Category: General

• Year of the Rabbit: Zagat’s Top 8 Chinese Restaurants in NYC

  Check out what Zagat says are the top 8 Chinese restaurants in NYC. Ratings are given for each of these places.  The list includes one of my favorites-Shun Lee Palace. Click here for the story.

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  February 7, 2011

  General

• Senior Travel: A Classic Car Lover’s Dream-Ferrari Show at the Breakers

  While I was in Florida a couple of weekends ago, Robert and I took a drive to the Breakers, a beautiful resort located in Palm Beach. We figured we’d just stop to take a look around and have tea, but we were fortunate to stumble upon a terrific display of classic Ferraris. Here are some pictures.

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  February 3, 2011

  Automobiles, Florida travel, General, Senior Travel, Stories

• Senior Travel: Where Have All The NY Delis Gone? To Florida.

  I know that it sounds unimaginable right now, but two weekends ago I was actually able to escape our upstate NY area. My husband, Robert, and I traveled via Southwest Airlines to visit my mother-in-law, Bea, who lives in Boynton Beach, Florida. As you can imagine  in a world of supply and demand, the plane tickets were pretty expensive. The crazy…

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  February 2, 2011

  Florida travel, Foodie Finds, General, Senior Travel, Tips, Travel dining

• Another Way To Cut Travel Costs-Ask For a Refund

  Michelle Higgins of the New York Times reports that many airlines will refund the difference in the price of your airline ticket if it drops after you’ve bought it. Note: There might be a service charge. You don’t want to keep checking  the current cost of the fare? Michelle suggests that you could use websites such as…

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  February 1, 2011

  General, Stories, Tips

• Gluten-Free Websites for Travel To NYC and Beyond

  As you know, my teenage daughter, Sarah, has the celiac disease, and I’m always looking for new travel restaurants that serve gluten-free meals. Since my post concerning gluten-free restaurants in  NYC, I’ve received comments from two websites that say they provide help as well with tools such as  interactive maps. To check Gluten Free Fun click here.…

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  January 31, 2011

  Foodie Finds, General, Stories

• NYC Restaurant that Mixes Sushi with Opera

  Ido Sushi, which seats 30 people, serves sushi as well as free performances of all kinds of music, ranging from rock to jazz every night. The New York Times reports, though, that Wednesdays and Saturdays are very crowded because those are the restaurant’s opera nights. The performers are amateurs and students who are paid in…

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  January 29, 2011

  Foodie Finds, General, Stories

• New York Public Library to Keep Some of Al Hirschfeld’s Possessions

  For so long, I loved looking at Al Hirschfeld’s famous celebrity caricatures. It was always so much fun counting how many times he’d hide his daughter’s name, Nina, in a famous person’s hair or clothes. Many, many years ago, I even got up  the nerve to call his agent, Margo Feiden, to see how much it would cost for…

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  January 26, 2011

  General, New York City, Senior Travel, Stories

• Best Laid Plans-Never Made it to NYC Yesterday

  I know that its hard to even think about visiting NYC right now. As bad as the weather has been, though, I was all set to go yesterday. You know me by now- I usually try to make the most of my trips to the City, and I had some things planned this time. First I was…

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  January 25, 2011

  General, Stories

• ARA: How To Redeem Unused Hotel Points

  LM  asks: I was negligent in checking my hotel points the last five years (not enough use for this particular hotel to be too concerned). As luck would have it, I have approximately HALF the credits I should have. Two of the hotels have gone out of business. At this point, I would be entitled…

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  January 18, 2011

  General, Tips

• Great Tip For Cutting Travel Costs

  Michelle Higgins of the New York Times reports that shopping private “sales” is a good way  to help us save on travel this year. Michelle suggests that we should use websites such as SniqueAway.com, TabletHotel.com and Jetsetter.com that all have what she calls flash sales with deep discounts for trips. She also noted that TripAlertz.com is…

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  January 13, 2011

  General