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Sunday, September 29, 2013
9/30/13 MON - 6:30-9:00PM Relationship Smarts: Women, how do you talk to men to get what you want? Men welcome to join!
Regus (19th Floor)
9/30/13 MON 6:30-8:30PM - Elle and Downy Infusions invite you to Fashion Scents - RSVP!
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where: Ramscale Studios Penthouse
463 West Street
New York, NY
Cost: Free W/ RSVP to ELLErsvp@Hearst.com
9/29/13 SUN - 11-7PM @ Washington Square Park - FREE Professional Photographs and Headshots - by MeshBetter! RSVP!
Check out their Facebook and Twitter:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/meshbetter
Twitter: www.twitter.com/meshbetter
Ends 9/30/13 - Mastercard holders - Get a FREE 24-hour Citi-Bike Pass! Can be used until end of Oct.
9/29/13 Last day for FREE portraits by Gianluca Vassallo! Say CHEESE!
See prior posts for deets and locations:
http://terresaling.blogspot.com/2013/09/until-92913-sunday-free-portraits-with.html
http://terresaling.blogspot.com/2013/09/thru-929-sunday-free-portraits.html
9/29/13 SUN 6-7PM - Meet Singing Sensation Ryan Beatty!
6:00PM - 7:00PM
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Enter Uniqlo's Lucky Cubes Sweeps!
Sun 9/29/13 FREE small hot or iced Dunkin' Donuts coffee with Dunkin' App
That looks soo good on a hot day! |
9/28/2013- NYC Dumpling Festival and Contest!
Date: 09/28/2013
Time: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Sara D. Roosevelt Park (Sara D. Roosevelt Park, Manhattan)
Price: Free admission
http://www.dumplingfestival.com
From pierogis to potstickers and everything in between, the 2013 Tang’s Natural New York City Dumpling Festival is just the event for all the dumpling lovers out there. Purchase tasting tickets on the day of the event to sample a selection of dumplings from cultures around the world, including offerings from Italy, China, Poland, etc.
This year will include the highly-anticipated 10th Annual Chef One Dumpling Eating Contest, one of the most exciting eating competitions in New York City! Come and cheer on your favorite contenders as they attempt to upset the record of 74 dumplings in two minutes!
It doesn’t end there! We will feature live cultural performances, lucky draws and interactive games so there will never be a dull moment. By simply showing up and having a good time, you are commemorating our joint efforts with Food Bank For New York City to alleviate hunger issues in all five boroughs. All proceeds from this event will benefit the Food Bank For New York City.
Sat&Sun 9/27-9/28 DUMBO Arts Festival!!
Date: 09/27/2013 - 09/29/2013
Time: All Day
The DUMBO Arts Festival attracts 200,000 visitors over 3 days with the participation of over 400 artists from a variety of disciplines, 100 studios, 50 galleries and stages and 100 programming partners. This year, the Festival will take place on Friday, September 27th, Saturday, September 28th and Sunday, September 29th. The official Festival hours are Friday 6pm to 9pm, Saturday noon to 9pm, Sunday noon to 6pm. Outdoor projections on view through midnight all three nights.
Art revelers can enjoy: outdoor and indoor visual art installations and exhibitions, digital art and large scale projections, visiting artists in their studios or making murals on the street, dancers, poets as well as performers throughout the neighborhood, on street corners, and in the park.
Sat, 10/5/13 - Brooklyn Tourism hosts EscapeMaker's 3rd Annual Local Food and Travel Expo - samples and prizes! RSVP
Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Joralemon Street
plus green getaway ideas AND.... a "Made in Brooklyn" floor
featuring farms, restaurants that source locally,
food and beverages made in the borough!
GETAWAY PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN AWAY!
LIMITED TICKETS! MUST BE REGISTEREDTO ATTEND! REGISTER HERE FOR FREE
Sat and Sun - 9/28/13 to 9/29/13 A Taste of France 2013 with the Largest French Picnic Ever, Hot Air Balloon & French Bulldog Parade
- Live demonstrations by French craftsmen manufacturing French artisanal products and demonstrating their unique know how.
- Metal workers demonstrating the amazing and skillful technique of “repoussage”
- Complimentary Hair and Beauty sessions presented by L’Oreal
- See how a perfume is being created and enjoy our own custom Taste of France perfume, made right there at the show.
- Watch and learn how Lavender is being distilled, right in front of your very eyes
- A very sweet and fun French Bulldog Show will take place during the weekend with a daily parade of 25 French bulldogs, all winners of our huge French Bulldog contest on Facebook.
- On Sunday at noon, Taste of France is organizing the largest French picnic ever on the lawn of Bryant Park, on three giant red, white and blue table cloths. Come dressed in red white and blue as well. Pic-nic basket will be available for sale right at the show with lots of great French delicacies in them, and also get a surprise gift bag with many French goodies when you purchase a Pic-nic basket.
