Category: New York Travel
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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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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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NYC: Titanic and other Shipwreck Explorers at Sea Stories 2012
If you’d love to learn more about exploration, conservation, scuba diving, shipwrecks, nautical history and/or marine life, visit NYC’s prestigious Explorers Club to attend this year’s Sea Stories symposium. This wonderful all day event will be held this year on November 10th, and it will feature an impressive list of deep sea explorers: David Concannon …
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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…
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NYC: Look Both Ways!
As we all know, I love traveling to New York City. So many visitors are concerned about safety from crime in this big city, but one hazard that less people mention is the potential of getting hit while crossing a street. I always look to see if a speeding taxi is ready to jump a…
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Secrets of Grand Central: FDR’s Hidden Train Car
As I’ve mentioned before, last May I had the terrific opportunity to join a special four hour private tour of Grand Central Terminal. After our behind-the-scenes trip to this landmark’s command center and to the room holding its famous outdoor Tiffany clock, we traveled down to the main level to the station master’s office. There…
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Secrets of NYC’s Grand Central Terminal: Outdoor Tiffany Clock Up Close
Every one of my visits to NYC has had some element of an adventure to it, and a trip last May to this amazing city was no exception. I was traveling to Manhattan to drop off my daughter, Sarah, at a pre-college workshop that was given by the Fashion Institute of Technology. I really didn’t…
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Travel Gal Kim Swidler 