Evelyn Kanter’s NYC Guidebook | You can get 75 free 4×6 photo prints from Snapfish when you use promo code ISTOCK75. New Snapfish users get an additional 25 free 4×6 prints. This offer is valid through November 30, 2010, so act now to make copies of your summer vacation photos,the kids in their Halloween trick or treat costumes, and [...] Now that Halloween is past tense, it’s time to start thinking about Thanksgiving and Christmas. New York City department stores and chain stores already have pre-holiday sales. Here’s what’s happening this week: Lord & Taylor has 15% off, storewide, through Wed., Nov. 3. The 15% off includes regular price and merchandise already sale-priced. [...] NYC Free and Frugal $1.99 app from iTunes store It may be the best $1.99 bargain on the planet. NYC Free and Frugal is the newest app for the iPhone, iPad and iTouch, just pubished and avialable for download on the iTunes store. NYC Free and Frugal information on more than 100 cheap [...] Spa week is October 11-17 with participating spas nationwide offering spectacular discounts, including here The Big Apple. Start planning now for your Spa Week discount massage, facial or mani pedi — for yourself or a friend via spa gift cards that never expire. Aah, spa. Most definitely. Click here to find a Spa Week [...] This is a street fair with a French accent. Bastille Day celebrations commemorate the beginning of the French Revolution, which closely followed the American Revolution of July 4, 1776. Bastille Day in The Big Apple features French food, performances of French-style music, face painting for the kids, plus arts and crafts stalls with a [...] The first LEGO Store in New York City opens in Rockefeller Plaza on Tuesday, June 29th, with three days of special events and free giveaways. A team of LEGO Master Model Builders will be building a giant, 15-foot apple out of red LEGO bricks, and you are invited to help. The LEGO Big [...] Everything on the Coldwater Creek website is 60 percent off through Jan. 4, 2010, with a special promo coupon, you can get by clicking on the winter sale details link on the home page. The sale applies to clothing, accessories, shoes, belts, even items for the home such as wall decor and throw pillows. Similar [...] The day after Christmas is usually the best day of the year for sales and bargains, and this year the discounts last for the entire weekend. Saturday, Dec. 26 and Sunday, Dec. 27, Lord & Taylor is selling winter coats for women and children at 60% off, cashmere sweaters for men and women at $49.99, and more. [...] Magellan’s is offering free domestic rush ground shipping on orders $75 and over, through Tuesday, Dec. 22. Orders placed on-line or on the phone by 5 p.m. EST or 2 p.m. PST are guaranteed to be delivered by Xmas eve. There’s also guaranteed overnight shipping for purchases no later than 2 p.m. Wed., Dec. 23. Magellans’s offers [...] Learn how to wrap your holiday gifts more creatively at a free workshop at the arts and crafts store Michaels. The free two-hour workshop is 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 19th. Bring your own scissors and tape and a willingness to learn embossing techniques to personalize the gifts you give this holiday [...] JCPenney is offering a $10 discount on purchases of $10 or more through December 24th, the discount is valid when you shop the store at NYC’s Herald Square or on-line, with a coupon. If you did not receive the $10 coupon in the mail — as I did — you can print one out on the [...] You have been taking advantage of the holiday sales and bought yourself or a family member a new winter coat. So give the old one away to the needy. The annual New York Cares coat drive runs the entire month of December, from December one to December 31, and there are hundreds of places around The Big Apple where you can donate:
Also, during morning commuter hours, 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., you can bring donations here: | |