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Crazy Video: Base Jumping Off 1 World Trade Center

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Back in September three men BASE jumped off One World Trade Center, the tallest building in America. (For those of you unfamiliar with BASE jumping, find out a little about it here.)

If not for video surveillance footage of their landing in front of the Goldman Sachs building, those involved may have never been caught. According to this NY Post article, the NYPD didn’t even know where the men had jumped from when they initially saw the footage.

After months of investigating the jump and hours after it was reported, the 4 men involved (3 jumpers and a lookout) turned themselves in to the police.

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Uber’s Pricey Valentine’s Day Promo- UberSky

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Screen Shot 2014-02-13 at 4.08.39 PMUber is back with another fun, yet extremely pricey holiday promotion.

For Valentine’s Day, Uber has teamed up with Mastercard & Airsign to offer On-Demand SkyWriting to New York City.

UberSky will be available for $500!

Yes, you read that right $500! I’ve never looked into skywriting so I have no idea whether or not this is a high or low-cost, then again based on what I am reading, I don’t think I ever will.

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Some Free Super Bowl Events By Airlines Around NYC

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Screen Shot 2014-01-29 at 12.26.03 AMWith the Super Bowl being held in the New York City area at MetLife Stadium, (home to the New York Giants & Jets) there are lots of free special events going on around the city.

Super Bowl Boulevard will take over Broadway from 34th to 47th Street from January 29 – February 1 from noon to 10 PM. There will be various free events going on, from kicking field goals to getting autographs during the event.

Check out a list of other Super Bowl related events in the NYC area HERE.

A few other events stood out which are affiliated with airlines.

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Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Kids Week: February 2014

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The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum’s Kids Week 2014 is coming next month.

Events will be held for 9 days, from February 15-23.

If you’re in the New York City area or going to be visiting, this sounds like an event worth checking out if you are traveling with kids!

I’ve been wanting to visit the Intrepid for years and still haven’t made it there. It’s funny how as a native New Yorker I feel like I’ve done little in my own city compared to ones that I’ve traveled to.

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Plane Makes Emergency Landing On NYC Highway

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Screen Shot 2014-01-05 at 2.09.56 AMA plane made an emergency landing on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx, NY yesterday afternoon at around 3:20 PM. The most incredible part of the story is that nobody was seriously injured.

According to an article on Yahoo News, the small Piper PA-28 plan was heading back to Danbury Municipal Airport when it experienced engine problems. There were 3 passengers on board, a male pilot and two female passengers. All were taken to a Bronx hospitable for non-life threatening injuries.

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Uber Reminder About Surge Pricing For New Years Eve

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With New Years Eve coming tonight Uber sent out an e-mail to give some quick pro tips for getting around with Uber. The main purpose of the message is to inform everybody that Surge Pricing will be in effect during certain hours of the evening.

When I started skimming over the e-mail, I immediately felt that this message went out to remind (warn) potential Uber users in advance of upcoming ridiculously high prices if you plan to use the service.

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$94 For 2 Mile Cab Ride: Uber’s Surge Pricing In NYC Last Weekend

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Screen Shot 2013-12-18 at 11.35.30 PMReminder: I’m giving away 2 American Airlines Admiral Club Passes. Enter for a chance to win HERE.

When I think of Uber, their fun, gimmicky offers usually come to mind. They’ve recently delivered kittens, Christmas trees and had an UberSLEIGH Toy Drive in NYC.

While I haven’t used Uber and know their prices tend to be higher than taxis or traditional car services, I was shocked by an article that Kim sent me a couple of days back.

The article from Gothamist, Uber’s Snow Storm Surge Pricing Gouged New Yorkers Big Time is pretty unbelievable. I think my jaw dropped a few times while reading it.

Last Saturday, NYC was hit with some pretty crappy weather. We had some snow during the day and icy rain at night. Due to the poor weather, Uber put in place an extremely pricey feature called Surge Pricing.

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The UberSLEIGH Toy Drive Is Coming To New York

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Although I’ve never used Uber, I love all of the interesting & odd promotions that they come up with.

The first Uber promo that I can recall was over the summer when they delivered ice cream in various cities around the country. The next promo that stood out was in late October. Uber delivered kittens for National Cat Day.

Uber started off the holiday season on December 5 by delivering Christmas trees on-demand for one day. I was a bit surprised that Uber did not run a Thanksgivukkah promotion.

Now Uber would like to help spread the holiday cheer, looking for help in giving back.

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Lonely Planet: Ten Day-Trips From New York

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Lonely Planet has a list of Ten Day-Trips From New York that I found to be pretty interesting which could possibly be of use to us in the future.

Kim and I aren’t big on day-trips but we like to take short weekend trips from home in Brooklyn, NY (staying over for a night or 2) at times. We’ll usually head to Philadelphia, other areas nearby in Pennsylvania or go upstate to New York.

Lucas used to hate being in the car, mainly due to being stuck in his car seat but as he is getting older, he is much better in the car now. Day-trips might be something for us to consider in the near future but then there is the factor that I don’t love to drive!

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