Going to New York City!!

[NHSparky]

There are plans for a pop-up, and dreams of a teardrop in our future as well.

The pop-ups are okay, but I'd think that they'd be pretty limited as far as seasons go.  I mean hell, when we were in Pittsburg in JULY it still got into the 40's at night.  I don't mind cooler weather, but even I have limits, and I like the amenities that a lot of the "regular" campers have these days.  I mean, we saw one that was maybe 21-22 feet, but still had a queen sized bed up front, 3-burner stove and oven, microwave, fridge, decent sized bathroom, and a little bunkroom for the kids, and STILL came in at 4500 lbs (and more importantly, under $20K.)

[NHSparky]

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.

I can vouch for that.  Even I was getting claustrophobic, it was that freakin crowded.  And it was the M&M store.

[Undies]

there is much better food in Texas and CA for that matter.  

Amen!  I was so disappointed in the "glorious" food I had heard about my whole life. 

Dining in Dallas is just as abundant, much better, and a tad cheaper.

(The same goes for the food in Philly -- I had better "Philly food" in Austin.)

[Eupher]

Sea, in all seriousness, you're gonna have to go to NYC once.

Only once.

Then you'll have it behind you, you can say you've been there and done it, and you'll be ready for your next adventure someplace else.

[Revolution]

in May, over mother's day weekend. I have never been to NYC, but always wanted to go!!!

My action item is,,,,tourists trap, and bus tours.
Definitely Central Park, and the 911 Memorial, those were my 1st two choices.
Empire State building, and Rockerfeller Centre were mentioned.

Ellis Island
any other ideas?,,,,,

I hope you have a BLAST! I did. Didn't go to Central Park, or Rockafeller Centre, but I did go to the Memorial. Also went to the ESB as I showed in my NYC thread. Do not miss going to Times Square at night. Absolutely beautiful. Some of the homeless people and just people wanting to make a buck play sax, and stuff on the street. Many suck, but some are pretty good, and deserved a buck as far as I was concerned.

Awesome place. Lot of sirens, and traffic to get used to though. As they say, the city never sleeps. Have fun!

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. 

That's the wholel point of the show, BEG! 

All of New York smells like rotten trash and you see rats everywhere.

No it doesn't. It certainly does have a unique smell that I've never smelled before, but I kinda got used to it. Call me nasty, but I didn't mind it.

Oh, and I only went on the subway during the day, so can't speculate for the other 12 hrs, but it wasn't all that bad when I was down there. There certainly are some seedy people even I saw down there though. Best to at least keep one's eyes peeleld.

[Revolution]

Depends...we ended up going to Ray's a couple of blocks away and they were selling slices (BIG slices!) for under $3.

By the Hotel Pensylvannia? Cause "Ray's" sounds familliar, and I got a BIG slice from a pizza joint right on the street for around $3 bucks. HUGE sausage disks on it, and it was delicious.

By the way, I clicked the link for the Fox News studio thing, and couldn't find the info for what time they tape their shows...

[RobJohnson]

[VivisMom]

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. 





Like where this last picture came from, ME SO HUNGRY!

Good call on that one. I had a piece of cheesecake there that was ENORMOUS. Not to mention delicious.

[longview]

Sea, in all seriousness, you're gonna have to go to NYC once.

Only once.

Then you'll have it behind you, you can say you've been there and done it, and you'll be ready for your next adventure someplace else.

I agree.  Even though I've been more than once.  But, go at least once.

"Naked Cowboy!"  I'd put him on the fencing crew just for laughs.  He'd be finding some britches and footwear pretty quick.

[USA4ME]

We are are looking at the Central Park area.. I can't wait!!

