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 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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Share Your Opinion on the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster

The Sierra Club NYC chapter is hosting a panel discussion and public forum on the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico at 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 8th, at the New School.  The greatest environmental disaster in U. S. history dredges up many questions, which include –

What do you think is the legal and moral [...]

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Lecture on Genocide Around Globe

What can we do about the on-going atrocities of genocide around the globe?  How should we respond as individuals, as nations, and as human beings?  Those are just some of the questions being addressed at a lecture entitled “Genocide and Activism”, on Tuesday, April 20th, at the Center for Jewish  History.  The program is at 6:30 [...]

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Concert and Chat with Peter Buffett

Musician and philanthropist Peter Buffett is the son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, and the star of a free  evening of music and conversation.  The music is Buffett’s own compositions, the conversation is about his own philanthropic efforts and his life as the son of one of the world’s wealthiest and most influential investors.  The free concert and chat [...]

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Free Lecture on Coney Island History

Coney Island has an amazing history, with ups and downs, much like its world famous Cyclone roller coaster.   From it’s heyday a century ago, to a sad relic of its past, to the center of a major real estate and urban planning battle, Coney Island has had “An Amazing Ride” — which just happens to be [...]

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Cookware Sale Ends Feb 15th

Two of the best brand names in any kitchen are Le Crueset and All-Clad, and both are up to 70% off at Broadway Panhandler through Monday, Feb. 15th.  For example — the 4.5 quart Le Creuset round oven is on sale for $129.98, instead of its regular price of $280.  Cuisinart kitchenware also is on sale. 

Broadway [...]

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NYC Restaurant Week Begins Jan. 25

It’s enough to make you hungry.  The Big Apple’s famous NYC Restaurant Week begins Monday, Jan. 25, and luckily for us, runs for two weeks, not one, through Sunday, Feb. 7.  It’s a spectacular opportunity to have a three-course lunch in 266 of the city’s best restaurants for $24.07 or dinner for $35.00.  Plus beverages and tips, of course.  [...]

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College Fairs to Jump Start Your Life

Get smart!  Two Big Apple colleges are having open house events today, January 12th,  to help you jump start your current job or career or help you get a start on a new one.

The open house at  Touro College Graduate School of Technology begins at  6:30 p.m.  Be sure to ask about 100% tuition grant from the New York [...]

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