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Cool. Thanks.It's actually pretty odd that I have been to NYC enough to feel really comfortable there and familiar with it, but I still don't really know where anything is and haven't done much fun stuff. And I have never been to any of the outer burroughs, other than passing through (Queens? Brooklyn?) on the way to LGA.
Go to the top of the Rock...go at night, its really a great view of the city that cant be beat for my $$.Stay away from Coney Island....I cant think of anything good there aside from maybe going to the minor league baseball stadium. NBC Tour is pretty solid.... better than a trip to Coney Island.
Thanks, pretty sure 89th on Eiffel and Top of Rock are both $15 then an extra $15 or so to go to 102nd somethin in Eiffel.
CP Zoo... good if you've got young kids- otherwise, just a crappy, depressing zoo in the middle of Central Park. But Central Park and the Met Museum of Art are worth the trip.Carmines... horrible. Really. Stay far, far away. THe other two, I don't really know at all. Try going to little Italy and pick a spot-not great food, but you've got the touristy scene of little Italy at least- and the food will be much better than Carmines. If you want good Italian- go to the east village- try a place called "Frank", but make a reservation if you can. If you can't get in there, there are a ton more places within a 3 block radius. Hell- try just about any place in any neighborhood in NYC and it'll be better than Carmines.
I went to high school for the drummer in the SNL band. He gave us a personal tour of the SNL studio, and a few other areas such as Conan O'Briens studio. Very cool.
... not much to look at.Thanks jamny, there is one on 222 E. 58th and one on 138 E. 74th St....figured the one was around our pickup point so would go to that one.My bad, it is a Vivolo restaurant but still italian called bar.vetro
Won't be 21 till september
Not a big fascination for the tomb but we;re planning on going to the Seinfeld Diner on 110th and Grant's Tomb is about 14 blocks away so may as well walk up and check it out along with the Columbia U campus.The village include Chinatown/Little Italy? Last time I was there I couldn't find my way out and every street looked the same so just darted for a subway. Only reason to be in that area may be to have some authentic chinese food and to find Shrek 3 and Spiderman 3I never really got the fascination with Grant's Tomb
I think I've been to Century once before. Since we'll be around that area will check it out. Since we're not meeting the bus until 11pm I don't think I want to lug around a lot of stuff. Maybe after we're done at central park on Saturday we'll go roam and buy stuff.Thanks, don't think we'll make it to the deli though to wave at ya.
Sounds pretty encompassing. U should def. check out one of the many museums though and since ur up near Grants Tomb id check out Riverside Church its on Riverside Drive and Claremont Avenue and between 120th Street and 122nd Street. Its worth checking out if you're checking out the Cathedral of St. John...not too far away. Martin Luther King spoke there all the time.I went to high school for the drummer in the SNL band. He gave us a personal tour of the SNL studio, and a few other areas such as Conan O'Briens studio. Very cool.
Seems like there might be a couple of places that will take a little longer than you're planning for (such as getting to Battery Park in 15 minutes from uptown), but only because you might have to wait a few minutes for a subway train now and then. But for the most part, this seems pretty feasible to me. Might have to cut one or two stops a bit shorter in order to account for the travel time. Good luck, and have fun!
Thinking that too now that I look over it. Though 2 hours in Battery Park/Zero should be plenty and could cut it short/get there late. Plus we are getting to Arturo's on 38th from uptown and then from there to Battery Park and have 15 minutes between each of those.Am going to buy the tickets now for NBC Studio Tour, Top of Rock, and Yankee Stadium I think.
Yea going to take a LOT longer than 15 minutes to get downtown - conservatively I'd space out about 40 between waiting and finding where you want to go
I'd still vote to bail on Grant's Tomb and Riverside Church and just stick with Toms (if you go in, get a black and white shake from Pete and have him "make it nice"), St Johns and Columbia. Those three are within a 3 block radius of each other- whereas you'd be tacking on a 10-15 minute walk getting up to Grant's tomb (when it sounds like you're on a National Lampoon's Vacation type schedule, every minute will count).And definitely hit the Met Museum of Art- you can enter for whatever you want to pay (if the $20 per adult recommended ticket is daunting). I used to pay a buck when I was a student. I had friends give a quarter.Sounds pretty encompassing. U should def. check out one of the many museums though and since ur up near Grants Tomb id check out Riverside Church its on Riverside Drive and Claremont Avenue and between 120th Street and 122nd Street. Its worth checking out if you're checking out the Cathedral of St. John...not too far away. Martin Luther King spoke there all the time.I went to high school for the drummer in the SNL band. He gave us a personal tour of the SNL studio, and a few other areas such as Conan O'Briens studio. Very cool.
