Fantasy Football - Footballguys Forums
This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
***New York*** (3 Viewers)
- Thread starter jamny
- Start date
Major
Footballguy
Yep. Feels like Soho now with all the boutiques, restaurants and fancy hotels/condos. The weekends get pretty crazy….Pianos is still there. One of the few surviving bars. RIP Max Fish.
El Floppo
Footballguy
pianos is still there. arlene's grocery too and mercury lounge and I'm pretty sure abc no rio.
yeah- it's been an absolutely amazing couple of days. love seeing what outfits teh wimmens bring out for this.
because the neighborhood needed another idiot hotel.
how was 205? across the street from where I kick around with my kid, but I never think to got that "far" for a drink.
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
Terrible... That was it for me and my night. Basically a shoulder to shoulder overcrowded nightmare. Loud music, not able to move, #### that place, I don't understand how someone can consider that a good time.
El Floppo
Footballguy
went from a bday at the houdini museum for my 5yo near penn station up through times square on saturday afternoon to pick up #1 son at an acting workshop on 46th st. what a crap day for the kids to be inside- and absolutely insane how crowded the times square area was. shoulder to shoulder for blocks going up broadway- my nightmare.
Mad Cow
Welshers and Dawdlers Beware!
I just assumed it was always that way from late afternoon to evening and all weekend long. Crazy.
I feel like I need to keep checking in here, just because.
El Floppo
Footballguy
yeah- no idea, really. I never go to times square.I just assumed it was always that way from late afternoon to evening and all weekend long. Crazy.
I feel like I need to keep checking in here, just because.
and you absolutely should keep checking in, now that you're an official NYer.
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
Wolfgangs is a similar format - Lugers can be tough for a reservation, so that could be a good fallback - Strip House on 12th also fantastic, as is Del Frisco's (went last week, love that place) and Porter House in the Time Warner building. Can't miss at any of those.
Mad Cow
Welshers and Dawdlers Beware!
Koya
Footballguy
Lugers is my personal fav, and by a good ways but DF or SH would be great options and I certainly can see why some would prefer either.
Wolfgangs is ok, but it's a Lugers knockoff, and I mean that kindly. Former chef or something at Lugers opened it up... "Nicer dining" environment but essentially the same preparation, just not as good IMO. Still tasty and if you are at the seaport it's very convenient.
Since I'm North Shore Nassau County I'm about 20 min drive (like 12 from work) from the Great Neck Lugers which is still damn busy but not the hassle of the original and not a step less good. Arguably more "enjoyable dining" experience than BK.
Suburban NY life definitely has its advantages over the usual suburban dreck of most places. If I couldn't and didn't go into the city all the time that would already make life fairly miserable. If my best option was freakin Outback I'd kill myself.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
holy ####!! my trip is booked!! i am so excited!! i've never been to nyc!
we'll be in nyc, 7/9-7/14. we are staying in east midtown. my inlaws will be there at the same time as us, so 3 kids. 10, 9, 7. and my daughter will turn 10 while we are there! pretty sweet bday present
any and all advice welcome!
we'll be in nyc, 7/9-7/14. we are staying in east midtown. my inlaws will be there at the same time as us, so 3 kids. 10, 9, 7. and my daughter will turn 10 while we are there! pretty sweet bday present
any and all advice welcome!
RUSF18
Footballguy
Plan for it to be hot and very humid at that time, so lessen the walking and increase the museum time. If you get lucky and there's a break in the heat, can always free up the itinerary for more outdoors time.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I walked in today... and walked out. think I need a little direction here. it all looks and smells like the rest of the joints. plus, I don't really eat the stuff (hot and cold sandwiches, etc) that these places serve. is there something that's a go-to, can't-miss at this place?
El Floppo
Footballguy
can't hurt to start booking things (stat liberty, ESB or top o' the rock, broadway show, etc). that's a really busy time around the city for tourists.
is serendipity still open? seemed like a girls' bday kind of place. or [nohomer] american doll place-I bet they have bday stuff available if yours is into that malevolent satanist conspiracy against humanity kind of thing.
what kind of things are you going to want to do? any specific interests?
fwiw- re: airports... they're all fine. Newark is a little trickier in that nyc yellow cabs won't go there unless you pay their return fare. LGA is only for non-trans continental/atlantic flights (small runways) and is the closest to NYC proper ($30ish trip). JFK ... it's JFK.
