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Here are a dozen-plus dozen spots in New York City and the rest of NY State where you can enjoy acres of these blooming beauties through mid-May. Many for FREE in public parks, so you can enjoy cherry blossoms on the cheap.
Like most of you I’m already looking forward to the 2025/26 skiing and snowboarding season. There are changes to multi-resort passes, and new lifts and terrain on the horizon. Here’s what we know now.
Closets and dresser drawers bulging from your recent purchases? Clear the clutter and get paid for recycling things you no longer want or use. Recycling is a win-win, because is reduces waste and compensates you for your good deed helping the planet.
The decision by low-cost Avelo Airlines to contract with the Dept. of Homeland Security to fly deported immigrants out of the USA to locations overseas and also within the USA is generating calls to boycott the airline.
Reminder that the final deadline to have a Real ID for air travel and entry to federal buildings is May 7, 2025. A compliant Real ID will be required by anybody 18 or older to board a plane, enter a federal building or a military base, even a nuclear power plant. Here’s how to get one.
Now that my hometown is back on top of the must visit destination list, here’s how to enjoy NYC on the cheap. Things to do include FREE museum admission, a new museum exhibits honoring Flaco the owl and 100 years of the New Yorker magazine, the Macy’s Flower Show and the NY International Auto Show,
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Many of us are thinking about a warm, beautiful beach somewhere, with sparkling turquoise water and equally sparkling sunsets. But where? And when? These have been voted as best beaches, including Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and the the USA.
Whether you have completed filing your taxes or filed for an extension to Oct. 15, Tax Day is a day to celebrate with deals and discounts from top restaurant and retail chains, including sweet treats to ease the pain.
The current ski/snowboard season is still underway, but passes for next season are on sale now at the lowest prices of the year. There are big changes changes to the Ikon Pass for to this pass next season, with new resorts added, one leaving, and the end of the Base Pass Plus, plus price increases. Here are the details.
Passover is one of the most joyous of Jewish celebrations, marking the Exodus from slavery in Egypt, led by Moses. Here is a resource for FREE greeting cards, Hagaddah, crafts for children, who play such an important role in the celebration of Passover, online Seder services, and more. Passover 2025 – Pesach 5785 – is eight
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