Wound up going through the water shooting from the ground at Battery Park to cool off during it while we watched the NYC Tumblers. Just got back about an hour ago. Wasn't so bad finding everything. Was only off from Vivolo's by a few blocks after we took a taxi to 71st and 1st (74th and Lexington). As for the rest of the trip...(will post some pictures tomorrow or Monday):Two friends with me were hustled within 2 minutes of getting off the bus 
. Neither have really been to a large city and were approached with some home-made cd's that the guys were taking donations for. Signed them for them then started asking for $5 "donations" per cd. They tried to argue that they weren't donating, wouldn't be left alone and wound up giving them $10 for two cd's they threw in the trash . I told them I didn't have any money and left me alone 
Top of The RockWent during the day as soon as we got there since there was a chance of rain at night. Wanted to see it at night but was still an amazing view during the day. Will upload some pictures either tomorrow or Monday. Took a subway up to Tom Diner, Columbia University, St. Paul? Cathedral. NY Lotto was filming in the diner so we didn't get to go in but still cool to go by it. Walked along the front lawn of the campus. Spent a little time around there before heading down to find Arturo's Pizza and Little Italy (the 2 guys that hung out with us were both italian and eager to visit there to check it out).Found Arturo's Pizza fairly easily and found out they weren't open until 4 so backtracked a block and went to Demarco's. Pizza was excellent plus got to sit out by the sidewalk so a view of the construction while we ate. Walked what seemed like a long way to Mulberry Street and ventured through Chinatown and Little Italy and a piece or so of Soho. Found some dvd's, none so far were the bad quality I've seen before. Really surprised. Also got a nice wallet and some sunglasses. Friends with me bought some watches and I think 1 "Rolex".Headed on the subway again to Wall Street and walked the whole way from a church, not sure which it was but it was right near the exchange. Walked the whole way down Wall Street area down to the water. They wanted to check out the Statue of Liberty and I was ready to sit down for a little so rode the Staten Island Ferry. Good view and it was free, can't really beat that. After we got back we watched the Tumblers for a while. It was bout 6 or so so time to head up to Vivolo for dinner.Took the subway up to 59th street to transfer trains to go up to 77th but there was a delay on the 6 train that we were transferring to and since it was getting close to 7 by this point we took a taxi up to 71st and 1st. Couldn't find Vivolo's, asked a couple on the street and we dialed 411, got the exact address and headed up about 5 blocks. Made it about 15 minutes early or so for our reservation.Dinner @ Vivolo's. First, we were completly underdressed. Hotel is in NJ and we came prepared to walk around the city. The setup they had for 12 of us upstairs was nice. Was told when I made the reservation they would have lasagna just night before. Got there and didn't have it so went with the stuffed shells which were very good. The food was good but the service was horrible. The two waiters said hardly a word at all and 5 of us sat there with empty glasses for almost 10 minutes. The four of us arrived 15-20 minutes before the rest of the group. We sat there and were not offered or even asked if we'd like anything to drink while we waited. Also took about 40-45 minutes for our food. I'm not sure if this is normal at a restaurant in NYC but it just seemed like a really long time to me. We should have just stuck with the Olive Garden in Times Square.Took a taxi right outside the door to Times Square to hang out there until 11 when the bus picked us up. Spent a little over an hour there at the shops to buy some stuff since we could pack it and not have to carry it around the city for a long time. Girlfriend convinced me into one of those artists in Times Square that draw your portrait. Took 10 minutes for both of us together and was just amazing work and the fact that they are all over the place with that ability was just amazing to me.SATURDAYOur bus driver took some of us into the city at 7 instead of 10 to be on the CBS Early Show which was very cool. Bus driver was the best I've had on a trip before.Stayed around the early show for a bit and may or may not have been on. Just wasn't that exciting so we checked out the Apple Store and the opening of FAO Schartwz. The opening was pretty cool. The toy soilders roll out the red carpet and announce the opening with a trumpet. Once you walk in about 20-30 employees line both sides and the building is roaring with applause and welcomes. Was a pretty cool experience. Never have seen anything like it.Went to Central Park after FAO and pretty much just walked wherever we felt. We wound by some 3-K walk with a ton of people there. Just took different routes the whole way through and not really sure what we saw but it was worth the trip in and is pretty much a whole day in itself. Will have to plan that for next time we come up to NYC. The other 3 with me were all complaning of the walking by the time we got out 
and were about to walk another 24 blocks to NBC Studio. Got to the studio about 1/2 hour early and they fell asleep on the bench inside while we waited .The NBC Studio was interesting. Got to check out the SNL set and Conan set. While in the tour we saw the breaking news about the JFK terrorist plot which was kinda scary considering we couldn't hear what was going on and didn't know exactly what was happening. It was neat and all to see the inside of NBC Studio but don't think it was worth the time/money. Would have rather have spent the time in Central Park.Had some more pizza, at Pronto's across the street from NBC Studio. Was also good, not as good as Demarco's but I am not a huge fan of that type of pizza. I think I have a place that still makes brick oven pizza in my city and may have to start going there for some pizza. 
