Things to do in NYC? (suggestions please)

[teerts]

Originally Posted by Koenigsegg

MUSEUMS/GALLERIES:
Museum of Modern Art (midtown)
American Museum of Folk Art (next door to MoMA)
Deitch Galleries (Soho, lower Manhattan)

Whitney Museum (down the street from Met)
Sex Museum (mid town i think)

[vveerrgg]

Originally Posted by teerts

Whitney Museum (down the street from Met)
Sex Museum (mid town i think)

I so am going to the sex museum! and the whitney and moma.... and Coney Island, and Satalite Records. and Soho for some other galleries. and a couple of techno bars or clubs or something.......

[mali]

Originally Posted by vveerrgg

I so am going to the sex museum! and the whitney and moma.... and Coney Island, and Satalite Records. and Soho for some other galleries. and a couple of techno bars or clubs or something.......

If you plan on doing more than a few tourist things, like museums, etc.. you might want to get a CityPass. It will save you some cash on admission.

[william]

If you're around the Upper West Side, here's some spots I recommend you check out:

To get to the Upper West side, take the 1 or 9 train to the 110th Street / Cathedral Parkway station.



From the train walk one block East and have a freshly baked croissant at The Hungarian Pastry Shop (1030 Amsterdam Ave between 111th and 112th Amsterdam Avenue).



Peter and Wendy, who also run the P&W Sandwich shop next door



and have been welcoming neighborhood residents and countless Columbia students with their no-frills pastry shop for years.

Order at the counter, give your name, and then sit down. Within a few minutes your name will be called out and one of the waitresses will bring your order over. If it's a beautiful day, score an outdoor table and admire the Cathedral view (more on the Cathedral in a moment). If you're in the mood for something more substantial, order a sandwich at P&Ws and bring it over. Free coffee refills are available right next to the counter. When you're ready to leave, bring your check back up to the front.

When you're done with breakfast, go across the street and visit St. John the Divine - the largest cathedral in the U.S.



Located at 112th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, one block east of Broadway. (Highlights include the Commons, 13-acre oasis in Manhattan with free-roaming peacocks. If you're lucky you'll run into a rare albino peacock.



Inside the Cathedral you'll find the world's largest Rose window and some amazing works of stained glass. The Cathedral is truly a twentieth century gothic work of art. Outside the Cathedral you'll find pillars that depict modern skyscrapers (including the WTC, DNA, Media, a child being born, and the end of the World [?])flanking the main doors.

Inside stained glass continues the modern motif and has windows dedicated to sports bay, and American. There's even a depiction of the sinking of the Titanic! Tours are conduced on Sundays. Call for info.

[as of February 2007 - a good portion of the Cathedral is closed for repairs. The grounds with peacocks are still open to the public.]

Next comes a late lunch. Have pizza and wine at V&T's Pizza - a local favorite. Not the best pizza but it's a true New York site and a local favorite or walk on down to Broadway.



Seinfeld fan? Suzan Vega fan? Tom's restaurant is right down the street at 112th and Broadway.



Here's a hint - it sucks. Take a picture and eat elsewhere. My favorite spot is 107 West (located, obviously enough, at 107th Street).

Al Yeganeh - the original Soup Nazi, just opened up "The Soup Man", across the street from Tom's (on the east side of Broadway between 111th and 112th). $7+ for soup. Can't say I've tried them. [closed 01/2007

Father uptown you could try The West End. A former classic New York Jazz Bar, its closing later this year. Have a brew in memory of college years gone by. [closed. now a Cuban Resturant]

A little farther north at 116th and Broadway you'll find Columbia University.

[KiTTeN]

Now that's service! Hey William, you weren't by any chance a travel agent in a past life now were you?

[william]

Originally Posted by KiTTeN

Now that's service! Hey William, you weren't by any chance a travel agent in a past life now were you?

Tanks.

[vveerrgg]

FYI: the sex museum is very very strange but interesting..... something about it reminded me of a scene from 9 1/2 weeks where Kim Basinger is in some sex club and has a freakout moment and has to leave..... I dunno if it's intended.. but the second floor totally made me think of that movie and that scene in particular.... tomorrow... the MOMA and central park. :-)

[william]

Originally Posted by vveerrgg

tomorrow... the MOMA and central park. :-)

The Ravine is my favorite place in the park. Nearby is the fort and north of that is the Meer. I live within walking distance to all three and we often go to the Meer to hang out and feed the birds.

The entire north area of the park and the Ravine are virtualy unknown to most New Yorkers.

[Patrices Hootie-Who]

We made it in yesterday and just walked down to Times Sqaure and then got a bite to eat. We will probably take the subway down to the WTC area before heading to the show today. Who knows, maybe I'll see you vveerrgg or William!

Later

[vveerrgg]

Originally Posted by william

The Ravine is my favorite place in the park. Nearby is the fort and north of that is the Meer. I live within walking distance to all three and we often go to the Meer to hang out and feed the birds.

The entire north area of the park and the Ravine are virtualy unknown to most New Yorkers.

thanks.... looks like we're going to do some poking around up there after the MOMA

whoever arranged for today to be so beautiful out..... thanks.