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Best Chelsea art galleries | Best gallery shows in Chelsea. Things to Do in Harlem | New York City | Fodor's Travel Guides. Best Places to Hang Out in Harlem - Manhattan. New York - El Barrio. El Barrio, also known as Spanish Harlem or East Harlem (just don't call it "SpaHa"), is a neighborhood that is alive with history and culture--Puerto Rican, African-American, Mexican, Italian, Dominican and increasingly Asian...it's really one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city. It's not uncommon to find people playing congas on the street or riding tricked-out bicycles with Puerto Rican tunes blasting from their radios. You can feel a real sense of community in the bodegas and on the streets as residents chat up their neighbors and warmly greet one another with "Papi" or "Mami. " In the summer locals crowd into Thomas Jefferson Park and the abundant community gardens provide locals with the perfect chill out spots.

Exploring this neighborhood is highly recommended. But it's not all pretty. East Harlem has been through some tough times in the past few decades to say the least. Before the Puerto Rican migration, Italians used to call East Harlem home.

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15 Tips on How to Retain Designer’s Creativity. An artist, whatever genre you are passionate of, would always experience a “Creative Block”. This means that you couldn’t patch up what you are trying to work on or you really couldn’t work ‘coz something inside you doesn’t have the eagerness to work! But the moment requires you to come up with a good project because a client needs it or maybe you just want to make a work of art. So what should you do to stay creative? Actually, there are many ways to spark creativity. In this article, we will give you a few tips to enlighten your mind and break free from being a thwarted artist.! 1. (Image: michexist) Of course, first and foremost, you have to know where you are good at or on what genre you would like to be good at. 2.

(Image: one-little-thing) If you feel like you have this Creative Block, try reading so you might get some new ideas. 3. (Image: Alivewhenever) “Practice makes perfect”. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Ads 9. (Image:amr-nkim) If u don’t like your output, do not be upset. 10. 11. 12. 13. How to Not Look Like a Tourist in New York City « Intrigue Me. This SCREAMS tourist! /flickr.com Sometimes I will be walking around the city and will just see so many Don’ts that tourists Do that it inspired me to write about it. Yes, NYC is full of tourists but it’s not really the best place to look like one.

Like any other place there are muggers, but because the city is so over crowded and high populated, the volume of people who prey on tourists is higher than most places. So I just thought I’d take the liberty of compiling a list of things to keep in mind for anyone who lives out of the state/country and is travelling to the Big Apple for the first time. 1. 2.If you are going to ask for directions, go to a nearby store, restaurant, or hotel and ask one of their employees. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. They will stop you in your tracks and compromise with you. 2. 1. 2. 3. Like this: Like Loading... Nyc bloggers.

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