Jennifer Bildersee Travel Articles

 
New York City, USA – August 1999
As I bring you this latest update, beads of condensation roll down the glass of icewater by my keyboard. Whirling blasts of hot air rush from my fan. A heavy heat haze hangs outside my window, and the people walking by on the street seem withered and fatigued. Welcome to August in The City. While [...]
New York City, USA – July 1999
Exciting. Busy. Loud. Fun. Crowded. You may think any of these things when you think about New York City. But only for the rare individual (who is unlikely to be reading this right now) does the word “cheap” spring to mind in reference to this bustling metropolis. Admittedly, NYC is no mecca for budget travel. [...]
New York City, USA – May 1999
New York City, USA – May 1999 So, I hate to start off my first slice of New York with a list of the conventional, but that is what May seems to bring out in residents of this town: a celebration of the (suddenly more livable) every-day. Regulars of dark and tucked-away dives and basement clubs filter into the streets of the [...]