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Relax, Refresh & Revive ::: Free Spa Experience, Grand Central Station, NYC
From The LA Times: Grand Central Station isn’t exactly known as a temple of tranquility and relaxation. But from Wed., October 31 through Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007, the Spa Experience will be coming to the landmark train station in New York City. For these four days, busy commuters and visitors to the city will be…
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Cook. Eat. Drink. Live. :: October 26-27, New York City
Couldn’t put it more succinctly myself. It would make a perfect fortune cookie line or even a better culinary event. Culinary events in New York are getting bigger and badder all the time, but this puppy is so HUGE that it’s going to require all of Pier 94. Cook. Eat. Drink. Live. to be held…
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Travel Smart :: Affinia Hotels, New York & Chicago
Traveling is fraught with worries. Did I remember my cell phone charger? Will my luggage arrive on time and intact? Security agents confiscated my expensive moisturizer again! Affinia Hotels has added to its guest-friendly reputation by creating new services to help alleviate some of the worries and stress. Their TravelSmart program introduced this month offers…
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Hungry? City Guides :: The Low Down on Where Real People Eat, San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago
There are dozens of city dining guides for restaurants. The best-known is Zagat’s for major cities. Now, Hungry? is publishing city guides for Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and now, San Francisco. I’m proud to be a contributor to the latter for a number of restaurants in Marin County, north of the Golden Gate…
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50 Best Girlfriends Getaways in North America
We women are on the move! With 32 million trips taken last year, U.S. women are predicted to spend more than $125 billion on travel during 2007. Travel expert Marybeth Bond has written a book geared to all of us who want to treat ourselves to “gals only” trips — whether it’s celebrating a milestone…
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A Manhattan Hotel for Fitness Travelers :: The Affinia Dumont
Who among us hasn’t come home from a business trip or weekend getaway feeling fat, lethargic and generally out of shape? Hours sitting on a plane, the temptation of all-you-can-eat breakfast buffets, and being uncertain about finding a local gym all lead to that unpleasant feeling of “road swell.â€? Not at the Affinia Dumont Hotel…
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Celebrity Designed Sneakers Kick-Ass While Creating Global Awareness of The World’s Safe Drinking Water crisis! N.Y.C.
With a goal of drawing attention to the global water crisis, this New York citywide exhibit features 3 feet by 5 feet running shoe statues designed by Rachel Ray, top model Petra Nemcova, Lance Bass, the New York Giants, as well as other famous celebs. To create the statues, each celebrity designer received a standard-sized…
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Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out :: Summer of Love in The Big Apple
The Whitney Museum of American Art is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love. The Whitney’s Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era exhibition revisits the unprecedented explosion of contemporary art and popular culture brought about by the civil unrest and pervasive social change of the 1960s and early ’70s. The exhibition…
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Delicious Delicious, Eclectic Eclectic :: Etcetera, Etcetera, New York, New York
There must be thousands of restaurants on Manhattan to feed the eight million New Yorkers who live there. Around the Great White Way at Times Square, there are literally hundreds. But we chose Etcetera, Etcetera last week on our only evening in Manhattan on our way to Boston because my wife had enjoyed dining at…
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Flying High Even If You’re Just Sipping a Virgin Mary! :: Rise Bar & Terrace, New York City
If you’re visiting the Big Apple this summer (only open May-September), be sure and have a drink at the Rise Bar & Terrace, located on the 14th floor of the Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park. Try one of the signature “Libertinis” as you enjoy the unrivaled birds-eye view of the N.Y Harbor, Ellis Island or…
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Brooklyn Rocks!
I know you think that’s a punchline for a joke, but really — the borough is loaded with trendy artists, designer boutiques and some sooper restaurants thrown into the mix. Just a short 30-minute train ride from Manhattan brings you to a myriad of Brooklyn hoods.. with great names like Willyburg, ( Williamsburg), Dumbo, (Down…
