Taste of the Terminal returns to Grand Central Terminal this week, with FREE tastings, giveaway samples and special discounts on purchases from restaurants and shops, including Shake Shack and Origins, even wine and cheese. The annual Taste of the Terminal event is in Vanderbilt Hall, 11AM to 2PM and includes live music performances by some of the subway musicians part of the Music Under New … [Read more...]
Year-Round Christmas Stores in NYC
It's Christmas in July, and every day of the year, at these year-round holiday shops in Midtown and in Little Italy. All are filled with ornaments and other seasonal items, including NYC ornaments, such as of the Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building, plus souvenirs. Santa Claus is always in town at Christmas Cottage, on Seventh Ave. between 56th and 57th Streets. It's like a visit to … [Read more...]
Year-Round Christmas Store in Midtown
Christmas is 365 day a year at Christmas Cottage in Midtown. Other cities have year-round Christmas stores, filled with ornaments and other seasonal items, and now NYC has one of its own. Santa Claus is always in town at Christmas Cottage, on Seventh Ave. between 56th and 57th Streets. It's like a visit to Santa's Workshop, including special ornaments celebrating New York City, including the … [Read more...]
One Day University: Top Professors
Go back to college for a day. The annual One Day University, features lectures professors from top colleges and universities including Brown, Rutgers and NYC's own Columbia University. The next One Day University in NYC is Sunday, April 6, 2014. Subjects include whether the American dream is still alive, and how Americans think about crime and punishment, revenge and forgiveness. The regular … [Read more...]
Anime night at the NYPL: free screening of a Kenichi + Miu adventure
Anime is short for 'animation', a style of Japanese animation that pre-dates Disney and Pixar. Anime also has a core of devoted fans. The NYPL Mid-Manhattan branch has a FREE screening of Kenichi The Mightiest Discipline, a story about this kid who gets picked on at school and then becomes a tough guy thanks to Miu, a hot chic who teaches him six kinds of martial arts. It's fun, and free. The … [Read more...]
Two new Uniqlo stores open in Manhattan
The new Uniqlo flagship store on Fifth Avenue and 53rd St. opens Friday, October 7th, followed by another superstore on 34th Street off Broadway one week later, on Friday, October 14th. The Fifth Avenue location a humongous 89,000 square feet, and ranks as the largest retail space on the avenue -- larger than Bergdorf Goodman a few blocks north. The Uniqlo at 666 Fifth Avenue is just one block … [Read more...]
9/11 anniversary events: free lecture on role of WTC in NYC history
Tuesday, August 30th -- Best-selling author Eric Darton talks about the role of Lower Manhattan in New York City, from Colonial times through the construction of the World Trade Center. It's a FREE author lecture at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the NYPL on Tuesday, August 30th. His cultural history of Lower Manahttan and the WTC is "Divided We Stand: A Biography of New York City's World Trade … [Read more...]
Thanks to all who attended my lecture at the NYPL
It was a full house last night at the NYPL Mid-Manhattan branch for my FREE talk on Peaceful Places in NYC, the title of my most recent travel guidebook. Everybody had a great time, especially me, because I love to share good news about my home town. Lots of you asked great questions about peaceful, tranquil, serene places in NYC, and lots of you had additional suggestions. I saw lots of pens … [Read more...]
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