[quote]quidnunc wrote:
Take the Staten Island Ferry from Battery Park and back. Utterly fantastic views of the harbor, and it’s free. Under no circumstances should you actually get off in Staten Island.
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Agreed
I was introduced to this phenomenon when I was barely big enough to lift 7 ounces (10 years old). It helped me break through that plateau and I actually slaughter my own cows now - with my bare hands.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
If I can help you out at all with limited knowledge of what’s good in the city, let me know man.[/quote]
You are the Professor X of NYC!
Hey all you homoes out there still in High School whining about how you’re in love with some girl you knew in 2nd grade that ripped out your heart when she moved to New Zealand, when you take the SAT and get to the analogy section and the question is The Future of Dentistry is to Professor X as New York City is to ______ the correct answer is FightinIrish!
Any natives familiar with Southold? Travel and Leisure magazine says it’s a 2 hour drive from NYC and they suggest a B&B called the North Fork Table & Inn.
Why are you driving? The train from DC to NYC is fine and it’s not like you need a car once you get there.
I second South Street Seaport. Nice place in the summer. I also like the zoo at Central Park.
When I lived there my favorite dive bar was Rudy’s (9th Ave and 44th Street). It’s a absolute pit and spells horrible, but loads of fun.
Museums, plays, a Broadway show, great food… what can’t you do there?
Yes, Statue of Liberty is overrated, but Ellis Island is interesting.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
quidnunc wrote:
Take the Staten Island Ferry from Battery Park and back. Utterly fantastic views of the harbor, and it’s free. Under no circumstances should you actually get off in Staten Island.
Agreed[/quote]
x3 lol.
[quote]sen say wrote:
Any natives familiar with Southold? Travel and Leisure magazine says it’s a 2 hour drive from NYC and they suggest a B&B called the North Fork Table & Inn.[/quote]
If you plan on staying outside of NYC check and see if they have trains going to the city and it will be so much easier if you do it that way paying to park in the city is just way to much.
As everyone has said there are tons of things to do in the city but it will all depend on what type of things you want to see. I have been to the top of miss Liberty and its cool I can say I did it I will never wait in that line again. The Empire State building is also cool but as I said it has to be things you are into.
[quote]sen say wrote:
FightinIrish26 wrote:
If I can help you out at all with limited knowledge of what’s good in the city, let me know man.
You are the Professor X of NYC!
Hey all you homoes out there still in High School whining about how you’re in love with some girl you knew in 2nd grade that ripped out your heart when she moved to New Zealand, when you take the SAT and get to the analogy section and the question is The Future of Dentistry is to Professor X as New York City is to ______ the correct answer is FightinIrish![/quote]
HAHAHAHHAH.
Awesome.
what’s wrong with staten island? sorry for being naive but thats the home of the abbot
Salsa dancing and tapas in Tribeca.
[quote]Christine wrote:
Why are you driving? The train from DC to NYC is fine and it’s not like you need a car once you get there.
I second South Street Seaport. Nice place in the summer. I also like the zoo at Central Park.
When I lived there my favorite dive bar was Rudy’s (9th Ave and 44th Street). It’s a absolute pit and spells horrible, but loads of fun.
Museums, plays, a Broadway show, great food… what can’t you do there?
Yes, Statue of Liberty is overrated, but Ellis Island is interesting.[/quote]
We’re thinking about taking the train…is a 3 hour ‘coach’ ride okay?
[quote]sen say wrote:
Christine wrote:
Why are you driving? The train from DC to NYC is fine and it’s not like you need a car once you get there.
I second South Street Seaport. Nice place in the summer. I also like the zoo at Central Park.
When I lived there my favorite dive bar was Rudy’s (9th Ave and 44th Street). It’s a absolute pit and spells horrible, but loads of fun.
Museums, plays, a Broadway show, great food… what can’t you do there?
Yes, Statue of Liberty is overrated, but Ellis Island is interesting.
We’re thinking about taking the train…is a 3 hour ‘coach’ ride okay?
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Don’t see why not. Acela is faster than coach but costs more, so you decide. There would be an obivious downside if you really want to go to some B&B in Long Island, though the better known places on the Island (the major beaches, the Hamptons) are just as easily reached by train. Parking in the city is a nightmare, though.
