Save on home decor, food, holiday parties, fitness, kids’ educational activities, pet care, and local events. / 1 comment / Sponsored
At Tribeca's first comprehensive dance center, Downtown Dance Factory, your child can choose from a variety of dance styles, ballet to tap to hip hop. But don't drag your feet! The semester begins next Friday and classes are filling up. / 1 comment / Sponsored
Not only is dancing out-and-out fun, it's a great way for kids to be active. With its four-studio complex, Downtown Dance Factory has classes in all sorts of styles, for ages two through teen. It even offers classes for adults—when was the last time you shook your groove thing? / 3 comments / Sponsored
Michelle and Daniel Lehmann, founders of the new online marketplace reCrib, share their Tribeca favorites—from coffee-snob-worthy cafés to who makes the best Bloody Marys. / 1 comment
The longest days of the year can get really, really long if you have a bored child hanging around. Keep 'em occupied—and happy!—with these excellent neighborhood options. / Sponsored
The Tribeca Family Festival is Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. This year, the organizers are bringing local businesses back up into the mix—here's what to expect from many of them. And before you go, print this PDF of the map and schedule of events. / 1 comment
A heck of a lot opened last year—but, alas, quite a bit closed, too. And one restaurant managed to do both. / 2 comments
I couldn't bring myself to run a photo of Whitney Port. Plus: Deals at Macao Trading Co., Bread Tribeca, and Tribeca Spa of Tranquility; adult dance classes; New Year's Eve at Trattoria Cinque.
Lured by the promise of burning 1,000 calories in just one hour, nutrition counselor Rebecca Sadek road-tested the "TRX with Punching Bags" class at B East, the new TRX studio on Broadway. / 10 comments
"You sweat, you laugh, and you move," writes health and wellness coach Rebecca Sadek about the adult classes at Downtown Dance Factory. "What could be better than that?" / 3 comments
Plus: What's happening to the TAMA space; a restaurant hostess vents; new museum café; CSA farm festival (and winter fruit share); Khushi soap deal; TRX studio details; Tribeca Beauty Spa deals.
...and brunch, too. Plus: B East; Design Night on Duane Street; TAMA final sale; Euphoria Spa specials; 471 Washington progress; Trattoria Cinque; deals at Real Pilates and Wall Street Burger Shoppe; coal chutes; Rondo returns; more. / 1 comment
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