Thursday, August 01, 2019
This is the last summer of the Fuchsias in the City. This City, anyway. Yes, we're leaving Manhattan! And not just to another outer borough. Or Long Island, or up the Hudson, or even across the river to the former Garden State, New Jersey. This move's serious and bi-coastal….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — garden | fall | new york | urban
Friday, April 20, 2018
Many visitors to New York City know Central Park. It’s big. It’s beautiful. It’s hard to miss. Manhattan’s Fort Tryon Park, on the other hand, might well be on another planet for its lack of recognition. Yes, even to many New Yorkers. Located along the Hudson River almost at the top of the island….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — gardens | horticulture | new york | parks | spring | urban
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Happy Thanksgiving from the Fuchsias in the City! Where one dazed balloon awaits its fate in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. As can only be Scene in the City, of course…
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Friday, December 12, 2014
I walk to work. I mean, I could take a bus if I really wanted to. But I don’t. There’s no point to cramming myself into one at rush hour when I can just walk the same route almost as quickly as a city bus can inch along it...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — christmas | holiday | new york | urban | winter
Friday, November 21, 2014
Be
auty isn’t always only skin deep. At least it isn’t at my local farmers market here in Yorkville. Specifically, I’m talking about ‘Pink-a-Boo’. That’s got to be my newest favorite apple. Last time I was extolling all the wonderful apples that appear...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — color | farmers | fruit | markets | new york | produce | urban
Saturday, November 15, 2014
I love apples. OK, there, I’ve admitted it. Despite their reputation, biting into one doesn’t always mean expulsion from Paradise or the launch of tediously long wars and oddeseys. They’re good. Quite likely my favorite fruit...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — farmers | fruit | markets | new york | produce | urban
Sunday, April 01, 2012
One of the world’s most creatively recycled urban spaces is New York’s High Line. Built on an old elevated freight rail line on Manhattan’s lower West Side, the High Line...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — new york | parks | spring | urban
