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150 museums nationwide are free this weekend

More than 150 museums in the USA are free this weekend, the first weekend of the month — but only if you are the owner of a Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit card.  The two companies are once again offering their “Museums on Us” program, which includes such top cultural destinations as [...]

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Brooklyn Restaurant Week: $20.12 meal Deals

Reminder that the 2012 Brooklyn Restaurant Week ends Friday, March 29th, with lunch, brunch or dinner, for $20.12 or $25.  Mention “Dine in Brooklyn” when you make your reservation, and you should do that soon, before the most popular eateries and dates are booked.  Restaurants are listed on the Visit Brooklyn website alphabetically by [...]

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Send free Passover greeting cards

Passover 2012 begins at sundown, Friday, April 6th.  Don’t wait until then to send out your Passover cards.  Chabad lets you send free virtual greetings to friends and family for Pesach, There are virtual cards suitable for children, for grownups, even an invitation to join your Seder.  As I said, free.  Passover continues for [...]

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Luxurious Frette bed, bath and table linens up to 80% off

With thread counts up to 1,000 and fine embroidery trim, Frette more than lives up to its reputation as the world’s leading provider of fine linens to homes and luxury hotels, and Frette towels and table linens are equally luxurious — and pricey.  Just in time for spring home fix-ups, this semi-annual Frette sale [...]

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Discount parking for Broadway shows, events

It’s never easy to find street parking in NYC, especially  in Manhattan, and parking in NYC garages is expensive, especially in midtown.  Cut the cost of NYC parking for Broadway theater performances and other midtown events with discount parking coupons. 

Icon Parking has several locations  in the area they call Midtown West, which [...]

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Brooklyn Restaurant Week: $20.12 meal Deals

Dine in Brooklyn — More than 150 Brooklyn restaurants and cafes are participating in the 2012 Brooklyn Restaurant Week, March 21st to 29th, with lunch, brunch or dinner, for $20.12 or $25.  Mention “Dine in Brooklyn” when you make your reservation, and you should do that soon, before the most popular eateries and dates [...]

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Best NYC Irish bars for St. Patrick’s Day

Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, but these two pubs are Irish year-round.

McSorley’s has been at the same location in the East Village since 1854, and hasn’t changed its decor or style since.  The wooden bar has been burnished to a deep shine by generations of elbows, and the walls are cluttered [...]

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NYC on the Cheap iTunes/iPad/iTouch app

iPhone/iPad/iTouch app

The app version of NYC on the Cheap has just been updated and re-released on the iTunes Store.  The new 1.3 version contains more NYC cheap eats, more listings about NYC history, neighborhoods and how to get around, and more links to the Twitter and Facebook pages of the restaurants, museums [...]

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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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Discount parking for Broadway shows and other events

It’s never easy to find street parking in NYC, especially  in Manhattan, and parking in NYC garages is expensive, especially in midtown.  Cut the cost of NYC parking for Broadway theater performances and other midtown events with discount parking coupons. 

Icon Parking has several locations  in the area they call Midtown West, which [...]

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150 museums nationwide are free this weekend

More than 150 museums in the USA are free this weekend, the first weekend of the month — but only if you are the owner of a Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit card.  The two companies are once again offering their “Museums on Us” program, which includes such top cultural destinations as [...]

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NYC Weekend Planner: Mah Jongg Festival

Mah Jongg photo courtesy Museum of Jewish Heritage

Mah Jongg is more than a game of skill and chance.  Both in China, where it originated in 500 B.C., and in the U.S. where it became popular beginning in the 1920s, it was a focus of social gatherings, especially among Jewish-American women.  Friendly gossip [...]

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