Internet Week NY June 1 - 8
The Mall ~ NYC
If you haven’t journeyed south to the Inaugural Events in D.C. ~ enjoy them in New York’s Mall - the Time Warner Center at 59th and Broadway. Samsung on the third floor is sure to telecast the day’s events.
Samsung offers free Wi-Fi, and Bouchon Bakery, next door, serves a perfect cup of coffee.
Filed under Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Navigating New York, New York City, Wi Fi New York City | Comment (0)In Good Company Workplaces
If getting back to work means finding a place to work — mission accomplished.
In Good Company offers work spaces, meeting rooms, places to collaborate and space to be alone. With wi-fi, printers, fax machines, water, coffee, storage / locker space and a receptionist — all you need is your laptop and time.
To liven things up, In Good Company offers opportunities to meet, mix and mingle with a growing community of women entrepreneurs who offer powerful connections and opportunities to collaborate. Business-building seminars, workshops and luncheons help you expand your expertise, re-tool and rejuvinate; cocktail minglers and salon forums provide fun networking opportunities
In Good Company Workplaces is located at 16 West 23rd Street, 4th Floor, NY, NY.
Filed under Navigating New York, New York City, Wi Fi New York City | Comment (0)The Pond is Open at Bryant Park
The Pond at Bryant Park, is Manhattan’s first and only free admission ice skating rink - conveniently located in midtown Manhattan, between 40th and 42nd Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues (a short walk from both Times Square and Grand Central Station).
Open daily through January 26, 2009
Sunday - Thursday 8am - 10pm
Friday & Saturday 8am - Midnight
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Soulful spinning, social sipping, and Strawberry serenity
Who knew that Manhattan’s Upper West Side could offer rejuvenation and respite? Start your day at Soul Cycle where they promise: “45 minutes with us is all it will take to free your mind and work your body.” After all that spinning, you need only walk a few steps to Juice Generation where many of the refreshments are local farmer-friendly, organic, and vegan. With your Watermelon Lemon Drop juice in hand, it’s less than two blocks to the 72nd Street entrance to Central Park and that means: Strawberry Fields. Stretching from 71st to 74th streets, this 2.5-acre tear-drop-shaped parcel of park surrounds the famous Imagine mosaic (donated by the city of Naples). After you meditate and rejuvenate, be sure to check out the bronze plaque listing the 121 countries endorsing Strawberry Fields as a Garden of Peace.
Please welcome MyUrbanSherpa.mobi
My Urban Sherpa, an insider’s guide to the best of New York City, today unveils our new mobi site: http://www.myurbansherpa.mobi.
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Search by category: City, Cuisine, Self, Society, Sports, Travel, or through the search box. Categories are arranged by neighborhood. Each listing offers the street address, phone number, web link, map, and occasionally, a logo or photo. Listings are updated daily to ensure accuracy.
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Internet Week New York: June 3-10
When you live in or visit an Internet-friendly town like New York, it can sometimes feel like every week is Internet week. Well, from June 3-10, Fun City makes it official.
Whether you’re Web savvy or e-phobic, Internet Week New York gives us all a chance to attend events for geeks, events for wannabe writers, and events that ponder our collective cyber-future.
And just in case none of these events capture your high-speed fancy, feel free to create your own.
Internet Week New York is produced by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences in cooperation with the City of New York and the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting.
(Mickey Z. can be found here)
A delicious cup of coffee.
Everyone is talking about New Years resolutions. All this talk of diet and exercise is making me tired. So I started thinking about having a cup of coffee.
I love a delicious cup of coffee. I like it served to me with a smile. I like to drink it in a comfortable place, a calm and well decorated place that offers a clean bathroom. Taking the time to have a cup of coffee in the day is a luxury – so I like to pick a place that offers a moment to relax, a quiet place where one can read the paper without any phones ringing, or singing, or gurgling…
For me, the antithesis of the lovely coffee shop I’ve described above is Starbucks. New Yorkers are demanding, exacting and jaded – but we’ve fallen for the burnt tasting, overpriced, clumsily handled coffee of Starbuck’s, a chain that doesn’t offer comfortable seating, complimentary Wi-fi, clean bathrooms nor a bargain price. The magic of Starbuck’s is their ability to build a mega-brand without a quality product, good service, or competitive price.
The other morning I had a cup of coffee that was so delicious, the environment so delightful that I felt transported to the corner cafe of the 15th arrondisement. There were lovely pastries and croissant, a perfectly made cup of coffee, comfortable seating, lovely fellow diners – several parents with angelic little ones, complimentary Wi-fi, and a pristine bathroom. So on the chance that you too would prefer a coffee shop run by the proprietor with love and care, I thought I would share a short list of these places I’ve stumbled upon, and am always delighted to return to.
Chelsea:Â La Bergamote
169 9th Avenue (corner of 20th) New York, NY 10011, 212.627.9010
1073 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10018, 212.869.1700
Southstreet - Café Dodo – 45 Peck Slip
The next best thing to the charming little gems above is Pain Quotidienne. These Belgian bakeries are popping up all over and offer, sincerely, a delicious cup of coffee. There are several midtown locations, as well as Upper East Side and Upper West Side.
