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48 hours in New York
December 17, 2007, 4:17 pm
Got 48 hours to explore New York over the holidays? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors make the most of the shopping and holiday attractions the Big Apple has to offer. Read the full 48 hours in New York City itinerary from... » View Article
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An Exotic Oasis in Brooklyn
November 15, 2007, 10:53 am
If your knowledge of Middle Eastern food starts with falafel and ends with hummus, a few hours on Atlantic Avenue should set you straight. “Atlantic Avenue Offers Variety of Exotic Food,” reads a New York Times article on display in Sahadi’s, the best-known store on the block. The date: Jan. 7,... » View Article
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Where the Tailgate Party Spirit Rules
October 18, 2007, 2:32 pm
WHAT could be more dreadful than spending a crisp fall Sunday afternoon wandering through Central Park hand-in-hand with your beloved? Nothing, if you’re a football fan, and your other beloved, the Philadelphia Eagles, are playing at precisely that time. Let’s face it: where you’d really like to... » View Article
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Fresh from the street
October 3, 2007, 5:31 pm
Joshua Stein heads to New York to find out who will be crowned the city's Best Street Food Vendor at this year's Vendy awards. Early last Saturday morning, New York's elite street chefs packed up their carts and headed to Manhattan's East Village to compete in the Vendy Awards. The awards, in... » View Article
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Big Apple, Little Budget
September 10, 2007, 2:15 pm
Guess where the country's most expensive hotel room is located. Nope, it's not in Vegas—it's the Ty Warner suite at the Four Seasons, New York, which debuted this summer at $30,000 a night. That's not Manhattan's only record-breaker: At $20 a head, the Museum of Modern Art is America's most... » View Article
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Day Out Brooklyn
September 10, 2007, 2:06 pm
VISITORS to the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn usually head straight for Bedford Avenue. It's the obvious choice — a thoroughfare packed with stores and cafes, and the scene of an increasingly congested parade of the neighborhood's would-be trendsetters. But those looking to find what made... » View Article
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Getting a Salsa Groove On
September 10, 2007, 2:02 pm
IN the birthplace of modern salsa, and in a city that has more than two million Latinos, you'd think that planning a weekend that centers on Latin music would be simple: a night at the Copacabana, scope out the Latin music Web sites for special events, then stop by a salsa club. But it ain't... » View Article
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New York's hidden gem
August 27, 2007, 7:17 pm
Let's play a game. I'm sitting at a table on the dock of a very small bay. The sun's going down and lights from the harbour begin to twinkle in the half-light. A candlelit table in front of me is home to the remnants of a freshly cooked Maine lobster and a bowl filled with the broken shells of... » View Article
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For Beer Tastes, on Beer Budgets
August 9, 2007, 4:30 pm
VISITING the big city can leave you parched, especially in summer. It's easy to develop a more-than-one-beer thirst as you gamely tramp from museum to museum, from landmark to landmark. But hunting cheap beer on the New York City bar scene is a bit like trying to find a cheetah on the African... » View Article
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I love NY
May 29, 2007, 10:32 am
Wow, what a great time we had in NYC last weekend. I think that possibly the best thing of the whole trip is that I didn’t think about work (or any other commitments) for the whole 5 days that we were gone, there was no time to! We were always on the go, made sure to pack as much as possible into... » View Article
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Hot Time, Cool Prices: Summer in New York City
May 21, 2007, 10:36 am
During the summer in New York City, the streets are less crowded and the wait is a little less at your favorite restaurants -- everyone's gone, off to the country, the beach, or the mountains to escape the heat, which on a humid day seems to roll off the streets in steamy sheets. Perhaps I'm not... » View Article
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For Isaac Mizrahi, there's no place like home
May 14, 2007, 12:08 pm
"I'm as much a part of New York as the rats," says Isaac Mizrahi, the fashion designer, host of the cable TV show "Isaac," and unofficial poster boy for Big Apple-induced ADD. "I never wanted to live anywhere else. But I'm in my forties now and starting to think, 'Are you really going to stay... » View Article
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My Brooklyn Is Better Than Yours
April 10, 2007, 2:14 pm
Manhattan? Fuhgeddaboudit. These days, the most interesting part of New York is across the East River. While residents of Brooklyn have been raving about their borough for years, visitors are finally hearing the call. Grace Bonney, the blogger behind Design*Sponge, shows us a few of her favorite... » View Article
