In case you haven't noticed because we live in a city and all, we're at the tail end of peak foliage season! Get yourself to a park (here are some suggestions) to soak up that last bit of autumnal splendor. After all, when beautiful dying leaf season is over, all we've got are dead trees.
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Beautiful Dead Leaves Are Falling: Send Us Your Photos!
Fall Begins With Many Days Of Rain
Autumn has arrived! Astronomically speaking at least. Meteorologically, summer and fall are having an awkward embrace with warm, humid tropical air doing its best to hold off an advancing cold front. Yesterday's high was 80 degrees. Will that be the last 80 degree day until next spring?
5 Easy Apple-Picking Adventures Close To The Big Apple
While a number of Harvest-mimicking events tend to pop up around the five boroughs in September and October, sometimes leaving the city for the ‘real thing’ is the only way to get the full fall experience. And so, for those times when ironic "apple" picking in McCarren Park just doesn't cut it, here are five orchards close to the city (some even accessible by mass transit) where you can pay upwards of $20 to get some fresh Autumn air and honest manual labor!
Four Fall Cocktails You Can Make Yourself (Or Just Buy)
Thanksgiving may be toast, but we're still stumbling through fall, despite what the ubiquitous Christmas radio programming may lead one to believe. Here at Gothamist, we're committed to preserving the sanctity of the seasons, and we see no reason why we should jump ahead to winter just because Burl Ives is getting piped in over the speakers at every Duane Reade in town. Nothing against Burl, mind you, but it's still autumn, damn it, so let's drink to the season's last dregs. Here are recipes for four great autumn cocktails from local bars and restaurants. You can certainly make them yourself, but there's no shame in paying a professional to do it for you. Click on the images for details.
Fall Foliage Hitting Its Peak in NYC
The leaves have been turning, and falling, all over New York. You can still track the foliage here, or just get thee to a more nature-heavy nook in your borough (but make it quick). And don't forget to send us your photos or tag them 'gothamist' on Flickr!
Your Foliage Update
It's been a few weeks since we've checked in on the foliage situation, and after seeing these hidden patches of color at the NY Times, we got a little worried we might be missing out on the changes. So, we turned to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden horticulturists, who gave us these helpful tips if you can't make it out of town this season:
Track Foliage as Autumn Arrives
The foliage is coming! The foliage is coming! And soon everything will look like a happy little burnt-sienna-filled Bob Ross painting. Now that the dog days of summer are officially behind us, we'll get a short burst of brisk fall weather and trees bursting with color (even in the Bronx) before winter freezes us over. Kottke points to a foliage map so you don't miss the leaves turning; you can even become and ambassador and give reports from your location (right now we're still green).
La La La, Fall is Here
At this very moment, 5:18 p.m., we shed ourselves of summer and enter the fall months (an explanation of the autumnal equinox can be found here). The days are darker, the air is brisker, the leaves are crunchier, the subway platform temperature is more tolerable... enjoy it before the snow cometh.
The Great Pumpkin Comes to Town
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is airing on ABC tonight...set your DVRs, or sit yourself down at 8 p.m. sharp. The special is also available on YouTube, of course, but it's just not the same as seeing it in Prime Time. Stay tuned to see if this year Charlie Brown really does kick that football...
Quiet Start to Fall
Today is the fall equinox! Everywhere on earth gets twelve hours of daylight today. The equinox occurs at precisely 11:44:16 this morning. That's fourty-four minutes and sixteen seconds after eleven a.m. Yikes! For a second there we were channelling Phil Schaap. The next few days don't look very exciting weatherwise. That's good as dull weather in September is usually quite lovely.
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