- “President” Cheese is preparing a special treat for us, a large-scale Butter sculpture! Guests will watch throughout the event as the block of butter is expertly sculpted into a surprise sculpture.
- Taste of France’s tri-color Hot Air Balloon will be flying high above the lawn in Bryant Park. You couldn’t miss it if you tried! (To be confirmed)
- Throughout the week end, and especially Saturday night, there will be a French concert in the park with Francophone singers and artists who will perform contemporary and classic French music.
Sat, 9/28/13 - Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live - FREE admission!
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Sunday, 9/29/13 3-7PM Blk Bear Vintage Presents: Vintage Pop-up-Shop x Ice Cream Social
Evergreen Ice Cream Co
144 Evergreen Ave Brooklyn, NY 11206
Sat 9/28/13 - FREE Sweetery fair trade of Joe/Coffee!
Sunday, 9/29/13 Celebrate National Coffee Day with Krispy Kreme FREE Coffee Giveaway! $1 other drinks...
Enter for a chance to win FREE Krispy Kreme coffee for a year and a collectible coffee mug now through September 29 at http://
SUN, 9/29/13 7PM - Breaking Bad Finale Screening Party- RSVP!
Friday, September 27, 2013
9/27 (Fri) - 9/29 (Sun) C. Wonder 1 year anniversary, giveaways, come early first 100!!
When: September 27-29 10:00am until Sunday at 8:00pm
Where: C. Wonder
The Shops at Columbus Circle
10 Columbus Circle
Level 2, Top of escalator
This weekend is the one-year anniversary of C. Wonder's flagship store at The Shops at Columbus Circle and to celebrate the first 100 customers will receive a C. Wonder tote bag each day, lemonade, and sweet treats will be served from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. all weekend, and the "Wheel Of Wonder" will be around throughout the day to spin for prizes. Shoppers will also enjoy 30 percent off of full price purchases of $150 or more. Wonderful.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Until Friday 9/27, spin the wheel at the new Pie Face and samples
Chelsea Location Update: We are spinning the prize wheel and giving away samples for the next week and a half. Come say hi. 169 West 23rd St. New York. Circa Sept 18th. -Pie Face Facebook
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Until 9/29 SUN - SHOWTIME Pop-Up Exhibit for the MASTERS of SEX Now Open at The Old Bowery Station!
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Stop by The Old Bowery Station (168 Bowery) from now until September 29th to get an inside look at Showtime's newest series: Masters of Sex. This exhibit is open to the public daily from noon to 10pm. |
9/28/13 SAT 11AM-2PM Grand Central Station - CELEBRATE TAIWAN WITH SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE, food samples and fashion show! Free museum admission!
Until 9/26/13 THURS, Last 2 days to get your 5 FREE Lindt LINDOR truffles in your choice of flavors!! ::DROOL::
- Gold = white chocolate
- Red = milk chocolate
- Dark/Royal Blue = 39% minimum cocoa dark chocolate
- Black = 60% minimum cocoa dark chocolate shell with 39% minimum truffle center
- Light/Sky Blue = stracciatella (white chocolate shell with cocoa nibs / white chocolate center)
- Light Green = mint
- Dark Green = peppermint
- Bronze/Copper = peanut butter
- Hot Pink = raspberry
- Brown = hazelnut
- Orange = Orange
- Dark Brown = Coffee
9/25/13 WED - noon - Herald Square - Be a part of the The Guinness World Records for Most People Twerking Simultaneously
Want to be a part of Booty Shaking History? Now's your chance!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1416368678586388/
If you are in or near NYC next Wednesday, please join Fuse and Big Freedia as we set The GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS ® for Most People Twerking Simultaneously.
When:
Wednesday, September 25
12:00PM SHARP!
Where:
HERALD SQUARE -- 34TH ST. & 6TH AVE.
In addition to the record setting attempt, stay tuned for a live performance from Big Freedia the Queen Diva herself.
For more Big Freedia, check out "Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce" premiering Wednesday, October 2nd 11p only on FUSE.
More info: http://on.fuse.tv/18b94EP
#BigFreedia
UPDATE: Make sure you're aware of the official twerking rules and guidelines for this event
1. Body must remain upright, with movement concentrated in hips
2. Participants can put hands on knees or hips for support
3. Twerking action cannot come from knees. Hips only!
4. Freestyling or additional choreography not permitted. No hands on the ground, feet in the air, twirling, etc.
5. Twerking action must be synchronized, can be at own pace
6. All participants must twerk simultaneously for TWO MINUTES when Big Freedia gives the signal
7. Any performers who do not participate fully for the entire TWO MINUTES will be deducted from the final total
Got it? Bring your best twerk moves, and we'll see you in Herald Square!
