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NYC Tourist Traps to Skip! (And What to Do Instead)
New York is the city with a million things to do, but not everything is worth your time and/or money. More often than not, guide books have been pointing people to the same played-out attractions that are far removed from the authentic New York experiences visitors (and locals) could be having instead. So it’s time…
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10 Unique Romantic NYC Date Ideas to Try
New York may not be known as the “city of love”—in fact, it has a reputation as being one of the toughest places for singles who are trying to find relationships—but even the most jilted daters can’t deny that there are tons of romantic things to do in New York City. Whether you are making…
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The Best Free Things to Do in NYC
Whether you live here or you are just traveling through, you’ve probably heard that NYC has a reputation of eating up your money. But as a certified cheapskate who is certainly not swimming in a stream of dollar bills, I’m here to tell you that it doesn’t have to be this way! It’s more than…
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Is It Worth Visiting the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in the Winter?
My objective this weekend was to see if it was actually worth going to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden during the winter time. The short answer is yes, it certainly is. However, you should keep in mind before you go that it’s not going to be the lush green wonderland that it is during the warmer…
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The Five Quirkiest Museums in Brooklyn
It’s easy to joke that New York has a museum for everything, but I didn’t realize how true this is until I started to compile the ultimate list of free museums in the city. While researching for that list, I noticed that some of the most eccentric museums can be found in my home borough…
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Spending the Day at Green-Wood Cemetery: A Surprising NYC Fall Must-Do
This week I crossed off the first item on my Fall Bucket List: I visited Green-Wood Cemetery. Was it creepy? At times. Would I do it again? Definitely. First of all, why spend the day in Green-Wood Cemetery? Isn’t that disrespectful? Actually, no. Spending the day in Green-Wood is a NYC tradition which dates back…
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9 of the Best Museums in Brooklyn that AREN’T the Brooklyn Museum
Don’t get me wrong: the Brooklyn Museum is one of our city’s finest cultural institutions and it deserves all the renown it has acclaimed, but in a borough as big as Brooklyn we’d be doing ourselves a disservice if we didn’t explore all the other best museums in Brooklyn that have their own unique perspectives…