Learn how to make cocktails at home with the mixlogists of the Dead Rabbit in Lower Manhattan, which has won awards for being the world's best bar and best cocktail menu. The Happy Hour Mixology virtual class is $5 and all proceeds support staff while the bar remains closed in response to Covid-19. If you are drinking more and enjoying it less while you … [Read more...] about Virtual Happy Hour Mixology
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Rockefeller Center Virtual Happy Hour Art Party
Join the Rockefeller Center Virtual Happy Hour Art Party featuring a NYC artist who will turn photos you submit into artwork while you watch, and send you a digital copy, all FREE. It's a new event each Friday from 5pm to 6m with illustrator Angelicaa Hicks, to help us cope with being shut in, and end the virtual work week with some virtual fun.. Rockefeller Center has a … [Read more...] about Rockefeller Center Virtual Happy Hour Art Party
Where to Go Ice Skating at Outdoor & Indoor Rinks
An important part of NYC as a winter wonderland is the city's ice skating rinks. Even though you aren't as graceful as an Olympic medalist, you can still have fun at one of the many outdoor and year-round indoor rinks in NYC, including some where you can skate for FREE. Here is your complete list of 15 ice skating rinks in NYC, including rinks in NYC parks and rooftop … [Read more...] about Where to Go Ice Skating at Outdoor & Indoor Rinks
Last Chance for These Broadway Shows & Exhibits
All good things must come to an end. That applies to holiday decorations and light shows as well as to Broadway shows and museum exhibits. This is your last chance for several things closing this weekend, so don't delay. Grouped in order of their closing date. Holiday Light Show Closing Friday, Jan. 3rd Luminaries Luminaries is a FREE installation of … [Read more...] about Last Chance for These Broadway Shows & Exhibits
NYC Walks: Best Holiday Decorations in Midtown
NYC is magical any time of year, especially at the holidays, when there are sparkling lights everywhere. Here are the best decorations, including department store windows, Christmas trees and other delights, around Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Fifth Ave., Columbus Circle. It's an easy itinerary that can take two hours or two days, depending on what else you … [Read more...] about NYC Walks: Best Holiday Decorations in Midtown
NYC Free: Best Holiday Light Shows
NYC is magical any time of year, especially at the holidays, when there are special FREE holiday light shows to dazzle us and entertain us. Here are the NYC on the Cheap choices of the eight best - in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island - including returning favorites, the first-ever holiday light show at the new Hudson Yards, and one that is not free but … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Best Holiday Light Shows
NYC Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremonies 2019
'Tis the season to enjoy the twinkling lights decorating holiday trees and light displays in NYC, some already underway, with the biggest of them all, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, this week. Tree lighting ceremonies include FREE celebrity performances, and several offer photos with Santa for the little ones, even hot chocolate. Here is your complete guide to NYC … [Read more...] about NYC Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremonies 2019
Holiday Gridlock Alert Days 2019
Every year, the NYC Dept. of Transportation (DOT) issues its list of holiday gridlock alert days. Gridlock Alert days are when traffic is the busiest, especially in Midtown, especially around the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, and further uptown for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The bad news is that Gridlock Alert days are sprinkled through both November and … [Read more...] about Holiday Gridlock Alert Days 2019
NYC Free: Best Holiday Trees and Lights
'Tis the season to enjoy the twinkling lights decorating holiday trees and the magical light displays that accompany them. Some, like the ones in Rockefeller Center and Bryant Park, are already shining bright, and there are still more to come, along with the last few nights of lighting the giant Menorahs in Manhattan and Brooklyn for Hanukkah, the Festival of … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Best Holiday Trees and Lights
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Complete Guide
It's probably the most famous Christmas tree in the world, and very likely the most photographed. Simply, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is a NYC icon, and a custom that dates back to the 1930s, when Rockefeller Center was still under construction. This year's tree is being lit for the 2018 season on Wednesday, Nov. 28th, decorated with some 50,000 twinkling lights … [Read more...] about Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Complete Guide
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