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I've said it before, and I'll say it again, the Staten Island Ferry/booze cruise is a great and free (minus the extremely reasonable cost of the tall boys) way to spend and afternoon or evening in NYC.
rusty you'll like hell's kitchen's restaurant row which has a ton of international food restaurants(Ninth Street does a big international food festival in may), check out the lower east side at night for some cool bars/live music. The bohemian in you will appreciate the East Village. And you should head uptown to Harlem and see Rucker Park @ 155th St, it's right across the river from Yankee Stadium.
Quote from: pissclams on May 06, 2011, 01:45:22 PMrusty you'll like hell's kitchen's restaurant row which has a ton of international food restaurants(Ninth Street does a big international food festival in may), check out the lower east side at night for some cool bars/live music. The bohemian in you will appreciate the East Village. And you should head uptown to Harlem and see Rucker Park @ 155th St, it's right across the river from Yankee Stadium.Yeah, go to some bars at eat food and listen to music. You know, something you can't do anywhere else in the world. It's your first time, just go to all the touristy places like the statue of liberty and stuff. It's fun. Maybe go see the Balto statue in central park. Or Ellis Island.
michigancat, check out the squirrels. different colors in diff. parts of the city. see if you can spot them all. take pics and post here.
Quote from: michigancat on May 06, 2011, 11:04:03 AMQuote from: CNS Casey on May 06, 2011, 10:54:23 AMShould expand this thread to "weekend trips" in general. Looking for something similar this summer with similar needs(inexpensive, cool crap to do, etc)I was thinking Chicago.I have taken quite a few weekend trips to chi. what do you want/like to do? My tip is to stay by Midway or O'Hare and take the train downtown. Save a lot on hotels (which will prob. be the most expensive part of your trip)Good tip on hotel.I really want to see the industry museum/aquarium/hist museum. Wife will prob want none of that. I imagine she is just up for shopping. We will prob do a two day trip and spend one day in one of the museums and one day doing her thing.
Quote from: CNS Casey on May 06, 2011, 10:54:23 AMShould expand this thread to "weekend trips" in general. Looking for something similar this summer with similar needs(inexpensive, cool crap to do, etc)I was thinking Chicago.I have taken quite a few weekend trips to chi. what do you want/like to do? My tip is to stay by Midway or O'Hare and take the train downtown. Save a lot on hotels (which will prob. be the most expensive part of your trip)
Should expand this thread to "weekend trips" in general. Looking for something similar this summer with similar needs(inexpensive, cool crap to do, etc)I was thinking Chicago.
in the end, EMAW will always win.
Quote from: CNS Casey on May 06, 2011, 11:23:53 AMQuote from: michigancat on May 06, 2011, 11:04:03 AMQuote from: CNS Casey on May 06, 2011, 10:54:23 AMShould expand this thread to "weekend trips" in general. Looking for something similar this summer with similar needs(inexpensive, cool crap to do, etc)I was thinking Chicago.I have taken quite a few weekend trips to chi. what do you want/like to do? My tip is to stay by Midway or O'Hare and take the train downtown. Save a lot on hotels (which will prob. be the most expensive part of your trip)Good tip on hotel.I really want to see the industry museum/aquarium/hist museum. Wife will prob want none of that. I imagine she is just up for shopping. We will prob do a two day trip and spend one day in one of the museums and one day doing her thing.Chicago is great for a short trip. The Improv Comedy shows there were a good time when I went. The public transportation is great and cheap and the restaurants will lead you to be like LSOC and think something better is just a block away. Aquarium is a great call too.
Quote from: ChiCat on May 07, 2011, 06:07:07 AMQuote from: CNS Casey on May 06, 2011, 11:23:53 AMQuote from: michigancat on May 06, 2011, 11:04:03 AMQuote from: CNS Casey on May 06, 2011, 10:54:23 AMShould expand this thread to "weekend trips" in general. Looking for something similar this summer with similar needs(inexpensive, cool crap to do, etc)I was thinking Chicago.I have taken quite a few weekend trips to chi. what do you want/like to do? My tip is to stay by Midway or O'Hare and take the train downtown. Save a lot on hotels (which will prob. be the most expensive part of your trip)Good tip on hotel.I really want to see the industry museum/aquarium/hist museum. Wife will prob want none of that. I imagine she is just up for shopping. We will prob do a two day trip and spend one day in one of the museums and one day doing her thing.Chicago is great for a short trip. The Improv Comedy shows there were a good time when I went. The public transportation is great and cheap and the restaurants will lead you to be like LSOC and think something better is just a block away. Aquarium is a great call too.I went up to Chicago for a weekend for a concert once. Ate at this pizza place that was pretty amazing. Do NOT remember the name of the place. Oh well.
Quote from: kitten_mittons on May 07, 2011, 12:28:21 PMQuote from: ChiCat on May 07, 2011, 06:07:07 AMQuote from: CNS Casey on May 06, 2011, 11:23:53 AMQuote from: michigancat on May 06, 2011, 11:04:03 AMQuote from: CNS Casey on May 06, 2011, 10:54:23 AMShould expand this thread to "weekend trips" in general. Looking for something similar this summer with similar needs(inexpensive, cool crap to do, etc)I was thinking Chicago.I have taken quite a few weekend trips to chi. what do you want/like to do? My tip is to stay by Midway or O'Hare and take the train downtown. Save a lot on hotels (which will prob. be the most expensive part of your trip)Good tip on hotel.I really want to see the industry museum/aquarium/hist museum. Wife will prob want none of that. I imagine she is just up for shopping. We will prob do a two day trip and spend one day in one of the museums and one day doing her thing.Chicago is great for a short trip. The Improv Comedy shows there were a good time when I went. The public transportation is great and cheap and the restaurants will lead you to be like LSOC and think something better is just a block away. Aquarium is a great call too.I went up to Chicago for a weekend for a concert once. Ate at this pizza place that was pretty amazing. Do NOT remember the name of the place. Oh well.giordanos or gino's east prolly
chicago pizza is a joke and so is your face.
new york is cool. I would like to live there.
Quote from: michigancat on May 20, 2011, 02:53:25 PMnew york is cool. I would like to live there.oh man, me too
Quote from: michigancat on May 20, 2011, 02:53:25 PMnew york is cool. I would like to live there.What was your favorite part?
I don't think I could point to a single thing. In all seriousness, probably just walking around neighborhoods and using yelp to find the best hole-in-the-wall restaurant nearby.
Quote from: steve dave on May 20, 2011, 02:54:34 PMQuote from: michigancat on May 20, 2011, 02:53:25 PMnew york is cool. I would like to live there.oh man, me tooI seriously started looking for jobs there like right when I got back. Quote from: _33 on May 20, 2011, 02:54:50 PMQuote from: michigancat on May 20, 2011, 02:53:25 PMnew york is cool. I would like to live there.What was your favorite part?I don't think I could point to a single thing. In all seriousness, probably just walking around neighborhoods and using yelp to find the best hole-in-the-wall restaurant nearby. Seriously traveled with a great group that was down for about anything.
