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April, 2008
April 30th, 2008 by susan j
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Sports buffs of all ages will want to check out New York City’s newest museum. The Sports Museum of America at 26 Broadway in Manhattan opens one week from today and already the museum is generating some major media buzz in places like The New York Times, Yahoo! Sports, and The Dallas Morning News.
The first and only interactive, multimedia all-sports experience in the country, the Museum covers baseball, football, basketball, figure skating, extreme sports, and other sports with more than 800 artifacts, 1,100 photographs, and 20 original films. It’s also the new home of the Heisman Trophy and the Billie Jean King International Women’s Sports Center, including the first ever women’s sports hall of fame.
The Sports Museum of America will be included with the New York City Explorer Pass starting on May 7, 2008, when the museum officially opens.
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April 22nd, 2008 by susan j
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If you’ve ever wondered where shows like Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O’Brien were filmed then, the NBC Studio Tour is for you. This seventy minute tour takes you inside NBC’s historic New York studios. Tours are led by NBC pages. Regis Philbin, Michael Eisner, and Ted Koppel all served as pages in their younger years, so you never know what up-and-comer might be showing you around the studio!
First stop is the NBC/Sharp History Theatre to learn about NBC’s early days in radio. Other highlights include NBC’s most famous studios (subject to filming schedules), including those used for The Today Show, Dateline NBC, NBC Nightly News, and others.
TV and movies buffs might also enjoy these tours:
New York TV & Movie Sites Tour
Central Park Movie Sites Tour
Sex and the City Hotspots Tour
New York TV & Movie Sites on the Water
Sopranos Sites Tour
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New York City?
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April 18th, 2008 by susan j
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Now that the weather finally is warming up, a visit to one of New York City’s greenmarkets is the perfect way to explore the city’s neighborhoods. You’ll find organic produce, farm fresh dairy, and homemade goods. Several of NYC’s outdoor markets, including Union Square Greenmarket, operate year-round, but others (like the Borough Hall Greenmarket and Sunnyside and Astoria Greenmarket) are open seasonally.
In celebration of National Garden Month, you can also stop by the 2008 NYC Grow Garden Festival in Union Square Park on April 27 for more on local produce and gardening.
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April 7th, 2008 by jamie a
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Baseball season has begun in the Big Apple, with the Yankees kicking off their last year in their stadium with a win against the Toronto Blue Jays. Along with their regular season, Yankee Stadium will also be hosting the All-Star Game in July, and the ticket sales are already booming.
Recently named by Men’s Fitness, this is your last chance to see the park in all its glory. The park opened on April 18, 1923 with a Yankees victory against the Boston Red Sox, complete with a home run by Babe Ruth himself.
If that’s how the stadium opened, it’s sure to end with a bang as well, with tons of fans wishing it farewell. If you act fast and grab some tickets, you could be part of history too!
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April 4th, 2008 by jamie a
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With 5 boroughs, bridges, and trying to figure out the difference between “uptown” and “downtown,” New York City can be intimidating for first-time visitors.
NYC Visit.com has put together this . I found it very useful, and I’m a seasoned visitor to New York. They explain everything from numbered vs. named streets, how many blocks equal a mile, and the greatly confused difference between “uptown” and “downtown.”
Their section offers a tour of each of the boroughs, as well as a guide to in different spots in the city, so you’ll always know where to find help.
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April 2nd, 2008 by jamie a
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While you’re in the Big Apple and faced with a plethora of dining options, you want to find something that’s going to please adults and kids alike. There’s so many wonderful places to check out that don’t begin with T.G.I…
Time Out New York recently put together a list of the , focusing on dishes that kids constantly ask for. This list outlines the tastiest kids’ food out there, from chicken fingers to macaroni and cheese and hot fudge sundaes.
In addition to listings of restaurants to check out, there’s also lists of the best burgers in the city, ethnic eateries where eating with your hands is encouraged, dinner theatre destinations, plus an article where chefs discuss pleasing their toughest critics (their kids!).
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