There are very few things that are as synonymous with NYC as the yellow taxi cab, but like most things there are some DO’s and DON’TS when trying to catch a cab, so in this edition of the Urban Guidebook, our host Annamaria Chen takes on the Taxi. We’re not only showing you how to successfully hail a cab but we’re sharing our pro tips so you don’t get taken for a ride.

The NYC Urban Guidebook is a comedic video series which aims to help visitors better understand the in-and-outs of New York City. The series is currently streaming on the ClearVISION Network, an innovative in-airport TV network which features the best entertainment, news, music, and sports programming for travelers.

New york has earned the reputation as one of America’s most haunted cities. Home to North America’s largest mass grave site and the former stomping grounds of some history’s creepiest characters and writers there is no shortage of ghost sightings and stories. Our host Annamaria Chen, meets up with Jamie Owens, a tour guide from Ghosts of New York Walking Tours, the cities oldest ghost tour company to check out some of these haunted places during the” Peter Stuyvesant and His Ghostly Friends of the East Village Tour.”

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In this edition of the Urban Guidebook Annamaria Chen shows viewers how to experience NYC on a budget. Sticking to only $40/a day she shares some free and cheap things to do in one of the most expensive cities in the country.

In this Edition of the Urban Guidebook, Annamaria Chen, breaks down the 10 worst types of people to get stuck in an elevator with. From “127 Hours Guy” to “OCD Guy” Annamaria covers the Don’ts of NYC elevator etiquette.

In this Edition of the Urban Guidebook, Annamaria Chen, breaks down the 10 worst types of people to get stuck in an elevator with. From “127 Hours Guy” to “OCD Guy” Annamaria covers the Don’ts of NYC elevator etiquette.

The NYC Urban Guidebook is a comedic video series which aims to help visitors better understand the in-and-outs of New York City. The series is currently streaming on the ClearVISION Network, an innovative in-airport TV network which features the best entertainment, news, music, and sports programming for travelers.

Kings County Distillery is New York City’s oldest operating whiskey distillery, the first since prohibition. Founded in 2010, soon after the creation of a New York State Farm Distillery License, Kings County makes handmade moonshine and bourbon out of the 113-year-old Paymaster Building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.  The distillery uses New York grain and traditional distilling equipment to make distinctive whiskey.  The distillery’s moonshine won “Best in Category” for corn whiskey at the 2011 American Distilling Institute’s Craft Spirits Conference and Kings County’s bourbon won a bronze medal at the 2012 Conference.

Annamaria Chen shows viewers how they can visit Coney Island, Chinatown, and Central Park without leaving Times Square. Bowlmor TSQ is a 90,000-square-foot bowling mecca with 7 NYC themed bowling lounges and lane-side service all housed in the former New York Times building.

Bowlmor Times Square
222 W 44th St
Manhattan, NY 10036
www.Bowlmor.com/times-square/

Ride along with Corporate Profile host Annamaria Chen as she gets behind the wheel of a Ferrari 599 GTB at the Gotham Dream Car Sprint. Annamaria also speaks with Gotham Dream Cars COO, Rob Ferretti, about the company’s Dream Car Tour and its new off-the-wall experiences, which allow hardcore car enthusiasts to drive exotic super cars in the Gumball 3000 rally, race in the world’s fastest open road race (The Silver State Classic Challenge), and navigate Italy’s infamous Stelvio Pass. She also takes viewers on a trip to the Gotham Dream Cars shop to tour some of the 35 cars in their fleet including the Bentley Continental GT, Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Roadster, Rolls Royce Drophead and McLaren MP4-12C.

Corporate Profile Host Annamaria Chen meets up with Dr. Karuna Sabnani to learn how to make three nutritional summer drinks to keep you on the move and help you look good while doing it. The recipes take viewers from morning to night starting with an Anti-Aging Smoothie, a mid-day Coconut-Cucumber-Cooler, and a relaxing tea to help unwind at the end of the day. With over a decade’s worth of experience in Naturopathic medicine, Dr. Karuna Sabnani outlines the benefits of each ingredient and shares her secrets to making healthy choices on-the-go.

RECIPES:

Anti-Aging-Smoothie (antioxidants, benefits complexion, great for city living, essential fatty acids):
– 1/2 cup 100% Organic Pomegranate juice
– 1/2 block frozen Acai
– 1/2 cup organic frozen blueberries
**For extra nutrition and to make shake a meal add:
– 1 scoop of protein: whey, hemp protein, spirulina, pea protein, or rice protein
– 1 tablespoon: Greens Powder
***Blend and Serve

Coconut-Cucumber-Cooler (Cooling – great in hot weather, will bring down your inner temperature a few notches, great for headaches):
– 1 cup coconut water
– 1/2 medium cucumber
– 1/4 cup chopped mint leaves
– 1 lime juiced
– 4-5 ice cubes
***Blend for one minute

Calming-Relaxing-Sleepy Tea (calm, cooling, mood uplifting, relaxing, high in Vitamin C, balancing to the heart):
– 2 tablespoons of dried hibiscus or dried rose petals
– 1/2 teaspoon dried lavender
– 2 cups boiling water
***Steep to taste.
***Stevia to sweeten

Dr. Karuna Sabnani, NMD
Naturopathic Doctor & Beauty Expert
(www.karunanaturopathic.com)

If you thought skateboarding was only for the West Coast, think again, in a city nicknamed the concrete jungle it only makes sense that its turning out some of the world’s most talented and innovative street skaters.

Corporate Profile host Annamaria Chen brings viewers to Brooklyn to check out Homage Skateshop and Indoor Training Facility where many of the local skaters shop and train.

Annamaria meets up with Co-Owner Michelle Sauer to learn the history behind one of NYC’s best skate shops, learns out how to pick the right skateboard from Co-Owner Jose Portes, and then heads to the indoor TF to learn the basics of boarding from New York Skate Academy instructor, Mike Crowley.

Homage Skateboard Shop
64 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
www.homagebrooklyn.com