The 12th edition of Films on the Green returns in 2019 with a weekly FREE screenings in NYC parks of films with a French theme, including a bio-pic of design icon Coco Chanel. The theme for this year’s festival is ‘Women Behind the Camera’ with 13 screenings that display the work of female directors. Films on the Green screenings each Friday, May 31 through Sept. 3, in a different NYC park … [Read more...]
Best Margarita Happy Hours for Cinco de Mayo
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo, or any day, at one of these popular neighborhood Mexican restaurants, taquerias and cantinas in NYC. All of them offer great Margaritas year-round in your choice of frozen or on the rocks, with or without a salted rim, and some are celebrating Cinco de Mayo with special events and contests. These small, family-owned restaurants offer special Margarita happy hour … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Museum Admission First Weekend of the Month
Saving your money for a summer vacation? Then take advantage of FREE museum admission on the first day of each month and the first full weekend of each month. Add these "firsts" to add to your monthly NYC "to do" list, and get FREE museum admission this first full weekend of the new month in New ork City. Get FREE admission year-round at these top NYC museums. Get FREE museum admission … [Read more...]
ICYMI: NYC News You Missed in April
ICYMI - Here is our monthly recap of recent NYC news you might have missed during the last few weeks. As usual, our list is heavy on real estate, gentrification, restaurant and shopping news, the sharing economy, and other tidbits. You already know that Hudson Yards opened with shops and restaurants and the popular Vessel, and that there's a huge debate about whose fault it is that Amazon … [Read more...]
Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival 2019
Sakura Matsuri is the annual cherry blossom festival is celebrated both in Japan and in NYC, where the largest annual festival is in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. It's two days of music and dance performances, including Taiko drumming, martial arts demonstrations, activities for the kids including a parade, flower arranging, a tea ceremony, and a marketplace for Japanese textiles and gift … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Shred Fest 2019 Document Shredding
Now that you've filed your taxes, it's time to shred documents you no longer need, and protect yourself from identity theft. Shred Fest is a FREE annual shredding service in NYC and the rest of New York State, sponsored by the AARP Stop Scams program. There are FREE shredding events in all five boroughs this week and through mid-through May. You don't have to be an AARP member, or … [Read more...]
Best Places for NYC Cherry Blossoms
Spring is blooming in New York City this week, including thousands of pink and white Japanese cherry trees with their fragrant and delicate pink and white blossoms. Here are the best places to enjoy the cherry blossoms in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Bronx - Cherry Walk, Riverside Park, Manhattan: The walkway along the Hudson River, from 100th Street to 125th Street, is known as Cherry Walk. … [Read more...]
Celebrating All Things Green in New York City
NYC celebrates our great green earth all 365 days a year, not just on Earth Day. Despite what Kermit the Frog says, it's easy to be green in NYC, because green is everywhere, in NYC parks and gardens, neighborhood and street names, on the subway, on our iconic statues and monuments, with our favorite hometown sports teams, and in what we eat. Here are the NYCOTC top choices for where … [Read more...]
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