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New York’s Hidden Bars

You can impress your relatives and friends when you return to the UK after your trip to New York by telling them some of New York's secrets. They'll be impressed by your inside knowledge of New York if you reveal the locations of some of the city's hidden bars. You won't find the bars listed below unless you know exactly what you're looking for. PDT (Please Don't Tell) The Hidden Entrance: The cleverly designed entrance is in the Crif Dogs restaurant on St. Marks Place. Go into the phone booth in the restaurant, pick up the phone and press the buzzer twice. You'll be connected to an … Read more...

Have the total New York experience by living like a local

One of the diamond gems of America, New York sometimes has the price tag of one. Although for those that are coming to New York, there are ways of having the total New York experience when on holiday. Accommodation Whenever you think of staying in the Big Apple, images of loft apartments come to mind. Such impressions probably stemmed from the many years of watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S. But the thing is, a total NY experience wouldn’t be one without staying in a genuine loft apartment. Renting private apartments in the city center of New York has become a popular option thanks to the … Read more...

Opening a bank account in New York

So you have finally decided to take the big leap and move to the buzzing city of New York! Well to survive in such a concrete jungle you are going to need a job. However, like most jobs around these days you are going to need to open up a bank account. Of course if you have all the correct documentation then this shouldn’t really be too much of a problem for you, but just to clarify on how to go about doing such a task I will go through it with you; There are essentially 2 different types of banks in New York, on the one hand you’ve got the large full service banks which offer anything … Read more...