Tag: NEW+YORK [nycstories.blog-city.com]

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Latest tagged entries for 'NEW YORK'

THE CORN HOUSE OF HORRORS RETURNS FOR SCARE 2!

Tuesday, 21 October 2008 11:27 A GMT-05

This free haunt provides great fun & scares for Cornwall-on-Hudson kids and parents.It’s the time of year for a good scare, and for the second year in a row, the Corn House of Horrors will be presented on Halloween night on Duncan Avenue in

Mermaid Parade 2008! - Photo Collection

Sunday, 22 June 2008 9:07 P GMT-05

Mermaid Parade at Coney Island

Jekyll and Hyde

Tuesday, 29 April 2008 12:00 A GMT-05

All these years in NYC and I have never been to Jekyll and Hyde. I am a major fan of horror and haunted houses, so you would think I would have been. Well, I have made the journey to the Slaughtered Lamb, but never Jekyll and Hyde.

Florent is closing. I will miss it.

Monday, 28 April 2008 12:00 A GMT-05

As many of you may know, the meatpacking district has changed dramatically in the past few years. Slowly but surely, there old businesses are leaving and hip and trendy places are moving in. The most recent loss I have heard of is, of cou

Men in Shoes

Sunday, 27 April 2008 12:00 A GMT-05

The other day I had a meeting up near Radio City. I had some time to kill and sat down by the fountain across the street. As I sat there, two men walked out of the building and sat down. I think there has been an invasion of some so

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Spring is here!

Saturday, 26 April 2008 2:41 P GMT-05

Walking along the side streets in Chelsea, I saw an amazing sight. Yes Spring is here. Get out and enjoy it!

Thanksgiving in NYC part 2

Friday, 23 November 2007 2:40 P GMT-05

Well, if you were not at my house on Thanksgiving, you missed a feast. I have a few pictures of it, so you can enjoy and make your plans for next year. Here's a shot of the appetizers, with the pies waiting in the background. Tom

Thanksgiving in NYC

Tuesday, 20 November 2007 7:51 P GMT-05

Ok, last year I did the traditional NYC Thanksgiving... watched the balloons get blown up, avoided the tourists and watched the parade on TV, ate too much, drank too much, fell asleep. This year, I decided to give a little back after a friend a

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Pumpkin in Chelsea Market

Monday, 5 November 2007 9:05 A GMT-05

No, Halloween is not over in my book. On Friday, I stopped over to the Chelsea Market to see the giant pumkin on display. I have to admit, it was pretty large. Pictures will tell this story better than words...

The Corn House of Horrors - The Day After

Thursday, 1 November 2007 11:23 A GMT-05

Well, its the day after Halloween and the Corn House of Horrors is officially over for the year... except for packing it all up and putting it away until next year. Hopefully some of the children who went through will have some good nightmares

GHOSTour '07 Day 5

Wednesday, 17 October 2007 9:58 A GMT-05

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I still hate Sprint...

Thursday, 11 October 2007 1:29 P GMT-05

But not for long. My phone is broken and my contract is up. I hear and iPhone calling my name, but they may still be too expensive. No matter what happens, I am leaving Sprint after 7 years of this crap. Below you will find li

Ghostour '07 Day 2

Tuesday, 9 October 2007 9:59 A GMT-05

GHOSTour '07 Day 1

Monday, 8 October 2007 10:00 A GMT-05

As many loyal readers may remember, a couple of years ago I went on an amazing Dracula Tour to Transylvania in Romania. And last year, I gathered some of my friends from that trip to hang out in Salem on Halloween. Well, this year, s

The premiere of Junior Defenders!

Monday, 17 September 2007 4:47 P GMT-05

Well if you weren't there on Friday night, you missed all of the action at the premiere of Junior defenders, the new movie starring Ally Sheedy, Justin Henry (the Academy Award nominated kid from Kramer VS Kramer), Brian O'Halloran (Clerks, C

Summer in the Berkshires

Monday, 27 August 2007 2:17 P GMT-05

At some point or other, almost every NYC resident will spend some time in the Berkshires. It's just one of those places we go, like the Hamptons, Fire Island, and the Shake Shack before it became overrun with tourists. I was there thi

You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll want to be yellow.

Tuesday, 31 July 2007 8:11 A GMT-05

That's right, I saw the Simpson's movie over the weekend. And here's my quick Simpson's fan review. In two words... Not bad. It's not going to change your life, but it will make you laugh from start to finish.&nb

The OC

Monday, 23 July 2007 9:28 A GMT-05

That's right, I was out of town for the weekend visiting the OC. NO, not in California. The OC in upstate New York. Almost as cool as THE OC, New York's OC played host to the Orange County Fair this weekend. I was luck

205 and The Box

Friday, 15 June 2007 8:33 A GMT-05

Right now two of the hottest and most exclusive night spots in Manhattan can be found just doors apart, and why not as they share some of the same owners. But, one is a club and the other and experience. Our night started at Stanton Publi

The Film's the Thing.

Wednesday, 30 May 2007 10:15 A GMT-05

Fate's Imagination

Wednesday, 30 May 2007 8:33 A GMT-05

What happens when a U.S. Senator running for president, her son, and her son's older lover all collide in a mix of political and personal intrigue? Fate's Imagination explores this scenario in a plot, that as Law and Order often says, i

Smoke and Mirrors

Saturday, 12 May 2007 4:48 P GMT-05

Set in the break room of an ominously undefined workplace, the new play at the Flea Theater, SMOKE AND MIRRORS. follows a handful of employees over the course of a seemingly normal work day -- complete with bad cafeteria food, inept bosses, inappropr

Provoked

Thursday, 10 May 2007 7:06 P GMT-05

Brooklyn Rules

Wednesday, 9 May 2007 3:26 P GMT-05

Brooklyn Rules, a new film starring Alex Baldwin, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Mena Suvari, opens on the 18th. This taut tale of three friends growing up in Brooklyn and dealing with the mob and John Gotti's rise to power during the 1980s, was wr

Halloween in May

Tuesday, 8 May 2007 12:32 P GMT-05

In case you are wondering, I have been out of town for a week. Where? Well, on the way back from Dearborn, Michigan airport security stopped me after x-raying my bag several times. They pulled me aside and the guard said, "Sir,

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