The New York City Traveler

This is a guest post from Mary Jo Manzanares, Travel & Culture Channel Editor and blogger at Flyaway Cafe.

Tavern on the Green is located in Central Park on the Upper West side of Manhattan (Central Park at West 67th Street).  It is one of the most successful independently owned restaurants in the U.S. 
It first achieved notoriety as a frequent haunt of the famous and infamous of Manhattan, including actors, entertainers and politicians.  It’s been the site for many opening night receptions for Broadway shows and movie premieres, and has been featured in tons of movies and television shows.  …read more

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New York can be a very daunting city to get to know. There are numerous tour companies that take visitors from tourist attraction-to-tourist attraction. Visitors often spend days in the city and leave without ever seeing anything beyond Times Square and the Statue of Liberty. If you really want to get to know New York City, from the perspective of a New Yorker, take a walking tour with Big Apple Greeter.
Big Apple Greeter offers free private walking tours of New York neighborhoods. You choose the neighborhood and Big Apple Greeters matches you with a volunteer Greeter …read more

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It was a beautiful morning in New York today, but I decided to make a quick trip up to Boston for a few days to visit some friends.  I’ll be back tomorrow with everything New York including some information on my first ever (!) trip on the Chinatown Bus from New York to Boston. 
In the mean time, I had the opportunity to guest post at political and news b5media blog, Sirened.  Stop by and check it out.  I can promise that regular Sirened blogger Alex writes with such wit and intelligence that his blog will quickly become one of your favorites!       

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