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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #25 on: December 30, 2012, 03:59:21 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on December 30, 2012, 03:26:31 PM
How much is ONE slice of pizza now?

Depends...we ended up going to Ray's a couple of blocks away and they were selling slices (BIG slices!) for under $3.
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #26 on: December 30, 2012, 04:51:07 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on December 30, 2012, 03:59:21 PM
Depends...we ended up going to Ray's a couple of blocks away and they were selling slices (BIG slices!) for under $3.

At least the price hasn't increaded through the years. It was great pizza, too! How is this escaping Bloomberg's Food Police?
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #27 on: December 31, 2012, 11:42:36 AM »
If you like ice cream, go to Serendipity. Be prepared for a wait, however!

If you want to see a show, the TKTS booths can offer good prices, depending on what you want to see. http://www.tdf.org/TDF_ServicePage.aspx?id=56

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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #28 on: December 31, 2012, 11:51:29 AM »
Been to NYC many times.

Where are you staying?  That'll help in giving suggestions.  For instance, I usually stay somewhere between the theatre district and Central Park.

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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #29 on: December 31, 2012, 01:07:29 PM »
If you get a chance to get out of Manhattan, here's a very nice park for walks and/or bike riding in Queens:

Forest Park, Queens NY
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #30 on: December 31, 2012, 03:35:07 PM »
*sigh*

It's a dirty job, but I guess somebody has to do it. BTDT, and I ain't going back for mo'.

I wouldn't voluntarily set foot in that hellhole if my life depended on it. Possible exception flying in or out of JFK.
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #31 on: December 31, 2012, 06:37:54 PM »
Quote from: USA4ME on December 31, 2012, 11:51:29 AM
Been to NYC many times.

Where are you staying?  That'll help in giving suggestions.  For instance, I usually stay somewhere between the theatre district and Central Park.

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We are are looking at the Central Park area.. I can't wait!!
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #32 on: December 31, 2012, 08:26:06 PM »
We have friends who go to NYC every year for their anniversary.  They manage a four day stay for about $3000.00.  This is why I go to San Antonio. 
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #33 on: December 31, 2012, 08:52:15 PM »
Times Square smells bad (says the chica with cow doodie on her boots).  The memory of the odor and litter lingers.
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #34 on: December 31, 2012, 09:02:41 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on December 31, 2012, 03:35:07 PM
*sigh*

It's a dirty job, but I guess somebody has to do it. BTDT, and I ain't going back for mo'.

I wouldn't voluntarily set foot in that hellhole if my life depended on it. Possible exception flying in or out of JFK.

Amen--and if your potential travel plans involve either LaGuardia or Newark, pass.  I've NEVER had a good/on-time experience in either place, especially LaGuardia.  Something about the runways there that they must be in a bowl, because 2 drops of rain, and they're all flooded.
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #35 on: December 31, 2012, 09:09:23 PM »
Oh, and sea?  Get used to a few realities regardless of where you stay in NYC, especially Manhattan:

Rooms are overpriced (think $300-plus a night. PLUS tax.)

Rooms are small (the one Scoobie and I stayed in was MAYBE 12X12, INCLUDING the bathroom.)

Accept walking or taking a subway.  It's not that hard to get around, and unless the weather sucks, you'll enjoy the walk. 

"Happy Hour" ain't.  Not when you're paying $5 for a pint of beer.  Normal price will run you about $6-7, unless you're at a nice place, then it's $8-10, depending.  I got Scoobs a drink at the steak place we went to and it was $22.  However, a lot of little places are nice to pop into just to check out the atmosphere and have AWESOME food (I'm still thinking about this one place that had beer-marinated wings.)

Driving might be cheaper than a bus/plane/train, but parking, even with coupon/Internet deals, will pretty much kill that ($40-45/day.)  And Scoobie, while normally comfortable with my driving, absolutely HATED it in Midtown Manhattan.  Hey, what can I say?  When in Rome, etc., etc.

And longview--while winter is not the best time to find the Naked Cowboy, who knows if he'll be back come spring.  While not my bag, she might like that.  Who knows?
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #36 on: December 31, 2012, 09:12:53 PM »
Carnegie Deli, you can eat their pastrami and corned beef sandwich for days.  It's not cheap but you can share it and still have leftovers. 





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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #37 on: December 31, 2012, 09:15:23 PM »
Quote from: longview on December 31, 2012, 08:52:15 PM
Times Square smells bad (says the chica with cow doodie on her boots).  The memory of the odor and litter lingers.

All of New York smells like rotten trash and you see rats everywhere.  :puke:
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #38 on: December 31, 2012, 09:16:31 PM »
Oh god, you people are scaring me!!!
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #39 on: December 31, 2012, 09:21:46 PM »
Like Chicago, there's only one way anyone would get me within 125 miles of NYC: if I was in low orbit over the place preparing to release the nukes.
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #40 on: December 31, 2012, 09:23:17 PM »
Quote from: seahorse513 on December 31, 2012, 09:16:31 PM
Oh god, you people are scaring me!!!