In that case you're right near a bunch of things.  Rockefeller Center, Trump Tower, Radio City Music Hall, The Ed Sullivan Theater, Macy's.  You might want to take a day and walk down Broadway from Central Park down to around 34th Street (you're in the area of Madison Square Gardens and the Empire State Building) and then cut over and walk back up 5th Avenue.  Just seeing the sights on that walk would take in a whole day.  It may sound like a long ways, but in NYC the blocks are short blocks, so walking 20 blocks isn't like walking 20 in a different city.

And don't be overly concerned about the cost.  Yes, it's high.  But you're in NYC!!  Have fun!  Spend the money to see and do the things you've always heard about.  You'll be glad you did.

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[IassaFTots]

You should definitely go to the Empire State Bldg.  That would be cool!

[Gina]

I have always wanted to go there, just to see it.  I don't think I would ever want to live there.

[Revolution]

I still do even though I'd have the insufferable Bloomberg as my overlord.

[CG6468]

Aerial views of the Chrysler Building are used in almost every, if not every, broadcast of "CSI - New York."

[njpines]

From what I've been told by a NYC "native" friend (who FINALLY escaped from the city a year ago this month), rats aren't the real problem; it's the raccoons that are the scariest.  They get into everything and have evolved into HUGE animals in the city -- he's seen some that have been almost the size of a medium-sized dog.



http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/07/27/New-laws-address-NYC-raccoon-problem/UPI-47271311787821/

[Gina]

From what I've been told by a NYC "native" friend (who FINALLY escaped from the city a year ago this month), rats aren't the real problem; it's the raccoons that are the scariest.  They get into everything and have evolved into HUGE animals in the city -- he's seen some that have been almost the size of a medium-sized dog.



http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/07/27/New-laws-address-NYC-raccoon-problem/UPI-47271311787821/

I used to have one named "Remington". She was so sweet. 

[CG6468]

I used to have one named "Remington". She was so sweet.

A coon from under my neibor's house attacked me three times. I finally said, "**** it," got my rifle, and dropped it 5 feet from me atfter putting 8 shells into it. I bagged it, took it to the vet, and the county said had the most virulent form of distemper.

[Eupher]

I used to have one named "Remington". She was so sweet. 

Raccoons are major carriers of rabies. Definitely don't want to mess around with a wild one.

[CG6468]

Raccoons are major carriers of rabies. Definitely don't want to mess around with a wild one.

That's what I feared with the one I described above.

[Eupher]

That's what I feared with the one I described above.

Whoa, I hadn't seen that post. Yeah, that kind of attack could definitely cause problems -- but according to this article, distemper is not a problem for humans.

The coon's BITE, however, could have been a big problem.

Many of the symptoms displayed by an animal with distemper are very similar to symptoms displayed by a rabid animal (only testing of brain tissue can determine if an animal is rabid). Although distemper poses no threat to humans, any one bitten or scratched by a raccoon must contact their physician immediately.

http://www.tn.gov/twra/distemper.html

[IassaFTots]

Have one in our neighborhood.  A real nasty one, it hisses at you and charges.  Unfortunately, it only seems to appear when everyone is unarmed.  That won't always be the case for Rocky.   

[CG6468]

Have one in our neighborhood.  A real nasty one, it hisses at you and charges.  Unfortunately, it only seems to appear when everyone is unarmed.  That won't always be the case for Rocky.   

We had no attcks last year, but I took our 2 small coons in the daytime. They're not supposed to out then.

Three years ago we killed 13 woodchucks during a groundhog invasion.

[Mr Mannn]

Stay out of the subways!!! Really!

I second that. DO NOT USE THE SUBWAYS!

[Mr Mannn]

Ya know, you can have lots of fun by simply buying a 44 oz drink in a plastic cup out of state. Fill it at the hotel and walk around taking sips.

Find the occupiers and ask to use their bathroom...of wait, they don't have one!

Toss popcorn to the rats.

Try not to think about the rats living INSIDE your restaurant...Hope you don't step on one at your hotel-at night-barefoot.

[Undies]

Don't shower the week before you go.  No one will know you're a tourist.