Lucali is a small pizzeria in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, that serves up one of the best pies in New York City. In this interesting video from our friends at Food Insider, see how Mark Iacono, a former construction worker, learned to become a master pizzaiolo.

Mark Iacono’s restaurant, Lucali, is arguably the most famous pizza place in Brooklyn. The restaurant does not take reservations, and lines form out the door hours before opening time. INSIDER’s Herrine Ro visits the restaurant and attempts to make Mark’s unique style of pizza.

Started by Brooklyn cinematographer Tim Sessler, local film production company Brooklyn Aerials creates some incredible aerial footage of New York City captured via helicopter and drone. This stunning video is a short collection of aerial shots the company put together as a highlight reel. Enjoy!

SmokyMountains.com recently created this great interactive 2023 Fall Foliage Map using an algorithm that computed several million data points from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The 2023 Fall Foliage Map is the ultimate visual planning guide to the annual progressive changing of the leaves. While no tool can be 100% accurate, this tool is meant to help travelers better time their trips to have the best opportunity of catching peak color each year.

According to this data, New York City should see peak fall foliage in the days surrounding October 16th, 2021. Check out the full map to see how the fall foliage peak levels change throughout the nation with time.