New York, New York - Smart Girl/Boy's Guide to TEH CITY
 

Since I'll finally move my big butt to New York, I am looking for stuff to do there. I already have a list with museums and bookstores I want to visit but I am looking for much more, even though I probably already have more than enough + my host will probably suggesting things as well... But a girl loves to have many many options!
I'd really appreciate if you guys would just dump everything you'd do in New York in here... where to eat, which bars to hang out in at night... heck, even museums/bookstores, who knows, maybe i haven't wrote them down yet!

Thanks in advance, you intelligent blue people!

go to the stone in alphabet city (c street i think?)

get a time machine and travel back to the 70s

find some live jazz, places where musicians go jam at night… used to be one on amsterdam ave, people would show up after gigs… i forget the name. just a great feeling with everyone dropping in randomly.

walk across the brooklyn bridge-- there used to be a pizza place right under it (brooklyn side) which is pretty great and cheap and crammed as fuck

definitely go pester tesla. i hear he lives above a korean restaurant on 6th ave.

suggest to the girl underground places to view art, attend to gigs, and i dont know pony, skip sleeping. get lost. stay safe.

I think art and gigs can be provided by my host. Will make him take me everywhere, but he isn't 22 anymore. Will try and find people to hang out with before he gives in. 4 hours of sleep per 24hrs TOPS!!!

excellent! and the point is not to get stressed. noone can see everything. enjoy whatever..you know flow around.

see what you can, and be open to surprises. NYC will be there.

the stone is on the corner of avenue c and 2nd st (not "c street"-- ooops!).

also don't forget tour student ID, everything will cost less.

the legendary doner kebab place on mcdougal got shut down by the health department ha ha ha ha. ooops!

oh, go to harlem. eat some soul food. check out some of the old bars. go to the apollo if you can.

i don't know what to recommend to europeans-- to an american i'd say "go to the hungarian pastry shop" but you can get better pastries at home. same stuff w/ little italy. or russian/eastern european stuff. so maybe go to a tea shop or a vietnamese restaurant in chinatown. but things change all the time.

oh since you're a bit of a clotheshorse you'll prolly do the obligatory shopping trip to soho yeah? (boring as fuck for me, but what do i know about clothes-- still, it's rows and rows of fucking stores and i hate them all but you might not).

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ps- avoid the plague that is times square

i'll only go shopping at sephora and opening ceremony. no more shopping than that! a girl gotta save her money for booze

soul food sounds good! and making a note not to forget to take my student i.d. RIGHT NOW!

Close! I live above Souen, a Japanese restaurant on E 6th St, and am constantly at war because of the noise (and the other restaurants).

I think it all depends on what you want to do. To be honest, in the past 6 months, it seems all the record stores have moved out of Williamsburg to either Greenpoint or Bushwick, I haven't been out there. In Manhattan we still have the Academies, Kim's and Other Music.

When I was living elsewhere in the 90's and would visit, I would always make a point of stopping at The Strand on Broadway @12th St, best bookstore in the world. Maze books on Ave A @4th St has one of the best selections I've ever seen in small used store, I think only Red House Books in London impressed me more.

On weekends there is a weird flea market off 6th Ave at 25th St at The Garage, its not one of those goofy brooklyn fleas that are basically just food truck events, there is often some real flea market treasures there. I get old postcards and ephemera from there.

Everyone has their favorite sushi places but Ginger on 1st Ave at 7th St has always been a+ everytime and is reasonable for sushi.

I love the The Stage on 2nd Ave @ 8th St, its affordable. They cook the bacon to order. No matter how busy! They have a good white borscht too, I suggest getting it with egg.

Stromboli Pizza on 1st Ave @8th St is the classic and always great.

Lots to do and the weather keeps going up and down....

the way to save money for booze is to save money in booze. i carry a flask and use it liberally (but with discretion). flasks rule. i favor steel, but glass is nice.


oh! i was close enough. i do remember the story. the internet remembers always.

mine looks exactly like this



tesla, let's meet up and have some FOOD and drinks while i am there!

Go to the dream house (google dream house mela foundation) and just go and lie down there for a while

very good. looks like mine but mine has no wallpaper. fill it up with AMERICAN alcohol while you're here. rye whiskey (e.g., old overholt), or bourbon like wild turkey 101 (101 proof=more bang/buck). you could cheat and get tito's vodka which is 'merican but it's vodka. warning tho: 'merican whiskey (including rye) is made from CORN so it won't mix well with our other grain alcohols (like scotch or wodka or gin or beer) -- won't mix well mean wight get you unconscious which is never good when in strange places (or familiar ones for that matter).

traditionally, rye is more from the north (e.g. pennsylvania) whereas bourbon wich is 100% corn is from the south.

'MERICA!

speaking of beers, there are good breweries here and there. can't give directions cuz i was in no condition, but i remember shootind darts with a bunch of furrners in brooklyn. should be a variation from your more strict german beers.

ps- i don't know who the fuck serves good (real, not fake) blueberry pancakes in nueva york, but they are a must. 'merica, dammit! eggs & bacon.

ps- i fucking hate jack daniels, but it has some sort of fake mystique, and jim beam is a liquid atrocity so avoid that.

pps- also, make an effort to try some california wines. they are great. good ones as low as $5 at trader joe's. buy your host a nice bottle.

Make Lee happy

and have fun :)

Bars I've been to and can recommend:

Milano's on Houston Street
International Bar and Lucy's in the E Village
Double Down Saloon in Alphabet City
Subway Inn behind (I think) Bloomingdales
BillyMark's West in the W Village

Alas, Blarney Cove, in Alphabet City, hands down my favourite bar ever, is now closed.


Eating:

Veselka in the East Village - solid 24hr dinner/breakfast option
Yonah Schimmel on Houston Street - Knish heaven!
Joe Jnr in Gramercy - Great for a no fuss breakfast or dinner
CrifDogs on St Marks - Hot Dogs

Eeeeeeee I Just Got An Email And I Am Very Excited For Nyc Now!!!! Omg Omg Omg

the ukranian place? but she must be sick and tired of kartoffel. or however one writes that.

hehe, yes!! meant to put that on my list.
will definitely take a picture in front of the walking men!

Haha yeah. It's the veal goulash at 3am factor, though. I don't care where you're from, that's just great.

i love gulyás. i wanna make love to gulyás. i wanna go to there.