Tag: Oldschool
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German neighbourhood
I learned that part of the upper east side called Yorkville used to be inhabited by mostly German-born immigrants around the late 1800s and early 1900s. It’s very rich in history and hard to summarise in a couple of sentences. When I walked around the area and stumbled across a couple of German shops and…
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DMV
New York City DMV, here I come… For my international friends, the DMV is the Department of Motor Vehicles. But it also functions as some sort of ‘Bürgerbüro’ as the driver’s license is one of the main forms of identification. NY requires its residents to change an out of state drivers licence to a local…
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Hamburger America
Apparently a well known place for a traditional American hamburger and I have to say, the burger was surprisingly good! Even though it lacked a bit of finesse in my view, the meat was juicy, the fries crunchy and the wine chilled and delicious even when drunk out of a plastic cup 😀 Great start…
Josephine in New York City 