Things to do in New York

[Timmerbo]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 2:37pm

I'm going to New York with my parents, my sister and my girlfriend on the weekend. We're arriving Thursday night.

We're all seeing Gypsy together on Friday night, and there's been talk of the 30 Rock tour or maybe going to the the MoMA... and my girlfriend has mentioned she wants to go to Rupert Gee's Hello Deli... aside from that I don't really know what the hell we're going to be doing.

Really touristy crap aside, what is there to do? What are some good places to eat? What neighbourhoods should I see? Where can my girl and I go to ditch the family? My girlfriend really loves to shop for clothes (it's becoming a problem) but I have very little patience for most kinds of shopping.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 2:48pm

How old are you?

[Timmerbo]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 2:57pm

I'm 23. Sorry, guess that makes a difference. The parents are in their fifties, and the girlfriend and sister are 21 and 22 respectively.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 3:11pm

just as an fyi, there are tons of posts on this, you may want to do a search

[Timmerbo]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 3:46pm

I did search before posting, but it yielded only two results that were both a few years old. So I decided to post explaining my own situation.

[shameless]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 4:05pm

You're right, this one is two years old, but I think there are still a lot of good ideas in there.

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?page=2&thread=881905&boardname=off&boardid=2

[SNAFU]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 4:15pm

Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, Eat lunch at Grimaldi's walk back, a great activity!

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 7:08pm

there are much newer ones, just not sure where the are....
Just get a DK top 10 NYC book, and make a decision based on your interests......

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 7:40pm

Take your girl to Magnolia Bakery, buy her a cupcake, share it in the park across the street and wonder what the hell all the fuss is over dry, tasteless cupcakes.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 7:51pm

Central Park is amazing. I actually walked around there for the first time last month, and loved it. There is so much to see there.

Bryant Park is smaller, but nice too.

And my 3 favorite stores ever are Macy's on 34th, and Tiffany's and FAO Schwarz on 5th Ave.

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 8:22pm

I love you Jersey Girl!

I love Soho/Greenwich VIllage. You should definitely go there.

[thatgirl712]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 9:21pm

Lots of good choices from everyone, but I would choose walking around Greenwich Village.

[SNLMedia]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 9:31pm

One of my favorite areas in Manhattan is South Street Seaport. During the warm months, I love enjoying a dinner outside on the deck at Pier 19 overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge at night. Simply beautiful.

[Jane2]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 10:05pm

Updated On: 6/4/08 at 10:05 PM

[Timmerbo]

Posted: 6/5/08 at 12:57am

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. :)

[Eris0303]

Posted: 6/5/08 at 1:02am

To bad you're not going next week. The Bryant Park film festival kicks off on June 16 with Dr. No (the first Bond film).

http://www.bryantpark.org/calendar/film-festival.php

[25th Annual Speller]

Posted: 6/5/08 at 3:22am

If she enjoys to shop then you really need to take her down to chinatown.