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Spectacular New York Love Affair
Valentine's Weekend Can Include a Sky-written Proposal!
Edited by Madelyn Miller, the travellady
 Metro-Home which offers guest apartment accommodations
in Manhattan, is offering a spectacular Valentine's Weekend for lovers who
want to experience all that New York offers... or simply kick back and
lounge the weekend away in the comfort of their own apartment.
Called A New York Love Affair, the weekend
includes a choice of luxury studio apartment accommodations in neighborhoods
from The Village to SoHo, Midtown and the Upper West Side. Valentine's
lovers will discover fully appointed apartments, many with doormen and
featuring gorgeous Manhattan views.
 For Valentine's Weekend, Metro-Home's apartments will
include special his & her toiletries, plush robes &slippers to take home
with our compliments, champagne &crystal flutes, and exotic chocolates - the
perfect aphrodisiac!
After checking in, lovers can embark on their romantic
weekend with a leisurely carriage ride through historic Central Park (with
advance notice). Then it's off to an evening of their own making - taking in
the romance of the city or settling into the comfort and pleasures of their
weekend home.
Metro-Home's Valentine's Love Affair package is from
$199 / couple per night with a two-night minimum stay.
New York Valentine's Spectaculaire!
If that isn't romantic enough, Metro-Home can arrange
for a New York Valentine's Spectaculaire! Lovers can custom build their
Valentine's weekend by adding a Private Chef for dinner in their apartment,
an in-apartment his &her massage and reflexology treatment, by a taking a
day at the Spa or an evening on Broadway.
Need more? How about displaying your lover's name in
lights on Times Square … or on a Broadway theatre marquee … or having it
lovingly written in the sky over Manhattan - is there a better way to
propose? It's all possible with Metro-Home's New York Love Affair
Valentine's Weekend (with advance notice and for an additional amount).
For New York's most romantic Valentine's Weekend or for
reservations, contact Metro-Home at 212.813.2244 or toll-free 800.987.1235,
or visit
www.Metro-Home.com.
New York-based Metro-Home is the premier provider of
short-term and extended stay housing solutions for individuals and corporate
employees, offering an inventory ranging from budget to luxury fully
furnished apartments. Metro-Home serves a "Who's Who" of clients, from
financial services and entertainment to the pharmaceutical industry. It
frequently custom-tailors accommodations for the cast and crew of entire
Broadway companies and high-profile celebrities. To learn more about
Metro-Home, visit
www.metro-home.com
More things to do in New York
Helpful websites
www.nycvisit.com
Interested in New York Theatre?
www.livebroadway.com
Great Deals
New York City Pass
www.citypass.com
NEW YORK PASS is
www.newyorkpass.com
Save on meals
www.cityshuffle.com
Most Unusual Thing For Women to See in New York
Ticklebomb’s Mantasia
www.mantasia.net
135 West 41st St.
212-278-0988
Madelyn's Favorite Chocolate Experiences
Madelyn's Favorite Restaurants
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DavidBurke and Donatelle. Their prix-fixed lunch is
a tremendous value
133 east 61st at Lexington
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Town. 15 West 56th 212-582-4445. Extraordinary
food, setting and service. Try the tasting menu..
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L’ecole. The restaurant of the New York Culinary
Institute
Best Way to Understand New York Restaurants
See the film Eat This New York. It is the story of a few
restaurateurs who have made it, and two hopefuls trying to beat the odds.
From the outset, viewers are warned that over 1,000 New York restaurants
open every year and only one in five survives. DVD is available from
www.organicpictures.com
Madelyn's Favorite New York Hotels For Value
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Hampton Inn Manhattan. Great deal and neighborhood
filled with bargains and markets. Free breakfast and internet access and
chocolate chip cookies in the afternoon.
108 West 24th Street.
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Mansfield Hotel. Just off Fifth Avenue and halfway
between Saks and Lord and Taylor. Free business office and friendliest
staff in town
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Park Central New York. The Park Central New York is
located at 870 Seventh Avenue at 56th Street, New York, NY 10019-4038.
Great location. Great service. Great food in the café. For reservations
and information, call 1-800-346-1359
www.parkcentralny.com.
