high line presents outdoor rollerskating!

The High Line Roller Rink opens Thursday, July 28, 2011
[image via High Line]

Calling all peeps who love to try new things. Who love to try new things on opening day! Who love to try new things on opening day for free!

The High Line is introducing outdoor rollerskating Thursday, July 28! Imagine, rollerskating outdoors under the summer sun in the coolest elevated park created from long-abandoned railroad tracks on the West Side in NYC? (I know, run-on sentence. But I couldn't contain my excitement.) The first 500 skaters will skate for free (regularly 12 bucks) on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Opens at 11am, but you know NYC. Line up early! And even earlier on Saturday...

your perfect east river staycation: today & next friday

Day 1, The East River Ferry service
Spectacular view

Day 2, The East River Ferry service
Isn't it beautiful?

Have I got a great idea for you! It involves a free boat ride on the East River (totally awesome views of the Manhattan skyline, and all three bridges in Brooklyn), a free trip to an island and free bike riding! Do you like the sound of free? I do. So if you're not at work today, or next Friday, this is your chance to have an awesome time. Here's how:

The S.S. Yogi Berra

The brand new East River Ferry service launched this past Monday, giving free rides to all passengers from Monday, June 13 through Friday, June 24. I personally have taken the boat to work every single morning, and it has been great. Today, I figured out that they were giving away free coffee (hot or iced!). I had an iced, went up to the upper deck and enjoyed the view and the salty sea air. Note: The East River smells like the sea. So great.

So here's what I figured out just now. Take the Ferry from 34th Street in Manhattan, all the way to Governor's Island, for free. You can do that today or next Friday. After that, the fare will be $4 each way, or $140 for a monthly pass. Not exactly cheap. Governor's Island is a hilly, grassy, tree lined island with an interesting history. On Fridays only, you can rent bikes, free of charge for 1 hour between 10am and 3:30pm. Bikes must be returned by 4:30. Then take the free Ferry home! Doesn't that sound good? I totally want to do it.

The S.S. Christopher Columbus


The Williamsburg Bridge

free brow shaping at sephora!

Hey, good news gals! Tweezerman has a special event at Sephora in NYC. You can get a free eyebrow shaping and hear inspirational stories from two families from the Starlight Foundation. The event is Friday, May 6th, noon - 6pm at the Sephora right near Grand Central on 42nd Street. Address: 300 Madison Avenue (even though it's right on 42nd Street)

free wafels for all wafel artists

[image and great news of free wafels via Midtown Lunch]

Good news, we didn't miss National Waffle Day, because it's today! And National Waffle Day means free Belgian wafels from our friendly neighborhood Wafels and Dinges truck (dinges means toppings, but don't ask me how to pronounce dinges).

To get your free wafel, there's a slight catch. But not too much of a catch. All you have to do is draw a picture of their wafel truck or a wafel (the Belgian kind they serve, not the Eggo kind) and show up at the truck on 52nd Street (Lex/3rd Avenues) between now and 4:30pm. Got it? I know, I am confused too. But here, let's check their Twitter @waffletruck to confirm. See you there!

free in nyc

Stop right there. Check out all the free things to do in NYC. Look at all the cool stuff we've been missing! Free food. Free concerts. Free movies. Free exercise. And that's just the half of it. Click here to view all the fun you can have for no out-of-pocket on Time Out New York dot com.