Terry Trucco

Redirecting Hello Kitty: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Gets a New Route for 2012

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Hello Kitty above the fray

Thanksgiving 2012 may seem a long way off, but for those who plan ahead, like parade organizers, it might as well be next week.

Last week Macy’s long-term planners dropped a bombshell – due to construction to the pedestrian plazas throughout Times Square, the parade will be rerouted down Sixth Avenue for 2012 and 2013, bypassing a patch of New York as famous as the Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty combined. Read more

Terry Trucco

Snooze News at the Benjamin Hotel, Just in Time for National Sleep Awareness Week

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In case you didn’t know, we just wrapped up National Sleep Awareness Week, which culminated at 2 am on March 13th.   That’s the day we “spring forward” and return to Daylight Savings Time, one hour blearier (but oh, those long evenings). Read more

Terry Trucco

Cheers! The Best Hotel Drinks of the 2010 Holiday Season

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Christmas 2010 is history, but the holidays roar on. And so does this season’s round of holiday drinks at around town, even if holiday libations at hotels are rare this year.

We found a trio of New York hotel bars that remain in a holiday mood. Read more

Terry Trucco

A Gingerbread House, er, Hotel, er, Tower at Essex House

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We’ve gone a bit overboard with holiday hoopla this month. But how do you pass up a gingerbread house that’s a grand-scale replica of the Jumeirah Essex House Hotel and stands ten feet tall? Read more

Terry Trucco

The Merriest Hotel Trees in New York City, Dressed Up For Holidays 2010

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Note: Apparently, not everything lives forever on the internet. Nearly all the photos disappeared from this item, save one. Weird. But not the copy, so here it is.

The tree at Rockefeller Center isn’t the only show in town that rocks this month.  Here’s a look at some of our favorite holiday trees at Midtown hotels. Read more

Terry Trucco

King Kong Meets Hansel & Gretel: Gingerbread Houses Inspired by Movies at Le Parker Meridien

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Ever wondered how King Kong perched on top of the Empire State Building might look rendered in gingerbread?

Me, neither. But King Kong is just one of seven movies interpreted in grand-scale gingerbread in the second annual holiday gingerbread exhibition at Le Parker Meridien hotel.  And the result – an Art Deco gingerbread skyscraper with a frosted ape balanced atop a fondant finial – is scrumptious. Read more

Terry Trucco

Stuck With Thanksgiving Leftovers? Turkey + Gravy + Cranberry Sauce = Pizza at the Maritime Hotel’s La Bottega Restaurant

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What to do with that leftover turkey, gravy and cranberry sauce sitting in the ‘fridge? If you run an Italian restaurant, there’s an obvious solution: make pizza. Read more

Terry Trucco

Can Do: Is This Replica of the Standard Hotel Really Constructed from Tuna Cans?

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Q. When is a can of tuna more than just a can of tuna?

A. When it’s grouped with more than 4,000 others to create a grand-scale sculpture of New York’s Standard Hotel, aka The Candard Hotel. Read more