Yeehawww, it's my first real vacation in...wow... years! I'm going for a week with the girlfriend in August. Anything I should know? Sites to see (yes, B&H is already on the "must see" list)? sites not to see? I have a rough plan but maybe some New Yorkers can give me some tips. I'll be staying on East 39th Street at the Murray Hill East Suite. Thanks!
Going to New York!
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J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
Re: Going to New York!
Right on Dan! I have family in Long Island! I'm going to San Francisco Friday for 5 days!
Uuuhhhh... Bring the DVx!
Right on Dan! I have family in Long Island! I'm going to San Francisco Friday for 5 days!
Uuuhhhh... Bring the DVx!
Sol M.
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Re: Going to New York!
Central Park during the day (not at night
), Times Square at night (not during the day 
).
Find a good pizzaria and tell them you like chigaco style better. They'll give you a "discount" ;D (i.e. they'll "take a little off the top"...of your head).
Empire state bldg. is great. If you don't like heights, it's perfect ;D
Catch the wrong subway line into harlem.
Wanna make friends with the natives fast? Start shooting some video in a subway station. NYC's finest cops will get really chummy with you really quick
They'll even let you try on their handcuffs! 
Walk through soho to see all the trendy hipsters and laugh at them for not actually being "hip". They hate that!
Like a bargain? Go to chinatown and you can haggle with the store owners for everything you buy!
Be sure not to miss little italy. Did you blink? Too bad, you probably just missed it. ;D
The preceding was just a brief summary of my trip to NYC awhile ago. Great city, cool people, and awsome energy
Central Park during the day (not at night
), Times Square at night (not during the day ).Find a good pizzaria and tell them you like chigaco style better. They'll give you a "discount" ;D (i.e. they'll "take a little off the top"...of your head).
Empire state bldg. is great. If you don't like heights, it's perfect ;D
Catch the wrong subway line into harlem.
Wanna make friends with the natives fast? Start shooting some video in a subway station. NYC's finest cops will get really chummy with you really quick
They'll even let you try on their handcuffs! Walk through soho to see all the trendy hipsters and laugh at them for not actually being "hip". They hate that!
Like a bargain? Go to chinatown and you can haggle with the store owners for everything you buy!
Be sure not to miss little italy. Did you blink? Too bad, you probably just missed it. ;D
The preceding was just a brief summary of my trip to NYC awhile ago. Great city, cool people, and awsome energy
Re: Going to New York!
[quote author=Dan_Lahav link=board=Offtopic;num=1087884074;start=0#0 date=06/21/04 at 23:01:13]Yeehawww, it's my first real vacation in...wow... years! I'm going for a week with the girlfriend in August. Anything I should know?[/quote]
yeah, bring some condoms and make sure you have mirrors on the ceiling. ;D
[quote author=Dan_Lahav link=board=Offtopic;num=1087884074;start=0#0 date=06/21/04 at 23:01:13]Yeehawww, it's my first real vacation in...wow... years! I'm going for a week with the girlfriend in August. Anything I should know?[/quote]
yeah, bring some condoms and make sure you have mirrors on the ceiling. ;D
Beat Takeshi
Two-Hip Shakur
Re: Going to New York!
if you want pizza go to Totonos in Coney Island, they have the best stone cooked pizza and no lines because of the location. While you are there you HAVE to go ride the Cyclone roller coaster, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD. Its the roughest, scariest, ricketty RC there is. If you want the biggest slice go to Broadway and W 110th st., the slices = 3 slices they are sooo big. The helicoper tour on the west side highway and 27th st. is a great way to view the city. Smith st. in Brooklyn is the new hotspot for restaurants and buetiques.( Wasnt like that when i grew up there). Jump in any cab for a rollercoaster ride to where ever you are going. Just dont get into any ones that have the windows open, at the price of cabs now you better get some damn AC. Take the sniff test before you actually jump in too, sometimes the drivers are funky as hell. Harlem is actually really cool now. I live there and its booming with all kinds of things to do. Columbia U. has bought everything up and the students are everywhere, all the mom and pop shops are being moved out for chain stores. Sad but it happens every week, just last week a famous bagel joint and fruitmarket got booted that were there forever. The pharmacy on the corner was going to get the boot also but the neighborhood pertitioned and got them a new 7 year lease.
