Alice Austen House is worth a trip to Staten Island
This week I am taking a break from Italy to present an even more perilous journey I recently took. My on-going search for small museums took me from The Bronx out to the wilds of Staten Island, where I found two unique places to visit. Actually, I love traveling TO Staten Island. The ferry trip across New York Harbor is one of my favorite things to do, and it is free. The boat trip offers 25 minutes of calm in what can be a nerve racking commuter residents of visitors. It also gives the best views of the New York waterfront skyline. Boarding the Ferry The Manhattan Skyline Once I arrived, it was on to the S51 bus for the 20 minute trip from St. George to the Rosebank neighborhood, which sits along to shore of the bay. By this time I was definitely hungry and I stopped in J’s on the Bay for lunch. This small store-front diner serves excellent, fresh delicious food. The teriyaki steak sandwich was seasoned to perfection, and the manager kept handi...