ilovetotravel29

true....now I wish I had more days! aiiyeee!

but I will figure it out, hmmm....

vjpblovesitaly

Citypass is a coupon book which, for $53, inc. admission to the following:
2006–2007 CityPass includes admission to the following:
• American Museum of Natural History & Rose Center
• Guggenheim Museum
• The Museum of Modern Art
• Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises
• Empire State Building Observatory
I used the SF one last year and thought it was worth it, but that one also included public transpo. (inc. cable cars) for the week. This one doesn't. You can buy online or at one of the sites. Here is the link.
http://www.citypass.com/city/ny.html?id=ePIw9jjI

ilovetotravel29

Some additions and subtractions due to that darn issue of not-enough-time

1. WTC memorial
2. Museum of Natural History
3. Metropolitan Museum of Art
4. The Christmas tree and shop windows
5. Empire State Building
6. Brooklyn Bridge
7. Bronx Zoo
8. Spanish Harlem
9. Tenement Museum
10. Sylvia's
11. Kalustyans
12. maybe SATC tour
13. Central Park
14. NY Public Library
15. Waldorf Astoria (sp?)

lizziea06

I would skip the SATC tour. You can go to all of those places on your own time. It's a waste of time and SO touristy.

mrsd2fan

Let me add one--
while you are in Harlem, make sure you eat at the dinosaur barbque...mmmmm my mouth is watering just thinking about it.
dinosaurbarbque.com

ameryhm

That is quite a list. 5 days??

#1 is a given. #2 is ok so long as it isn't windy and it's a clear day. #5 should only be accomplished in any John's Pizzeria especially the one on Bleeker Street in the theater district. For #8, avoid the chain places if you can but if you can't than make it Smith & Wollensky. #11, cheap and online do not mix. If you don't mind waiting in line for upwards to an hour, visit TKTS in Time Square. As you get close to the booth, you can view the large board showing all of the shows that you can get discounted tickets to (upwards to 50% off original prices and for orchestra seating). You won't find a new show on the board but there will figure to be plenty of others that you won't want to miss.

Like BBQ? Go to Virgil's, go hungry and don't wear anything nice.

irish13girl

If you can spare a bit of time, a frozen hot chocolate from Serendipity is the best!

Cheers,
t

miss_emery

We seem to share the same interests, so I thought I'd pipe up with yet another pizza suggestion... everyone in NYC seems to have their favorite. Anyway, in the same neighborhood as Rice to Riches (Nolita, which is incidentally one of NYC's better neighborhoods for cool little boutiques... check out Mott st., Mulberry st., and Elizabeth st between Houston and Broome) on prince near mott there is a tiny little place called Ray's Pizza. It's not "Original Ray's" or "Ray's Original" or some other crazy permutation of those words - which you will notice all over NYC (for a laugh about Ray's pizza, please refer to the Seinfeld episode where Kramer has a long-distance relationship with a woman who lives downtown and ends up at the "nexus of the universe"). It is the actual original, and it's just called "Ray's". Go figure. Oh, and not only is it a little bit of history right there in a hipster neighborhood, but it's a real local spot. You will see everyone there - from ConEd workers to David Bowie (who used lived upstairs until a few years ago) to Vincent Gallo (i saw that guy there all the time when i lived on broome street from 2001-2005) to sneakerhead graffiti kids. Anyhoo, just my 2 cents. And here's a list of my other NYC faves: http://tinyurl.com/yfyqpc

PS: I've been to Kalyustan's and I know it's wonderful... but I also know it's pretty out of the way from most of the other places you will be checking out. If you live in a city with an indian or middle eastern community, you probably have a place like that in you backyard - e.g. I know here in LA there are certainly places to find all of what I found in NYC at Kalustyan's. Now, it's not the same as going to the place in Manhattan that everyone is always writing about, but I do believe after living there that half the reason they write about a lot of places is that it's all right there where the magazines and everything else happens... it doesn't mean it actually has more stuff than the place in your city - depending on where you live. Of course there are tons of exceptions, and I'm not trying to sound like a know-it-all because there are tons of amazing things that you can only find in New York, but if time seems to be an issue and you are not a hard core foodie, maybe you will want to save K's for your next trip. Or for when you move there! Good luck to you!

ilovetotravel29

Miss_Emery---thank you so much for the info! Yes, there are a lot of ethnic food stores in SF, so maybe Kalustyan's may be farther down on my list. Besides, I don't really cook very often, so, even if I could get a really nice chili from Africa, when would I use it?

And thanks to everyone who has been helping me with this list. :

So far--

1. WTC Memorial
2. Central Park
3. Empire State Building
4. Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
5. Museum of Natural History
6. Metropolitan Museum of Art
7. NY Public Library
8. St. Peter's Church
9. Bronx Zoo
10. Broadway Street in Bronx
11. Rice to Riches/I love Peanut Butter
12. Spanish Harlem
13. Waldorf Astoria
14. Famous Train Station
15. Tenement Museum
16. Christmas Window Display/Tree
17. Sylvia's

ilovetotravel29

Ok, a few additions

1. WTC memorial
2. NYC public library
3. Empire state building
4. Bronx zoo
5. museum of natural history, met
6. tenement museum
7. grand central station
8. i love peanut butter, the chocolate bar, rice to riches
9. broadway street in the bronx
10. st. peter's churhc
11. spanish harlem
12. Waldorf Astoria
13. Christmas tree/window display
14. brooklyn

ilovetotravel29

I am getting sooo excited about my trip! And now wishing I was staying 2 weeks instead of 1 !

1. WTC Memorial
2. Museul of Natural History
3. The Met
4. Empire State Building
5. Brooklyn Bridge
6. Central Park
7. NY Public Library
8. Bronx Zoo
9. Gotta visit Brooklyn (yo!)
10. Some scenes from SATC
11. Fifth AAvenue
12. Christmas Window display
13. Christmas Tree
14. Washington Square brownstones
15. Carol's Daughter
16. St. Patrick's Cathedral
17. Lincoln Ctr
18. Sylvia's
19. Kalustyan's (maybe)
20. Famous cupcake store
21. I love Peanut Butter & Co.
22. Nice club (maybe club Goddes--I am feeling adventurous)
23. Les Halles
24. Waldorf Astoria
25. Tenement Museum
26. Spanish Harlem
27. Have an authentic slice of NYC pizza
28. Chocolate Shop (hence why I have to go to a place like Goddess! )

ilovetotravel29

Got to add Grand Central Station!!