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How To Get Tickets To New York Fashion Week

If you're in New York City right now, then you might have noticed how there are many more beautiful people than usual walking up and down the sidewalks of SoHo and lounging in hotel lobbies. This is because on Thursday begins the weeklong (Thursday-Thursday) semiannual New York Fashion Week, which not only takes over all of Bryant Park with tents to house the runways, but also the spirit of the city as the money rolls in.

Typically, runway shows are limited to the industry: photographers, press and buyers. But with every fashion week comes more and more opportunities to buy your way in, and we've got three sure ways to reserve your spot in the audience, while celebrities and models swarm around you.

Three ways to get tickets to the runway shows at New York Fashion Week, after the jump

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From Famous Kitchens to the Skies: How Singapore Airlines Develops Their Menus

Porcini-crusted sea scallop with black trumpet mushrooms, yellowfoot chanterelles, leek, roman cauliflower and a frothy white wine reduction topper: that is what you are eating 39,000 feet up on a Singapore Airlines flight. And that's just the appetizer.

On Friday, we had the opportunity to stand back and observe as Chef Alfred Portale of New York City's Gotham Bar & Grill reviewed his newest menu for Singapore Airlines with the airline's chefs. This is their bi-annual tasting session, when the chefs trade ideas on in-flight presentation and preparation of some thirty meals that Portale has devised for the airline's US flights.

Curious to see exactly what the process is for creating an in-flight menu, especially one for the precise and exacting tastes of the passengers who fly in First and Business Class on Singapore, we took plenty notes and pictures as Portale and the Singapore chefs taste-tested an appetizer, an entree and two desserts from the upcoming summer menu. See the goodies after the jump!

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Prepare for This Weekend's Snowstorm with Your Airline's Information

The picture above is what New York looked like less than two months ago after a snowstorm dumped just around 8 inches on the city. We took that photo ourselves, and we'll probably have another just like it later this weekend, as the east cost prepares for another snowstorm, with up to 8 inches expected in NYC. But it'll be much, much worse for Washington DC, which is expecting 18-26 inches of snow.

As usual, airlines are covering their bums in preparation for the storm by preemptively canceling flights and issuing waivers to travelers. For instance, United is offering waivers for those traveling to, from, and even through Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia through Sunday.

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Happy Restaurant Week, NYC! Win a Foodie Fantasy With Jetblue

Happy Restaurant Week, New Yorkers! If there's a time when it's really, superbly awesome to be in New York and have an appetite for variety, it's during the biannual Restaurant Week. A feeding frenzy conducted formally, the celebration of gourmet restaurants actually lasts for two weeks— this time from January 25 to February 7—and features prix-fixe menus at a selection of the city's top eateries.

For the second time, Jetblue is getting in on the game by hosting a contest to treat non-New Yorkers to the delights of Restaurant Week. Enter their "More to Love Sweepstakes" for a chance to win round-trip airfare to NY on Jetblue plus two nights at a hotel (looking like either the brand-spanking-new Ace Hotel or the Hilton), and one paid-for meal at your choice of these three famous restaurants: Morimoto, Blue Water Grill or A Voce.

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NYC's Underground 'Please Don't Tell' Bar Tells All

New York City's fave "neospeakeasy" has become mainstream to the chagrin of some of its regulars. Besides the amazing drink menu created by Jim Meehan, Please Don't Tell's greatest asset is its "secret" entrance inside the hot dog joint Crif Dogs on St. Mark's Pl. The phone booth entry not only makes patrons feel like they are experiencing something special, it has also filtered out those who weren't in the know.

Mixologist Jim Meehan has been well known to drink connoisseurs for some time but now he's bringing his talent, and his secret bar, to the forefront. Jim was recently featured on the Travel Channel and last week he made a high profile appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. On the show, Jim spilled all of his secrets, like how to make one of his signature drinks, a Tequila Highball, and where to find his hidden bar.

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Book These Top Five NYC Restaurant Week Reservations Today

Calling all foodies! We hope you've already booked a quick trip to New York City sometime between January 25 to February 7, because that's when Winter Restaurant Week will be in full swing, offering up prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus at some of the best and most famous restaurants in the Big Apple.

And although restaurant week has been around in NYC since 1992, the prices haven't changed for the menus since 2006, meaning that 3-course lunches are a set $24.07 and 3 or 4-course dinners are $35.

Reservations officially open today, although if you follow NYCGo as we do, you had first dibs on booking the best tables yesterday when they twittered a special link. And since we know that sluicing through over 250 restaurants to nail down a few choice reservations is tough work, allow us to help you out with our list of the Top Five NYC Restaurant Week Reservations...

