It's one of the most recognizable songs in American pop culture, but most people don't know that this tune was originally written in 1927—nearly fifty years before the cover "Going Up the Country" by Canned Heat made it internationally famous. Bull Doze Blues was written by Henry Thomas, an American country blues singer ...
Think of it as the adult version of throwing an epic party when your parents aren't home. PlaceInvaders is an traveling, underground dinner club where guests show for five-course dinner parties unique locations all over the country. Co-founders Hagan (head chef) and Katie (planner and host) search out the coolest Airbnbs and rental ...
Holy cow–we can't believe it's already flea market season again! If you don't already know, Escape Brooklyn has a side business selling vintage and antiques–whether it's propping, sourcing for a restaurant or hotel, or selling at popup markets throughout the summer. Our most regular (and favorite) market to do is the Phoenicia Flea, a ...
No doubt about it: Denny and I are spoiled New Yorkers. We have a car. But for a long time–the first years of Escape Brooklyn, actually–we didn't. Instead, we somehow managed to launch a travel website without one, making the most public transportation like the MetroNorth, NJ Transit trains, and even Adirondack ...
Planning a road trip this April? Make sure to take advantage of National Park Week, with free admission and festivities at every National Park in the country, from April 16-24. See below for more details on the event, complete with photos from our own trip to Big Bend National Park last year. ...
Here at Escape Brooklyn, we get a lot of emails asking for personal recommendations–whether it be hotels, questions about relocating, and very often, what our "insider" scoop is on the coolest rental properties out there. Though I promise you, we don't have any secret spots (okay, maybe one or two or five really special places), ...
The holidays have finally come and gone in 2015, and so small business owners from coast to coast are breathing a sigh of relief. For many, the months of November through January are spent preparing–and ultimately surviving–the busiest time of the year. For us, it was no different. For three back-to-back weekends during this past ...
Before we bought a car, we were avid renters, using Enterprise Car Share for quick jaunts out of the city. (Though their prices were on-par with Zipcar's, we preferred Enterprise as they had a location right down the street. They also have the highest customer satisfaction rate in the country for rental cars.) Fast-forward ...
Old Souls, Tara and James Caroll’s shop in Cold Spring, is named in homage to James’ fly fishing business after a compliment given him by a client many years ago. Ideally located on the Hudson River and beside lots of hiking trails, Old Souls supplies goods for ‘field, stream, camp and home’. Three ...
It already seems like forever ago, but Escape Brooklyn Summer Camp came and went in the blink of an eye. September 11-13, some fifty campers came out for a weekend of hiking, tubing, camping and drinking. The event was sponsored by Peekskill Brewery, who supplied us with a keg Uncommon Lager, and ...