and plot a rad February with my monthly Top 10...

Do your little turn during NYFW...

...or see the circus at Barclays Center.

NYC Monthly: #NYSeeAndDo, 2/5-2/7

This weekend is shaping up to be a "Super" (see what I did there??) sunny one here in New York, which means there's much more to do than watch with glee as NFL fans mourn the end of their season [cough 14 days until pitchers and catchers cough].  Escape with a fashionable fairy tale at The Museum at FIT or peer out into the abyss (read: The Jersey coast) at One World Observatory.  Plus: Ice Golf! (??)

Click #NYSeeAndDo to read the round-up, then share your snaps and snippets on Instagram and Twitter for a chance to be featured in a future post.  Happy weekend, everyone!

It's these guys...

...versus these guys...

...right??

NYC Monthly: #NYSeeAndDo, 1/29-1/31

Winter Storm Jonas stranded me in Philadelphia last weekend and kept me from posting, but I'm back and better than ever: this week's #NYSeeAndDo (click hashtag to read full article) includes a massive new dinosaur at the American Museum of Natural History and my current favorite food obsession, the beet-cured salmon with celery cream cheese and fried capers on a pretzel roll (!!!) at my fellow Philadelphian-slash-New-Yorker High Street on Hudson.

Share your own #NYSeeAndDo snaps (via Instagram) and snippets (via Twitter) for a chance to be included in a future post!  I love sharing what my rad friends are up to, so help a sister out.  I've got two cities to navigate, after all.  First pint at the Bohemian Hall Beer Garden is on me.

NYC Monthly: #HackYourWeekend 1/15-1/17

This just in: my new online-exclusive content for NYC Monthly is live!  We're starting with #HackYourWeekend, a customized itinerary created by yours truly to take you through MLK Day.

Get out there and #HackYourWeekend -- and share your snaps and snippets with @nycmonthly on Twitter and Instagram to show them what great ideas I had (and keep them asking for more!)  I'll totally buy you a pint at Zum Schneider in return.

ProTip: New Year, New Yum

"While the gyms are crowded shoulder to shoulder with #resolutionaries, Team ProTip has a 'New Year, New You' move of our own: New Year, New Yum, including four restaurants that opened in the past month or so to help get your 2016 off to a delicious start."

Give yourself a few new reasons (in Philadelphia and New York!) to get to the gym this January, via ProTip...

NYC Monthly: Top 10 for January

Okay, yes: I've been slacking on my #for# monthly posts.  But!  It's not because I haven't been writing!  In fact, I've even been fortunate enough to be paid for some of it!

Here, a city ski lodge, a cross-town winter sports rivalry, and more in my January Top 10, courtesy NYC Monthly...