Dec 9th, 2009 at 1:00PM: New Year's Eve parties are filling up fast, and the hottest spots are likely to go soonest. Whether you want to be as close to the ball as possible or plan to avoid the crowds, there are plenty of deals out there. New York City is always a top spot, with people from around the world soaking in live what many only see on television. But, that's just the start. See below for a few suggestions on ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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New Year's Eve deals: Front-row, distinguished and out of town
Dec 9th, 2009 at 1:00PM: New Year's Eve parties are filling up fast, and the hottest spots are likely to go soonest. Whether you want to be as close to the ball as possible or plan to avoid the crowds, there are plenty of deals out there. New York City is always a top spot, with people from around the world soaking in live what many only see on television. But, that's just the start. See below for a few suggestions on ...The Pierre spends $100 million for five diamonds
Nov 19th, 2009 at 1:00PM: It took $100 million in renovations, but The Pierre is now open ... an occasion celebrated almost immediately with a AAA rating of Five Diamonds. The Pierre is now among only 113 hotels in North America and the Caribbean. Set just up from the corner of Central Park South and Fifth Ave and with amazing views of the park, The Pierre is inches from any luxury offering you could possibly want.
Heiko ...Six ways to enjoy Madison Square Park
Oct 20th, 2009 at 12:30PM: Manhattan has a lot of great parks – but a handful tends to hog all the attention. Central Park is what it is; there's just now way to compare it to anything else. Bryant Park has live performances and exhibitions (not to mention a starring role in Fashion Week) and is only a block from Times Square. And, there are others that would come to mind before you work your way down the list to one ...See New York through the Gossip Girl lens
Oct 9th, 2009 at 4:00PM:
Soak in the sights, sounds and smells of the good life on the latest television tour of Manhattan. The new Gossip Girl tour runs 3 ½ hours and leads fans through the locations used to create the on-screen phenomenon that features the decadent lives of poor little rich kids.
Buses cart fans to the New York Palace, on Madison Ave, home to the Bass and van der Woodsen clans – as ...
Escape to the world's quietest places
Oct 8th, 2009 at 12:00PM: Life in most places is loud. Planes flying overhead, traffic rushing through the streets, people yelling, talking, phones ringing - it all combines to make an endless racket that follows us throughout our days. If you need to get away for some (literal) peace and quiet, take a look at Forbes Traveler's list of the World's Quietest Places.
Many of these aren't the sort of places where you'll go ...Labor Day picnics: Make yours memorable. Tips and where to go suggestions
Sep 5th, 2009 at 10:00AM: Katie's post on how to turn a Labor Day barbecue into a multi-cultural affair is a mouth-watering read that gave me the feeling that the sweet Italian sausages I bought for a cook-out could use some jazzing up. Put Katie's read together with tips I picked up this summer during a chat with one of Hip Hostess's event planners, Amber Cleary, and Labor Day could easily be turned into an event to ...Beach party in Central Park!
Jun 16th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Tel Aviv (pictured) is bringing a beach party to Central Park in New York City! Sunday, June 21st (Father's Day), the Naumburg Bandshell will be converted into one of Israel's world-famous Mediterranean beaches for an all-day party. It might not look exactly like the above, but we're hoping it's gonna be close. The party, sponsored by the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Centennial Administration, the Foreign and ...Photo of the Day (4.17.09)
Apr 17th, 2009 at 7:30PM:
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It's officially race season-- Boston's world-famous marathon is this Monday, St. Louis' is on Sunday, and Nashville's is next Saturday. It's enough to make even the most shiftless degenerates among us think about maybe getting in shape. Possibly. (Screw it, there's always next year.)
The photo above from flickr user ultraclay! was taken in 2006 at (obviously) the Thomas G. Labrecque ...Undiscovered New York: Beyond Central Park
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Dec 17th, 2008 at 11:00AM: Welcome back to Undiscovered New York. This week we'll be taking a look at some of New York's most famous public spaces - its parks. First time visitors are sure to spend a few hours getting to know New York's most famous greenspace, Central Park. After all, this massive outdoor space tends to dominate both the geography and collective imagination of our city's residents. And frankly, with all ...Free public theater tickets in Central Park to see "Hair." The how to get them and why I'm feeling miffed
Aug 26th, 2008 at 10:00AM: An article I read in the New York Times last Thursday night left me feeling miffed. It explains one reason why it can be difficult to snag tickets to see "Hair," the current, free Shakespeare in the Park Public Theater production at Central Park's Delacorte Theater.
It's called CHEATING. Clever, but CHEATING.
According to the article, there are people who are hired to wait in lines by people ...Central Park moving to the ocean
Apr 21st, 2008 at 1:30PM: A stroll in a Disney-world version of Central Park on a ship, anyone? I don't even know how to comment on this.
Jamie wrote about the new Project Genesis ship last week. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. said that an area resembling New York's Central Park will be featured in the center of the massive Project Genesis when it is delivered in late 2009 as the world's largest cruise vessel. Spanning the ...CNN reporter and business travel expert gets caught with meth in Central Park
Apr 18th, 2008 at 9:00PM: When we were in Montana two summers ago, I noticed anti-meth billboards everywhere. The billboards were part of a media blitz to get teens and adults to not start this dreadful drug habit that rots teeth, creates pock marks and wastes away ones body and mind. For people hooked on methamphetamine, the aim was to get them unhooked. In the small town in Montana where we go each year, I have known ...Earth Day Kite Flying: 10 suggestions
Apr 18th, 2008 at 1:30PM: Every year when the temperature warms and the wind picks up, we buy a cheap kite to fly for a day or two before we get too busy to head to an open field. As an Earth Day Celebration, what could be more environmentally friendly than kite flying? Except, of course, for the gas to get to a place with wind and enough space.
Open fields are among the best places to fly a kite if you live in an urban ...Catcher in the Rye inspired Holden Caufield tour of New York City
Apr 11th, 2008 at 9:30AM: The 10th most popular book in the United States is Catcher in the Rye. Way to go Holden! Although Holden roamed the streets of New York City at Christmas time in the early 1950s, you can take in what he did even in warmer weather. Holden Caufield's version of NYC is certainly cheaper than the Sex in the City tour that Iva wrote about. That one costs $24,000.
Here's my suggestion for a Holden ...Shakespeare in the Park: It's Free
Jul 13th, 2007 at 12:34PM: One of my most favorite experiences in New York City was when my brother and I went to a Shakespeare in the Park production of "Pirates of Penzance." We packed a picnic lunch and headed to Central Park to stake out our spot in line for our free tickets. Yes, free. It's stunning to think of it. Kevin Kline and Linda Ronstadt played the leads. Yes, yes, this was eons ago, but the thing is, ...
