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New York City lights up for the holidays like nowhere else on earth. Here’s your calendar and guide to the best 2024 holiday tree and Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremonies, vintage subway rides, Kwanzaa celebrations and more.
There’s always more happening than we can report here on ecoXplorer. So here’s what we’ve been reading about travel, automotive, food, fraud and the environment that you might have missed, along with news about my hometown New York City – from publications you might not follow, but we do. We link only to intel that’s
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AAA projects nearly 80 million of us will be on the road, in the air and on the seas. That’s an increase of 1.7 million people compared to last year and exceeds pre-Pandemic levels. So be prepared for traffic jams and long check-in lines at airport and cruise ship terminals.
The price of freedom and independence is high. Here are six top memorial sites in NYC where you can honor our men and women in uniform any day of the year, not just on Veterans Day. These war memorials are FREE to visit and reflect on the true cost of freedom and independence.
Where were you on September 11, 2001? I was in Bermuda, due to fly home to New York City, and watched the horror unfold on a TV screen in my hotel lobby, while waiting for my ride to the airport. An expected hurricane two days before had closed the airport, when I was scheduled originally
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New York City is back on top of the tourism map, which means many visitors are traveling between LaGuardia, JFK and Newark Liberty airports and Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island. As a native and lifelong New Yorker, these are my recommendations for the most reliable and affordable public transportation, car services and licensed taxis,
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New York City is back on top of the tourism map, which means many visitors are traveling between LaGuardia, JFK and Newark Liberty airports and Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island. LaGuardia Airport transportation can be as little as $2.90 per person for public transportation or as much as $100 for a car service
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Whether you are a NYC native like me, moved here recently, or a visitor experiencing the greatest city on the planet, these are the best FREE things to do in New York City. This list offers something for everybody, including FREE museums and sightseeing, FREE guided tours, FREE tickets to late night TV shows,
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March is Women’s History Month, a good time to celebrate important NYC women and important women of history with connections to NYC by visiting the parks, gardens, playgrounds and a reservoir named for them. The impressive list includes two First Ladies, a Revolutionary War heroine, an Olympic swimming champion, the mother of a British Prime
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Dining out on Valentine’s Day is no longer just for couples, it’s also for families and friends. The top 100 romantic restaurants in the USA offer a mix of steakhouses, Italian, French, Japanese and seafood menus, in various price ranges, not all of which are super-expensive. If you want a reservation on the most romantic
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