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Imagine Your Best Friend Lived in New York and She Took You ShoppingSheFinds Makes This Fantasy Come TrueHave you ever visited a city and wished you had a friend to show you around? Now you do – SheFinds!  Come to New York and shop! Experience the city, fashionista-style! You'll visit the trendy boutiques in NoLita that you've read about in all the fashion mags and cruise the aisles of the three big “Bs,” Bergdorfs, Bloomingdales and Barneys. As a member of this very exclusive SheFinds group, you'll get special deals and gifts at many of the stores you'll visit. Enjoy a private cocktail party at New York 's best secret designer outlet (if we told you it wouldn't be secret!) where you'll get up to 40% off your purchases on all the brands you'd find at the swankiest of boutiques. Eat at a hot Meat Packing District spot -- an area frequented by downtown celebrities like Sara Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow and Uma Thurman. They only have room for 16 people so book soon!
Dates: April 9th thru April 11th – Just in time to get those warm weather wardrobes in gear. April temperatures in NYC are usually in the 50s and 60s.
Included in this package:
Two nights at the Affinia Dumont, featuring the Affinia Fitness Spa – The Affinia Dumont has a very cool new concept–keep you in shape! Your stay includes a fitness concierge to help you get started.
Rooms are plush (and new! The hotel was renovated in May 2003). You'll get a good night's rest on the “Affinia Bed,” complete with a custom-designed mattress, down-filled duvet and your choice of pillows from the Pillow Menu (choose from Swedish Memory, Hypo-Allergenic and Buckwheat—ooh la la!).
The hotel is located in the non-touristy neighborhood of Murray Hill, just a short walk from the very chic, Morgan's Bar.
Brunch at a cool downtown spot
Light breakfast at hotel
Dinner at a hip restaurant (3 courses and 2 glasses of wine)
Private cocktail party at a hip NYC outlet shop
Two days of shopping tours with Michelle Madhok – NoLita and Midtown will be covered with a bonus SoHo shopping itinerary to explore on your own
Discounts or free gifts at many of the stores
1 hour yoga class
20% discount at hotel restaurant – The Barking Dog
20% off spa treatments at the hotel's spa –recently a swarm of big time beauty editors checked in for the Decompression Zone treatment to rid them of “computer neck.”
Prices are based on double occupancy. If you'd rather have your own room, add $200 to the price. Prices:
Studio Room: $690 pp $640 if purchased before February 28th
1 Bedroom Suite: $790 pp $740 if purchased before February 28th.
Prices are based on double occupancy. If you'd rather have your own room, add $200 to the price.
Sign-up before February 28th and get $50 off (more shopping money!). Round-up 5 or more of your friends to join you for the SheFinds Shopping Weekend, and get $100 off your trip. Please send an e-mail to sales@shefinds.com if you are a group leader and we'll work out your discount. For a sample itinerary or to sign-up please visit http://shefinds.com/events.html For more information please contact SheFinds at sales@shefinds.com or 917.441.8059 EDITED BY Madelyn Miller OTHER THINGS MADELYN LOVES TO DO IN NEW YORKInterested in New York Theatre?
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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
New York Nightlife
New York City Theatre Guide
New York City Restaurants
New York City Marketplace
New York Shopping
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 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 , 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 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 GOA guide to Manhattan’s Toilets
By Vicki Rovere IF YOU WANT TO VENTURE FURTHERLong 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 cuisine
Broadway Books
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