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Breakfast Bonus: Ross from I Love New York · Toni, Jase & Sam - Breakfast Catchup

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  Speaker 1: The Coast Breakfast Bonus Podcast with Tony Jason Sam.
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  Speaker 2: Hi, thanks for listening to our Breakfast Bonus podcast. Today
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  Speaker 2: we chatted with someone from literally Tourism New York. But
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  Speaker 2: it's not just that, it's the state Department too, And
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  Speaker 2: even if you've been to New York, you're about to
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  Speaker 2: hear it through I guess a different experience as well.
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  Speaker 2: So Ross, what's your official title.
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  Speaker 3: I'm the executive director of the New York State Division
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  Speaker 3: of Tourism. But most people know says I love New York.
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  Speaker 4: Ah fantastic, So you know exactly what to expect. I'm
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  Speaker 4: a first timer to New York, so if you had
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  Speaker 4: to describe it to me as someone that's never been there,
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  Speaker 4: how would you do that?
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  Speaker 3: You're going to love it, I mean, and to some degree,
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  Speaker 3: it's going to be a lot of what you expect.
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  Speaker 3: Those sort of things we're known for around the world,
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  Speaker 3: you know, from seeing a Broadway show on Broadway, to
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  Speaker 3: having the thin New York style pizza and our Doey bagels,
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  Speaker 3: to doing luxury shopping in the Hampton's standing under thundering
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  Speaker 3: Niagara falls. But on the other hand, you can expect
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  Speaker 3: the unexpected. You know, seeing some of them beautiful beaches
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  Speaker 3: in the world. People don't think of you know, they
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  Speaker 3: think of New York and those skyscrapers. They don't realize
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  Speaker 3: that we have some of the most beautiful beaches in
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  Speaker 3: the world in Long Island that you can even surf there,
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  Speaker 3: or exploring main streets and Gilded Age historic mansions in
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  Speaker 3: the Hudson Valley overlooking the Hudson River and the rolling
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  Speaker 3: hills of the Hudson Valley are sipping wine along a
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  Speaker 3: wine trail and the Finger Lakes. So the main thing
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  Speaker 3: to think about is diversity. It's a little bit of everything.
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  Speaker 2: I love that rols and I want to give you
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  Speaker 2: a choice, now, okay, when you think about diversity, would
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  Speaker 2: you rather you're walking through Central Park? Would you rather
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  Speaker 2: have a hot dog from a street stand, a street
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  Speaker 2: cart or a bagel?
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  Speaker 3: I would go with the hot dog over the two
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  Speaker 3: of them. I would take a slice of New York pizza.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, good to know.
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  Speaker 4: We will definitely be sampling some pizza. If you had
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  Speaker 4: to say, Ross, what the most underrated attraction is in
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  Speaker 4: New York that people do and go? Why did I
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  Speaker 4: not know about this? Is there anything that comes to mind?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean New York State is a whole state
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  Speaker 3: of hidden gems, largely because people think of us and
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  Speaker 3: they think only of the city, and they should obviously,
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  Speaker 3: but there's some much more than that. I mean, one
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  Speaker 3: example are state parks. There are over one hundred and
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  Speaker 3: eighty state parks. The number one favorite state park in
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  Speaker 3: the United States is rated by the readers of USA today,
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  Speaker 3: is Letchworth State Park here in New York on the
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  Speaker 3: western part of the state, which is called the Grand
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  Speaker 3: Canyon of the East. Not too far from there is
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  Speaker 3: the number three favorite state park, which is actually one
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  Speaker 3: of my favorites, called Watkins Glens State Park, where you
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  Speaker 3: take this stone path through this gorge around among under
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  Speaker 3: nineteen different waterfalls. So it's hard to pick just one.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, that's just one example of sort of
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  Speaker 3: the things that people don't even know is here.
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  Speaker 2: How easy is it to get to these places from
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  Speaker 2: you you find the JFK Airport, of course, get from
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  Speaker 2: the Hamptons for example.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean there are a lot of options. It's
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  Speaker 3: very easy overall. I mean, we have a commuter train
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  Speaker 3: that can take you out to Long Island, including the
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  Speaker 3: Hamptons or north of the city all the way up
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  Speaker 3: into the Hudson Valley, you know, and you could do
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  Speaker 3: that in the same day that you're seeing a show
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  Speaker 3: at night.
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  Speaker 4: We are arriving in autumn fall as you call it,
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  Speaker 4: right before Halloween. What is specific to New York around
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  Speaker 4: this time of year.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you're singing my song, Halloween is one of my
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  Speaker 3: favorite holidays, and you know New York goes all in
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  Speaker 3: when it comes to Halloween.
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  Speaker 4: You've heard of the.
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  Speaker 3: Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Well, Sleepy Hollow is a town
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  Speaker 3: in New York State. In that area, in Sleepy Hollow,
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  Speaker 3: there's a lantern led cemetery tour. At night there you
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  Speaker 3: have something called a Great jack O Lantern Blaze, which
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  Speaker 3: is thousands of pumpkins that have been carved by artists
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  Speaker 3: and put into designs with lighting and music. But even
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  Speaker 3: outside that region, across the state, we have a Haunted
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  Speaker 3: History tour, which takes you to haunted inns and restaurants
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  Speaker 3: and historic states. And it's the fall season, so it's
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  Speaker 3: that extra magic that the state takes on with that
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  Speaker 3: beautiful foliage. We have the longest foliage season of any
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  Speaker 3: state in the nation, and in New York it's not
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  Speaker 3: fall if you haven't had your cider donuts, done, your
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  Speaker 3: apple picking, your apple pies, pumpkin spice. Everything, there's this
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  Speaker 3: Any treats as tricks in New York when it comes
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  Speaker 3: to Halloween, afore so good.
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  Speaker 4: Jason's looking at me because of the three of us,
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  Speaker 4: the two boys are skitty cats, and I'm the one
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  Speaker 4: that likes the thrills and the Halloween vibes.
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  Speaker 2: Symmetry tool.
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  Speaker 4: My hand up.
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  Speaker 2: Ross has been so good to chat with you. Thank
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  Speaker 2: you very much. We're so excited. Someone will win this
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  Speaker 2: trip to day. Someone gets this phone call after eight
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  Speaker 2: this morning. Good luck. This is Coast.
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