Contributor: MJ Hanley-Goff

MJ Hanley-Goff has been contributing to Woman Around Town since its inception in 2009. She began her career at Newsday and has written for many New York publications including the Times Herald-Record, Orange Magazine, and Hudson Valley magazine. A former editor of Hudson Valley Parent magazine, she also contributed stories to AAA’s Car & Travel, and Tri-County Woman. MJ is thrilled to write for WAT and for the ability to shed light on so many creative thinkers, doers, and artists.

If you’re considering a solo vacation or need to take a long-distance business trip on your own, then Caryl E. Doling’s “A Woman’s Guide to World Travel” is the perfect guide.

Spa Castle, with its bright white and blue façade, made me feel I’d landed somewhere in the Mediterranean, yet I was adjacent to the Whitestone Expressway, and a stone’s throw away from the bridge.

It was a shock to many New Yorkers and animal advocates when it was learned that Happy, one of two elephants at the Bronx Zoo, was euthanized for age-related health issues. The incident brings the…

When Dr. Tamara Nall was working through an intense period of grief after the loss of her mother, and the breakup of her marriage, she found comfort and companionship in DaVinci, ChatGPT’s Image Generator.

The definition of writer, at least in a quick internet search, is someone who uses written words via various means to convey an idea, tell a story, communicate an idea.

During the middle of spring, roughly the first few weeks of May, over 30,000 tulips of almost every variety and color that have been carefully planted and lovingly nurtured, bloom into a garden celebration.

Bring a little spring into your home with a beautiful floral arrangement. Want some help? Find tips in “Blooms” by Amy McCord. MJ Hanley-Goff reviews.

Playing at the intimate Theatre Row until May 9, specifically theatre number 5, expect to be a fly on the wall to a sharp, and fast-moving satire that takes quite a few jabs at the entertainment…