The Five Boroughs of NYC, briefly explained

Happy final day of 2025,

While New Year resolutions are a bit, meh?, I hope exploring New York City is one of your top resolutions. 😜

One of our goals here at Better Together Here is to double our podcast audience. If you’re willing to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or follow/rate us on Spotify, that would go a million miles toward helping us reach our goal in 2026.

Either way, thank you for being a part of this newsletter. As always, we’re just an email away.

And now...

In this week’s newsletter:

🎫 Events We Love This Week: December 31 - January 7 - Inauguration Block Party & Saks Fifth Avenue light show winds down

🪩 You’ll Have to Check It Out - A double-level bar with piano sing-alongs and a music video dance floor

📍 NYC’s Five Boroughs - Brief history, terminology, and crowd-sourced spots in each borough

The clock’s a tickin’. 👇

(oh, don’t miss the dog tax at the end 😍)

Note: As always, this email was written by an actual human who lives in NYC, not artificial intelligence. 🥸

Events We Love This Week: December 31, 2025 - January 7, 2026

In the city this week? Here are some fun events we’re keeping an eye on.

NYC Inauguration Block Party - January 1 at 11am

As the calendar turns, so does city leadership this year. The newly elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is throwing an outdoor block party celebration as part of inauguration day. 🎉

It’s free to attend, but you need to RSVP. 👈

Saks Fifth Avenue Light Show - Ending Soon

The light show at Saks Fifth Avenue is an iconic holiday tradition that returned this year after a 2024 hiatus.

While we can’t pinpoint an exact date for when it ends, most online sources point to this coming weekend as your last chance!

Performances start every night around 5pm and repeat every 10 minutes.

Get all the info you need here.

You’ll Have to Check It Out - The Duplex

We all need a night out on the dance floor from time to time. The problem with most clubs in NYC tho? They’re:

• Overpriced

• Pretentious

• Full of people with bad, or at least weird, intentions

While The Duplex isn’t a club, it can help you scratch that itch for dancing, singing, or both!

Downstairs you’ll find comedy shows, piano sing-alongs, and more.

Upstairs you’ll find drag shows during the week and on the weekends a spacious dance floor without a DJ to be found. Instead, the bartender queues up music videos that show throughout the room.

It is a WHOLE vibe.

One minute everyone is watching and dancing along to a Cardi B song, then the next track leads to everyone belting ABBA. 🎊

Bottom line, if you want a fun night out, then The Duplex is your spot. ✌️

Check it out here.

NYC’s Five Boroughs, Explained

When I first traveled to New York City the terminology threw me for a serious loop.. 😵‍💫

Borough?

Uptown?

The Bronx?

Bodega?

Prep yourself with our newest episode covering each of the five boroughs and some must-know terminology for your NYC explorations.

See ya in 2026,

Ashley & Devin from Better Together Here 🎊