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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, [...] 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 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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, [...] 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 [...] Celebrate Fleet Week 2010 NYC May 26 to June 2 Fleet Week in New York City begins today, Wednesday, May 26th with the largest parade of the year, as dozens of U.S. Navy ships sail up the Hudson River. There are Fleet Week 2010 events every day through Wednesday, June 2nd, including the opportunity to tour the ships [...] |
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