04/04/08 - Forget About Going To Broadway All The Hip New Yorkers Are Going To The Bruce Museum

Statue in front of Bruce Museum

Early-spring get-out-of-town linkathon-a-palooza

NewYorkology

MadMaps has published a series of daytripper and weekend getaway maps, inlcuding two focusing on the area around New York. They're maybe best suited for the times when you're too fed up to do the research ahead of time, and just want to hit the road and drive. However, the itineraries are maybe too generic from some travelers and could be frustrating when they list a town's high points, but offer no directions or addresses.

For cheap out-of-town travel, keep tabs on BoltBus and MegaBus, which are rapidly adding service to NYC with fares from $1 (if you book in advance.)...

... NYC Audubon spring field trips include a wildflower hike at Pyramid Mountain and to the Raptor Trust bird rehabilitation center.

Metro-North's one-day getaways include packages to Cold Springs, the Mohegan Sun Casino, and the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science in Greenwich.

Not only is there a Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center in Jamestown NY, but the town is hosting Luci-Desi Days from May 23 through May 25 ...

... Regular tickets to tour the Philip Johnson Glass House in New Canaan, Conn., -- which last year started opening to the public for the first time in its 50 year history -- are already sold out for all of 2008. But "you can still visit the Glass House in 2008 if you book a Private or Patron Tour of the Glass House," according to the website.

In that same vein the Saugerties Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast is now taking reservations for 2009 as this year's mostly booked up. (Although tonight and Friday happen to be open, according to their website.)

Andre Balazs' Sunset Beach on Shelter Island reopens for the season May 16 with midweek rates from $245.

The 1926 Wurlitzer Organ at the Riviera Theatre in North Tonawanda, NY has just emerged from its restoration process and will be used in its monthly Wurlitzer Concert Series.

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