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Keren Ann at City Winery with 30% off, Oct 1st

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The coupon is only valid at the following date: Oct 1st
One glass of house wine is included: choice of Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel or Pinot noir. Winemaker: David Lecomte.
Tickets are among the “reserved best tables”. If you want to be seated next to a friend who purchased a ticket with us, send us an email.
This coupon can be purchased as a gift. Maximum coupons per person: 2
Each coupon can be redeemed only one time.
This coupon cannot be used for taxes & tip. Taxes will be calculated before the coupon discount.
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Keren Ann at City Winery with 30% off, Sept 30th

Highlights

The coupon is only valid at the following date: Sept 30
One glass of house wine is included: choice of Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel or Pinot noir. Winemaker: David Lecomte.
Tickets are among the “reserved best tables”. If you want to be seated next to a friend who purchased a ticket with us, send us an email.
This coupon can be purchased as a gift. Maximum coupons per person: 2
Each coupon can be redeemed only one time.
This coupon cannot be used for taxes & tip. Taxes will be calculated before the coupon discount.
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Chicago, the windy city

Retour aux US ! Chicago, la windy city, la ville venteuse. Nous y revoilà ! Première étape US, Chicago. Mais avant, passage obligé par l’immigration. Encore. Du déjà vu quoi. On avait tout préparé dans les règles de l’art pour ne pas être pris de court : comme on a besoin de moins 3 mois […]

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Karine & Manu @ New York City

Some young couples who are facing … Lire la suite

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Shop And The City

Madame Lolo – Bright Life, Big City

Welcome to New York the Shopping Mecca ! Here is a short list of shopping spots for the ladies handpicked by yours truly

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1.The Apple Store

Central Park — 59th Street & 5th Avenue

You know you are gonna go there, it is the only place you can drag your boyfriend into and then while you’re there you can stroll along to Barney’s, Tiffany’s, Bergdorf Goodman, and even H&M ! Best part about it is that it’s open 24 hours a day, 7 days

Kansas City Public Library Make your cities a bit happier!

Kansas City Public Library

Make your cities a bit happier!

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IT’S TRUE: Top Tech Talent Is Now Leaving Silicon Valley For New York City

“What’s the deal flow look like?”

“What are you seeing in general?”

“What’s the breakdown of Alley vs Valley deals you’ve been contacted on?”

“What themes and patterns are developing?”

These are the typical questions we get from the VC’s, Angels, Founders, and Executives with whom we work.

The questions seem to be coming much more frequently these days.

Daversa Partners is a leading executive search firm focused on building teams for venture backed, emerging growth companies. We have 40 people in the firm and offices on both coasts.

Until mid-2009 Silicon Valley had dominated our attention and dwarfed

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Microsoft Puts New York City In The Cloud

When Mayor Bloomberg wants to make an announcement with Microsoft, CEO Steve Ballmer gets on a plane and flies to New York City. That’s because he’s Mayor Bloomberg, but also because New York City is a very large customer with 100,000 city employees. Today Ballmer and Bloomberg are in City Hall announcing a new five-year deal which will roll up dozens of separate city contracts with Microsoft into one master agreement and is projected to save the city million.

The savings will come from the consolidation of different contracts, but also by shifting some of the city’s software needs to

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HUGE! The Parisian “Velib” concept (Bike Sharing Program), coming to New York City!

New York City has done a good job in recent years to encourage cycling instead of driving in the city. Bike lanes and paths have been created and new policies have been instituted to protect cyclists and pedestrians, but the city may be planning the biggest encouragement yet: a huge bike-sharing program.

The proposed program, created by Mayor Bloomberg and Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, would start with 10,500 bikes availabe for rent and then quickly spread to 49,000 bikes, similar in scale to the successful Paris Vélib’ program.

Other details like station locations, timing, etc. aren’t available yet, but