Things to do
Things to do
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#1Things to do
Posted: 4/18/08 at 9:26amMy friends and I are going to the city tommorow. We are getting there early to get tickets(10) and then seeing an 8pm show. What can we do from 10-8!?
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#2re: Things to do
Posted: 4/18/08 at 10:03am
You have so much time tomorrow to explore!
Go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art...
Go on a tour of someplace or other...
Spend time walking around! You always find something interesting (last time I ran between Obama and Clinton supporters at Central Park yelling at each other from across the street...the Clinton supporters were the loudest).
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ErinDillyFan
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#2re: Things to do
Posted: 4/18/08 at 10:04am
There are a few good museums! Or tour the UN.
Are you looking for free things?
They usually have great exhibits at the public library.
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
New York, NY 10018
Reference: (212) 930-0830
http://www.nypl.org/research/calendar/exhib/hssl/celisthssl.cfm
If you like civil war history. Check out Grant's Tomb. It is along the Hudson up at 122nd, it is a beautiful walk down the river in nice weather. We walked from there down the river and then over to broadway and had lunch at Zabar's.
Nice weather? walk around central park
Checkout FAO Schwarz at 5th & 58st
I don't know what they have to see at the World Trade Center site anymore, but that might still be interesting.
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Zeitoujo
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#3re: Things to do
Posted: 4/18/08 at 10:28am
Thanks!
Anything else other than Central Park and Museums?
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ErinDillyFan
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#4re: Things to do
Posted: 4/18/08 at 10:33am
Grand Central station is beautiful and usually has street performers of all types which can be fun.
The Times Square Subway station also usually gets a good mix of performers.
#5re: Things to do
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:02amMacy's on 34th St. If you like shopping anyway or just looking around. FAO Schwarz is also awesome. Saks Fith Avenue is amazing too. If you are also interested, you can get tickets to tour NBC studios. That's up in Rockefeller Plaza between 49th and 50th st. I believe tickets are only $17 too. I went there and loved it, but it's also a career interest for me.
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#6re: Things to do
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:05am
Id go walk to the Brooklyn Bridge back and forth bec. I have never done it before.
or hang out at West Village..I was there last week and it looks fun! people watching, going to all those knick-knack stores, eating ice cream....
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Updated On: 4/18/08 at 11:05 AM
#7re: Things to do
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:10am
The Frick Collection - 1 E. 70th at Fifth Avenue
My favorite art collection in NYC.
Frick Collection
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#8re: Things to do
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:17am
If you want to have the best pizza go to Grimaldi's (under the Brooklyn Bridge)
also go to Chinatown. That is always so much fun (and great food!)
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#9More free stuff
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:20am
I remembered some more free stuff
Jacques Torres Chocolate shop in Brooklyn. Take the train. Walk a couple blocks.
http://www.mrchocolate.com/
He usually has free samples of stuff. In the winter he was giving out cups of hot chocolate (not cocoa), but melted chocolate with spices mixed in.
It is a little shop, but some amazing creations, molds and carvings in chocolate.
It looks like he has a new place in Manhattan.
Walking in Chinatown or Little Italy.
I like to see glass galleries:
http://www.urbanglass.org/?q=Exhibitions
I am not sure why no one has mentioned Canal St. Fun, just looking even if you don't buy any of the cheap knock off stuff.
Updated On: 4/18/08 at 11:20 AM
#10More free stuff
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:33amUh it's NYC I am sure you'll find something to do. Just walk around, take the subway to Brooklyn, go to Harlem, go get lost walking around the village trying to follow the grid. So many options.
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#11More free stuff
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:49am
honestly just walking around fun neighborhoods can be enthralling.
EDIT: also this thread should be tremendously helpful
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=946503#3272000
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Updated On: 4/18/08 at 11:49 AM
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
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#12More free stuff
Posted: 4/18/08 at 8:07pmYou can also visit the NBC store while you're there.
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#13More free stuff
Posted: 4/18/08 at 10:23pm
You should go to the wax museum if you haven't yet. Lines are usually rediculous though, but we managed to skip the line because my grandmother has a disability.
Try the Museum of Modern Art too. There's a lot of Lichtenstien and Warhol, which I'm really into.
#14More free stuff
Posted: 4/18/08 at 10:28pmEat at Carmines.
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#16More free stuff
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:31pmI think it's gonna be nice tomorrow. Go hang out in Bryant Park for an hour or two.
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#17More free stuff
Posted: 4/18/08 at 11:31pmCheck out the Museum of th eCity of New York (103rd and Lexington). It's really nice, cheap ($5 with student ID), and they have some great theatre stuff.
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