BF2S Forums NYC Trip hopefully planned..

700 quids a pretty good deal. Flights over there seem to cost that...

Go visit the world trade center empire state building.

Ellis Island. See where a bunch of your fellow countrymen immigrated to America. That'd be kinda cool.

san4 wrote:

Don't miss Chinatown. Walk around and find a restaurant that has as little decoration as possible. Find a place with no fancy furniture, no colorful signs or any of that crap. Go in and eat the cheapest great meal you have ever had.

QFT, that describes a the signs of a good restaurant in brief words.

Let's see...I've been there over 20 times so I should be able to help:

Check out Central Park, no doubt. It's amazing there.

Go to the Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center, not the top of the Empire State Building. It takes over 2 hours to have to wait for the ESB, while the Top of the Rock is only 25 stories shorter. Trust me, it's not worth the extra 25. If you have time, check out the ESB as well though.

CHECK OUT DOWNTOWN! It's awesome. Might wanna check Ground Zero too. It's pretty amazing to think 2 great buildings were once there.

Times Square, obviously. When you're there, go to ESPN Zone for lunch or dinner. (if you're into sports). It's pretty cool, they have like, 1000's of TVs. Even ones in the BATHROOM.

Little Italy kicks ass. Go there definately. Food galooooooooooooore.

One of the places you should check out for dinner is Jekyll and Hyde's. It's like a creepy-funny kind of place. Don't go for lunch though, it's not as good. At night they open up the better upstairs section.

Museum of Natural History is REALLY cool as well. It might not seem like it is, but it's really pretty interesting.

Bryant Park is another cool place to go. They've got some pretty cool shops and food around there. Last time I was there during the winter, I got these marshmellows covered in chocolate and sprinkles on a stick. SO GOOD.

5th Avenue's really cool to just walk down as well.

Also, check out the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum! ANY BF2 fan would love it. It's a really cool Aircraft Carrier that was converted into a museum.

Lastly, Ellis Island. It's like the paris hilton of immigration - Lots of people have been in and out of it. And when I mean lots, I mean over 20 million!

One major tip: BRING LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY. YOU WILL BE SPENDING IT!

Last edited by Poseidon (2007-06-26 18:46:56)

cowami wrote:

If you're gonna see the Statue, go to Ellis Island as well. Also, don't ever take a rowboat near it. I was with a group of students, rowing across the Hudson. I guess we got too close, cause immediately, 3 Coast Guard fast boats with M249s and a Coast Guard helicopter came out from behind Liberty Island came out and confronted us. Better safe than sorry.

+1 for rowing across the Hudson! I totally want to do that! But aren't the waves down there too big for a rowboat?

Stay away from the east side, I don't like tourists.

The ICP (International Center of Photography or something like that) is cool too. If you're looking at hotels, try the Double Tree hotel near Broadway. It looks hokey from the outside, but it's fucking enourmously tall, the rooms are very nice for the price, and they give you FREE WARM CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES WHEN YOU SIGN IN. And it's conveniently located near, as I said, Broadway and also lots of taxis *as if there is a lack of them anywhere*. And their restaurant *while it may go against the bible of visiting places, it's nice for late-night arrivals to NYC by car* has a kick ass French Onion Soup.

You should also see a musical. I thought "Wicked" was pretty good, and I've heard good things about "Hairspray" too. And if you go to any big-name places like the Guggenheim, be prepared to "Hurry up and wait." The lines for some of the museums and other attractions during peak tourism times are *eternal*.

Also, maybe it's not open now, but there's a nice diner near the aforementioned Double Tree. Might wanna check it out for breakfast some time.

I also cannot stress this enough - go to Lombardi's and Rice to Riches. Here are their addresses:

Lombardi's (you will definitely want to make reserves if you are a night-life kinda guy... it gets PACKED)
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Little Italy
32 Spring Street
(between Mott St & Mulberry St)
(212) 941-7994
New York, NY 10012

Rice to Riches
37 Spring Street
between Mott and Mulberry St,
New York City - 212.274.0008

It's right across from Lombardi's, you can't miss it.

I love NYC, hell the entire state is nice. One time I was in Buffalo and had a delicious 'beef on wek' sandwich.

Last edited by Hurricane (2007-06-26 19:49:29)

cowami wrote:

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

try not to get mugged

Won't happen. Just don't be dumb and flaunt wealth.

Hurricane wrote:

Go to Lombardi's pizza in SoHo, and then visit Rice to Riches for dessert. Win

The War Czar speaks truth.

jsnipy wrote:

Go visit the world trade center empire state building.

The World Trade Center site is a nice place. A good memorial, and you can watch the reconstruction.

On that note: If you want to see the Empire State Building, be prepared for a three-hour wait. No joke.

Smithereener wrote:

Statue of Liberty.

But that's awesome, a chopper tour of the city. I've never been inside a helicoptor ever. Lucky you.

