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NYC on the Cheap iTunes/iPad/iTouch app

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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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$20 lift tickets, rentals, lessons at Catamount this week

This week is College Week at Catamount, featuring $20 lift tickets,  $20 rentals and $20 group lessons for college students, through Friday, January 13th.   This special pricing is good for daytime or night time skiing or riding.  Night skiing or riding is Wednesday through Friday during College Week.  College students must present their valid college ID [...]

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Free lunch deal with a mid-week lift ticket at Windham on Thursday, Jan. 5th

Who says there’s no free lunch?.  You can get one at Windham Mountain Resort this Thursday, January 5th, with the purchase of a mid-week ticket, for $52.  It’s the first of Windham’s new Thursday Specials deal program, with a different offer each Thursday.  To get this free meal deal, you have to sign up [...]

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Take the ski bus to Hunter Mt. and Windham

No car?  No worries.  You can still get to the slopes in the Catskills with special ski busses operated by several NYC ski and sport shops.

Eastern Mountain Sports is partnering with Urban Sherpa Travel for day-trips to Hunter and Windham, even a weekend day-trip to Killington, which I would not recommend unless you [...]

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Travel Tuesday: museum, lunch, shopping discount package in Columbus Circle

The Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle calls it the “Food, Fashion & Fun” package, and it’s ideal for both NYC visitors and as a special treat for those of us who live here but rarely get to play tourist.  The package deal includes lunch for two at the Michelin-star restaurant, A Voce Columbus, [...]

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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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Travel Tuesday: museum, lunch, shopping discount package in Columbus Circle

The Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle calls it the “Food, Fashion & Fun” package, and it’s ideal for both NYC visitors and as a special treat for those of us who live here but rarely get to play tourist.  The package deal includes two tickets to the Museum of Arts and Design, pre-fixe [...]

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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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Drive real race cars on a real racetrack

Vroom!  Drive real racecars at 125 mph or more on a real racetrack.  It’s a day you’ll never forget.  It’s the New Jersey Motorsports Park Racing School, with a choice of one-day or two-day programs.  You’ll be driving VW Jetta TDI clean diesel cars — the very same ones which have been competing in [...]

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Fall foilage getaway: Hudson River cruise + bike at Bear Mountain Park

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Call this a New York City daytrip two-fer — a combo Hudson River cruise and bike ride in Bear Mountain State Park, in Harriman.  This is Bike and Roll NYC’s Oktoberfest Cruise and Cycle, in partnership with Circle Line.   Available every Saturday and Sunday from Sept. 17th through Oct. 30th, which [...]

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Hurricane Irene cancels NYC weekend events and airline flights

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The expected high winds, high tides, flooding and heavy rains accompanying Hurricane Irene have prompted the cancellation of many outdoor events in New York City this weekend.  Here’s   Here’s what’s been cancelled so far –

Airlines —

JetBlue — has cancelled nearly 900 flights, including many in and out of LaGuardia, [...]

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Test drive more than 50 Chevy, Buick, GMC, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai models free

General Motors is showing off its newest Chevrolet, Buick and GMC cars and trucks in a FREE special test drive program in the parking lot of Nassau Coliseum this weekend, Friday, July 8th through Sunday, July 10th.   There will be more than 50 different models on hand, half of which are GM competitors — including [...]

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