Reston Limousine’s daycation to New York City
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When the summer heat’s got you down and you need a daycation, Reston Limousine’s got a cool solution: Our comfortable, air-conditioned bus that will take you out of town and to New York City on Sunday, June 26!
Want ideas for how to cool down in Chinatown? Click here for a list from the Chinatown Partnership, which includes insider tips to some of the best drinks and food establishments Chinatown has to offer.
Or travel on to our next stop at Times Square, where you can catch the world famous Harlem Gospel Choir, performing at B.B. King. The Sunday Gospel Brunch features an an all-you-can-eat soul food buffet that is continuously refilled! For more information about the brunch, visit www.timessquarenyc.org.
At our third stop at Central Park, you can catch free international music performances starting at 3 p.m. as part of Central Park’s SummerStage program.
Here’s more from the SummerStage website:
Renowned for his talent and ability to bring to life the energy of South African music, trumpeter Hugh Masekela has collaborated with numerous artists internationally and also co-created the Broadway smash musical, Sarafina.
Freshlyground is the musical voice of a nation’s adolescent democracy. The diverse backgrounds of seven members from the different ethnicities of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe means they weave musical magic that is highly infectious and undeniably groovy. With four celebrated albums, an MTV Award and a collaboration with Shakira in the 2010 World Cup song, “Waka Waka- This Time For Africa,” Freshlyground has established their place on the international music map.
Often compared to famed chanteuses Sarah Vaughan and Miriam Makeba, Ugandan vocalist Somi blends African & jazz inspired rhythms into a unique global sound. Singing in English and three east African languages, Somi’s vocal delivery is subtle, yet the power she exerts is enormous.
New York City’s Chinatown Eats
Get a head start on celebrating the Chinese New Year with a foodie trip to New York City’s Chinatown, one of the stops on our monthly day trip to the Big Apple!
You can pack drinks and a cooler of snacks for the ride on Jan. 30 on our comfortable bus, but save your appetite for the culinary adventure ahead.
Not sure where to start? Critically renowned Chef David Chang of Momofoku fame recently told The Observer magazine in the UK that “I’ve had more meals at Oriental Garden in Chinatown [in New York] than anywhere else.”
For more ideas, SF Weekly offered a trail that blogger Alex Hochman called the Danny Bowien Chinatown tour. Bowien, who owns Mission Chinese Food in the City by the Bay, sent the blogger to some of his favorite stops:
- Xi’an Famous Foods: cumin lamb hand-pulled noodles, stewed pork burger
- Prosperity Dumpling: dumplings , sesame pancake with beef
- Golden Steamer: pork buns, steamed pumpkin bun, takeout six-packs of ready-to-heat buns
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- Photos by Alex Hochman, SF Weekly
To reserve your seat on Reston Limousine’s Jan. 30th New York City day trip, please visit our online Reservations page. Cost is $25 each way, and includes stops at Times Square and Central Park.
If you’d like to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit in the Big Apple with family and friends, you can also reserve a limousine, minibus or bus to take you so that you don’t have to worry about driving or finding a place to park.
The Chinese New Year’s Day Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival takes place 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Feb. 3, the actual start of the Lunar Year. On Feb. 6, the 12th Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Festival takes place 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. The parade starts from Little Italy and winds its way through Lower Manhattan/Chinatown. For more information, visit www.betterchinatown.com.