If you're gonna see the Statue, go to Ellis Island as well. Also, don't ever take a rowboat near it. I was with a group of students, rowing across the Hudson. I guess we got too close, cause immediately, 3 Coast Guard fast boats with M249s and a Coast Guard helicopter came out from behind Liberty Island came out and confronted us. Better safe than sorry.

san4 wrote:

Don't miss Chinatown. Walk around and find a restaurant that has as little decoration as possible. Find a place with no fancy furniture, no colorful signs or any of that crap. Go in and eat the cheapest great meal you have ever had.

Yes. And don't worry, "intestine" tastes good.

Darkfire wrote:

remember to bring a lot of extra cash for buying things just on the street or whatever

back when i went a couple years ago, everything costed a shitload (like $4 for a bottle of water) and just about all the food seemed overpriced to me

Delis FTW. Avoid Canal Street unless you're really into cheap bags, fake movies, and fake watches.

Poseidon wrote:

Let's see...I've been there over 20 times so I should be able to help:

Check out Central Park, no doubt. It's amazing there.

Go to the Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center, not the top of the Empire State Building. It takes over 2 hours to have to wait for the ESB, while the Top of the Rock is only 25 stories shorter. Trust me, it's not worth the extra 25. If you have time, check out the ESB as well though.

CHECK OUT DOWNTOWN! It's awesome. Might wanna check Ground Zero too. It's pretty amazing to think 2 great buildings were once there.

Times Square, obviously. When you're there, go to ESPN Zone for lunch or dinner. (if you're into sports). It's pretty cool, they have like, 1000's of TVs. Even ones in the BATHROOM.

Little Italy kicks ass. Go there definately. Food galooooooooooooore.

One of the places you should check out for dinner is Jekyll and Hyde's. It's like a creepy-funny kind of place. Don't go for lunch though, it's not as good. At night they open up the better upstairs section.

Museum of Natural History is REALLY cool as well. It might not seem like it is, but it's really pretty interesting.

Bryant Park is another cool place to go. They've got some pretty cool shops and food around there. Last time I was there during the winter, I got these marshmellows covered in chocolate and sprinkles on a stick. SO GOOD.

5th Avenue's really cool to just walk down as well.

Also, check out the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum! ANY BF2 fan would love it. It's a really cool Aircraft Carrier that was converted into a museum.

Lastly, Ellis Island. It's like the paris hilton of immigration - Lots of people have been in and out of it. And when I mean lots, I mean over 20 million!

One major tip: BRING LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY. YOU WILL BE SPENDING IT!

1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Yes.
4. BRING MONEY, but yes.
5. Yes. It's getting smaller by the day, though (expansion of Chinatown FTW).
6. It's very cheesy and Disney-esque. Attend at your own risk.
7. Yes.
8. See #4.
9. For looking, not for buying. Be prepared to run into hard-assed New York businessmen.
10. It's out in New Jersey for restoration work. Sorry chaps.
11. Yes.

Now, on to my tips:

SEE A BASEBALL GAME. Yankees or Mets (preferably the orange and blue), but see what became of cricket in the United States.
LEARN TO USE MASS TRANSIT. Better than spending money on a taxi (whoo, they're damn expensive now). Avoid from 6 AM-9 AM and 3 PM-8 PM.
VISIT CARMINE'S. Expensive Italian food on Times Square. Damned good, though. Quite classy, too. Your classic restaurant from movies like The Godfather (minus the mobsters).
VISIT KATZ'S DELI. Located (technically) in the Lower East Side, Katz's has the best damned pastrami in the city. Period.

That's all I've got so far. Have fun! I'll make sure to yell out "leetkyle" every time I see someone possibly Irish.

So I'm guessing you had a bad experience at J&H's? When I was there, we had THE MOST hilarious yet creepy waiter. It rocked.

Me too!

congratz man, have a great time, i have never been anywhere except france and malaysia (WOOT!! awesome place, staying in a hotel which was a load of massive villas in a rainforest on Langkawi, and the hotel, at the time, was in the top 5 in the world )

have fun!!

heggs wrote:

Poseidon, Hurricane, and Cowami have all the bases covered. Rice to Riches is surely amazing, best rice pudding i've ever had. The chopper ride should be pretty crazy, I've only seen the city from the ground.
Cowami: Yes. And don't worry, "intestine" tastes good.
Fish stomach soup actually isn't that bad, just have to get used to the consistency. Just be warned, a real chinese food restaurant has completely different food than a takeout place; it's like night and day.

You'll have a great time, and if you run out of things to do, you should just take a random walk around, there is more than enough stores to go into and things to see just by walking.

I've never been to Chinese fast food. I'd rather eat McDonalds. God knows how much MSG and shit they use to keep the... "meat" flavorful.

And yeah, walking = how to find interesting stores, either that or ask the locals. And also, green means stop and red means go (when walking). I kid you not, it's the pedestrians that rule the streets.