RC94
Footballguy
Not really. I just mentioned it because it's the only no-frills deli near my office that I was aware of. I like it more than places like Metro Café and Essen and it's much better than the cafeteria in my building, although eating a pizza crust off the sidewalk is better than the cafeteria in my building. I haven't had the time to explore the area much just yet, but I am definitely going to try Park Italian deli and the place I heard that recently opened on 42nd. As far as Homefront, I sometimes get a bacon, egg and cheese in the morning and have had some of their hot specials for lunch, which are ok but nothing special.
oso diablo
Footballguy
what's the best way to find discount tickets for Broadway, other than that same-day ticket booth? hoping to reserve now for a late June trip. Will mostly likely see Wicked.
RUSF18
Footballguy
I get where you're coming from. Sometimes a generic deli is more than just a generic deli without necessarily having anything that wows you. There was one on 42nd between 6th and 7th, closer to 6th, south side of the street that fit the bill for me for a couple years. It had the normal make your own salad line, but they gave you an option of two proteins or doubled up, which made it much more filling than most places. They also gave you a small soup and their turkey chili was amazing. It was probably 50c more than a much smaller salad at the rest of the generic delis.
It's since been replaced by a ####### Asics store.
oso diablo
Footballguy
Is there a definitive starting/stopping place for the High Line? Or do you just get on it pretty much anywhere along the way?
Mad Cow
Welshers and Dawdlers Beware!
Well, the two ends are the Javits Center on the north and the Whitney museum on the south. I would say it depends on what you want from it. We started at Javits because that is where I had my CE, but it was a great walk south to the end, where we got off and went to the Chelsea Market for lunch. It was great. But there are stairs all over the place.
El Floppo
Footballguy
come and go as you please. my favorite spot is right at the 10ave overpass, where there's stadium seating looking up 10th ave and some benches and trees on the other side looking down with a view of the statue of liberty. I think it's around 20th st.
oso diablo
Footballguy
here's my tentative plan...
When/Why: last week of June, taking two sons (ages 10 & 16) to see some Mets & Yankees baseball games, plus first-timer tourist stuff
Monday: arrive at LGA mid-afternoon, cab to hotel (near Empire SB), grab some NY pizza, train to Yankee Stadium for Yankees/Rangers night game
Tuesday: Battery Park, SOL/Ellis Island, 9/11 Memorial, Brooklyn Bridge, Tenement Museum, Broadway show, Top of the Rock (whew!)
Wednesday: Central Park day, Natural History Museum, lunch at Boathouse, Met (could move Broadway to this evening)
Thursday: Intrepid museum, High Line walk, lunch in Chelsea area, Mets night game at Citifield
Friday: flight home at 1230p
Have thought about switching hotels for that last night, and staying near LGA/Citifield
When/Why: last week of June, taking two sons (ages 10 & 16) to see some Mets & Yankees baseball games, plus first-timer tourist stuff
Monday: arrive at LGA mid-afternoon, cab to hotel (near Empire SB), grab some NY pizza, train to Yankee Stadium for Yankees/Rangers night game
Tuesday: Battery Park, SOL/Ellis Island, 9/11 Memorial, Brooklyn Bridge, Tenement Museum, Broadway show, Top of the Rock (whew!)
Wednesday: Central Park day, Natural History Museum, lunch at Boathouse, Met (could move Broadway to this evening)
Thursday: Intrepid museum, High Line walk, lunch in Chelsea area, Mets night game at Citifield
Friday: flight home at 1230p
Have thought about switching hotels for that last night, and staying near LGA/Citifield
Sammy3469
Footballguy
No, but for tourists I definitely recommend they start on the north side and walk towards the Whitney. I actually like starting at the Javits Center since you get to see all the trains and all the construction is sort of interesting if you haven't seen high rises going up before, but that may be because my 4 year old loves trains.
Koya
Footballguy
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD (not to mention your sons)... NO!!!!
Unless its a big savings and you plan to do literally nothing from when you get there til you leave for the airport. Even then it makes me shutter.
Its crazy easy to take transit to citifield... and an uber to lga. Enjoy the city.
Last edited by a moderator:
Don't Noonan
Footballguy
Very nice! I recently booked a hotel in Times Square (Hilton) for July 14th through July 19th. My wife and I will be taking our 12 year old daughter and 10 year old son.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
the crown is already booked on the SoL, i'll look into the others right away. thanks for the heads up.
i refuse to set foot in an american girl store. her nana takes her there. f that noise.
we are going to hit the usual spots, central park, 911 memorial, esb, etc. we love to eat, i'd love to get some killer chinese food, or any other awesome food. we are down for anything.
we fly into newark, how difficult will it be, mid afternoon, to get to grand central station using public transportation? or should we just cab it? we leave out of lga
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Mad Cow
Welshers and Dawdlers Beware!
