went to NY over July th weeknd--heres report
Stay--we stayed at the Courtyard Marriott at 53rd and 3rd.Excellent place, large rooms, very clean,convenient to subways,and many restuarnts within walking distance.$200/nt
Thngs we did-
Tenement museum---really well done--meaningful if your family came thru NYC.takes an hour
Marvelus Manhattan tour the host,Steve, is very knowing of NYC,has a very good rapport, ans knows lots of stories about NYC--takes 3 hours,and you get out 3 times.
Spirit Cruise fireworks cruise--man thats a lifetime experience--it was incredible,Ive done a cruise with them before,and higly recommend their dinner or lunch cruises--very professional,good food,entertainment.
King Tut museum----worth the tiem, vey well done-takes 90 minutes
St Pauls Chapel--very solemn experience
Dinner in the Village and walkaround afterwards
Mass at St Pats--very impressive to see a church full of people
South Pacific at Vivian Beaumont---bought face value tickets 2 weeks before the sho for 2nd row center tickets

Eatting

Thanks to all of you for helping me lan my food experiences during my trip last week to NYC.Im not a greatt writer, nor a qualified "foodie", but thought Id share my experiences.
Jubilee----got there early pre-show--they had an excellent prix fixe deal--we sat in open window table, i had an incredible chicken liver , and mussles, with an apple tart..Both were really outstanding.Wife had a cold soup with chicken breast that she loved.Including tip and glass of wine it was $40/head.Very nice exprerience
Delta Grill--a New Orleans/blues music place.Ambience and service was excellent, felt like NO to me.Had the blackened grouper, a little over done for me. Bread pudding was great.Other had shrimp and some chicken dishs that they really liked.Again it was $40/head.
Morrells wine bar and Cafe--this is an outstanding place Went there after Mass at St Pats--small place, but menu choices were out standing. I had a pulled pork set of 6 canapes, made onto a formed polenta--it was "U" shaped with thepork in the middle and a very light sauce--and they have an incredible wine list by the glass I had an 07 Laticha,my friend an 07 Cantera that were great,really.Service was very good, they have outside tables but it was over 90 so we ate inside.The place was so good we went back the next day for lunch again, and the menu was 50% different.I had a lobster/crab :cupcake" type deal, with pomergtanite under it--very nice
Had lunch at SouthwestNY on Sat.Its hard to find but worth it.It behind the Two World Financial Center building, right next to the Hudson,beneath a bunch of Cypress trees.I had a lobster club sandwich, that was very well executed.The views were great,service prompt,and my sandwich was $17--if you want a casual spot to just relax this is it
Of course we had to go to Katz's deli, which IMHO has the best pastrami sandwich--of course being Bronx raised,i also had an egg creme as well--terrific
Finally, one of our group is a celiac--when to Risoterria in the Village--they are totally glutn free--of course they have regular foods as well.I had a roast lamb panini, and my celiac friend had the first panini hes been able to eat in 15years, ad a beer as well.The wives had an incredible risotto.I also had a gluten free cremme brulee that youd neve know was gluten free
We had breakfast every day at Ess's bagels, 2 bagels, 2 coffees, $6 total--how can you beat that

What did you think of South Pacific?

Thanks for reporting back!

bigbomoho:

You covered a lot during your weekend. Thanks for sharing all the details. Nice report.

Sandy

loved South Pacific--of course Im 65 and saw Florence Henderson back in the 60s.But there were a number of young folks near us.Our seats were incredible--felt like we were in the play---and the tickets werent that expensive, like 125 each for 2nd row center.Got them thru TelechargeIts alos a very nice area around Lincoln Center, so hanging out before/after the show is a very nice people watching experince>its a little long,not over toill 10:45