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The OTHER Pre-Torronocon: NY
Inlander:
--- Quote from: öde on 10 Jan 2008, 18:55 ---Yeah, he's not even smiling.
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Not to mention he's pretty shifty-looking. I think he's keeping an eye out for easy marks.
Lines:
--- Quote from: tommydski on 11 Jan 2008, 04:29 ---Hey, we just had an NY meet-up!
I do have to come over to the States in the next couple of months so we'll see.
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Yes, but this is the first time I'll be in a city where another forumite lives! I want to meet people while I'm out there.
Is that "Statue" of Liberty a dude? If so, that's excting. Cross-dressing national monuments are always exciting.
jhocking:
Actually that photo brings up a good point about the Statue of Liberty. Don't bother with the ferry ride out (as ballard says, it's a long wait for nothing) but do go down to Battery Park to see the statue from the pier. The park is nice and you won't have to be stuck in a line for an hour in order to see stuff. The whole walk down there through the financial district will be worth it if you've never been to New York before. I mean, it'd be much nicer on a sunny spring day, rather than the middle of winter, but still. I don't know if the sketch artists and street performers come out when it's cold, but on nice days it's in Battery Park where guys like the statue of liberty in that photo are to be found, not on Ellis Island.
Besides, it's kind of a guilty pleasure to make fun of the Staten Island ferry.
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One of my favorite areas to hangout when I lived in NYC was Union Square, largely because there were a number of cool restaurants in the vicinity, and Strand down the street. Also, Huda lives somewhere around Union Square, so if you meet up with her you will probably end up in that area anyway. Come to think of it, with the exception of one time eating dim sum with Dan in Chinatown, all of my QC meetups have been in Union Square.
If you are any kind of a science nerd like me then you will want to go to the Museum of Natural History. And even if you don't go into the museum itself, it could be cool to see the Upper West side. Like, my gf and I used to sit in the park around the museum all the time. We would go down there for breakfast at Sarabeth's, just a couple blocks from the museum.
I'll echo the FUCK Times Square. I never so much as stepped foot in Times Square if I could avoid it. All the disgusting chain stores are already annoying, but the insane crowds on the street are horrible to walk through. Even when going to Broadway shows I'd always go around Times Square and cut in to the theater on a side street.
The other big touristy area is 34th street (Macy's, Empire State building, etc.) but that I ended up walking through fairly regularly for a few reasons, such as B&H down by Penn Station/Madison Square Garden, and the Korean restaurants right next to Macy's (mmm kalbi.)
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Oh, one other tip for someone interested in art: the big museums in Manhattan are certainly good to see, but for really cutting edge contemporary art go to PS1 in Queens. And of course the galleries are all in Chelsea, far south of most of the museums.
yelley:
guys go to the strand. it is srsly the best bookstore i've ever been to. it is near union square... i think? it's been a while since i've been to nyc.
pilsner:
Some things to do in NYC that don't suck (e.g. not Times Square, the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building)
(1) Go to a rock show, maybe at the Bowery Ballroom, Mercury Lounge, Irving Plaza, Webster Hall, the Knitting Factory (in Manhattan) or Studio B, Luna Lounge or Music Hall of Williamsburg (Brooklyn).
(2) Go to an art exhibit, maybe at MOMA, the Neue Gallery (best Austrian art exhibit outside of Austria, and delicious snacks at Cafe Sabarsky in the lobby), the Metropolitan, the Museum of Sex, or any of the other 100 or so good museums in the city.
(3) Go for drinks, maybe at hidden gem Angel's Share (walk up the stairs, throught the Japanese restaurant and take a sharp left, you must wait to be seated, parties of no more than 4, pricey), brew pub DBA (affordable, rotating list of mostly domestic microbrews with about 150 bottled brews in the cellar, beer garden out back), Williamsburg temple to beer Supyten Duyvil(check Google maps because there's no signage, near some really good restaurants and concert venues), or Williamsburg temple to classic arcade games and excellent domestic microbrews Barcade (where they had a FundRazor Childs Play fundraising event not long ago).
(4) Go for great cheap food, maybe great cheap Thai at Pam Real Thai, great cheap Chinese food at Big Wong, great cheap sushi at my fave UES byob Poke, great cheap German food and beer at one of the forum's favorites Zum Schneider, or of course great cheap BBQ at Dinosaur BBQ.
(5) Go for some pricey but classy jazz at Birdland, Jazz Standard, Village Vanguard, Iridium, Smoke or Jazz at Lincoln Center, or go for some more affordable jazz at 55 Bar (haven't been for while, but the people working there are absurdly friendly, sort of the opposite of what the stereotyped haughty jazz loving anachrono-beatnick).
(6) Yelley is right about the The Strand. You can lose hours there, although if you really like books, you should probably do what problem gamblers do and leave your credit cards behind. Also check out Bluestockings for feminist themed books, t-shirts, coffee (well the coffee isn't feminist themed) and alternative menstrual products (better you than me).
I may add to this later on . . . . and it occurs to me that given how often this subject comes up, someone should probably add the info in this thread to a quiki page if quiki still exists . . . .
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