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Tagged with bronx, brooklyn, indoors, queens, recreation, spa, sports
Looking for something to do this winter that doesn't involve freezing your tuchus off? The offManhattan staff has partnered with NBC Travel Editor Peter Greenberg to produce a list of ...
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Tagged with art, bedford-stuyvesant, brooklyn, clinton hill, flea-market, shopping, subway
What: Grand Opening of Bedford Avenue Flea Market
Where: The border of Clinton Hill and Bedford Stuyvesant
When: Saturday, November 22nd, 10am-6pm (and every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday through February 2009)
Why: It's ...
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Tagged with botanical-gardens, brooklyn, bus, museum, park, prospect-park
Heart of Brooklyn, NY—As many Manhattan residents face the disheartening challenge of scaling back everyday costs, it’s more welcoming than hot cocoa and an electric blanket in winter to hear ...
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Tagged with adventure, apple-picking, fall-foliage, hiking, horseback-riding, new-jersey, pumpkin
What: The Adventure Society’s Fall Foliage Horseback Ride with Apple & Pumpkin Picking
Where: Central New Jersey
When: Sunday, October 12th 7:30a.m. - 6p.m.
Why: Fresh air, a sugar high, and a ...
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Tagged with boat, chelsea, nightlife, ping-pong, restaurant, water
Off the West Side Highway, beyond the zip line of roller bladers, runners, bikers and dog walkers, rows of crisscrossed wood trusses mark the entrance to the Frying Pan. Since ...
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Tagged with bike, concert, ferry, governors-island
What: The New York Philharmonic will play Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and four other classical favorites.
Where: Governors Island, once called "Pagganck" by the Indians, then "Nutten Eylandt" by the Dutch in ...
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Tagged with beach, LIRR, long-island, park, penn-station, picnic, surfing, weekend-getaway
The thick fog had not yet lifted at Robert Moses Beach, about an hour and a half east of Manhattan past Queens and high rises. Outside the Suffolk Bus, the ...
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Tagged with art, brooklyn, exhibit, gallery, historical-site
What: Bridge as Icon, an art exhibition
When: Sunday, May 25—July 26
Where: Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Why: Celebrate the bridge on its 125th birthday. You've walked, biked, driven over it, and ...
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Tagged with concert, ferry, historical-site, liberty-state-park, lightrail, music, new-jersey
What: All Points West Music & Arts Festival
Where: Liberty State Park, Jersey City
Why: This summer, with the Statue of Liberty looming in the near distance, Radiohead, The Roots, and Jack ...
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Tagged with brooklyn, tasting, wine
What: A Beaujolais wine and European olive oil tasting
Why: Wine not? Put something warm and bubbly in your belly to help brave the cold. In vino veritas.
When: Saturday, February ...
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