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Speak Up New Yorkers and Washingtonians!
We Are Not Rude! And We Love Tourists

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around

Travel & Leisure Magazine recently ranked cities for rudeness. New York topped the list, followed by Washington at number three. Los Angeles, usually number one,

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The “New Cuisine” of Mexico:
Part I – Mexico City and Queretero

Monday, October 31st, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Living Around

Forget everything you think you know about Mexican food – it’s heavy, it’s fried, it’s fattening – and come with me to discover new, sophisticated

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Like Crazy—The Pain of First Love

Friday, October 28th, 2011
by Abby Cañeda on Playing Around

First love is intense, sometimes foolish. A single spark turns into an insatiable longing that turns into a string of gushy moments that you may

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Strange Days : A Five Star Musical Banquet

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Anticipation in The Metropolitan Room on Sunday night is demonstrably electric. Critics talk shop, singers hug, strangers sharing tables share past experience of the entertainers.

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Sinatra’s in Vegas: Too Marvelous for Words

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Dining Around

Las Vegas was Frank Sinatra’s town and Steve Wynn was one of his good friends. So it’s no surprise to find the restaurant Sinatra’s in

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Mark Nadler: Contemporary Vaudevillian and Happy Guy

Monday, September 26th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Mark Nadler and I are the only diners in the otherwise closed second floor at Sardi’s this quiet, weekday afternoon. Greeting manager and waiters by

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Introducing Emily Bergl

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Sitting with Emily Bergl in the Oak Room Supper Club at The Algonquin Hotel where she’ll open September 30, I look around at the tables

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Fame—Some Want to Live Forever

Saturday, August 27th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around

So, I read that Kim Kardashian got married. Can someone help me out: What exactly is a Kardashian, what do they do and why are

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