Tag: New York City
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NYC Travel Deals Including 24% Savings at 150 Hotels
New York City Tourism wants us to know about multiple travel deals including the return of NYC Hotel Week. This promotion offers a 24% savings (for year 2024 ) at 150 hotels across the boroughs for the dates of January 3 through February 4, 2024. Reservations are now open at nyctourism.com/hotelweek Here’s what NYC Tourism further…
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NYC has Launched It’s Time for Culture Offerings Across the Five Boroughs, Now through May 21st
New York City Tourism + Conventions wants us to know of the return of It’s Time for Culture, a program with offerings at nearly 100 cultural organizations across all five boroughs, available now through May 21, 2023. Comprising of seasonal events, concerts, tours, classes, family-friendly programs and more, this program kicks off the unofficial start of…
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New York Botanical Garden: Holiday Train Show and Nearby Little Italy
Planning a getaway to NYC during this unseasonably warm weekend? Consider attending the Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden. Located in the Bronx, I love this annual exhibit because it displays so many wonderful natural reproductions of NYC’s iconic landmarks. Getting There: Robert and I took an early Amtrak train to Penn…
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NYC’s Hudson Yards: New Neighborhood of Shops, Restaurants, and Entertainment Near Penn Station
So many of us from the Capital District region and beyond travel each week to and from Manhattan’s Penn Station. However, Penn and its immediate surroundings have often been viewed as a crowded and noisy necessity to otherwise avoid. But those experiences will soon be greatly improved. On March 15, 2019, Hudson Yards, a new neighborhood that’s…
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JFK Airport : Top 10 Pet Travel Tips from The ARK
The holiday travel season is coming, and many of us will be traveling with our beloved pets. Elizabeth A. Schuette, Managing Director of The ARK at JFK has some interesting advice for us. Said to be the world’s first privately-owned animal reception terminal and quarantine facility and located on 14.4 acres of JFK’s cargo area, The ARK…
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NYC’s Grand Central: Brooks Brothers Retrospective and Foodie Possibilities
As many of us already know, most of the Amtrak trains that are traveling from the Albany-Rensselaer train station to New York City have been rerouted from Penn Station to Grand Central Terminal until on or about September 4th. Click HERE to read my previous piece about this. And, if you have some extra time before boarding the train…
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NYC’s Grand Central Terminal: Places to Wait for the Train and Two Anniversary Events
As many of us already know, most of the Amtrak trains that are traveling from the Albany-Rensselaer train station to New York City have been rerouted from Penn Station to Grand Central Terminal. Here’s what Amtrak says: Amtrak will continue its Infrastructure Renewal program at New York Penn Station during Summer 2018 by performing critical…
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Summer Statue Cruises: Extended Hours and Ten Tips for Traveling to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
For the fifth consecutive year, Statue Cruises– said to be the official and only authorized concessioner for ferry service to the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island- has announced its extended operating hours for the peak summer season. Beginning Memorial Day weekend on Saturday, May 26th, service to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island…
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Visit “Unseen Oceans” at NYC’s American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History’s (AMNH) Unseen Oceans has opened to the public. This amazing new exhibit explores a series of circular, media-rich galleries that showcase a range of marine ecosystems and introduces a new generation of scientists who are using cutting-edge research tools and developing new methods to explore the oceans top to bottom. All…
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Foodie Alert: Some of the Freshest Sushi Near NYC? Inside Newark Airport
I absolutely sushi. But, as it often contains raw fish, freshness is definitely a priority for this form of Japanese cuisine. There are so many sushi restaurants in and close to NYC. But, as Jenn Flowers of AFAR Media has discovered, some of the freshest fish can be found in an unlikely place: the new Tsukiji…
Travel Gal Kim Swidler 