On our trip last weekend, my daughter and I took the Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl, a four-hour walking tour of some of the best-known and best-hidden pubs in the Village. Each of the four we visited were 'haunts' of well-known writers as well as being interesting in their own right. We've done this in other cities (London & Dublin) and find that it's a great way to explore a neighborhood and learn something about the literary figures who lived and worked in the area. This particular tour is led by two actors from New Ensemble Theatre Company; the tour takes place every Saturday (year-round, rain, sun or snow!) at 2 p.m.; cost is $15 adults, $12 students/seniors. A fun afternoon if you're looking for something different in the city.

Harriett:

Sounds fun. Thanks for sharing. I'll have to keep it in mind for a future trip. Who do you contact for the tour?

I neglected to include information on the tour: their website can be found at www.geocities.com/newensemble. And the tour lasts two and a half hours, NOT four!!!

Nice try Harriett, but you gave yourself away as an advertiser when you posted your response to "Statia" (who is obviously you) within 1 minute of Statia's post.

I give you points for creativity for "accidentally" saying the tour was 4 hours, but this is still an advertisement.

Just for the record, "I" am Statia and post on this message board quite often. You can do a search on my name and find that I am not an advertiser.....or Harriett for that matter.

Since I use the same screen name ALWAYS, I just don't want there being any confusion.

If I was advertising, which I'm obviously not, I wouldn't have used my real name and mailing address.

Would it be okay if I reply to the person who just posted the inquiry about the 'Sex and the City' tour, since it's booked by the same company I used (I-Mar) to book the pub tour? If not, don't bother to read the info -- wouldn't want to offend anyone! And does this mean that no one can recommend a restaurant they've enjoyed without it being construed as advertising?