Central park is cool to walk through, befezda fountain has all kinds of street performers. A few weeks ago there was this band playing up in a tree. There is ground zero also.
if you want pizza go to Totonos in Coney Island, they have the best stone cooked pizza and no lines because of the location. While you are there you HAVE to go ride the Cyclone roller coaster, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD. Its the roughest, scariest, ricketty RC there is. If you want the biggest slice go to Broadway and W 110th st., the slices = 3 slices they are sooo big. The helicoper tour on the west side highway and 27th st. is a great way to view the city. Smith st. in Brooklyn is the new hotspot for restaurants and buetiques.( Wasnt like that when i grew up there). Jump in any cab for a rollercoaster ride to where ever you are going. Just dont get into any ones that have the windows open, at the price of cabs now you better get some damn AC. Take the sniff test before you actually jump in too, sometimes the drivers are funky as hell. Harlem is actually really cool now. I live there and its booming with all kinds of things to do. Columbia U. has bought everything up and the students are everywhere, all the mom and pop shops are being moved out for chain stores. Sad but it happens every week, just last week a famous bagel joint and fruitmarket got booted that were there forever. The pharmacy on the corner was going to get the boot also but the neighborhood pertitioned and got them a new 7 year lease.
Central park is cool to walk through, befezda fountain has all kinds of street performers. A few weeks ago there was this band playing up in a tree. There is ground zero also.
Fred_Plowman
Well-known member
Re: Going to New York!
Why the hell would I want to go there?? lol
When i look into the sky i see sky.. when in new york through the haze i see buildings and no sky..
Why the hell would I want to go there?? lol
When i look into the sky i see sky.. when in new york through the haze i see buildings and no sky..
J_Barnes
Veteran
Re: Going to New York!
As a differing opinion...
Pizza, I always thought that Grimaldi's was the best pizza in the world. It's in brooklyn just at the base of the brooklyn bridge. No reservations, no slices, no credit cards. Try the large with black olives...mmmmmm.
Also, take an hour and walk over the brooklyn bridge.
If you're vegetarian, try VP2 (vegetarians paradise 2) on w4th at 6th ave.
If you're in Williamsburg at night, head over to Sweetwater Tavern on north 6th (?), it's an awesome punk-rock dive bar where the people are friendly and the beer is cheap.
Walk through Soho, take a walk down St. Marks, sit for an hour in Union Square Park, avoid Times Square like the plague it is, and take a chance on sit-down restaurants rather then crappy pizza shops, chinese food and junky fast food.
If you're in brooklyn, top off the night with cheesecake at Juniors.
New York is all about food, so budget for eating. That's my suggestion.
As a differing opinion...
Pizza, I always thought that Grimaldi's was the best pizza in the world. It's in brooklyn just at the base of the brooklyn bridge. No reservations, no slices, no credit cards. Try the large with black olives...mmmmmm.
Also, take an hour and walk over the brooklyn bridge.
If you're vegetarian, try VP2 (vegetarians paradise 2) on w4th at 6th ave.
If you're in Williamsburg at night, head over to Sweetwater Tavern on north 6th (?), it's an awesome punk-rock dive bar where the people are friendly and the beer is cheap.
Walk through Soho, take a walk down St. Marks, sit for an hour in Union Square Park, avoid Times Square like the plague it is, and take a chance on sit-down restaurants rather then crappy pizza shops, chinese food and junky fast food.
If you're in brooklyn, top off the night with cheesecake at Juniors.
New York is all about food, so budget for eating. That's my suggestion.
Chris Messineo
Veteran
Re: Going to New York!
I live in Jersey so I get into NYC pretty regularly but my favorite haunt is the Angelika. This is definitely one of the best independent film theathers in the country. There is always something worth seeing.
I live in Jersey so I get into NYC pretty regularly but my favorite haunt is the Angelika. This is definitely one of the best independent film theathers in the country. There is always something worth seeing.