Rest of the trip just walked from there down to Times Square and went into more of the buildings while we waited for the bus.Aside from the service and time at dinner everything was great. Wish I could have tried Arturo's but still had great pizza regardless. Would have liked to see Yankee Stadium before it's going down and getting to the Ground Zero area but there's only so much time. Can't wait to come back again
"Quiet" is going to be tough.The places the wife and I have been going over the years (and we don't have a car, so our choices are limited to what's available by train) are: Long Beach (Long Island), and Ocean Grove (NJ). Both are easy to get to by train and have decent beaches- I prefer Ocean Grove. Ocean Grove is a strange place though- it's a dry town due to the insane amount of religious activity there (of the chrsitian variety)- so pubs won't be part of the equation. Decent restaurants though. Long Beach is more about desperation on our part.
There are some really nice beaches up here in and around Sea Cliff / Glen Cove, out maybe in Oyster Bay or Bayville if you are willing to take an LIRR ride (would be about an hour, maybe a tad more for some). Not sure what the deal is re: how public they are (they are public, some may charge, some may charge if you dont live in the town) but you could find some BEAUTIFUL spots, often quiet and depending on the area perhaps a couple pubs or restaurants. If you had a car this would definately be the way to go (zip car?)
The structure went down the tubes somewhat after we found out Yankee Stadium wasn't going to be possible.See if anyone can pinpoint where this is from: LinkThought it may have been to easy but thought it was a neat view.
Did you take that shot? Really nice, if so
girlfriend took most of them. I think I took that one though.Did you take that shot? Really nice, if so
And wait until July/Aug hit and it's 95 and humid for more than two days in a row...Con Ed is the suck...
It wasn't that bad today. Rain, but severe thunderstorms?As TU said, the summer has barely started. Not a good sign.
They had some crazy bad thunderstorms out on Long Island today, late in the afternoon. I know some people lost power last night out here, as well.My guess is even todays heat and humidity along with the past couple have taxed the ####ty infrastructure.
Planetarium at the Museumof Natural History. I recognize the building across the street as much as anything....
Play the piano from the movie 'Big' at FAO Schwartz (59th St & 5th Ave.)If the stadium tour guide's name is Tony, he doesn't have a right hand. Don't embarrass yourself like I did.Some neat FREE things you can do:-Huge panel of the Berlin Wall on 53rd St. I think between 5th and 6th, but possibly a block east.-Sam Adams' tombstone is at Trinity Church.-Gutenberg Bible at NY Public Library.-See The Dakota at 72nd and Central Park West, where John Lennon was shot.-Ride the Staten Island Ferry. Yes it's free and offers great Statue of Liberty and Downtown views.-See the Seinfeld diner at 112th St. and B'way.-Visit President Grant's tomb in Riverside Park.I'll try to think of some more.I'm heading to NYC June 1st & 2nd (Fri/Sat). Anything I should do, I've been before and hung a lot around Chinatown and the lower side. Thinking Coney Island but don't anything Warriors-esque
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