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How to do kids' New York
April 3, 2007, 1:27 pm
Getting around Riding the subway only costs $2 (£1), however far you travel (you can make further savings with a MetroCard). But make sure you take a ride in an iconic yellow cab too. For more details about transport go to nycvisit.com. Bicycle rickshaws can be hailed around Central Park,... » View Article
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Big Apple memories
March 26, 2007, 5:13 pm
It’s a long way from North Iowa to New York City — 20 hours in a bus, to be exact. I can tell you that because I took the trip, along with two bus drivers, two music directors, five other chaperones and 41 members of the Northwood-Kensett High School band and chorus. There... » View Article
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Getting to know the Big Apple with little books
March 23, 2007, 4:27 pm
If the sidewalks of New York seem heavily populated with thoughtful, literary types consulting their Moleskines, don't be fooled. Some of the newest, and most useful, travel guides these days borrow heavily from those discreet black notebooks beloved of artists from van Gogh to Hemingway to Bruce... » View Article
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Luxury Pie: NYC Restaurant Offers $1,000 Pizza
March 14, 2007, 3:47 am
Nino Selimaj Unveils Grand Pizza Featuring Caviar, Lobster We've been dealing with the pocket-emptying effects of rising gas prices, new electric rates, and an increase in cab fare, but how would you feel about breaking the bank all for...a pizza? Now you can find out thanks to Manhattan... » View Article
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A New York gastro walk
March 14, 2007, 12:06 pm
Matt Rudd signs up for food to die for and a VIP pass into New York’s coolest neighbourhoods, all in one morning. You can see the smug look on their smug faces as they elbow you into the gutter. It says: “My day is going to be better than your day because I’m in the know and you’re not, tourist... » View Article
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Gordon Ramsay at The London
February 20, 2007, 11:57 am
Ramsay turns down heat in New York By Robert Cross Tribune staff reporter Published February 18, 2007 NEW YORK -- One of the newest attractions in Manhattan is tucked away where a visitor might overlook it. Unless, that is, the visitor keeps up with celebrity-chef reality shows... » View Article
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New York City, take two: Scenes to last a lifetime
January 29, 2007, 7:02 pm
By Charlotte Safavi For The Inquirer 'What does New York mean to you?" I ask my husband, as we sit in a knot of traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike. He stops drumming the steering wheel. "Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live, Woody Allen," he says, then pauses and adds, "Walt Whitman." My 6-year-old... » View Article
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New York's Top 50
January 29, 2007, 6:55 pm
With more than 12,000 restaurants to choose from, where are in-the-know New Yorkers eating right now? From the Upper West Side to Chinatown, Anya von Bremzen picks Manhattan's best From  Travel & Leisure December 2006 For culinary thrill-seekers and casual chowhounds alike there's... » View Article
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Cucina Paradiso in the Bronx
January 29, 2007, 6:54 pm
People visit the Bronx for all kinds of reasons. Some come to see the zoo, others to catch a baseball game at Yankee Stadium. The spectacular Botanical Gardens draws people from all over the world, as does Poe Cottage, the restored house that was the poet Edgar Allan Poe's last home. My... » View Article
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All Aboard! Next Stop Chinatown New York City
January 11, 2007, 5:40 pm
Dazzling lights and sounds of Time Square and Broadway! Art-Deco glamour and pre-Depression architecture at the ChryslerBuilding! "Dirty-water" hot dogs with kraut and diced onion at 42nd and 'Lex'! Cristo's draping of Central Park! The stately and inspiring Statue of Liberty! Beaux-Arts styled... » View Article
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NYC's MoMA features outdoor film exhibit
January 29, 2007, 2:00 pm
From USA Today.com By Marcus Franklin, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK — A new exhibit was unveiled Tuesday at the Museum of Modern Art — or rather on the Museum of Modern Art. The new public art installation by artist Doug Aitken turned the museum's facades into a drive-in movie theater... » View Article
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Insider's Guide To New York City
January 29, 2007, 1:38 pm
The season's hottest shows, restaurants, shopping, and more.From Consierge.com. Start Spreading the News In the annals of popular music, there are few songs more true, more moving, than Kander and Ebb's "New York, New York." Although it was written as a bittersweet valentine—in 1977, when... » View Article
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