“I wanted to create access to a remarkable celebration of chocolate, food, love and good living.” - Virginie Delavaud
New York, N.Y. -Migration of Senses has announced the 2nd edition of Chocolate & I, New York (CINY), a unique chocolate and food and culture emersion experience. This year CINY addresses the theme of “The Journey” through carefully curated events that from Feb. 8-14 will transport us from New York City to unexpected horizons.
“We want the five senses to be continually surprised by the journey to discovery that we are planning to offer each day at this year’s edition. Our guests will be free to indulge any chocolate mood they feel at any given moment of the day,” said Migration of Senses and CINY’s founder Virginie Delavaud. Building on a successful 2009 launch, CINY’s new home is a large-scale event space in Chelsea where guests will spark lively discussions and enjoy tastings, pairings, and educational talks with renowned chocolatiers, chefs, mixologists, chemists, and food experts. Read more »
New York, N.Y. - Arkansas resident Marcela Tapia’s visit to the Empire State (http://www.iloveny.com/) included red carpet treatment from her favorite celebrity, Twilight Saga star Peter Facinelli. On December 15, Facinelli, who was on-set shooting an episode of Showtime series Nurse Jackie, welcomed Tapia and her husband, at the Queens-based studio, providing them with a set tour and introductions to other big-name Nurse Jackie actors, including New York native Edie Falco, before taping a playful one-on-one mock interview with Tapia about why Facinelli loves his home state of New York. The meet-and-greet resulted after Tapia won the Grand Prize in I LOVE NEW YORK’S Twitter sweepstakes featuring round trip tickets to New York via JetBlue Airlines (www.jetblue.com), luxurious hotel accommodations for two nights at The Sherry Netherland (www.sherrynetherland.com), two tickets to the set of the Showtime series Nurse Jackie to visit Facinelli, and a gift basket from I LOVE NEW YORK and EscapeMaker.com. Read more »
Luxury Retailer Saks Fifth Avenue Partners with Hotels to Offer VIP Shopping Experience
New York, NY - NYC & Company, the official marketing, tourism and partnership organization for the City of New York, has announced that 15 hotels in the Signature Collection, a group of New York City’s luxury hotels, will participate in the Signature Collection Third NightTM promotion this winter. The program gives visitors a complimentary third night at participating hotels after booking and paying for two consecutive nights between January 4 and February 28, 2010. Detailed booking information for the promotion is available on NYC & Company’s official tourism website at nycgo.com/thirdnight. Read more »
Installation dates: December 17, 2009 - June 6, 2010
Location: The Sackler Wing Galleries for the Arts of Japan, 2nd Floor
New York, N.Y. - In 1975, The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired, by gift and purchase, more than 400 works of Japanese art from collector Harry G. C. Packard (1914-1991). This daring acquisition instantly transformed the Museum into an institution with one of the finest collections of its kind in the West, comprised of encyclopedic holdings from the Neolithic period through the 19th century. Read more »
New York, NY —
The Drawings of Bronzino
January 20-April 18, 2010
This exhibition is the first ever dedicated to Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572), and will present nearly all the known drawings by, or attributed to, this leading Italian Mannerist artist, who was active primarily in Florence. A painter, draftsman, academician, and enormously witty poet, Bronzino became famous as the court artist to the Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici and his beautiful wife, the Duchess Eleonora di Toledo. This monographic exhibition will contain approximately 60 drawings from European and North-American collections, many of which have never before been on public view. Read more »
Times Square to be Focal Point for Hundreds of Thousands of Revelers and Television Viewers on December 31
New York City - NYC & Company, the official marketing, tourism and partnership organization for New York City, has announced activities surrounding the 2009 New Year’s Eve festivities. The year-end celebration brings hundreds of thousands of people to Times Square, one of the most famous gathering spots in the world. As visitors and residents watch the world-famous New Year’s Eve Ball descend from the flagpole atop One Times Square at midnight on the last day of the year, the eyes of the world are squarely on New York City. Read more »
Two-Week Program Returns with Same Great Prices
New York City - NYC & Company, New York City’s marketing, tourism and partnership organization, has announced dates for NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2010. The semiannual event will run from January 25-February 7, 2010, with the same prices charged since 2006. Costs will remain $24.07 for three-course prix-fixe lunches and $35 for three-course prix-fixe dinners (excluding beverages, tax and gratuity). NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2010 will run for two weeks this season, excluding Saturdays; restaurants have the option to offer the program on Sundays. Read more »
