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Laurie Werner

  • Travel and Food Journalist, Freelance
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Traveler, journalist writing for @ForbesLife, Yankee fan, political junkie, foodie even though I hate that word, animal lover from dogs to elephants

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Where You Can Actually Eat Well in New York's Theater District

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By Laurie Werner
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A selection of menu items at SaiTong Thai. Courtesy of SaiTong Thai. New Yorkers hate going to Times Square…the crowds of slow walking, photo taking tourists and hustling cartoon characters clogging the streets, impeding our last minute dash between the subway and the Broadway show we’re’ trying to get to before the curtain goes up. But since the shows are there, we have to be too. And we get hungry.
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Where To Go On Safari This Year

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By Laurie Werner
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A suite at Uganda’s Erebero Hills set to open in May. Courtesy of Asilia Africa. I once told someone about the experience of going on safari, explaining that if you’re in the savannah next to a lion or a herd of elephants, looking up at a giraffe or listening to hippos grunting/chortling/possibly gossiping in a nearby lake and you’re not (at least internally) jumping up and down like a five year old, you need to examine your life.
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Can A Hotel Sleep Program Really Help?

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By Laurie Werner
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Programs, some very scientific, are expanding around the world. At the very least, guests get a relaxing retreat at a gorgeous resort. The sound based, vibrating, sleep inducing Wave Table in the Spa at Equinox Hotel New York. Courtesy of the Equinox Hotel New York. Going to New York’s Hudson Yards, a particularly sterile, high rise-ridden tourist area, in order to sleep seemed like an odd idea at best.
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