Category: New York City

• My Favorite NYC Christmas Window: 3D Hirschfeld. What About You?

  

  Did you have a favorite NYC Christmas window this year? There were many to choose from especially up and down Fifth Avenue.           But my favorite had to have been Henri Bendel’s 3D renditions of some of  Al Hirschfeld‘s  most well known drawings. Hirschfeld was a legendary artist best known for his…

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  December 24, 2013

  General, Holiday Travel, New York, New York City, Stories

• NYC: Shipwreck Exhibit at Discovery Times Square- Ends January 5th!

  

    While in NYC for the holiday season check out a great exhibit on treasure hunting and deep sea exploration. “Odyssey’s SHIPWRECK! Pirates and Treasure” is a wonderful hands-on attraction at the Discovery Times Square.  This exhibit is said to feature over 500 authentic artifacts, including millions of dollars worth of gold and silver treasures,…

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  December 15, 2013

  deep sea exploration, discovery times square, General, New York, New York City, New York Travel, Shipwreck!, Stories

• Holiday Gifts: Shrunken Heads and Napoleon’s Death Mask Up for Sale at Ripley’s Times Square

  If you still haven’t found the perfect gift for your honey and you have lots of money to burn, take a look  at what NYC’s Ripley’s Believe it or Not is offering this holiday season. The featured collection includes shrunken heads, Napoleon’s death mask, and an ancient falcon mummy. The’re even selling the figure of…

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  December 2, 2013

  General, Holiday Travel, New York City, New York Travel, Stories

• Foodie Alert: Hipster Dining- Pros and Cons and What’s Next

  Check out Zagat’s interesting piece about hipster dining that they say is spreading from Brooklyn, New York to other cities around the country. Pros include: There’s an Almost-Obsessive Focus on Quality Definitions Are Fuzzy Cocktails Are Just as Important Servers know their stuff Cons include: There’s Still Too Much of the Same The Wrong Ingredients…

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  November 25, 2013

  Foodie, General, New York, New York City, Stories, Zagat

• NYC Tourism Promoting Staten Island’s North Shore Neighborhoods

  NYC & Company, New York City’s official marketing, tourism and partnership organization,announced Staten Island’s North Shore neighborhoods—Port Richmond, Randall Manor, St. George and West Brighton—as the next destinations to be featured in Neighborhood x Neighborhood, an initiative designed to increase visitation, support local businesses and encourage exploration in areas outside traditional tourist locations across the five…

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  September 8, 2013

  General, New York, New York City, Senior Travel, Stories

• Travel Tips: Taking Little Kids To NYC

  Planning on traveling to NYC with your child? Pamela Paul has written an interesting article entitled,” When Little Ones take a Bite of the Apple.” Ms. Paul offers some a lot of good advice including how to explore this city in kid manageable portions. She also offers a cheat sheet that includes: 1. Where to…

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  July 14, 2013

  Family event, Family Travel, General, I Love New York, Kid travel, New York, New York City, Tips

• Travel News from NYC’s Book Expo America Including 10 Top European Destinations for 2013

      Once a year, usually at around the end of May, thousands of members of the publishing industry gather together to attend Book Expo America.   For awhile this premier convention used to take place at alternating parts of the country, but for now it has continued to remain in New York City’s sprawling…

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  June 21, 2013

  European Travel, General, I Love New York, New York, New York City, New York Travel, Stories

• Lights, Camera, Taste: Celebrities at James Beard Awards

      If you’ve read my blog posts, you know that I love foodie events, and one that I was thrilled to be invited to attend last month was the James Beard Award Gala.  Named in honor of the legendary chef, James Beard, the awards are said to be the highest honor for food and…

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  June 5, 2013

  Foodie Finds, General, I Love New York, James Beard Foundation, New York, New York City, New York Travel, NYC & Company, Stories, Travel dining

• 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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  May 11, 2013

  I Love New York, New York, New York City, New York Travel, NYC & Company, Stories

• 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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  May 7, 2013

  Fashion and Travel, General, I Love New York, Museum travel, New York, New York City, New York Travel, NYC & Company, punk fashion, Stories