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Win A Trip To The US Open Finals In New York!

us openEvian is giving six lucky winners a trip for two to New York to attend the US Open Tennis Finals!

The prize includes airfare, a hotel stay, tickets to select US Open matches and more!

After finishing college, I worked at the US Open and it was a really great event. I’d love to win this prize to go as a spectator. Continue reading Win A Trip To The US Open Finals In New York!

Legoland Planning To Open In New York In 2019

legolandLegoland is inching closer towards opening its third location in the U.S. in New York State.

The park would open in Goshen, NY, around 60 miles from the city.

The New York Post reports that, “A planning board in Goshen approved a site plan to build a $500 million theme park based on the construction toy, which would open in 2019.” Continue reading Legoland Planning To Open In New York In 2019

JetBlue Giving Away 500 FREE Flights to “Virgins”

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JetBlue is looking to lure new customers by giving away 500 FREE flights.

The airline is looking for “JetBlue virgins” in two states to give the roundtrip flights away to. Flights are worth up to $299 each!

This sounds like an amazing deal, but… there’s a catch. Continue reading JetBlue Giving Away 500 FREE Flights to “Virgins”

Classic Burgers at the All-American Driver-In

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It’s definitely no secret that burgers are one of my favorite foods.

I recently wrote about Eater’s 21 Must-East & Best Burgers in America.

At the time of writing, I had tried burgers at 7 of the places that made the list. With the most recent one being at The General Muir.

There was one place, not too far from home which I’d been wanting to try for quite some time, the All American Drive-In. Continue reading Classic Burgers at the All-American Driver-In

Location of Anthony Bourdain’s NYC Market Revealed!

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In the middle of January I wrote that Anthony Bourdain’s food hall, Bourdain Market would be opening in NYC at some point in 2015.

Over the past few months there have been some details about what we should expect at the market which you can read about on Eater here.

One of the most important details about the market has been a big unknown all along- where will the market be located??? Continue reading Location of Anthony Bourdain’s NYC Market Revealed!

Is New York the Best Meat City in America?

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Peter Luger Steahouse

Whenever we tell people that we meet when traveling that we’re from NYC or Brooklyn, more often then not they mention how they love the city and would love to visit again some day.

Why do people love New York so much? It could be due to the shopping, Broadway shows, Central Park or maybe even the since it is the home of the NY Mets. (OK, I’m willing to bet that it isn’t for my last reason!)

I just came across another reason why people might want to visit New York. Continue reading Is New York the Best Meat City in America?

Slice Out Hunger-NYC: 10/8- $1 Pizza For A Cause

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Pizza is one of the most perfect and favorite foods for me. I’m lucky to have been born in Brooklyn, NY- home to some of the greatest pizzerias around.

As a city, NY has so many great places to eat pizza that you could definitely try out new ones all of the time without needing to go back to the same place. However, we all still have our favorites which are well worth returning to!

Last year I attending an amazing charity event called Slice Out Hunger. (Check out my post about it here.) The event is organized by pizza expert Scott Wiener who runs Scott’s Pizza Tours in NYC. I took the tour last year and had an amazing time. I’d recommend it for any pizza lover visiting the city in the future! Continue reading Slice Out Hunger-NYC: 10/8- $1 Pizza For A Cause

92% Of Germans Have Never Been To NY, Can Lufthansa Help?

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I came across a press release from Lufthansa that I found to be really interesting and also a bit funny.

Lufthansa Group was curious to find out how many Austrians and Germans had never been to New York City so they asked a leading opinion research institute.

The numbers were overwhelming: Continue reading 92% Of Germans Have Never Been To NY, Can Lufthansa Help?