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                <title>Baseball at Shea Stadium</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[I checked out a baseball match at Shea Stadium (Queens/Flushing). Home of the Mets, the stadium is due for demolition next year when they move to the Citi field being built next door. It was a good occasion although I know next to nothing about baseball!<br><br>The tickets we brought were $39, and it wasn’t a bad view. There are $25 tickets much further back in the stands.]]></description>
                
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                <title>City Pass – brilliant value</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[I can really recommend a City Pass. For $74 you get entrance to six attractions including The Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art and  American Museum of Natural History. It’s about a $65 saving so its good value and once you’ve brought the pass it’s valid for nine days.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Death &amp; Co.</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The best example of NYC's prolific cocktail scene. Steeped in the pre-prohibition craft, these bartenders will make you a memorable cocktail.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Where the beautiful people go</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Pastis is Zagat’s favourite and for good reason; its cocktails are marvellous (a New Yorker’s true bar barometer), its people beautiful and the food ain’t bad either.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Balthazar....deservedly famous</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Try Balthazar for simple but scrummy French food in impressively authentic Parisian surroundings.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Wallsé</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The understated Wallsé in the West Village is a great location - first-class food (with a Michelin star to boot) and an atmosphere that's convivial without being uncivilised. And once that's over, drinks a block away at the Spotted Pig are always nice.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Seppi's Restaurant</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Seppi's Restaurant in the Le Parker Meridian Hotel on 57th Street has great French food.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Maxwell's steakhouse</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Best steaks in all of New York - they'll even slice them  up for you. Great service and the wine selection is top notch.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Make local friends</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[You should cultivate friends in locations where you are planning to visit. Make contacts on internet bulletin boards and seek advice from like-minded locals on any activities/hotels/restaurants etc. <br><br>This is always the best way to minimise your risk when visiting a new city (or even one that you have been to many times!). Also, be prepared to help others with advice on your own city also :-)]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotels away from Midtown are better value!</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Why not try hotels down near Battery Park or in the Financial District and commute by subway/taxi to Midtown? Typically hotels can be half the price outside Times Square and environs, and often 'try harder' to impress guests. Also, the Hyatt just across the Hudson is another great option - right next to the PATH train and also has a water-taxi service to Manhattan close by. Again, it is often less than half the price of equivalent city hotels, and has a stunning view of the city as your night-time panorama!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Carlton on Madison</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The Carlton on Madison is a great hotel in brilliant location in Manhattan. The standard classic rooms are incredibly comfortable with plenty of space. An added bonus is the Penhaligons toiletries in your room. Getting around is easy - the subway is one block away and buses uptown go from across the road. The hotel is also in easy walking distance of the midtown shops on 5th Avenue.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotels in the Financial District</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Staying in the Financial District is definitely much cheaper than staying in the midtown area. Especially over the weekend as prices drop significantly! It's a quiet tube ride away and nowhere near as busy. In addition the staff are much nicer and go out of their way to help you.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Go for an early morning jog in Central Park</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[If you are like me and wake up with lots of energy, then there is nothing better than getting up with sunrise and popping to Central Park to have a morning wake up jog. Remember that New York can be freezing in the winter months so it's probably best left until the summer. You won't be the only one who will be there so get your gear on and off you go.]]></description>
                
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                <title>If you don't ask... you don't get!</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Want to save money on your next hotel stay? All you have to do is ask. Whilst hotels often publish the 'best deal' on their websites, hidden promotional codes and special offers may not automatically show. Contact your desired hotel directly and they will more often than not offer you the real best rate. Even if they don't have a special rate or negotiated rate for your company, I have contacted chains before such as the Westin, and they have offered me a 10% discount for working for a 'recognised corporate'. If you don't ask you don't get!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Wave Hill - how to unwind in NYC</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Only a short 30 minute train ride from Grand Central station, Wave Hill is the best place to unwind from the hectic pace of Manhattan. A beautiful historic landscaped garden, with unparalleled views of the George Washington bridge and the Palisades by the Hudson River - the magic of these gardens will whisk away any stress you may have.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Fingerprints on entering the USA with a visa waiver</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Beware any dermatitis or inflammation on either of your index fingers. On entering the USA you'll be required to provide index finger prints as part of your proof of identity and if the skin of your finger tip is inflamed you may well inadvertently fail this test. At best this means a significant delay at Homeland Security Department. If possible check your index fingers a week, or more if there's an obvious problem, before travel and get some medical treatment to ease your journey!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Tao Restaurant</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Great Asian restaurant steeped in New York cool, where you have a good chance of clapping your eyes on a genuine A-lister. Food, music and service all first class at quite reasonable prices. Amazing Kobe beef [again, reasonable prices], which is brought to your table with a steaming bowl of Miso soup, which you place the beef in to cook. A very imaginative cocktail menu, which includes the classy looking and tasty Nirvana. An all round great experience!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Cocktails</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A proper end-of-the-day marguerita with more booze than ice in it, served by a truly professional bartender in a proper hotel bar. Do it!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Fantastic place to eat - RICE</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This restaurant is amazing. It is a mixture of American and Thai food. The best choice of vegetarian and vegan meals in a non-veggie restaurant I've ever seen. Everyone I have taken there has agreed. It is alway the first place I head for in New York.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Rooftop Drinking - 230 Fifth</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Manhattan is blessed with all manner of vertiginous drinking establishments. 230 on Fifth however, possesses a number of features which distinguish it as a great place to take in a drink and some views whilst on business. Its central location opposite Madison Square Park means every famous New York skyscraper, brimming with decades of successful deals, loom over you. The smart dress code means you can take an important client there with confidence and the great Malaysian-themed menu means you can avoid the pitfalls and potential embarrassment to colleagues of drinking on an empty stomach. In addition, besides an enormous outdoor terrace, the fancifully decorated interior offers some outstanding vistas even on a chilly winter's evening. Highly recommended.]]></description>
                
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