What to do in Brooklyn/Manhattan besides see shows?

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 8:56pm

I'll be in New York Tuesday night through Saturday afternoon of next week. This is my schedule so far:

Wednesday.... Job interview (11:00), The Pillowman (2:00), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (8:00).

Thursday.... My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon (8:00).

Friday.... Ragtime (8:00, New Jersey).

I'm also planning on looking at some apartments and visiting any number of the following museums: Museum of Modern Art (hopefully they will let me see a film in their archive collection), Merchant's House, New York Transit, Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, International Center of Photograpy, Museum of the City of New York, New York Historical Society, The Jewish Museum, Ellis Island Immigration Museum, South Street Seaport Museum, and the Statue of Liberty.
I have already been to the Wax Museum, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Museum of the City of New York (but I figure it has new exhibits now), Fraunces Tavern, Teddy Roosevelt's birthplace, the Guggenheim and the Met.
But I don't want to sell myself short. My last trip was wasted interviewing at some law firm (although I had no interest in law except to make money for a year) and an ineffective legal placement firm. I want this one to be a blast so that if the interview doesn't leave me with a job opportunity, I can still say that this five-day trip was worth the money.

[cturtle]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 9:06pm

all of your choices sound great to me, and that's plenty to keep you busy (and satisfied) i'm sure. i'm SO JEALOUS that you're going to see RAGIME!

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 9:08pm

You're not seeing it? Oh wait... is Chicago your base too?

[arishmoof]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 9:09pm

there are other things to do besides see shows???

j/k - GO TO MOMA!!! if you love art, and from your list it seems as if you have a desire to see some good art- GO TO MOMA, whatever you do, make that first on your list, the new renovation is breathtaking!

[cturtle]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 9:11pm

no, i'm in ATLANTA. and it tooks like it's just too expensive for us to make a trip to NYC this summer :-/ and i'm dying to see the renovated MOMA also!

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 9:16pm

What else is there to do? EAT!!

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 9:17pm

Yep, it's too expensive for me to visit Manhattan too. I have creditors after me for two maxed-out cards and not enough money to confidently move to the city if I do get the job, but hey, I just completed a degree and now I'm celebrating. *all fingers crossed that I'll get a temp assignment in Chicago so that I can make up for the money I'm losing on this trip*

I will definitely visit MOMA.

[BroadwayGirlWicked]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 10:04pm

nothing shows are the best dont go to rosie o gradys it sucks they have bad food there

[UglyBug]

Posted: 6/23/05 at 11:28pm

I like Wall Street a lot, Trinity Church, etc. The exchange, church, place where george washington was inaugurated is all very interesting...and cool looking.