Yes, take that any way you want, but we are considering a big move to the Big Apple, New York City, or nearby. We’re looking for a place in or around the Red Bank area of New Jersey – we have friends in and around New York, and frankly – Kentucky is a bit dry on design jobs.

So, in preparation for this bold move, we have decided to plan a trip to New York in the next six months. What’s strange is that everything seems to be pushing us toward New York in our day-to-day lives – from odd commercials coming on Television when we’re visiting my family, to the latest and strangest Pay-Per-Post opportunity that asked us to write a blog post on New York walking tours.

At first we were thinking “why would I write this?” Then it occurred to us that New York City is one of the most populated and artistic places on Earth – from fashion to architecture and sculpture. So we figured, “why not?”  We think that Mr. Bruce Scher should be honored to have this article written on our site, because it’s our first step to the Dark Side – we’re picky about what we write.

Basically, Bruce Scher is a New York native who hosts walking food tours around Manhattan. We intend to use his service to get to know the area, which is the primary intention of our road trip. Of course we’ll be scoping out part-time jobs and making housing arrangements, but we can’t think of a better way to get to know the area than by visiting the restaurants.

Bruce personally leads local food tours in the city’s most unique neighborhoods. Apparently we will be visiting the favorite essential restaurants native New Yorkers frequent in Greenwich Village, Lower East Side, SoHo, Little Italy, and Chinatown. The crowning gem to me as an artist is that he guarantees that when we are not busy eating, he will show us the must-see landmarks on the way to the next food stop.

Rest assured that this DOES in fact have something to do with design. Josh has every intention of packing around my Moleskine sketch book and taking notes, sketching, and finding inspiration in the city. The simple inspiration of taking a walk through New York is what we hope to find when we move there. If you have any other ideas on inspirational or fun activities in New York or New Jersey, leave us a note in the comments – we’d love to try it out on our visit so we know what’s fun when we move.

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