Ursula

Well, as Paris and Italy were so successful (Ireland ist still going on), I would love to have your suggestions for NYC as I plan to return after a very long absence. I am sure it has changed a lot. NYC is for Europeans what Paris seems to be for you: Just great and a big must.I would also appreciate some "don't dos". Thanks a lot.

x

1) go to WOW (window of the world rest.), has a bar too w/ great live music & a sushi bar
2) go to nirvana rest. (indian food) the best i've had (just make sure to ask for a window view of central park)& after dinner
3)carriage ride which is right across the street in central park!

nancy

Hi Ursula!
4-if it is flower season, go up to the Cloisters and wander around.
5-Bronx Zoo! visit the new habitiat for (I think) Gorillas.
6-If Christmas, go to Rockerfeller Center, and look at the tree.
7-go out and walk around after 12 midnight Sat/Sunday and pick up a copy of the New York Times Sunday paper, then find an open restuarant to have dinner/ dessert/or breakfast .
The City never sleeps!
Do touristy things,
Go to the top of the Empire State Building
9-Take a ferry to Statue of Liberty
10-Sit at an outside cafe, and watch all the very unusual people walk by.
11- Go to chinatown and have great DimSum.
12-Go to Harry Winston's and look at all the beautiful jewelry.
13- See if there are any street fairs/block parties, wherre the streets are closed off, and given over to food and music.

rqf

Sorry, only 75. Could have listed many more but I go tired of typing.

MUSEUMS
1. Metropolitan Museum of Art
2. Museum of Modern Art
3. Guggenheim Museum
4. American Museum of Natural History
5. Museum of Radio and Television
6. The Cloisters Museum
7. Brooklyn Museum of Art
8. Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
9. Morgan Library
1O. Whitney Museum of American Art.

MUSIC AND DANCE
11. Metropolitan Opera House
12. Lincoln Center - NYC Opera,NYC Ballet, Philharmonic Orchestra
13. Carnegie Hall

SIGHTSEEING
14. Circle Line trip around Manhattan
15. Statue of Liberty
16. Ellis Island
17. Observation Deck World Trade Center
18. Observation deck Empire State Bldg.
19, Staten Island Ferry Ride
20. South Street Seaport

NEIGHBORHOODS
21. Greenwich Village
22. East Village
23. West Village
24. Chinatown
25. Little Italy
26. SOHO
27. Tribeca
28. Lower East Side
29 Upper West Side
30. Harlem

PARKS, ZOOS, AQUARIUM
31. Central Park
32. Prospect Park
33. Bronx Zoo/Wildlife Conservation Park
34. Central Park Wildlife Center
35. New York Aquarium (Coney Island)
36. New York Botanical Garden (Bronx)
37. Brooklyn Botanic Garden

HOUSES OF WORSHIP
38. ST. Patrick’s Cathedral
39. Cathedral of St. John the Divine
40.. Trinity Church
41. Riverside Church
42. St. Bartholomew's Church

OTHER PLACES AND EVENTS OF INTEREST
43. San Gennaro Street Festival (Sept.)
44. New York Stock Exchange
45. Gateway National Recreation area
46. Radio City Music Hall
47. Rockefeller Center
48. Grand Central Terminal
49. West Indian American Day (September)
50. St. Patrick’s day parade (March)
51. Columbus Day Parade (October)
53. Brooklyn Bridge
54. New York Public Library
55. Rose Center for Earth and Space
56. World Financial Center Winter Garden
57. Madison Square Garden s
58. Yankee Stadium - Baseball venue
59. Horse Racing - Belmont Park, Aqueduct Park
60. Big Apple Circus
61. Barnum and Bailey Circus
62. Times Square
63. General Grant’s Tomb
64. Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum
65. Sony Imax Theater
66. NBC Television Studio Tours
67. Lincoln Center tours
68. Atrium shops at Trump Tower
69.Belvedere Castle - Central Park
70. Free Shakespeare theater - Central Park in the summer
71. Chelsea Piers - sports and entertainment complex
72. Historic Orchard Street shopping district.
73. Harlem Gospel tours
74. Sony Wonder Technology Laboratory

75 THEATER - There are more than 70 Broadway and Off Broadway theaters
offering a variety of musical. comedy and drama productions to satisfy the taste of every local and visitor to the city.

howard

Phew, rqf did a pretty thorough job. A few additions:
76. Watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
77. Visit the Frick Museum
78. Stroll along Fifth Avenue at Christmas time
79. Visit Times Square at night
80. Shop at Macy's
81. Walk thru FAO Schwartz's on Fifth Avenue
82. Rollerblade or bicyle in Central Park
83. Watch the Macy's Fireworks on the Fourth of July (Hey, this is turning into a plug for Macy's)
84. Take a Lincoln Center tour
85. Visit the UN
86. Tour the NY Public Library
87. Tour the newly refurbished Grand Central Terminal
88. Wait in line to buy tickets at TKTS in Times Square and chat with your fellow ticket buyers
89. Avoid the three-card-monte scam artists

Ursula

Thanks a lot to all of you. We'are almost at 100! Hope a can make them all in one week's time.

T

90. Don't take a cab during rush hour. The subway is faster and much cheaper.

91. Don't take the subway late at night. A cab is faster and much safer.

XX

Howard,
What is the three-card monte scam?

Caitlin

92. Eat classic New York street food: hand-shaved Italian ice in Soho in the summer, hot roasted chestnuts in the winter
93. Have an authentic New York pizza experience at Lombardi's on Spring St. or Patsy Grimaldi's
94. Grab a croissant as you walk up Fifth Ave. and have breakfast at Tiffany's
95. Do the Chelsea art galleries
96. Go to Coney Island and try to imagine what it was like in its heydey
97. Explore the amazing ethnic diversity--restaurants, groceries, houses of worship--in Jackson Heights, Queens
98. Travel to New York's past at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum
99. Visit the Holocaust memorial near Battery Park City
100. Stroll the city all day with no particular destination in mind, checking out the buildings, the people, the community gardens...life in the city.

Come back and do it all again!

howard

Three-card monte is a variation of the old shell game, where you guess under which shell the little pea or some other small object is. You'll see these con artists work their little scam on unsuspecting tourists. Fifth Avenue on Sundays is a prime ripoff spot and day for it. They'll make it look like you can't lose, and in fact, will let you win initially. But believe, if you play, you'll lose. I guarantee it!

Ursula

Again, thanks a lot to all of you. I suppose we shall better plan to stay at least for 10 if not 14 days - or come back for a second row. Finally, it's not that far from Europe, I'm only annoyed by the jetlag.

howard

Postscript on three-card-monte: There's a more common variation in NYC with three playing where you try to guess where a certain card is. Again, don't try to beat them. You can't. If you see someone winning, it's a shill! If you see them, just walk on by!