Evelyn Kanter’s NYC Guidebook | Get the kids ready for Halloween with FREE coloring pages and activities from Krispy Kreme, which you can download from the company website. There are three coloring pages — a friendly ghost, a friendly scarecrow, and a Krispy Screme donut, plus instructions for family activities such as a pumpkin hunt. Also, you could [...] Today is the last day to enter the Radio Shack sweepstakes to win a new Nissan Leaf plug-in all electric car. It’s the big prize in Radio Shack’s Earth Week celebration, ending April 23rd. You can enter online, no purchase necessary. Or, if you bring in your old electronics to a Radio Shack store [...] The online travel agency Expedia has launched a contest to give away more than $1 million in luxury travel vacations to its Facebook friends. The contest runs through mid-May. You have to sign up to become a Facebook fan of Expedia, then create a ‘virtual airplane’ that points to a series of vacation destinations. [...] Last day to win a trip to see the Major League Baseball team Texas Rangers play in Arlington on opening day. The contest is being sponsored by the Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau. Just sign up by March 24, 2011 for a chance to win airline tickets, hotel accommodations, a rental car, [...] Here are some new contests and coupons I’ve collected for you, to help you live in NYC — or anywhere — on the cheap and frugal. Sign up for weekly drawings for a chance to win a FREE Casio TRYX camera or an all expense paid trip to the TRYX OUT: NYC 2011 [...] The contest to win a FREE $50 gift card from New York Magazine ends at midnight tonight, February 17th. Just sign up for The Cut, one of the magazine’s fashion newsletters. The contest also gives you email access to what’s left of New York Fashion Week. And for whatever it’s worth — in a [...] It’s the annual Readers’ Choice awards sponsored by About.com to name the best ski and snowboard resort in the East. Just click on the special award site before February 4, 2011. There’s no prize for voting, just the satisfaction that your favorite snow destination in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire [...] The Disney Pixar Toy Story 3, with Buzz Lightyear and the team, is a family favorite movie. If your kids have been clammoring for Toy Story toys, you should enter the Disney Pixar Toy Story 3 Sweepstakes, sponsored in conjunction with L’Oreal Kids. The Grand Prize is a$2,000 shopping spree in New York City. [...] Banana Republic is promoting the fourth season of the award-winning AMC hit show Mad Men with a fashion focus called Mad About Style, including on-line videos about how to dress properly for any occasion. The most popular feature of this Banana Republic Mad Men promotion likely will be the chance to win a walk-on role. Just pick up a ‘ticket’ at any Banana Republic store in New York City, the rest of the U.S. or Canada before August 11th. According to Stylist, the winning ticket will be chosen by Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner. Season four of Mad Men launches Sunday, July 25th on AMC.
Full disclosure — I have a soft spot for Jon Hamm, who plays Don Draper. I also write about green cars and family cars, and Hamm is the new the voice of Mercedes-Benz commercials. And Hamm is a graduate of the University of Missouri. So am I. He was an English and theater major. I attended the School of Journalism. Here’s a peek at what to expect on Mad Men during Season 4: Take your camera to your favorite sports event and you could win a $1,000 prize from SanDisk. There will be four winners of their Capture the Passion Summer Sports contest. Just submit your best shot before August 24th. It’s free to enter. Still photos or video. There are several entry categories, and unlike [...] The Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest at Coney Island has become an annual Fourth of July tradition, along with the Macy’s fireworks. Nathan’s is running a Be the Judge Contest win a trip to New York City and be a judge at the contest, where big eaters compete to see who can eat [...] Learn all about French wines in this free webinar sponsored by Atout France, part of the French government tourism agency. Your guide and instructor is Sheryl Sauter Morano, one of only 26 certified Master sommeliers in the USA, and three other experts. The free online seminar is at 2 p.m. EST, Wednesday, May 26th, [...] | |