[quote]jtg987 wrote:
what’s wrong with staten island? [/quote]
Everything. Absolutely everything.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
sen say wrote:
So me and She Say are packing up and driving to NYC in a few weeks. We’re going to leave from Wash. DC on Monday morning and go see Les Paul at The Irridium Jazz Club Monday night. Besides that, we got no plans except lots of hotel sex.
Anyone have any suggestions?
One night for dinner, go to Da Tommaso’s at 903 8th Ave between 53rd and 54th. It ain’t hugely expensive and the food kicks ass, and it’s pretty much your “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant” type place. I used to see Jerry Orbach from Law and Order in there all the time, he dug the place.
There’s also a French place right around there that has awesome ice cream. I think it had a yellow sign, and was a long low building, but I can’t remember the name. Little expensive, but the desserts kick ass.
If you want to get a beer, go to this place called “The Playwright” on 49th between Broadway and Seventh. I think there’s one more downtown more, but either one you go to kicks ass. Burgers, corned beef, potatoes, a great bar in the bottom and everyone there is off the boat Irish. Not expensive either, and a nice place to go hang out.
If you stay around midtown, there’s a shitload of Irish bars like Scruffy Duffy’s that all have good beers and solid food.
There’s also a cool place called Big Nick’s Burger and Pizza Joint. It’s on 2175 Broadway around West 77th. It’s small, and the food is really fuckin good.
If you get a chance, cross the river and come to Hoboken. There’s a ton of great restaurants and a shit ton of bars on Washington Street, a ferry ride away.
Go to the Natural History Museum on Central Park West & W 77th St. It’s incredible, and you can spend days in there.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is pretty fuckin incredible too, it’s on 1000 5th Avenue.
I was always fond of seeing the Intrepid aircraft carrier, which is moored on the West Side at 46th street.
South Street Seaport is great to go to, ESPECIALLY during the summer time. Get the New england clam chowder there.
Go to the White Horse Tavern at 567 Hudson Street- the poet Dylan Thomas got drunk there all the time, and they say he haunts the place.
Go to McSorley’s Tavern on 15 East 7th St - established in 1854, it’s where the beer “McSorley’s” is made (the only ale I like) and there’s sawdust on the floor.
The biggest Toys R’ Us in the fuckin world is in Times Square… it’s an amazing place.
I’m rambling now. But there’s so goddamned much in New York that I can’t even start. Let me know if you need some other places. [/quote]
Is that the one with an outdoor patio with balcanies overlooking the patio , i love N.Y.C.
[quote]sen say wrote:
Christine wrote:
Why are you driving? The train from DC to NYC is fine and it’s not like you need a car once you get there.
I second South Street Seaport. Nice place in the summer. I also like the zoo at Central Park.
When I lived there my favorite dive bar was Rudy’s (9th Ave and 44th Street). It’s a absolute pit and spells horrible, but loads of fun.
Museums, plays, a Broadway show, great food… what can’t you do there?
Yes, Statue of Liberty is overrated, but Ellis Island is interesting.
We’re thinking about taking the train…is a 3 hour ‘coach’ ride okay?
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I’ve taken the train between DC and NYC before, and coach is just fine. You’re better off not having a car in the city. Warning though, the subways stink of urine in the summer! DC trains are much nicer.
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
Is that the one with an outdoor patio with balcanies overlooking the patio , i love N.Y.C.[/quote]
Ahhh… which one? haha.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
pittbulll wrote:
Is that the one with an outdoor patio with balcanies overlooking the patio , i love N.Y.C.
Ahhh… which one? haha.[/quote] It was an Italian Restaurant, smelled like Mafia, Good food but expensive
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
It was an Italian Restaurant, smelled like Mafia, Good food but expensive
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Dude, that’s like every restaurant in North Jersey.
Ferry st in Newark NJ has a bunch of Brazilian & Portuguese restaurants. My fav is Brazil Grill on (Monroe/ferry st) It’s rodizio style buffet. The Path train is within walking distance & it’s in the nicer side of Newark. Now since the stadium was built, There are lots of cops in the area. So it’s pretty safe.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
pittbulll wrote:
It was an Italian Restaurant, smelled like Mafia, Good food but expensive
Dude, that’s like every restaurant in North Jersey.[/quote]
This was down by So Ho a little toward Manhattan from the Asian part of NYC. As memory serves