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Freedom Tower Begins to Rise at the World Trade Center Site

The History Channel still loves to show the documentaries on 9/11 and hoards of tourists still flock to the site everyday, but aren't you curious to know what exactly is happening in the hole? Well, we happen to be typing this from about 50 feet away from the site, with a clear view towards the rising beams and cranes that signify that the World Trade Center is rising again.

Construction on some of the planned structures has reached above ground level, so that's a very positive sign. The most advanced work is pictured above (taken from the sidewalk), with the World Financial Center forming a glass building backdrop to contrast with the rough look of what will be Freedom Tower.

We watch the metal skeleton grow day by day, and now—finally—tourists have something more to take pictures of than a depressing, gaping hole in the ground. To see what this building will like when it's complete, check out the very cool and comprehensive Emporis site.

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A Comedy Club In NYC For Only $10? You've Got To Be Joking!

This is the only "decoration" in the joint.

In this economic slump, not everyone can shell out $100 for a ticket to see The Lion King on Broadway. But that doesn't mean you can't find good, cheap entertainment in New York City. For example, you can head over to the New York Comedy Club, where you can get tickets for only 10 smackers.

Granted, unlike The Lion King, these shows aren't G-rated. However, you may sit among a crowd of youngish faces, since the club is open to 16-year-olds and up. And to be clear, the $10 rate is for weekdays and $15 for weekends, and all shows have a two-beverage requirement. Of course, alcohol will only be available to those 21 and older.

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Five Rules For Enjoying The New Year's Ball Drop In Times Square

Although the picture above is about as close as we'll get to seeing the ball drop in NYC's Times Square, that doesn't mean that we can't help you get the most out of braving the crowds to have the once-in-a-lifetime New Year's experience.

Aside from no alcohol allowed, there are five major rules to having a great time at the ball drop and still getting a view of the action. Pay attention, because you've only got a couple more days to get your strategy together.

The Five Rules For Enjoying The New Year's Ball Drop In Times Square...

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The World's Top Three Glittery New Year's Celebrations

You can drink, you can dance, and you can kiss someone at the stroke of midnight anywhere, but somehow the experience of New Year's has more resonance when you're doing all things in the presence of pyrotechnics or a giant crystal ball covered in lights. Hey, everyone likes something sparkly and exciting, and so we sincerely hope that you get to celebrate the turn into 2010 at one of The World's Top Three Glittery New Year's Celebrations.

3. Paris, France
Paris isn't called "The City of Lights" just for the heck of it; not only will you be able to stuff your face full of cheap Nutella crepes on the street, but you'll be able to do so while walking down a traffic-free Champs d'Elysées, bordered by Christmas light-covered trees and bookended by the illuminated Arc de Triomphe and Place de la Concorde. But with so many historical landmarks and gorgeous buildings, you'll have decisions to make. How about kissing at midnight in front of the Eiffel Tower, as it goes crazy with a lights display? C'est magnifique.

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Three Restaurants To Help You Get Over The Closing of NYC's Tavern On The Green

After some time of struggling financially, running into drama with club promoters, and serving tourists overpriced food, Central Park's iconic Tavern on the Green restaurant is closing for good. It will inevitably reopen at some point in the future under new management, and probably with a different name and definitely with new interiors since they're auctioning everything off, but we could care less. Why? Because New York City is a town overflowing with excellent restaurants, a good lot of them miles above Tavern on the Green in quality and food and yet priced lower.

Don't let Kelly Ripa's sadness over Tavern's closure fool you; her family also treasures Serendipity 3, a tourist trap of a restaurant that pushes "frozen hot chocolate," which is essentially just a chocolate shake in a bowl; not to mention that the place has been closed in the past by the Health Department for rodent infestation.

We're kind of happy to see Tavern go, since it's closing means tourists will discover other restaurants and support those, and we've got three in particular to recommend.

Three restaurants to help you get over Tavern on the Green's closing:

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Live From Rockefeller Center, It's The Giant Christmas Tree

Holiday travel is in full swing, with camera-toting tourists not so deftly maneuvering their way from site site with strollers and shopping bags in tow, and no where is this scene more evident than in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Not only does the small square have the giant Norway spruce topped with a Swarovski star, that becomes the Christmas tree to see, but the ice skating rink, world-class shopping on Fifth Avenue, and proximity of NBC studios also guarantee that the area will be crawling with tourists from November through mid-January.

We braved the obstacle course of families posing for portraits and giant topiaries last night to bring you a little armchair travel; behold a gallery of Rockefeller Center over the holidays, after the jump.

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