This Weekend: Stay Sharp & Think Bright With Modern Meditation (FREE course!)

  It’s time to learn what Modern Meditation is all about! This three-session course offers a comprehensive understanding of neuroscience and meditation in a way that you can use every day of your life.  It takes place over the next  three Saturday afternoons.  It starts this Saturday, April 27th from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm., with [...]

Green & Serene: 6th St Botanical Garden

  The East Village is sprinkled with hidden gardens, but one of my favorites is the serene, lush garden on 6th Street between Ave A and Ave B. This sweet little spot boasts an abundance of summer wildflowers, manicured bushes, and even a calming waterfall to ease away all the stress of the day.    [...]

Gluten Free: Food Talk With Jennifer Esposito (& Her New Sweet Spot!)

Our friends at Clean Plates always find what’s new, hot, and healthy in the big city. This week they’re talking with actress Jennifer Esposito, who opened her own Gluten Free Bakery here in NYC after discovering she had celiac disease. Do you get bellyaches after eating your favorite pizza or pasta? How about unexplained weight [...]

Pilates,Yoga & More At A Steal: This Week’s NYC Fitness Deals

Grab and go fitness deals for you busy New Yorkers…. what’s better than that? This week our friends at Fitmapped found us some of the city’s top fitness deals.      Pilates Shop Yoga Garage – An uptown rehabilitative locale. May be good to consider if for the UW-siders. $49 for Three Small-Group Pilates Sessions at Pilates [...]

Solace In The City: Meditation Hot Spots

Seems like everywhere I go, people are talking up the topic of meditation. People want to be able to sit still but have no idea how to start. They hear it’s good for you, like vitamins or massage, but are anxious about how it all works. You would think that sitting still and quieting your mind is [...]

City Escapes: Get Me To The Pumpkins, Apples, Wine, & Foliage!

I love fall. Brightly colored leaves, crisp sunny days, comfy sweaters, pumpkins, cider and all the other fun stuff that goes along with it. The leaves are almost at their peak, so the next few weekends are perfect time to escape the city and enjoy. If taking a Sunday drive is your style, jump in [...]

Sweat Together, Stay Together From Fitist

We love a gift that keeps on giving. Not only does this offer give the gift of good health, but now if you book during Valentine’s week your sweetheart sweats for free! With the new “Sweat Together, Stay Together” plan, you can buy any plan and your other half gets a Four Play plan FREE! [...]

Celebrate Summer: Free Outdoor Yoga In NYC (from Times Square to Rockaway Beach!)

There are very few peeps in this city that are not totally yoga crazy. You see them riding the subway with their trusty mat in tow, running down 5th avenue late for their next session, and lately – heading outside to one of the many fabulous outdoor yoga classes taking place! Practicing yoga outdoors in [...]

Wednesday Giveaway! Get Bronzed With Gotham Tan.

Are you ready for July 4th weekend? Bikinis, short shorts and strapless dresses are sure to be the dress code. Have you not quite had time to get to the beach and get your tan on? Well, we’ve got a better solution. Get that deeply bronzed, sun-kissed look without subjecting yourself to the dangerous effects of [...]

Foodie Alert: Crab Feast & Fancy Food Show!

OK, here are a couple happenings to continue your weekend into your work week! Back Forty’s Summer Crab Boil runs every Tuesday through September 3rd.  A $42 pre-fixe gets you all-you-can-eat crabs, garden side dishes and endless pitchers of ice cold beer.  Having spent my childhood summers eating Maryland blue crabs like it was my [...]

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