Is true. The characters of Sesame Street have been appointed as official NYC ambassadors.
Travelers arriving for summer New York vacations will see muppets including Elmo, Big Bird and Cookie Monster plastered all over online and outdoor advertising, as well as on taxicab ads throughout the City.
This was announced by George Fertitta, the CEO of NYC & […]

Posted on July 9th, 2009 by Thomas
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Rocker Courtney Love, 44-year old widow of Kurt Cobain, was visiting her 16-year old daughter Frances Bean on June 17 in New York City. She was staying at The Inn at Irving Place, and apparently completely trashed her hotel room in 8 hours flat.

Love apparently left behind dirty needles and used feminine hygiene products, and […]

Posted on July 5th, 2009 by Thomas
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Wanna get laid in New York City? It’s costly, as is everything else in the Big Apple. Fortunately for you, TimeOut New York has come out with a very useful list of no-tell New York motels.

Yes, I know it’s. tacky. But devastatingly effective, wouldn’t you say? Great headboard… That’s the romantic interlude room at the Liberty Inn, […]

Posted on July 1st, 2009 by Thomas
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On June 21, 2009, there’s going to be one more temporary addition to the list of New York beaches. The sands of Tel Aviv Beach are being brought to Central Park for a beach party.

You can take a bath, you have the beach sand, you’ll be given popsicles, there’s lounge chairs, concession stands, and Matkot (Israeli beach paddle-ball) - […]

Posted on June 7th, 2009 by Thomas
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Get a load of this - Miles Morgan Travel, in association with Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, owned by Harland and Wolff (which built the orginial Titanic), is taking bookings for a ‘Titanic Centennial Memorial Cruise’. The Balmoral, carrying 1,309 passengers (same as the Titanic), will depart Southampton in early April 2012, and arrive at the […]

Posted on April 22nd, 2009 by Thomas
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Just last week, a few big Pow-wows from NYC, including the big enchilida Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, ganged up and made a grand announcement of earth-shaking importance - The Barnum & Bailey Circus will bring a special installation of The Greatest Show On Earth – “The Coney Island Boom-A-Ring!” – to Coney Island this summer.
Not that […]

Posted on April 21st, 2009 by Thomas
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The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival (www.tribecafilmfestival.org) kicks off in New York (April 22 - May 3, 2009) with 365 public screenings, 45 world and 15 North American premieres and 88 directors. 17 Screens will be used to run 208 Miles of 35mm film.
 
Inspite of all this, there’s a certain subdued air to this year’s proceedings, mainly due to […]

Posted on April 19th, 2009 by Thomas
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Looking for a nice winter vacation? If you’re an environmentally aware traveler, there’s plenty of green hotels in Colorado, South Lake Tahoe, Reno and in the vicinity of most other winter ski areas. You can drive a prius and eat organic food. All well and good. But what about that snowshoe you’re using? Yes, I’m afraid […]

Posted on January 26th, 2009 by Thomas
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Like there ain’t enough trouble already in the legal New York hotels, now some of the illegal ones who operate under the radar are also making waves. Heather Murray, writing for ChelseaNow, does an in-depth exposé on how the General Theological Seminary’s Desmond Tutu Center (www.ahl-tutucenter.com/) in Chelsea is running an illegal hotel even after multiple […]

Posted on January 19th, 2009 by Thomas
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It’s the end of the world, I say. Why? Because we have floating planes and flying cars now. In an accident which has quickly been labeled as ‘The Miracle on the Hudson’, US Airways Flight 1549, which had just taken off from New York’s La Guardia Airport on its way to Charlotte, crashed into the Hudson […]

Posted on January 16th, 2009 by Thomas
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