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New York City has more of everything delicious you want than any other place on the planet, including cheap vacation deals, weekend get away discount packages, and lots of free things to do daily. We're here to help you take an inexpensive bite out of Big Apple restaurants, theater, museums, shopping and more. Your New York City tour guide is Evelyn Kanter, a lifelong New Yorker and journalist who has been writing about her hometown forever.

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NYC on the Cheap Deal: NY Yankees Tickets Half Off

Take me out to the ballgame for half-price.  Same day tickets to NY Yankees games at the new Yankee Stadium are up to 50% off  off at a special NY Yankees ticket booth inside Modell’s sporting goods store at 1567 Broadway in Times Square.  These are tickets provided by the NY Yankees — these are not [...]

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Watch NY1 Report About Travel Guidebook Peaceful Places NYC

All this week, TV station NY1 is airing a segment about the calm, quiet, tranquil places in The Big Apple.

It’s Valarie D’Elia’s regular Travel With Val feature on TV1, this week focusing on my new NYC travel guidebook, Peaceful Places New York City: 139 Tranquil Sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island.

Long title, [...]

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NYC on the Cheap Reminder: Free Wi-Fi at Starbucks

A reminder that Starbucks is now offering free one-click Wi-Fi at all its company-owned stores in the United States, including The Big Apple. The FREE Wi-Fi deal is only at company stores, not at Starbucks shops that are franchises.  Here’s what is different from the current Starbucks Wi-Fi deal:

Free – no Starbucks Card required
One-Click – no username [...]

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Free New York Philharmonic Concerts This Week

The Lincoln Center Concerts in the Parks is a summertime tradition in The Big Apple.  This is a busy week of free outdoor concerts by the world famous New York Philharmonic. Grab a blanket, a picnic basket and your family or friends to hear the world’s best music in the world’s best parks in the world’s [...]

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Peaceful Places NYC is Read of the Week on Tripatini

My new travel guidebook, Peaceful Places New York City, is featured at the Read of the Week on the website Tripatini, a social network for those of us who love to travel.

Thanks to the editors at Tripatini for acknowledging the book, which can be purchased online through the Tripatini website and from Amazon.  Peaceful Places New [...]

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Celebrity Expo at Yankee Stadium is Just $5

Meet sports stars, your favorite radio DJs and announcers, and performances by top pop artists for just $5, this Saturday, June 26, at Yankee Stadium.  It’s the annual CBS Radio New York Expo, sponsored also by WFAN sports radio, CBS FM 101 golden oldies radio, and the Big Apple’s two news radio stations, WCBS Newsradio 88 [...]

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Summer Movies are $1 at AMC Theaters in NYC on Tuesdays

Shrek 3, other movies are $1 at AMC theaters

See movies for just $1 at AMC theaters in NYC from mid-June to mid-August.  It’s a special AMC summer promotion aimed at kids and the adults who take them to the movies.  The cheap seats are Tuesdays only, and only at 10 a.m., beginning June 15th, [...]

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NYPD Ticket Blitz for Texting While Driving

The New York City Police Department is launching a summer driving ticket blitz this week for drivers who talk or text while driving,   The 24-hour NYPD crackdown is Tuesday, June 22, and will be in all be in all five Big Apple boroughs.  Using a hand-held cellphone while driving is against the law in New [...]

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