Take a Bite

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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Free Resume Writing Workshop in Brooklyn

Need help getting a job, or changing careers?  The Brooklyn Public Library can help, with this FREE resume writing workshop.  Learn to how to fine-tune your skills on paper and craft a resume that will get you job interviews. The free lecture is presented by the staff from the Education & Job Information Center (EJIC).   It’s at [...]

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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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Deals: Annual Spa Week Discounts at NYC Spas

Spa week is October 11-17 with participating spas nationwide offering spectacular discounts, including here  The Big Apple.  Start planning now for your Spa Week discount massage, facial or mani pedi — for yourself or a friend via spa gift cards that never expire.  Aah, spa.  Most definitely.

Click here to find a Spa Week participating spa in [...]

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Coney Island Cyclone is one of World's Best Roller Coasters

The Coney Island Cyclone is an icon, and one that almost always lands in the list of the top ten roller coasters in the world, even though newer rides hit higher speeds and have steeper loops.  This is a classic wooden roller coaster, with a first drop of 85 feet and  speeds of 60 mph, and [...]

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Free Street Fairs this Weekend

Check out a new Big Apple neighborhood this weekend at one of the half dozen street fairs around town.  Street fairs and festivals are always FREE, but they always wind up costing something, because you always find something interesting to buy from the craftspeople and food vendors.

Saturday, July 17

East Side Summer Festival, Lexington Ave. between 42nd [...]

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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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Join Britain's Prince Harry on Governors Island

Britain’s Prince Harry is in New York City this weekend.  He’s playing polo on Governors Island on Sunday, June, 27th.  It’s the third annual Veuve Cliquot Polo Classic,  a fund-raiser for the American Friends of Sentebale, a charity which he founded with the prince of Lesotho to support at-risk children in the tiny African nation.  Prince Harry led [...]

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