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- I'm a New Yorker with a passion for travel and art. I founded DowntownTraveler.com after returning from a year-long backpacking trip around the world. Find me on Twitter at @leslietravel.
![Hundreds of adorable pooches descended on New York City’s Tompkins Square Park yesterday for the 23rd annual Halloween Dog Parade. This East Village costume party is a chance for canines […]](http://downtowntraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Dog-Parade-Rising-Phoenix-115x115.jpg "PHOTOS: Best dog costumes at the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade 2013")
![A couple that dresses in costume together stays together. OK, I don’t have stats to back that up, but it seems like it would be true! Many couples and groups […]](http://downtowntraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/butler-maid-costumes-nycc-115x115.jpg "PHOTOS: The Best Group and Couples Costumes from NY Comic Con 2013")
![Creative and pint-sized. The kids at NY Comic Con don’t command as much attention as women wearing revealing X-Men costumes, but their enthusiasm is catching. Not only do they get […]](http://downtowntraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/NY-Comic-con-kids-costumes-115x115.jpg "PHOTOS: Best family and kids costumes from NY Comic Con 2013")
![Cute, badass and always creative. The women of New York Comic Con know how to bring it. Clad in vinyl bodysuits or frilly lolita dresses and often clutching homemade weapons, […]](http://downtowntraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-13-at-11.26.19-PM-115x115.png "PHOTOS: Best Womens Costumes from NY Comic Con 2013 – from X-Men to Anime")
![Halloween is a magical time to be in New York City. From haunted houses to Off-Broadway theater, there are plenty of creepy attractions to excite tourists and locals alike. It’s […]](http://downtowntraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/halloween-dog-parade-115x115.jpg "The best Halloween attractions in NYC – 2013 guide to haunted houses, parades and theater")
![The only safe way to meet a serial killer? A haunted house! There’s something fascinating about serial killers. These stone cold murderers haunt our dreams, whip the tabloid media into […]](http://downtowntraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-Nightmare-Haunted-House-crop-115x115.png "Review: Nightmare Killers 2 haunted house brings murderers to life (Halloween 2013)")
![Rocky Horror Show meets Occupy Wall Street – in Bushwick! New York City has no shortage of Halloween attractions, from costumed dog parades to S&M-heavy haunted houses. But if […]](http://downtowntraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Dead-Dream-Machine-Bushwick-115x115.jpg "Review: Dead Dream Machine serves up horror theater in Bushwick Brooklyn (2013 NYC Halloween Guide)")
![Los Angeles has more to offer than freeways, Hollywood studios and Kardashians… promise! America’s second largest city boasts a variety of beaches to lure locals and visitors alike, from the […]](http://downtowntraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/LA-Manhattan-beach-8-115x115.jpg "PHOTOS: Top 10 attractions in Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles")
![LA’s most creative work of art isn’t in a museum or the home of a Hollywood art collector; it’s in South Central. Yes, that South Central– the inner-city area immortalized […]](http://downtowntraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Los-Angeles-Watts-Towers-7-115x115.jpg "PHOTOS: The Watts Towers in South Central LA – American outsider art at its best")
![Water droplets snake through my hair, pass the blood streaks on my face and seep down the back of my soaking wet t-shirt. For a moment I am blinded by […]](http://downtowntraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Leslie-Blackout-NYC-Haunted-House-115x115.jpg "Review: What to expect at Blackout Haunted House in New York City (Halloween 2013)")
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