ggreen

Hilarious Adu - spot on! Do you have one for Subway Riding Rules of the Road too? If not, I might have to craft one.

One typo: "Do not ride your bike down the street" should be sidewalk. Mayor Mike has made bike riding down the street a regional pastime...

amyb

With only one day, why not the Frick and the Neue (Klimts there are gorgeous and the cafe is good). Those two would make for a comfortable day with a great variety of art. I wander into the Met and could get lost for a month. I think if you want to do anything else in that day, I'd avoid the Met, to be honest.

cathies

Hi amyb, I went to the Frick and I don't think it would be his sort of place, but I'll suggest the Neue as that would be something different to see. I still think he'll enjoy the Egyptian collections at the Met because he teaches ancient history. I agree with you though that you could spend a month in the Met, it is amazing!

He's still in Ireland and doesn't get to NYC for about 3-4 weeks so I still have time to tweak the plan.

ggreen

cathies, I don't know if you're a fan of the British drama Downton Abbey. (It's taken this country by storm.) I've been reading a book about the "real" Downton Abbey: the castle Highclere where it's filmed and the Earl of Carnarvon who lived there at roughly the same time. Because of this, I found out that he was the partner of Howard Carter, and together they discovered Tutankamen's tomb in 1922! Further, the book explains that the Earl had quite the collection of Egyptian antiquities, which the estate sold off after his death - to the Met. I haven't made it uptown yet to check it out, but I now have a renewed interest in the Egyptian wing.

Aduchamp1

By the way I have a cousin I call Downtown Abey. And I hope he reads this before Shabbos.

cathies

ggreen, I am also enjoying Downton Abbey, it's the hot show here in Australia too.

I knew about Howard Carter and Tutankamen's tomb, but I didn't know the relationship to the Earl of Carnarvon. It's good to have the extra info, thanks.

Aduchamp1 I have no idea what you are talking about, I think it must be an in joke or a Jewish joke??

nytraveler

I have another for tourists. Do not haul multiple large pieces of luggae down the street. I fyou have a shuolder carry=on or a small wheelie - that's OK. But people take precedenceover stuff and you MUSY keep the luggage out of the way to other pedestrians.

And do NOT - as I saw the other day walk 2 abreast when you are each hauling tow wheelies - one small and one large each. These peopls were taking up the entire width of the sidewalk, lollygagging and trying to deal with recalcitrent wheels. At 5:30 pm. On East 42nd St. In front of the entrance to the subway station. It wouldn;t have been so bad if they were one behind the other and stayed to one side - but they were side by side in the center taking almost the entire street.

I was afraid some irate commuter was just goinng to herd them off the sidwalk in front of a bus.

nytraveler

I have another for tourists. Do not haul multiple large pieces of luggae down the street. I fyou have a shuolder carry=on or a small wheelie - that's OK. But people take precedenceover stuff and you MUSY keep the luggage out of the way to other pedestrians.

And do NOT - as I saw the other day walk 2 abreast when you are each hauling tow wheelies - one small and one large each. These peopls were taking up the entire width of the sidewalk, lollygagging and trying to deal with recalcitrent wheels. At 5:30 pm. On East 42nd St. In front of the entrance to the subway station. It wouldn;t have been so bad if they were one behind the other and stayed to one side - but they were side by side in the center taking almost the entire street.

I was afraid some irate commuter was just goinng to herd them off the sidwalk in front of a bus.

Aduchamp1

It's a Jewish joke. I didn't go over big in England either, but the NY'ers liked it. We also bought smoked fish when we were with friends in York and they did not get my young kipper joke either.

cathies

ok I get the young kipper joke - that's funny.

Hey nytraveller, those annoying people with their luggage probably spent a pile of money in your city, be kind. They are more than likely confused and overwhelmed.

cathies

I thought I'd post an extract from the emails my husband sent telling me about his 1 1/2 days in NYC. He's in Boston now attending a conference at Harvard and will finally be home next Sunday night. 6 weeks is a long time......

July 4 - It turned out to be a very hot day after the early rain which also made it very steamy,
The Top of the Rock was absolutely brilliant and there were only about a dozen other people there all together, not a soul around when we bought our tickets. I love the elevator and the way the lights go out and you can see the top of the shaft.
We saw Time Square ( i have never seen so many people in all my life. We popped inside the Plaza foyer, saw Tiffany & co, the Trump Tower and Mickey Mantel's bar (closed for renovations) last night.
We walked to Central Park and then walked half way round it.
It was about 11.30 when we caught the train to Whitehall, South Ferry, and were serenaded by groups of black men singing and busking on the train. They were fantastic and we tipped them a few dollars.
We caught the ferry and saw the Statue of Liberty as well as Brooklyn Bridge.

We got back to the hotel at about 2.30 but it's stiflingly hot. We are just getting ready to go out and hopefully see the fireworks.

I might try for 9/11 and the Brooklyn Bridge tomorrow morning.

July 5 - We had dinner and then watched the fireworks last night. Forgot to tell you P and I had a dog with the works.....one in a lifetime is probably one too many.
We're now sitting in the Amtrack lounge waiting for the train to Boston.
P and S didn't want to do anything this morning so I went out, got my subway ticket and went to 9/11. I was there by 9.00, it doesn't open until 10.00. So I walked up to Brooklyn Bridge and onto the bridge and took a few photos, then along Wall Street and to St. Paul's Chapel. You're right, it is very moving.

I didn't have enough time to go back to the memorial because we had to check out for the train. Maybe another time.

I bought a pair of Nike joggers for $54 yesterday so they were comfortable to walk around NYC. Yes, we will have to come back at some stage.

Thanks again to everyone for the help in putting together a plan. They didn't follow it exactly but that doesn't matter. At least they had a guide for the time they were there and didn't waste it wondering where to go and what to see.

I'm thrilled that he would like to return as I loved NYC and am very keen to spend more time there.

ggreen

cathies, thanks so much for posting back! I'm impressed that he did as much as he did in this heat. I spent the Fourth on the beach in a sea of humanity. (Is that pushing the metaphor too far? LOL)

And I learned something from his comments! I didn't know that Mickey Mantle's is closed for renovations. IME, it's a good place to pop into to get out of the weather!

I hope he's having a good time in Cambridge, and a safe flight back. Looking forward to seeing your future post about you both coming to visit!

cathies

thanks ggreen, I really appreciated the time you put into assisting. It probably won't be for a year or two but I have a plan in mind for a return trip together!