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NYC on the Cheap iTunes/iPad/iTouch app

iPhone/iPad/iTouch app

Launched last year as NYC Free and Frugal, the app version of NYC on the Cheap has been renamed NYC on the Cheap.

Download it now from the iTunes store, and get hundreds of places for cheap eats, stores where you’ll never pay retail, museums that are always free, and lots [...]

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BOGO massage special for NYC Marathon 2011 runners + friends

Physical Advantage massage therapy center in NYC is offering a special BOGO deal for runners in the 2011 NYC Marathon.  Buy a single session or package before the race, and get a post-race massage treatment FREE.  Sports Advantage specializes in sports-related therapy and has treated professional athletes from the New York Islanders and New [...]

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Visit Ripley’s Believe it or Not for $5 with donation of non-perishable food

Believe it or not — Ripley Times Square Odditorium is reducing the entry price to just $5 if you bring five canned or other non-perishable food products such as pasta, dried beans and baby food, to help fight hunger in New York City.  Ripley’s Gimme Five Food Drive will take place from Sunday, November [...]

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Ski + snowboard three Colorado resorts at steep discount

Three of Colorado’s most historic and celebrated ski towns have joined forces to unveil the new Colorado Triple Play featuring six days of skiing and riding at Aspen/Snowmass, Steamboat and Winter Park Resort during the 2011/2012 winter season.  The pass offers two days at each resort, giving you a  total of  nearly 10,000 acres, more [...]

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Food Emporium gives discounts to seniors 55 plus

New Yorkers age 55 and over get a 5% discount at Food Emporium on Tuesdays.  This discount applies only to purchases $20 and more, which — unfortunately — is pretty easy these days as prices for food keep going up, and you must present the coupon in the in-store flyer.

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Driving Safety Tips for Ice, Sleet and Snow

Ice,  snow, and sleet makes walking difficult and driving outright dangerous.  The best advice for driving in bad weather is don’t.  Driving in ice, sleet and snow is treacherous even for good drivers in vehicles with anti-lock brakes, traction control and good all-weather tires.  The ice and sleet storm in New York City and [...]

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BOGO massage special for NYC Marathon 2011 runners + friends

Physical Advantage massage therapy center in NYC is offering a special BOGO deal for runners in the 2011 NYC Marathon.  Buy a single session or package before the race, and get a post-race massage treatment FREE.  Sports Advantage specializes in sports-related therapy and has treated professional athletes from the New York Islanders and New [...]

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Free discount Rx prescription card for NYC residents, tourists

Save 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 no limit how often you [...]

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Free CPR classes from FDNY and EMS experts

New York’s Bravest, the FDNY, offers FREE one-hour CPR classes in fire department locations, libraries, sports clubs and other locations all over New York City.  Sign up at the official New York City government website, NYC.gov.  This is a great program.  It’s free, and you will learn enough to save somebody’s life.  And if [...]

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Shadow boxing boot camp to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure

UPDATE — THIS CLASS WAS CANCELLED BY CHELSEA PIERS AFTER THIS WAS PUBLISHED  AND THE RSS FEED WENT OUT TO SUBCRIBERS.

Box to beat breast cancer.  Join Gary Griffin, boxing instructor and trainer at the Sports Center at Chelsea Piers, and a member of the Air Force Boxing Team, in a fast-paced endurance workout [...]

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NYC on the Cheap iTunes/iPad/iTouch app

iPhone/iPad/iTouch app

Launched last year as NYC Free and Frugal, the app version of NYC on the Cheap has been renamed NYC on the Cheap.

Download it now from the iTunes store, and get hundreds of places for cheap eats, stores where you’ll never pay retail, museums that are always free, and lots [...]

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Daily deals: half off a two-night juice cleanse and yoga retreat

Get your body and spirit in shape now so it’s ready for all the excesses that go with the upcoming holidays.  Get half off a two-night Hohm raw juice cleanse and yoga retreat  American Yogini, at their resort just outside NYC.  This is a special voucher deal — $330 instead of $660, to purchase [...]

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