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New Year's Eve Hotel Packages

The La Concha Resort in San Juan, Puerto Rico is offering a New Year's Eve travel package that ties in with their New Year's Eve bash. Party indoors and out in the open-air lobby and pool deck. Food and beverage is served at Solera, Komakai (sushi) and the lobby bar. The best DJs in Puerto Rico provide entertainment and a resident DJ from Miami comes every year. Guests also have the chance to listen to live entertainment, and watch the fireworks poolside. Room rates start at $299/night and there is a three night minimum.

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Bid on a Piece of New York History, Tavern On The Green Auction Planned

by Carrie N. Culpepper (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Dining, Auctions

Famed Central Park restaurant Tavern on the Green, with its six elaborate dining rooms and 10 miles of white Christmas lights wrapping trees out front, will sadly twinkle no longer. The restaurant is closing its doors for good on Dec. 31, when its operating license expires. That New Year's Eve party will be one for the ages, but hopefully revelers won't be too destructive - the restaurant's ornate decorative objects are being auctioned off a few weeks later.

Tavern on the Green is a Central Park landmark dating back to 1934, when Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia opened it. In 1974 it was reopened after a $10 million renovation by the colorful LeRoy family, who still own it today. The LeRoys filed for bankruptcy after the city didn't renew their operating license.

Current manager, Jennifer Oz LeRoy, is named in honor of her showman grandfather, Mervyn LeRoy, who was a producer of The Wizard of Oz. Perhaps as a way to seal the restaurant in history, Jennifer, along with Kay LeRoy, have written a 300-page book about the restaurant's history, including recipes.

Guernsey's Auction House is handling the sale, which includes decorative items from the 25,000-square-foot restaurant. Previews take place Wednesday, Jan. 6 through Tuesday, Jan. 12, noon to 8 p.m. each day. The public auction is Jan. 13-14 with 1 p.m. afternoon sessions and 6 p.m. evening sessions each day. The auction will take place in the Tavern's Crystal Room at 67th Street and Central Park West.

Some of the items being auctioned include: