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Year-Round Christmas Stores in NYC

virtual visits with santa

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. … [Read more...] about Year-Round Christmas Stores in NYC

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on July 12, 2016 | Updated July 10, 2016 Filed Under: Christmas in NYC · Sales & Bargains Tagged With: Midtown

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 … [Read more...] about Year-Round Christmas Store in Midtown

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on October 11, 2015 | Updated October 7, 2015 Filed Under: Christmas in NYC · Sales & Bargains Tagged With: Christmas· Holidays· Midtown· NYC Tourist Info

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 … [Read more...] about One Day University: Top Professors

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on March 4, 2014 | Updated March 3, 2014 Filed Under: Grab Bag Tagged With: Coupons· Lectures· Midtown· New York City· Self-Improvement

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 … [Read more...] about 9/11 anniversary events: free lecture on role of WTC in NYC history

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on August 29, 2011 | Updated August 29, 2011 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Free and Cheap · NYC for Visitors Tagged With: 9/11 Anniversary events· Free and Cheap· Lower Manhattan· Midtown· New York City· New York Public Library· NYC Tourist Info· NYPL· World Trade Center

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. … [Read more...] about Thanks to all who attended my lecture at the NYPL

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on July 7, 2011 | Updated July 7, 2011 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Free and Cheap · NYC Parks Tagged With: Books· Lectures· Midtown· New York City· NYPL

Meet me tonight at NYPL Mid-Manhattan branch: free program on quiet, peaceful places in NYC

Meet me at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public Library.  I'm giving a FREE lecture on tranquil, peaceful places in NYC -- secret gardens, picture postcard vistas, quiet sanctuaries in busy places, hiking trails you can get to by subway, which days of the week and times of the day to visit popular museums and avoid the crowds, and more.  It's … [Read more...] about Meet me tonight at NYPL Mid-Manhattan branch: free program on quiet, peaceful places in NYC

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on July 6, 2011 | Updated July 6, 2011 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Free and Cheap · NYC for Visitors · NYC Parks Tagged With: Books· Free and Cheap· Lectures· Midtown· New York City· New York Public Library

Escape to quiet, tranquil, peaceful places in NYC

After the sensory overload of Macy's Fourth of July fireworks and concert, the idea of quiet, tranquil, peaceful places in NYC is a good one.  And there are many.  I found more than one hundred sanctuaries researching and writing my NYC guidebook, Peaceful Places in NYC -- and I'm sharing them for FREE in an illustrated talk at the New York Public Library on Wednesday, July, … [Read more...] about Escape to quiet, tranquil, peaceful places in NYC

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on July 4, 2011 | Updated July 4, 2011 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Free and Cheap · NYC for Visitors · NYC Parks Tagged With: Books· Free and Cheap· Lectures· Midtown· New York City· Queens

Best NYC happy hour deals: Yum Yum Thai restaurants

All three Yum Yum Thai restaurants in midtown are celebrating the last last week of June with happy hour discounts extended for all day and evening.  Thailand's own Singha beer is $2.50, wine is $4 and other cocktails are $5.  Yum Yum Bangkok is at 650 Ninth Avenue, Yum Yum 3 is next door at 658 Ninth Ave., and Yum Yum Too is next door at 662 Ninth Ave., all three at 46th St.  … [Read more...] about Best NYC happy hour deals: Yum Yum Thai restaurants

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on June 27, 2011 | Updated June 28, 2011 Filed Under: Cheap Eats · NYC for Visitors Tagged With: Happy Hours· Midtown· New York City

NY Public Library on Fifth Ave. celebrates 100th birthday with three days of special events

posted by Evelyn Kanter NYC weekend planner -- The iconic New York Public Library building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd St. turns 100 years old this weekend, and the NYPL is celebrating with dozens of events and activities, nearly all of them FREE, between Friday, May 22nd and Sunday, May 24th.  The partial list includes a magic show, behind-the-scenes tours of the stacks of … [Read more...] about NY Public Library on Fifth Ave. celebrates 100th birthday with three days of special events

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on May 19, 2011 | Updated May 15, 2011 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Family Fun · Festivals · Free and Cheap · Grab Bag · NYC for Visitors · NYC Theater Tagged With: Books· Cheap Fun With Kids· Free and Cheap· Lectures· Midtown· New York City· New York Public Library· NYC Tourist Info· NYPL

NYC champagne and caviar breakfast for the Royal Wedding

You could watch the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in your jammies at home, or you could head to the Trump Hotel & Tower New York in Columbus Circle to celebrate with a festive menu including scrambled eggs with caviar and a champagne toast. The special one time Royal Wedding Breakfast is at Jean Georges, the hotel's five-star restaurant.  It's a bit … [Read more...] about NYC champagne and caviar breakfast for the Royal Wedding

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 26, 2011 | Updated July 5, 2018 Filed Under: Cheap Eats · Entertainment · Grab Bag · NYC Hotels Tagged With: Midtown· New York City· NYC Tourist Info

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