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Monthly Archives: September 2010

8 Ways to Stretch Your Travel Dollar in New York City

Posted on September 27, 2010 by julie

Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photos: Francisco Collazo ** New York City is a destination on many travelers’ bucket lists, but its reputation as an expensive city deters visitors from booking flights and making travel plans. They believe that if they save enough money they’ll be able to visit New York someday, and for too many … Continue reading »

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Overlooked New York: New York Botanical Garden’s Stone Mill

Posted on September 9, 2010 by julie

Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photos: Francisco Collazo ** It would be preposterous, not to mention arrogant, to say that we’d “done” the New York Botanical Garden. We’d been to the NYBG many times before– most memorably for The Orchid Show: Cuba in Flower earlier this year and the Kiku show in 2007–but when we arrived … Continue reading »

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Film Review: “The Two Escobars”

Posted on September 2, 2010 by julie

Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Images: Courtesy of Jeff Zimbalist ** “[T]he film gripped me in this anxious way, almost like cocaine. My palms were sweaty. My heart beat fast. I was excited and depressed throughout.” That’s how writer Mitch Anderson described what it was like for him to watch “The Two Escobars,” a documentary about … Continue reading »

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