Best Cheap Date Night in NYC: The MET Museum

Dec 16, 2011 Author: Katie Lara | Filed under: Cheap Thrills, Lifestyle, Love and Travel, NYC Activities

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC (The MET) is open until 9pm on Friday and Saturday nights right now. It's the best date night ever! We sipped wine in the atrium and were serenaded by a live pianist, cellist and violinist. The wine isn't cheap, the cheapest bottle I believe was about $48 but it's a spectacular Friday evening. They even have fun little bites to eat that were delicious. Curried pistachios! Didn't really complement the wine per se but they were yummy! 

Cheap Trick: The museum suggests you pay $25/pp. However, this is a suggestion. I don't know about you but that's a bit steep to pay once a month (which is how often we go). So instead I say 2 please and hand them whatever I feel like I can afford. I take comfort in the fact that I plan on being a donor when Im rich one day. 

Definitely head on over before other people discover this secret. Hopefully I'm the only one blogging about it :) It is truly the best cheap date in NYC to be had!

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Getting Excited!!!

Dec 15, 2011 Author: Katie Lara | Filed under: Lifestyle, Love and Travel, Sponsored, Travel

I'm finally planning my honeymoon y'all! We're going to Southeast Asia! I cannot wait!!! Do you know how many shots you need to get to go over there? It's crazy! You know what else is crazy? How expensive all the shots, etc. add up to be! Man if you don't have health insurance you're in big trouble!

I think I'm in the wrong business, Fortune 500 said that the pharmaceutical industry topped the list of the most profitable recently. The high cost of prescription drugs in the US is a major issue in the health care reform debate. And shouldn't it be!?

Even though it isn't too expensive to manufacture a prescription drug, pharmaceutical companies have to pay a high price for research and development of new drugs. Even though people in the US only represent 5% of the world's population, the United States is the leader in drug research and development. Thirty-five percent of the research on new drugs is conducted in the United States. A recent study indicated that research on new drugs to for AIDS, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's, and arthritis will save more than $750 billion in treatment costs over the next 25 years. If you are buying expensive drugs in the US you are helping the pharmaceutical industry fund their research and development.



Many  Americans are looking for alternatives to purchasing their prescriptions here in the US. But let's be honest you don't want to buy it at some shady market! But you can save money on drugs purchased from other countries. For example, a Canadian pharmacy , carries the same prescriptions available in the US for much cheaper. The reason for this is because drugs in Canada are under government price controls. Canada also carries a wider selection of generic drugs than the US.

What will the future bring us with this!? 

*This is a sponsored post but all thoughts herein are my own*

Rachel Zoe’s What to Wear for Holiday Parties this Season

Dec 8, 2011 Author: Katie Lara | Filed under: Celebs, Holiday, Lifestyle, Love and Travel

Rachel Zoe knows just what she'll be wearing to all the holiday festivities: Staples like black jumpsuits, white tuxedos and classic cocktail dresses. I love getting into the holiday season and wearing lots of reds and sparkles! Call me a traditionalist! Check out Rachel's advice for how to look appropriate yet stylish at holiday parties.

What will you be wearing this season?

Tell us in the comments: Do you have outfits picked out for the holidays?

One More Reason to Legalize Gay Marriage!

Dec 1, 2011 Author: Katie Lara | Filed under: Lifestyle, Love and Travel, Newsworthy

This kid seriously better consider a career involving public speaking. He sounds like he's in a movie arguing his case! So impressive! Stop the inequality, peeps! Watch this moving video!

Fifth Avenue at Christmastime! How Many People Get to Look at This on Their Walk to Work!

Nov 30, 2011 Author: Katie Lara | Filed under: NYC Activities

Y'all know that Christmas is my fave time of the year! So now on my walk to work I listen to the Christmas station on Pandora and look at all the beautiful windows and decorations!!! Enjoy walking to work with me!

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iPhone App That Could Save Your Life: Find the Closest Hospital!

Nov 29, 2011 Author: Katie Lara | Filed under: Health, Lifestyle, Love and Travel

I know this is a bit off-topic from what I usually write about, but I wanted to let you know about an amazing new iPhone app that could potentially save your life or the life of someone you know. Plus–it's free! What have you got to lose? 

There seems to be an app for everything—no matter how trivial—and while they may prove entertaining and helpful, physician Dr. Bruce W. Moskowitz, M.D., P.L., has developed a truly beneficial and potentially life-saving iPhone application: Emergency Medical Center Locator (EMCL).

Not only does the EMCL app direct you to the closest medical center in an emergency, but the closest medical center best qualified to take care of your specific emergency—ANYWHERE in the world. The app offers recommendations in six specialty areas that tend to require immediate care—Trauma, Stroke, Eye, Pediatric, Cardiac and Burn—directing users to the medical center with the most advanced facilities and best patient outcomes in the given specialty.

For more information click HERE

Tricks to Pack Light but Still Look Chic by Diane Von Furstenburg

Nov 3, 2011 Author: Katie Lara | Filed under: Beauty, Lifestyle, Love and Travel

As the holidays come close so does the traveling season! I don't know about you but I am seriously the WORST packer, ever! Seriously it takes me like 2 days and 2 times the space than the normal person. Luckily, there is no need to overstuff your suitcase or pay that extra luggage fee.

DVF just launched a new video about the Bearable Lightness of Packing. Full of spirited animation, Diane reveals her love of packing and discovering new places.
 

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