LGA was a hole. I felt like I needed to lay down cover fire to use a urinal in the bathrooms. Newark was nicer, but further away. Our cab was $40 from LGA, $80 Newark. Don't think I would use public transportation on that one.
We did NOT get the CityPass for a little more freedom in scheduling things. One thing you might do is get the MoMA/Top of the Rock combo pass. Saves you $10.
Pedestal access is cool and would be an OK climb for your boys. Also no extra charge. That said, it sucks waiting to board ferries back and forth. But you just have to do it once.
Really liked Szechuan Gourmet for chinese. On 39th I believe. They have this twice cooked pork that was amazing.
Last edited by a moderator:
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
why couldn't you use the city pass at will? i haven't read all the way through it, are there time restrictions? the inlaws i'm going with is the vp of maui jim. i'll keep quiet about your sales...
El Floppo
Footballguy
you can order a car service from Newark... 333-3333, 666-6666, 777-7777 any of those. not sure of the price. dunno about Uber. buses go to Grand Central and penn stationish- IIRC, around $20 per... very easy to use, but doesn't put you at your hotel. nice to be able to roll right into your hotel after a long flight.
if you can- try to get up the SOL. the inside might be my favorite NYC interior, pretty amazing combo of skin, main structure and interstitial structure. and then you're up in the crown for a few seconds- also incredible.
fwiw- I know nothing about the city pass.
dim sum gogo is a fun place to eat, chinesed-wise. I didn't want Mad Cow to know about it. I've never been without somebody else who knows what the hell is going on... ordering can be confusing. you'll need to lay out some more of what kind of food you're hoping to get while here- obviously a lot of great eats.
I still get american girl crap from when I bought something for my niece 15 years ago. makes me feel so... dirty. and also, somehow, so alive.
if you can- try to get up the SOL. the inside might be my favorite NYC interior, pretty amazing combo of skin, main structure and interstitial structure. and then you're up in the crown for a few seconds- also incredible.
fwiw- I know nothing about the city pass.
dim sum gogo is a fun place to eat, chinesed-wise. I didn't want Mad Cow to know about it. I've never been without somebody else who knows what the hell is going on... ordering can be confusing. you'll need to lay out some more of what kind of food you're hoping to get while here- obviously a lot of great eats.
I still get american girl crap from when I bought something for my niece 15 years ago. makes me feel so... dirty. and also, somehow, so alive.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
i'm down for any ethnicity on the food. all asianed varieties especially. we'll do some pizza. maybe peter lugers. but we're open to anything.
i'm bummed about the SOL, unless i can grease the right guy, i'don't think it's happening
i'm bummed about the SOL, unless i can grease the right guy, i'don't think it's happening
Mad Cow
Welshers and Dawdlers Beware!
FWIW the crown and pedestal lines are the same to go up into that portion. The crown is just further up. I could see it being very possible to have a pedestal ticket and then just kind of ending up in the crown?
Not sure of the security from where the big ### staircase starts. It was not watched when we were there.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
exxxxceeeellllentFWIW the crown and pedestal lines are the same to go up into that portion. The crown is just further up. I could see it being very possible to have a pedestal ticket and then just kind of ending up in the crown?
dparker713
Footballguy
Statue of Liberty is in New Jersey. Ellis Island too.El Floppo said:
Koya
Footballguy
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Last edited by a moderator:
Redwes25
Footballguy
Agreed, they are in NY but always a lot of confusion on this one since they are on the Jersey side of the border but when the border was set up they were exceptions to the general line. Think the landed was actually given to the feds at some point as well.
SWC
Bromigo
sure thing and you know what so is milwaukee f it im down everything is in jersey take that to the bank bromigo
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
should i get a 7 day subway pass? did you use the subway much mad cow? or did you walk everywhere?
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
coney island with 3 kids? sounds like hell. thoughts?
Sammy3469
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
could be fun. it's been sanitized over the years... which I guess is good for the kids (no freakshows, etc). longish subway ride out there (hour+ each way)- but above ground most of the way.
ride tickets are steep and the rides are short. but nathans, aquarium (still sandy-damaged last I went out there) and boardwalk are all kinda fun once.
lol... or what sammy said.
Mad Cow
Welshers and Dawdlers Beware!
Yes, we go the pass and in the 4 days we had it, we abused the heck out of it. We rode the subway 5-8 times a day going all over. It was fantastic. We used well above the amount spent in value. And probably got a good feel for a part of the NYC lifestyle because of it.
Koya
Footballguy
Theres mini golf and the beach plus baseball... the trip there is the toughest part if you have kids
El Floppo
Footballguy
Similar threads
