NYC~Here we come. Any other suggestions?
 

We are seasoned travellers to NYC and are arriving 10/7. We will explore our usual haunts but this time are also adding:

The Museum of the City of NY(for the natural history exhibit) and the flower conservatory across the street-lunch @ Moustache

MOMA-lunch @ Yasuda

Botanical garden and Arthur Avenue in the Bronx-lunch @ Otto Zero Nevo

Flea Market Sunday in DUMBO and a walk across the BB

LES Food tour(consisting mostly of picking up things like pastrami, knishes, smoked sable etc)

Union Square Greem Market-lunch will be our requisite Shake Shack stop

God of Carnage

As many walks along the High Line as we can muster

A stop @ Aedes Venusta in the Village for perfume and home scents

Dinner plans are in place with some re-visits and some new stops.

We are staying in Chelsea and will have a kitchen.

What are you doing after your visit to the Museum of the City of New York? Last time we were there, we crossed Central Park at the very north end, climbed the stairs to the west side, walked over the St. John the Divine and then the Columbia campus and Morningside Heights areas, and back downtown. Molto bene!

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sf~routes? Or will it be obvious?

Just checking in that you understand that the Conservatory Garden in Central Park is totally outdoors--no glass conservatory. At that time of year you'll get a reasonable idea of the plantings, since they do change with the seasons, and the trees should still have some color.

One possible/obvious route: exit the garden from the north gate, which puts you directly at the southeast end of the Harlem Meer. Not sure about November, but at other times of year there are plenty of water fowl and turtles to enjoy. A good deal of your walk will be along the eastern and northern edge of the meer. There's the Dana Discovery Center with exhibits, restrooms, and fishing poles. Jut keep walking west

<<<Jut keep walking west>>>

that's what we did. We did walk by a skating rink (NOT Wollman, of course)

Sounds good.

Have a wonderful stay.

Try breakfast at City Baekry 18th and Fifth.
Go food shopping at Chelsea Market.
There are hudnreds of galleries in the CHelsea. There are buldings between 10 and 11th where you can walk form the top floor to the first visiting galleries.

Try Tia Pol one day

Get lost in the small streetd of the West Village for residential architecrture plus the well trodden one between 5 and 6 on 10, 11, and 12 Streets

<I> go see baby boy? :D

S~Do you want me to give him a jing?

Pam, is it the Mannahatta exhibit you mean? I saw that over the weekend and it was terrific. I had the book and so was familiar with the work but it was great to see the exhibit.

I've heard El Paso Taqueria is GREAT Mexican up near the Conservatory Garden. Haven't been to Moustache and haven't tried El Paso yet so can't say which is better. http://www.menupages.com/restaurants...so-taqueria-2/

In Chelsea, check out the Rubin Museum (and esp. their shop ;) if you haven't already. Zemi is an inexpensive but tasty place that also does take out. Co. and John Dorry are the new hot restaurants in the area. If you like Swedish antiques, Lars Bolander in the meatpacking district is a treat for the eyes.

Pam - have a wonderful time. I was in NYC in October of last year and it was one of my favorite times of the year to be there... enjoy.

John Dory closed.

Fodor NYC 2010 has a section called Night of Elgance which highlights Cafe des Artistes and Rainbow Room.

Sic transit Gloria Mundi

Do NOT forget you will be there Open House New York weekend. (And the weekend of the food and wine show and the travel show).

RE: North end of the Park - You'd get lost in the ravine and the woods but you would get to see the severe storm damage.

http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/P...ormdamage_home

En route to St John the Divine - Mamies Spoonbread II is really good.