Just beyond the hustle and bustle of New York City, miles from the cacophony of taxis and subway trains, just east of Queens County, you’ll find a little piece, or rather, a big piece of suburban paradise of Long Island. Nassau County is more than just nice homes, mini-malls, and other cliches of suburbia. From the north along the Long Island Sound, visit the historic home of Teddy Roosevelt or the luxurious manors of the Gold Coast. Towards the South, catch a wave along the Atlantic Ocean or shop at the largest mall in Long Island. And since this part of Long Island is my home sweet home, its no wonder I love this place!
Tucked away on Atlantic Avenue in Oceanside, a small town in Long Island, you’ll find a verdant wonderland that is chock full of plants and knick-knacks. A big shop filled with enough greenery, decorations, and seeds to rival even the most scenic orchard and farm. A place that really takes its love of the holdiays quite seriously. What place of such whimsy...
In June of 1987, my family and I moved from a tiny apartment in NYC to a Georgian-style home in a town called Rockville Centre (RVC). On January 14, 2015, at around 4:30 pm, I tearfully left my home in a slight hurry as a made my exodus from suburbia towards the concrete jungles of New York City. The melancholy of R.E.M.’s “Don’t Go Back to...
On a sunny day in April, in a little town called Bethpage, at the edge of Nassau County in Long Island, I headed to the grounds of the Old Bethpage Restoration Village, a outdoor ethnographic museum that showcases old relics from Long Island’s colonial past. A popular attraction for families and children on field trips, but on this day, the grounds of this...
Massapequa, a big town on the south shore of Long Island, is primarily famous for being the birthplace of Jerry Seinfeld and the Baldwin Brothers. Besides its celebrity cool, the town boasts another reason to visit: an amazing burger stand that truly blows other fast food chains away! The All American Hamburger Drive-In, located on Merrick Road just south of Sunrise...