| | | |  |  | | April 16, 2008 | | |  |  | |
|
PHOTO GALLERY
| | 1. New York, New York | |  Yellow cabs are ubiquitous in Manhattan and have "been a part of New York lore for the better part of a century; inextricably linked with the character and texture of New York street life," says New Yorker James Sanders. This one lingers below the iconic Radio City Music Hall marquee, which flanks an entire city block in midtown Manhattan's Rockefeller Center. In the April issue of Traveler, Daisann McLane describes how the landmark art deco project set off a trend of "mini-cities" still evident in global cities like London and Hong Kong. "But like all derivatives or copies, these cities within cities fall short of the grandeur of the original," McLane opines. Click here to see more photos from the Big Apple.
|
|  | |
CITYPASS
| | 2. Find Big Apple Traveler Tips in CityPass Coupon Booklets | |  Setting your sights on New York's city lights? Hit the ground running with CityPass booklets, which now feature insider tips from Traveler. The New York City coupon booklets are available for travel starting May 1st. See must-see attractions like the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building Observatory, Museum of Modern Art, and Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises for about half the price. Here's a sample Traveler tip: Every day, over 700,000 people pass through 49-acre Grand Central Terminal. "Grand Central is a cathedral not just for its hundred shops and dining [spots], but for oddities like the Whispering Gallery, opposite the Oyster Bar, where you can talk into a column and be heard from 20 feet away," says Doria Steedman, a creative director at a nonprofit. Look up at the massive domed ceiling on which the zodiac was mistakenly painted backwards. For more exclusive tips, place your CityPass order online.
|
| | |
THE REAL DEAL
| | 3. Two Manhattan Hotels Offer Springtime Lodgings from $259 | | Leave the car behind and save the Earth one step at a time with 70 Park Avenue Hotel's Eco Step Savings package, starting at $259 per night, through May 31. Along with spacious accommodations, guests at this midtown Manhattan hotel receive a pedometer to count your steps throughout the day, a walking map of the city, and a welcome organic chocolate and wine amenity. Plus, the Muse New York hotel, located near Times Square, is offering guests the Suite Tax Relief package through May 31, starting at $499 per night. The package includes deluxe accommodations in a luxurious suite, late check out, room tax fees, and a sweet treat grab bag filled with Payday, 100 Grand, and Sugar Daddy candy bars. For reservations, go online or call 800 KIMPTON. |
| | |
INTELLIGENT TRAVEL
| | 4. Manhattan's Secret Burger | | It's about the last place you'd expect to find a greasy spoon. After you enter the swanky, hushed lobby of the $400/night Le Parker Meridien hotel on West 56th St., immediately turn left and push aside the set of heavy floor-to-ceiling brown drapes. Walk down a narrow hallway and follow the neon cheeseburger sign to the end and turn right. Suddenly you're down the rabbit hole into the noisy, throbbing Burger Joint. Customers shout orders at the counter, cooks flip burgers behind the flaming grill, the jukebox is blaring, graffiti is scrawled on the walls above the few vinyl booths, and a fat, juicy burger comes broiled to order for seven bucks, with a side of hot fries in a greasy paper bag for $3.50. Cash only, and hurry up and order because there's a line of impatient New Yorkers behind you who know exactly what they want. Read more Intelligent Travel online. |
| | |
PLACES OF A LIFETIME
| | 5. My New York | | "The city is advertised as changing, but in some ways it really has not," writes Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaperman Jimmy Breslin about his hometown of more than 40 years in "My New York." "One of its greatest addresses—Greenwich Village—is driven by the same fierce energy that coursed through those tenement hallways of old. There are all those people crowded together, brushing against each other, causing the blood to run so fast. Those people are the most powerful people on Earth—in its most powerful city." To read the rest of Breslin's essay or browse the Big Apple's best hotels, restaurants, and entertainment, click here. |
| |  |  | | |  | | "She [First Lady Edith Roosevelt] had six children whose rambunctious antics [in the White House] were never ending: The youngest, Quentin, once took a pony upstairs to cheer a sick brother, and the oldest, Alice, kept a garter snake in her purse to startle unwary guests."
—Dwight Young & Margaret Johnson, from the book Dear First Lady | |
Click here to buy the book.
|
 |
| | | | | | | | | Illicit: The Dark Trade | | Watch Illicit: The Dark Trade, a National Geographic Special on PBS April 16, which follows undercover agents into the shadowy web of illicit trade exposing a multibillion-dollar criminal network supplying counterfeit merchandise. | | | Quality®
Service with a Smile | | With Quality® by Choice Hotels, you'll enjoy a comfortable Quality Sleeper by Serta® mattress, free in-room coffee, and free high-speed Internet access. | | | | Puerto Rico, For a Zest of Adventure | | Explore top nature and adventure sites, leisurely drives, and walks to serious hiking, rock climbing, spelunking, and kayaking. The nature lover and adventure traveler can find it all here, plus no U.S. passport required! | | | | | To unsubscribe from all future National Geographic e-mails, click here.
| | View our pr ivacy policy. | | You received this editorial/commercial e-newsletter from National Geographic because the information for your account indicates that National Geographic may contact you via e-mail. To be removed from this distribution, please click on the link above or send your request to National Geographic; Attn: E-newsletter Program; 1145 17th Street N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20036-4688. | | Copyright © 2008 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved. | | |
|
