by SixofNine 27 Replies latest jw friends
ahhh my home my home
Tao is nice- But Nobu is better
skip everything in times square and hit the fashionistas of SoHo and NoHo
no true New Yorker would be caught dead in times square on New Years eve
Spa is over- For some nice house you could go to centro fly
Try Flow with for a nice martini.......or even lot 61
oh and some people are deeply offended by people who visit ground zero as a tourist attraction......just a heads up
AHHHHH....Martini Bars.
Why can't I hear the words "New York New York" without saying "Big city of dreams"...LOL only old-skoolers will get that.
Lisa
1- Empire State Building
2-Rockefeller Center (lovely this time of year)
3-All of Fifth Avenue (starting at @ 25th Street up to 80th)
4-Lincoln Center
5-Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (Brooklyn Promenade)
6-Brooklyn Museum (mummies exhibit)
7-Museum of Natural History (Dinosaur exhibit)
8-South Street Seaport ( great view of the watchtower)
9-Saint Patricks Cathedral (not so great view of the Watchtower)
10-World Trade Center (giant hole but a must see)
11-New Years Eve at time square
Upstate New York has skiing and reservations for gambling
I would make sure to take her ice skating at Rockefeller Center, walk down 5th Avenue and don't forget to stop by Tiffany's. At Tiffany's you can by a "token" gift, I think someone on our tour got a deck of cards.
Radio City Music Hall is a fun stop; Statue of Liberty; a Broadway or off Broadway musical...... What about a carriage ride thru Central Park, that was a fun thing to do!! Riding on the subway and keeping a token was memorable.
FOSL was there on 9/11, so maybe I'd make the WTC trip near the end of the day in case she gets overwhelmed.
Thanks for the tips everyone.
Hampton, NewYork44M, I'd love to get together for coffee or a drink. I'll e-mail you both.
Hampton, NewYork44M, neither of your e-mail addys listed here seem to work; my mail got kicked back from both. E-mail me if you see this.
My favorite night club is Cafe Wha? on McDougal street in Greenwich Village. Check it out - you won't be dissappointed!
oh and some people are deeply offended by people who visit ground zero as a tourist attraction......just a heads up
Gotta agree with Mikey there. My Bro-in-law works in the Woolworth Building and he just can't fathom people wanting to see a graveyard. How morbid is that? Respect the dead for God's sake. Don't make it a tourist attraction, have some decency.
Also, go to Philly if you want a real Cheesesteak....go to Pats....Genos sucks.
You know, I live 45 minutes from NYC and I haven't been there in fifteen years. Not very interesting to me. Of course, I live in Jersey, and people with attitudes reside here as well.
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I'm sorry, but I don't think there's anything wrong at all with wanting to see Ground Zero. I used to live in NYC and haven't been back there since 9/11, but one of these days I will return and will definitely go by to see it. People go see Pearl Harbor - people visit the Holocaust musuem(s) as well - it's not disrespectful at all - it's getting able to see the location of a tragic, historical event, that's all. That's not disrespectful IMO. I can definitely see how people could be offended by others visiting the site, but all I can say is that I would hope visitors would understand that fact and not be laughing and joking around while there. That sort of conduct would easily offend a person who lost a loved one or is just a New Yorker who saw it all happen.
Being that Pearl Harbor is a military location, you know that there isn't going to be anything disrespectful going on near the Arizona......but, until Ground Zero is a proper memorial, I just think people should stay away. Visiting a memorial is fine, but WTC is like an open grave.....just a feeling I have, know what I mean?
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