Category: New York
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So, you didn’t book a cruise or a week at Disney for spring break. Don’t worry, that doesn’t mean you can’t go anywhere. In fact, everything you need for a fun family getaway is within driving distance, starting with the City of Brotherly Love. Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Cheesesteak Depending on the day…
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It’s a cold Saturday night in December, and there’s a carnival-like atmosphere as hundreds of gawkers, along with a costumed Elmo (go figure), are congregated in front of a holiday display that would put even Clark Griswold to shame. About a bazillion lights and decorations, including colossal toy soldiers, angels, snowflakes, snowmen, wise men, Santa…
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Ichabod cast a look behind to see if his pursuer should vanish, according to rule, in a flash of fire and brimstone. Just then he saw the goblin rising in his stirrups, and in the very act of hurling his head at him. — Washington Irving, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” It’s the kind of…
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In 1901, Annie Edson Taylor packed her orange and white cat, aptly named “Niagara,” into a barrel and sent her over Niagara Falls. Obvious animal cruelty questions aside (um, PETA, anyone?), the feline remarkably survived. Five days later, Taylor, a 63-year-old schoolteacher seeking celebrity, followed suit. Dressed up in her Sunday best, she became the…
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From high atop One World Trade Center, the New York skyline stretches into the horizon, and iconic sights like the Brooklyn Bridge and Statue of Liberty look like scenery pieces from a hobby train set, as do the boats that chug along the Hudson River far below. Rising a symbolic 1,776 feet above lower Manhattan,…
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Family, food, and bed rest. Isn’t that what Thanksgiving is all about? For most of us, yes, especially if you toss in a few mixed drinks and some football. However, America’s second favorite holiday, is also the ideal time to explore New England, considering it’s where the whole deal originated. So while eating too much…
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The potato chip. Delightfully crunchy, salty and, as the story goes, originated in Saratoga Springs. While most people probably don’t associate upstate New York with the world’s most perfect snack, legend has it that back in 1853, an unhappy patron sent his potatoes back to the kitchen at a local restaurant, not once, but twice,…
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From “Sleepless in Seattle” to “An Affair to Remember,” many of the best romantic films have taken place in New York City. And why not? With its mesmerizing skyline and alluring attractions, it’s where everyone’s vagabond shoes long to stray. Though many people head directly to the top of the Empire State Building in hopes…
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It’s an unseasonably warm November day in New York. The sky is a resplendent blue and folks strolling past Macy’s in Herald Square seem to be walking a bit slower than usual — to get a peek at the retailer’s holiday window display in its final stages of completion. Inside, oblivious to both the weather…
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NEW YORK CITY — Frances Clift always dreamed of finding true love in a coffee shop. On a Saturday afternoon in March, her wish came true when she met Sherry. “It was something magical,” she said. “Something you can only imagine happening to you in New York. You walk into a café with the intention…
Sarah Lemire 