Archive for June, 2009

One of the great things about New York City in the summer is the outstanding line up of music it offers throughout the season. From Rock to Hip Hop to Classical, the many venues throughout the city offer an awesome variety of live concerts, leaving no one out. Want better news? Most of these concerts are absolutely FREE!!

Here’s a full list of the great outdoor venues and what’s happening this summer:

Rock / Indie
Hudson River Rocks
Siren Music Festival
Celebrate Brooklyn

Classical / Opera
Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series
New York
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If you are a scotch lover, you need to put The Madison Club Lounge on you radar. With a history of great tasting and promotional events, The Madison Club Lounge is now offering two additional events this month from Dewars and Macallan.

The Madison Club Lounge is located on the lobby level of The Roosevelt Hotel and is the perfect setting for these events. With rich mahogany paneling, stained glass windows and deep cushioned leather chairs, it is perfect place to meet for casual conversation and after work drinks.

DISCOVER DEWARS
THURSDAY, JUNE 11th
6:00-8:00PM
Join us at The Madison Club Lounge at The Roosevelt Hotel for a
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Tiki Tuesdays at mad46 are back in full effect!!  Are you up for the challenge? Come dressed in your best tiki attire to WIN:

•  TWO tickets to Kenny Chesney concert at Gillette Stadium in Boston on August 15th!
• Weekend stay for TWO at the Copley Square Hotel in Boston, MA for the show
•  Bucket of Coronas at XHALE Lounge at the Copley Square Hotel before the show.
• Bottle of Rhum Clement VSOP in your hotel room for after the show.
•  $100 Gift Certificate for Island Issue Summer apparel.

Want in? Join us on June 9th, 16th, and 23rd in YOUR Best tiki-dress and be entered to win! Great drink specials at the tiki
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This week commemorates the 400th anniversary of the voyage made by Henry Hudson to New Amsterdam (what we now know as New York). To honor this event, this weekend will be full of fun events (and amazing photo ops) in and around Battery Park.

Starting on the evening of June 5th at 6:00pn, there will be a Blessing of the Fleet by Governor Paterson and special guests, followed by a sight rarely seen on this urban island of ours. A group of historic vessels will be lined up in the New York Harbor between Battery Park and the Statue of Liberty. Make sure to head downtown early for a good
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One of my favorite museums in New York is the American Museum of Natural History. Every time I walk up the immense staircase and through the doors, it reminds me of my younger days when my father would bring my siblings and I there. We would spend an entire day walking through the exhibits and it seemed as if my father knew everything there was to know about, well, everything! After a long day, we would stop by the hot dog vendor, grab a bite to eat and then sit at Central Park and try to grasp all of the amazing things we just saw. Those were great times!

That’s why I was so excited to see the new exhibit at the AMNH about Extreme Mammals: The Biggest, the Smallest, and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time. The new exhibit takes a look at some of the
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