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Summer in the City

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So, we took a quick weekend trip to the City.  It began as a Father's Day gift for Ned: tickets to see Penn & Teller in their six week Broadway residency.  We figured we'd go down for that and maybe TKTS another show or hit up some museums.  A nice, relaxing weekend in New York City. Have you read this blog?   Yep, that wasn't going to happen :) We rushed from the airport through the very congested, summer traffic, road constructed streets of New York ... to our hotel: this time the Intercontinental Times Square .  Let me insert this: as may have become clear, I LOVE TO PLAN TRAVEL but what may not always be clear is that I LOVE TO DO IT AS CHEAPLY AS POSSIBLE.  So, I spend a lot of time late at night comparing various sites, identifying hotels on Hotwire and Priceline so I can compare these "discounts" to website rates, finding the lowest costs and figuring out if it's cheaper to buy it all separately or book a package.  If that doesn