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Times Square street closings for New Year’s Eve party

Streets and avenues around Times Square will be blocked off to parking for the biggest party in New York City, maybe the world.  It’s the annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, attended a million of your closest friends and watched by many millions more on television worldwide.  The New Year’s Eve 2011 [...]

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Verizon rolls back fee to pay bills on phone; other companies still charge annoying fees

It took less than 48 hours for Verizon to cave in to decide not to charge customers a $2 ‘convenience fee’ for the convenience of paying phone bills on the phone or online.  What were they thinking?  It’s the second time in recent months that consumers have forced corporations to roll back new add-on [...]

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NYC Mulchfest 2012: chip in and recycle your Xmas trees

Recycle your Christmas trees into wood chips that will nourish trees and plants on NYC streets, gardens and parks. It’s the annual NYC Mulchfest, and you can chip in on Saturday and Sunday, January 7 and 8, 2012, with tree drop-offs starting on January 2nd.  Join the New York City Department of Parks & [...]

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New Year’s Eve half-price meal deals at T.G.I. Friday’s

From 9:00 p.m. to midnight on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2011, the menu at T.G.I. Friday’s is half the price. Menu items included in this special pricing are: Pan Seared Pot Stickers, Crispy Green Bean Fries, Fried Mozzarella, Spinach Florentine Flatbread, Tuscan Spinach Dip and half orders of Loaded Potato Skins. Check local [...]

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A Real Night at the Museum

Kids get the opportunity to camp out overnight at the American Museum of Natural History, in the real version of the movie.  As the doors close and the lights dim, participants head out with flashlights in search of adventure, which could mean a face-to-face meeting with a 65-million-year-old T. rex in the Hall of Dinosaurs, or [...]

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Free discount Rx prescription card for NYC residents, tourists

Start the new year by saving as much as half off your prescription medicines with the FREE Big Apple Rx prescription discount card. This just may be the best cheap deal in NYC, since it’s open to everybody — it is not limited to low-income New Yorkers or the elderly, and there is [...]

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Family Kwanzaa celebration at the American Museum of Natural History on 12/31

Celebrate Kwanzaa at the American Museum of Natural History, with a four-hour family-friendly festival that is FREE with museum admission.  The program is noon to 4 PM on Saturday, December 31st, and includes –

storytelling by master storyteller Linda Humes. The Brooklyn Steppers, the high-energy stars of President Obama’s inauguration parade, and a featured [...]

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New Year’s Eve deal on East Side: $55 three-course champagne dinner

Celebrate New Year’s Eve with a British flavor with a three-course champagne dinner for $55 on the Upper East Side.  The Jones Wood Foundry is a British restaurant making culinary waves with classics like Beef Wellington and Sticky Toffee Pudding.  The New Year’s Eve dinner includes those, fresh oysters, venison and Guinness shephard’s pie, [...]

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Bad deal: Verizon to charge $2 to pay your bill by phone or online

Verizon has announced plans to charge customers $2 to pay their monthly phone bill by phone or online, beginning January 15, 2012.  The bad news bill is already getting buzz among tech websites like CNET, which already is speculating whether the new fee will cause a consumer backlash, like the one that hit Bank [...]

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iTunes music deal: top albums $6.99 until January 1st

Celebrate the year in music with a great deal on the top albums of 2011.  From now until January 1, you can get the latest albums from performers and groups including Florence + The Machine, LMFAO, Lady Antebellum, Adele, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foster the People, Evanescence and more for just $6.99 each on [...]

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NYC 9/11 Memorial milestone: one million visitors since Sept. 11, 2011

World Trade Center before 9/11

New York City’s 9/11 Memorial, at the World Trade Center, has welcomed an astounding one million visitors since opening officially just three months ago, on Sept. 11, 2011, the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attack that changed us all forever.  Visiting the 9-11 Memorial is FREE, but you [...]

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Sales ending today: 30% off at Gap, 60% off at Eddie Bauer, up to 90% off at Daffy’s

Several After-Christmas sales are ending today, Thursday, December 29.

Gap — 30% off all regularly priced merchandise, online only.  Use promo code GAPSPRING at checkout. Eddie Bauer — up to 60% off t-shirts, jeans and other items for men and women, both online and in-store. Daffy’s is advertising up to 90% off — but [...]

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