Category: I Love New York
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Lower Manhattan is the New Focus of Neighborhood X Neighborhood
NYC and Company, has announced Lower Manhattan as the third destination to be featured in Neighborhood x Neighborhood, a program designed to increase visitation, support local businesses and encourage exploration in areas outside traditional tourist locations across the five boroughs. Lower Manhattan is home to the financial center of the United States and includes the…
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Met’s Costume Gala: Kick Off to Its New Exhibit- Punk: Chaos to Couture
As many of us know, last night was the one of the year’s biggest events in the Fashion Industry-the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Gala. Click here to see the Times Union’s great photo collection of celebrities that attended the party. This famous celebrity infused celebration was designed, in part, as a kick…
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NYC’s “Neighborhood X Neighborhood” Campaign
Mayor Bloomberg along with NYC and Company have announced a tourism initiative called ” Neighborhood X Neighborhood” which will focus on all five boroughs of New York City. I like this promotion because, after perhaps traveling hours to arrive at the Big Apple, many of us feel comfortable only focusing on Manhattan. This what they’ve said…
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Behind-the-Scenes: Whales at the American Museum of Natural History
After visiting the American Museum of Natural History’s new exhibit, Whales: Giants of the Deep, it was on to what has been one of my favorite parts of the museum’s press previews, the behind-the-scenes tour. Guided by the staff , media representatives were taken on a unique tour of some of the museum’s ancient possessions that depicted whales.…
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American Museum of Natural History: Whales-Giants of The Deep-Started March 23rd!
Founded in 1869, Manhattan’s American Museum of Natural History is considered to be one of the most preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions in the world. And of this institution’s 45 permanent exhibition halls including the Rose Center for Earth and the Hayden Planetarium, which of its iconic possessions is one of the most popular? The 94…
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Erlowest: Wonderful Romantic Getaway on Lake George, New York
It was my birthday last month, and Robert and I wanted to celebrate this occasion someplace special, but relatively close to our home in New York’s Capitol District region. So I was very happy when we were invited to stay at the Inn at Erlowest. This castle-like former mansion of local legend Charley Woods is…
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Culinary Institute of America: More Enthusiast Classes
My son, Alex, and I had a great time together at a Parent-Teen course at the Culinary Institute of America earlier this month. This year the CIA’s Hyde Park campus scheduled 43 different Enthusiast classes, with a total of 174 chances to take a great cooking course. I’ve been told that there will be more…
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NYC: The Real James Bonds-“Spy the Exhibit”
I love the action-packed thrill of a good spy movie. I just enjoyed seeing Argo, and I’m looking for to the new James Bond film, Skyfall which, the reviews have said, is packed with a new collection of amazing gadgets. But are these films at all a true depiction of how real spies actually perform…
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Haunted Getaways around New York and New England
Check out Stephanie Rosenbloom’s New York Times article on “Tours That Give You the Creeps.” Ms. Rosenbloom lists a series of haunted tours in places like: Salem, Mass., Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., Newport, R.I., and Portsmouth, N.H. Click here for the whole story….
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Foodie Heaven: Master Sushi Course with Iron Chef Morimoto
Like many of us, I love eating sushi. There are so many variations, and my daughter, Sarah and I have had fun teaching ourselves how to make the traditional sushi roll. The results were not always picture perfect, but, to us, it tasted great. The 2012 Food Network NYC Wine and Food Festival was held…
Travel Gal Kim Swidler 