http://www.newyorkology.com/ A free daily travel guide to New York restaurants, shopping, hotels, museums, new bargains and sights. en-us Copyright 2008 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:05:15 -0500 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:41:34 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.36 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss NewYorkology contributor Scott Ross keeps you abreast of upcoming Mets and Yankees home games in New York City. Ross toils in anonymity for a giant online news aggregator. Here’s your look at major league baseball in New York City for... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/home_games_alls.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/home_games_alls.php Sports Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:05:15 -0500 WeAreEllisIsland video with Carmine Giovinazzo. Magna Cart on tap for Fraunces Tavern Museum (Daily News) The Magna Carta - the medieval document that set the global standard for religious freedom, trial by jury and other liberties - will headline... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/more_ny_3.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/more_ny_3.php Etceterology Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:29:31 -0500 Fireworks over the Statue of Liberty last weekend. Amy Langfield/NewYorkology It’s a long holiday weekend in New York City, highlighted of course by the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks and the Nathan’s hot-dog eating contest at Coney Island. Plus,... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/4th_of_july_wee.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/4th_of_july_wee.php Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:44:36 -0500 Trying to clear the decks here before the holiday, so here’s a few quick hits on the hotel news front: The Jane Hotel opens next week in the West Village with room “just under $100 a night,” according to the... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/new_nyc_hotels.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/new_nyc_hotels.php Hotelology Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:52:14 -0500 Commercial airlines will once again get permission to use U.S. military airspace along the East Coast during the 4th of July weekend in hopes of reducing delays, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters announced today. The details:The Department of Defense... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/east_coast_military_airspace_goes_public_for_july_4th_holiday.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/east_coast_military_airspace_goes_public_for_july_4th_holiday.php Arrivology Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:14:13 -0500 Weekend NY Water Taxi service to Breezy Point in Rockaway starts this Friday and the fare is a mere $6 each way. The schedule posted on the NY Water Taxi website lists two morning departures from Pier 11 at Wall... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/rockaway_beach.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/rockaway_beach.php Out of Manhattan Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:30:27 -0500 British Airways today agreed to buy L’Avion, the low-fare business-class airline that flies between New York and Paris, in order to combine the French airline with BA’s two-week-old premium-class spinoff, OpenSkies. BA values the acquisition at Euro 68 million, including... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/openskies_buys.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/openskies_buys.php Arrivology Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:59:55 -0500 At the Metropolitan Museum of Art last night or early this morning, a late-15th Century glazed terra cotta relief sculpture of Saint Michael the Archangel by Andrea della Robbia “came loose from metal mounts that have long held the... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/15th_century_sc.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/07/15th_century_sc.php Museums Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:41:09 -0500 Central Park is getting crowded this summer, with the usual Summerstage sharing the spotlight with Bon Jovi free ticketed concert on Central Park’s Great Lawn on July 12 at 8 p.m., Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today. Tickets will be handed... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/06/central_park_su_1.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/06/central_park_su_1.php Cheap Stuff Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:11:51 -0500 NewYorkology contributor Scott Ross keeps you abreast of upcoming Mets and Yankees home games in New York City. Ross toils in anonymity for a giant online news aggregator. Here’s your look at major league baseball in New York City this... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/06/home_games_rang.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/06/home_games_rang.php Sports Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:30:38 -0500 For 110 days, artist Olafur Eliasson’s New York City Waterfalls will pump 35,000 gallons of water per minute up and over four man-made towers – including one taller than the Statue of Liberty – inviting the public to the... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/06/eliassons_nyc_w_2.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/06/eliassons_nyc_w_2.php Sightsology Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:43:46 -0500 Yes, everyone's drowning in NYC Waterfalls coverage today, so here are some quick bits you may not already know. ... The waterside decks of the South Street Seaport afford views of all four waterfalls. But if you want to... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/06/waterfall_quick.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/06/waterfall_quick.php Sightsology Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:47:55 -0500 Reservations are now open for Summer Restaurant Week, which this year will run from July 21 through August 1, except on weekends. The deal gets you a a seat at some of New York's best restaurants for a three-course prix... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/06/summer_restaura_6.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/06/summer_restaura_6.php Foodology Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:51:12 -0500 It is Thursday, June 26 and here's today's NY calendar: Start date for the four NYC Waterfalls in the East River Selections from Malcolm McLaren’s "Shallow at 44 ½â€? begin hourly screening on MTV’s outdoor HD screen in Times Square... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/06/today_in_ny_wat_1.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/06/today_in_ny_wat_1.php Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:25:46 -0500 Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s time-lapse video of its Cranford Rose Garden. 9,000 Con Ed workers could strike as soon as Sunday (Daily News) "We're miles and miles apart," said Joe Flaherty, spokesman for the Utility Workers Union of America Local... http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/06/more_ny_frying_1.php http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/06/more_ny_frying_1.php Etceterology Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:03:34 -0500