9/25/13 - WED 7-9PM YELP HELPS! Mix and mingle with NYC's great non-profits+food! #adayinthelifenyc RSVP
RSVP here: http://www.yelp.com/events/new-york-yelp-helps-manhattan
In the immortal words of Swedish House Mafia, "Who's Gonna Save The World Tonight?"
Ever wanted to donate your time or money towards a worthy charitable entity but didn't know where to start? Let Yelp Helps be your Book Of Genesis on your journey towards giving back. Between Tuesday, September 24th and Wednesday, September 25th... earn yourself some karma points while having a darn going time in the process. By the numbers:
1 awesome venue (Wix Lounge): http://bit.ly/1af6XoW
20 amazing charities (see below)
2 nights of local brews from our pals at Heartland Brewery http://bit.ly/19ir5I
6 food sponsors (see below - more to be announced!)
NIGHT 1 :: Get Fedorable For A Cause - break out your finest headwear as you rub elbows with some of the most dapper non-profits in NYC. The best hat (as judged by you) will win something sweet.
NIGHT 2 :: Sock Hop To Support NYC - channel your inner Fonzie and dress the part as we do The Bop with a heavy dose of '50s jams presented by Sock Hop Sundays (http://bit.ly/15dUbTt). Perhaps you'll even score a pair of limited edition Yelp Socks out of the deal...
1. Click "I'm In" on this listing (in the upper right).
2. In the free form response, please tell us which night you'd prefer to attend (please either say Night 1 or Night 2). You can only RSVP to ONE of the nights! If you RSVP to both, you'll be removed from both guest lists. So make sure to read the listing carefully before you RSVP:
3. What's even better? This party is FREE (w/ confirmed RSVP) and a $10 suggested donation. Vote before you leave on your favorite non-profit and two lucky participating organizations will take home some extra cizzash to better help them achieve their initiatives to make Manhattan a better place for all!
NPOs
Charity : water http://bit.ly/1a21iyO
Ambassadors For Sustained Health http://bit.ly/14m7cX5
3 Day Start Up http://bit.ly/15tSEuH
Amigos http://bit.ly/15RFqp0
Star Learning Center http://bit.ly/15zipD0
The Blue Card http://bit.ly/1a21FcO
Hot Bread Kitchen http://bit.ly/17ArjTP
Agent Of Change http://bit.ly/18Q1FcO
Life Vest Inside http://bit.ly/14m7AEY
Sweet Generation http://bit.ly/1cAeH28
Project Istwa http://bit.ly/17GCy0J
Stupid Cancer http://bit.ly/17luyfC
Essential Theatre Group http://bit.ly/1af8NWB
City Harvest http://bit.ly/14m80eK
Family To Family http://bit.ly/1e8Uh1Q
God's Love We Deliver http://bit.ly/15tTEix
Blissful Bedrooms http://bit.ly/15tTLL6
Superhero Supply Company http://bit.ly/1cAfj82
Health Corps http://bit.ly/17GDCBC
Project By Project http://bit.ly/1cAfwI7
Surfrider Foundation http://bit.ly/1fvxjjr
GRUB
Nuchas Empanadas http://bit.ly/1fvyhfo
Kind Bars http://bit.ly/1dBGYZ1
House Of Cupcakes http://bit.ly/1dBH6rA
Glaze Teriyaki Grill http://bit.ly/18yIh3N
Pretzel Crisps http://bit.ly/1dJzeVP
Pala http://bit.ly/TjTcL9
Eight Turn Crepe http://bit.ly/1f7aaGE
SIZZURP
Craft beers from Heartland Brewery http://bit.ly/14UaqEU
Wine lounge from our pals at delivery [dot] com https://www.delivery.com/
Cutting edge tea from Press Tea http://bit.ly/1a4fkiX
ABOUT WIX
http://Wix.com enables everyone to design, publish and host stunning HTML5 websites. No coding, no previous design skills, just log in to Wix and start creating with our easy drag-and-drop website builder! In that spirit of encouraging creativity and enabling entrepreneurship, in 2010 Wix founded the NYC Wix Lounge. The Wix Lounge is a completely free co-working, event and exhibit space for creative professionals. Grab your laptop, pop into the Lounge and enjoy a productive work day, great networking opportunities, and amazing events. The Wix Lounge provides free support to New Yorkers, giving them the tools and tips for successfully launching and managing their businesses' online presence. To learn more about Wix, please visit them here http://bit.ly/17xD5jv
Volunteering in the community makes a huge impact on the lives of those in need and Yelp is making the call to anyone who wants to take action and be transformed into an everyday hero through the Yelp Helps event!