Colin Dickson
Scottish Cook-Up
Join Michelin-starred chef
Tom Kitchin as he cooks up some of Scotland’s finest native dishes.
Tuesday, April 1 (12 p.m.-2 p.m.) at Bloomingdale’s (59th St. and Lexington Ave.)
Cost: Free
Whiskey Live New York
Take part in a serious whiskey tasting, with plenty of samples of rare and oft-requested whiskies from Scotland to the U.S.A.
Wednesday, April , 5:30 p.m.-10 p.m. at the Puck Building (295 Lafayette St.)
Cost: $85 for standard ticket, $115 for VIP
Red Hot Chili Pipers
Get a taste of the traditional Scotch sound, updated by this band that uses wild drums and puts a modern style on the old-world bagpipe. All performances take place at
Stout (133 W. 33rd St.) at 8 p.m., and all are free.
Thursday, April 3, to Saturday, April 5
Eat Like a Scot
The Scottish national dish of ”haggis” (sheep’s heart/liver/lungs, onion, oatmeal, suet and spices all boiled in the animal’s stomach) will be served up for free at the corner of 52nd Street and Broadway.
Friday, April 4 (11 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Saturday, April 5 (11 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Tenth Annual Tartan Day Parade
Starting at 2 p.m., join over 2,000 bagpipers, clans and Scottish revelers as they march from 46th Street and Sixth Avenue to Rockefeller Center. This year’s Grand Marshall is Lawrence Tynes, kicker for the world champion Giants, who also happens to be the first Scottish-born player in NFL history. The parade is free, but the after-party at Stout costs $30.
Saturday, April 5 (2 p.m.)
Homecoming Scotland 2009
There’ll be lectures on Scottish ancestry, clans and more, plus ancestral experts will be on hand to help explore your Scottish roots. It’s a free event, but slots must be reserved in advance.
Sunday, April 6 (10 a.m.-4 p.m.) at the New York Public Library, South Court Auditorium (5th Avenue at 42nd Street).
The general idea behind this plan is to reduce traffic within our city streets and will also promote cleaner air within our city. The budget plans for this will also help the MTA provide better transportation to the city. However, this has many locals concerned and worried that the MTA will cheat New Yorkers and will not make proper use of the budget and many are asking what this can do for their wallets and for their businesses. Many are asking if they will get charged if they already live in the zone pricing area, others are concerned what this can cost people living in Brooklyn and Queens that rely on driving into the city as a way of commuting. This also raises the questions of how this will affect middle-class and income sensitive New Yorkers.
As a native New Yorker, I feel that this plan is not in the best interest of the city. This can discourage many outer-borough commuters and can discourage any tourists that are taking in a road trip travel. I also wonder what’s going to happen if I take a cab within the city, will my cab driver charge me an extra $8 to go downtown on top of the already raised meter prices? I think businesses will feel this pain if not now, maybe later on down the roads if this plan gets established. I think there is always going to be traffic and the city is always going to be chaos. That’s the city life and that’s always going to be in NY. Before you know it, there’s going to be too many people walking the streets of NYC. What then? We’ll be charged to walk a few blocks?
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