I don't know if I would ever go back but I would divorce my husband if he ever got a job in New York and we had to move there.  It was fun when we went for my 40th birthday, we stayed at a really nice hotel and saw a couple of shows.  Went on a tour that shows you all the sites and tells you what is so special about them.  Frankly, the only place we ate where I would like to eat at again is Carnagie Deli, there is much better food in Texas and CA for that matter.  

You have to see a show, you will enjoy that.  We saw Avenue Q and another one that I can't think of right now.  Avenue Q was a little political (they bashed Bush) but it was fun.  It's filthy and everyone is rude so try to ignore that.  

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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #41 on: December 31, 2012, 09:33:44 PM »
Quote from: BEG on December 31, 2012, 09:23:17 PM
I don't know if I would ever go back but I would divorce my husband if he ever got a job in New York and we had to move there.  It was fun when we went for my 40th birthday  



So you're going there 11 years from now, and haven't been there yet?
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #42 on: December 31, 2012, 09:42:37 PM »
Oh, and if you like a nice quiet night--FUGGEDABOUTIT.

Yeah, it was nice ONCE.  Give me a cabin in the woods with the kids fishing and me making steak tips on a charcoal grill every night.

I showed Scoobie the 2013 rates for the cabin we stayed at in July.  She wasn't that big on it, considering it's six-plus months (if then) away.  She'll come around if I tell her I've paid for another week over 4th of July there...  :wink:
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #43 on: December 31, 2012, 09:44:08 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on December 31, 2012, 09:33:44 PM
So you're going there 11 years from now, and haven't been there yet?

I love you.   :-*
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #44 on: December 31, 2012, 09:45:54 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on December 31, 2012, 09:42:37 PM
Oh, and if you like a nice quiet night--FUGGEDABOUTIT.

Yeah, it was nice ONCE.  Give me a cabin in the woods with the kids fishing and me making steak tips on a charcoal grill every night.

I showed Scoobie the 2013 rates for the cabin we stayed at in July.  She wasn't that big on it, considering it's six-plus months (if then) away.  She'll come around if I tell her I've paid for another week over 4th of July there...  :wink:
Life  is an adventure, and I like adventures!!!
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #45 on: December 31, 2012, 09:54:24 PM »
When I was a wee lass I went to NYC with my family, traveled up from DC.  I went to the observation deck of the WTC, and went to the top of the Statue of Liberty.  Ate a hot dog from a street vendor.  For me, that's good enough, I have seen all I needed to of that town.   I'll take a cabin in the woods, thank you very much.
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #46 on: December 31, 2012, 09:56:18 PM »
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #47 on: December 31, 2012, 10:01:39 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on December 31, 2012, 09:54:24 PM
When I was a wee lass I went to NYC with my family, traveled up from DC.  I went to the observation deck of the WTC, and went to the top of the Statue of Liberty.  Ate a hot dog from a street vendor.  For me, that's good enough, I have seen all I needed to of that town.   I'll take a cabin in the woods, thank you very much.

And while it's been nearly a year now, I took Scoobie and the kids to the RV show on the other side of Manch-Vegas just to kind of see what they thought as well as price stuff out.

Yeah, it's definitely on the agenda to trade up to a full-sized pickup and a 24-foot camper.  And when you think about it, that gives us a degree of freedom even nicer than the "cabin in the woods" bit because we can go to just about ANY woods, lake, tourist trap, etc.  The only real limitation is our imagination and where we want to go and how long it takes to get from home to there.  It's amazing how much stuff is within a day's drive of here if you don't mind doing a few long weekends versus a week or ten days.
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #48 on: December 31, 2012, 10:05:09 PM »
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And while it's been nearly a year now, I took Scoobie and the kids to the RV show on the other side of Manch-Vegas just to kind of see what they thought as well as price stuff out.

Yeah, it's definitely on the agenda to trade up to a full-sized pickup and a 24-foot camper.  And when you think about it, that gives us a degree of freedom even nicer than the "cabin in the woods" bit because we can go to just about ANY woods, lake, tourist trap, etc.  The only real limitation is our imagination and where we want to go and how long it takes to get from home to there.  It's amazing how much stuff is within a day's drive of here if you don't mind doing a few long weekends versus a week or ten days.

There are plans for a pop-up, and dreams of a teardrop in our future as well.
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Re: Going to New York City!!
« Reply #49 on: December 31, 2012, 10:10:23 PM »
Whatever you do, do NOT go into the M&M/Hersheys factory or whateverthehell it was.

I barely got out of there alive, and still have nightmares about it.
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