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Tagged with boats, dining, family-fun, giveaway, golf, hiking, lake, music, romantic, spa

Just in time for the onset of spring fever, Woodloch Pines Resort in the Poconos is offering a two-night all-inclusive stay at its eco-friendly lake-perched property. Although it has been ... Read more..

Tagged with bus, family-fun, skiing, snowboarding

While spring is finally rearing its pretty head after a seemingly endless barrage of blustery blizzards, it’s easy to forget that there is still time left for winter activities. For ... Read more..

Tagged with food, giveaway, green, locally-sourced

We all love good eats, but at what cost to the environment are you enjoying that greasy hamburger and fries? On the other hand, given the glut of ambiguous green ... Read more..

Tagged with dinosaur, family-fun, giveaway, PATH, science

The Liberty Science Center, located right across the river from Manhattan, is to science what Charlie’s Chocolate Factory is to candy; a fanciful and imaginative playground where children (and adults ... Read more..

Tagged with bowling, bronx, brooklyn, family-fun, queens, subway

No longer marginalized as an utterly un-cool pastime reserved for children’s birthday parties, bowling has become the “it” going-out activity. These five bowling alleys around the boroughs—yes, there is bowling ... Read more..

Tagged with adventure, budget-friendly, bus, family-fun, getaway, metro-north, winter

With six weeks of winter left, now might be a good time to remember that there’s an alternative to skiing, snowboarding, and making angels in the snow. Forget the boots, ... Read more..

Tagged with charity, Haiti, seafood, subway

Palo Santo, a Latin bistro in Brooklyn’s Park Slope, is doing its part to aid the Haiti outreach effort by organizing a one-night prix-fixe dinner special on Sunday, January 31. ... Read more..

Tagged with adventure, bus, family-fun, hotel, outdoors, skiing, train

If the faster paced winter sports of skiing and snowboarding are not for you, consider cross-country skiing as a way to free yourself from the frosty concrete jungle of Manhattan. ... Read more..

Tagged with art, bars, budget-friendly, cultural-activities, dessert, flea-market, music, shopping

This month, offManhattan's editorial intern (yours truly) took time during her winter break from NYU to compile a list of off the beaten path places—think campy bars, vintage boutiques, outdoor ... Read more..