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Washington Square Hotel. Funky and fun, this
almost-historic hotel has been family owned for two generations and is
now lovingly renovated. 103 Waverly Place. 800-222-0418 or 212-777-9515
Best Big Splurge Elegant Hotels
Kitano. Japanese owned, it offers an aura or oriental serenity. Yet it
is conveniently located on Park Avenue in mid-town. 66 Park Avenue
Hyatt Stanhope. A haven for culture mavens, this
elegant hotel is just across the street from the Metropolitan Museum
Great Guidebooks
ZAGAT Survey
They have so many wonderful guidebooks to New York
Very focused and detailed and since they are based on the input of locals,
very accurate and helpful:
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New York Nightlife
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New York City Theatre Guide
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New York City Restaurants
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New York City Marketplace
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New York Shopping
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Brooklyn (which is now some people’s favorite part
of New York City)
You can even vote at
www.zagat.com
Native's Guide to New York
Advice with attitude for People who live here—and visitors we like
By Richard Laermer
W.W. Norton
www.wwnorton.com
I love this book. I feel like a native when I read it. And this is a man who
really understands shopping, my favorite sport in New York
The Girlshop Guide To NYC Shopping
By Laura Eisman and Lara Ewen
www.girlshop.com
They also do shopping tours 888-450-shop ext 303
tours@girlshop.com
Museums and Galleries of New York City
Insight Guides
www.insightguides.com
Nosh New York
By Myra Alperson
The food lover’s gude to New York City’s most delicious neighborhoods.
St. Martin’s Griffin
www.stmartins.com
Fodor's See It New York
Colorful with lots of detailed maps
www.fodors.com
Eyewitness Travel Guide New York
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
www.dk.com
This well-organized guide combines facts with helpful interpretation.
Moon Metro
New York City
www.moon.com
compact size combines maps organized by sections of the city
Knopf City Guides
New York
www.aaknopf.com
Map references identify the corresponding area in the detailed map section
New York City
Insight Guide
www.insightguides.com
Great photos, well-organized and all the practical stuff is summarized at
the end
New York City
Fodor’s
www.fodors.com
The guide for all budgets, updated every year, with a pullout map and color
photos
New York from A to Z
The Traveler’s Look-Up
Source for THE BIG APPLE
Capital Books, Inc
www.capital-books.com
New York City
BERLITZ POCKET GUIDE
www.berlitzpublishing.com
small, but jam packed with info
you really can carry it in your pocket
Official NYC Guide
Published by NYC & Company—the Convention and Visitors Bureau
This freebie book also includes coupons for stores like Bloomingdale’s and
FAO Schwartz as well as discounts on museums.
The first freebie you should get in the Big Apple
The New York Times Guide to New York City
St. Martin's Press
www.stmartins.com
As you would expect, exceptional sections on restaurants and hotels.
And I love any guidebook that has over 40 pages about shopping. No maps, no
pictures, just pure information.
Sleep Cheap in New York: High-Quality Lodgings at
Rock-Bottom Rates by Lisa Mullenneaux, The Penington Press, 2002, $15.95
www.peningtonpress.com
Manhattan
By residents Gil Reavill and Jean Zimmerman
Compass American Guides
www.fodors.com
New York with Kids
By Ellen Shapiro
Prima Publishing
www.primalifestyles.com
Where To Go
A guide to Manhattan’s Toilets
By Vicki Rovere
If You Want to Venture Further
Where to Weekend Around New York City
Fodor’s
www.fodors.com
Long Island Alive
By Francine Silverman
Hunter Travel Guides
New York State
By Christiane Bird
MOON HANDBOOKS
www.moon.com
The Thirteen Colonies
Travel Historic America
Fodor’s
www.fodors.com
Taste of New York At Home Cookbooks
The New York Restaurant Cookbook
By Florence Fabricant
Recipes from the Dining Capital of the World
Rizzoli International Publications
www.rizzoliusa.com
Balthazar Cookbook
By Keith McNally, Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson
Clarkson Potter Publishers
www.clarksonpotter.com
Lobster Rolls & Blueberry Pie
Three generations of stories and recipes
Rebecca Charles of Pearl Oyster Bar
And Deborah Diclimenti
Regan Books
An Imprint of Harper Collins Publisher
www.reganbooks.com
Little Italy Cookbook
By David Ruggerio
Artisan Books
Welcome to Juniors
By Marvin and Walter Rosen with Beth Allen
William Morrow & Company
www.williammorrow.com
Second Helpings from Union Square
Danny Meyer and Michael Romano
140 New Favorites from New York’s acclaimed Restaurant
Harper Collins Publishers
www.harpercollins.com
High Heat
By Waldy Malouf with Melissa Clark
Powerhouse Chef Waldy Malouf turns up the heat on contemporary cuising
Broadway Books
www.randomhouse.com
Best Way to Find Your Way Around
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