Sometimes, the best part of the big city is the breath of fresh air and release when you get out of it.

The Chrysler Building is closed to the public for most of the year. Open House New York, a 5-borough event that is supposed to give the public a chance to peak into these locked spaces did just that: it gave me a peak.

Open House New York, the fourth of its kind, opens many of these buildings up.

If you are in NYC during September 22-24, this may just be about the coolest thing that you could do. The Come Out and Play Festival is all about street games in the middle of New York City.

I’ve always been interested in secret things: secret rooms, hidden passageways, and revolving doors. I like the shady nooks and crannies, places you might not see with the unexperienced eye.

Blue train: a day to pack up my East Village digs and a day to move to Harlem. It’s been like Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumble-Bee,” in a jazzy sort of way.

This was his first time in NYC, but only stayed for two days so I had to cut the fluff when showing him around. This is where we ended up going.