Hey General:
Your welcome to meet me there or I willmeet you somewhere and we can go together. NY is a wonderful trip and the MOST exciting City in the world. OK maybe Im a little biased. As I stated in another thread
The BS about NY and its dangers are for the most part bogus. Or at least a thing fairly well in the past. All the things you wouldnt do in any other major city you dont want to do here.
THings not to do:
DOnt pull out a wad of money in the street or subway.
Dont fall asleep on the train at 2 in the morning with your 500 dollar gold religous based chain and charm hanging out. (believe it or not there are people who being overwhelming pious will kill you in order to own that artifact)
Dont carry your wallet in your back pocket full of money
Dont jog in central park in tight shorts in the dark under a bridge .... Well come on it is a city not a farm in kansas
Oh and drunks in bars get in fights. Clubs are filled with testosterone laiden kids and the guy over there that doesnt look right probably isnt.
Basically all the rules you probably follow in your own city visits at home.
THings to do:
GO to the knife show !!!
Go to the village. Not as cool as it once was but much safer. Be sure and go down the little side streets for little obscure shops and galleries. You can spend three days minimum just doing that.
Eat as much as you can. One of the things I miss whenever I leave NY is food of a million types and ethnic origins. I can sit in my house and have delivered Thai, cajun, mexican, indian (eastern), chinese, japanese, soul, cuban oh the list goes on. Sit down resturants give you even more choices.
EAT
GO to the Museum of natural history. Nyers have been going on school trips since birth so we are a little numb but it truly is one of the finest times you can have.
Go to the Metropolitan museum of art (a WHOLE LOT of custom cutlery), Museum of modern art, Museum of Folk art, El museo del Barrio .... well .... this is another one of those excess things. Think of a subject and fish in the yellow pages and there is a Museum for it somewhere in the five boroughs. Moving image, advertising, transit museum, american indian and so on.
See ANYTHING at Radio City. I have seen politically correct SHOWS here but when I was a teen I saw some rock concerts there and wow. The building is beautiful, every seat is a good one and ... Its Radio City!
Pass by and check out the new Grand Central terminal. WOW the renovations are outstanding and it really gives you a sense of the opulence that new york was and is.
Go to flushing meadows and see the Sphere. The park is simple and open but its like going to an outdoor museum walking amongst this huge stage set that was the Worlds Fair. Plus after you see Men In Black you just have to.
I can go on but you get the point. I think I already filled a month of an agenda with what I put.
For more info feel free to email
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ALex
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Updated 10/15/00
