Jan 10th, 2010 at 12:00PM: Don't ask New Yorkers for directions. Don't get me wrong, we're more than willing to help. But, you could wind up with some bad information. A recent poll of lifelong New Yorkers conducted by New York Pass, an attraction discount card, shows that most of us don't have the city's basics nailed down.
Less than half of New Yorkers think the Top of the Rock is atop the Empire State Building: 41 ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Lifelong New Yorkers are unreliable for directions
Jan 10th, 2010 at 12:00PM: Don't ask New Yorkers for directions. Don't get me wrong, we're more than willing to help. But, you could wind up with some bad information. A recent poll of lifelong New Yorkers conducted by New York Pass, an attraction discount card, shows that most of us don't have the city's basics nailed down.
Less than half of New Yorkers think the Top of the Rock is atop the Empire State Building: 41 ...Accusations traded between police and detainees in Antigua
Sep 11th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Six Carnival cruise ship passengers hit and choked the police. Or, the police punched the passengers in the face. A week after the half dozen New Yorkers were arrested, the only thing that's clear is that both sides say they're right.
While on a 10-hour port call in Antigua, the cruise passengers paid a taxi driver to give them a tour of the island. The tour ended at a beach – rather than ...Find a cupcake in New York
Feb 24th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Leave it to New Yorkers to be picky and demanding. Whether it's upscale meals or obscure vodka brands, we want what we want, and if you don't carry it, you're somehow "lesser." Cupcakes are no different. From my window, I can see the Upper West Side's Magnolia Bakery (one of three in the city), and there are many others. In The Atlantic Monthly, a close look is taken at cupcakes, particularly in ...Tour the world's vandalism
Feb 9th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Eyesore or art, graffiti is part of any culture's public dialogue. Vandalism is visual profanity, and we all swear in our own f---ing ways. I've been drawn to these wall scrawls for a while, probably since I read Holden Caulfield's concerns about the subject in Catcher in the Rye. My fascination gained momentum while I was stationed in South Korea. A soldiers' bar in Tong Du Chon (the Peace Club, ...Jauntsetter - Travel deals for New Yorkers
Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:30AM: New York, New York. You wanna be a part of it ... but sometimes you need to get the heck out of it. Good news! There's a website called Jauntsetter that has travel deals specifically for New Yorkers. They know we're too busy to find them ourselves, and that if no one hands us a deal we might just not go anywhere. I mean, we can get any food you can imagine, and there's always some part of the city ...
