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centralnewyorki · 12-30-2005, 07:19 AM

I love NY! I would suggest the Empire State Building, Rockafeller Center, Times Square, Central Park, the Statue of Liberty (even if you can't go up in it anymore, it's still a sight to see!), Grand Central Station, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Museum of Natural History is kind of neat if you like stars and dinosaurs and that kind of thing, but it was a distant second to the Met, IMO. Unless you are really artsy, I wouldn't suggest the Museum of Modern Art. It's fairly pricey and my mom, sister and I just didn't "get it." They did have smaller art exhibits there, but nothing that was worth the lines and waiting (for us anyway!) Macy's and Saks are always fun- even if you don't like shopping, they're pretty notorious sites. Madison Square Garden is right near Macy's. We've done the NBC tour in years past, and you get to see the SNL set, as well as some other talk show/late night sets. FAO Schwartz might be something good also if you've never been there. It's a lot more commercialized now than when I remember going as a kid, but it is still pretty fun. You guys are going to just have so much fun walking from place to place in the city- there is so much to see! I would highly recommend the street pretzels, the sweet nuts (I think they're called Nuts for Nuts or something) and street Gyros. I know we always get the Gyros off of 5th Ave, kind of near St. Patrick's Cathedral. Oooh- that's another good place to go (if you're Catholic!) The pretzels and nuts are everywhere, just avoid the vendors whose carts are smoking or smell burnt- it's not just their grills! (For whatever reason, there were a ton smoking when we were there the other week.) The rest of my family loves the street hotdogs, but I'm not much of a hotdog girl to begin with. We once did a Harbor Tour. I think it's about 2 or 3 hours and you get to see everything from the water. It's a nice chance to relax after walking all day, and you still get to see the sites. The horse-drawn carriage rides around Central Park are fun, too. I think it was about $40 when we went, for maybe half an hour.

Have a great time! You're going to love NY!

12-30-2005, 07:19 AM	#13
centralnewyorki YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Central NY state Posts: 1,741	I love NY! I would suggest the Empire State Building, Rockafeller Center, Times Square, Central Park, the Statue of Liberty (even if you can't go up in it anymore, it's still a sight to see!), Grand Central Station, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Museum of Natural History is kind of neat if you like stars and dinosaurs and that kind of thing, but it was a distant second to the Met, IMO. Unless you are really artsy, I wouldn't suggest the Museum of Modern Art. It's fairly pricey and my mom, sister and I just didn't "get it." They did have smaller art exhibits there, but nothing that was worth the lines and waiting (for us anyway!) Macy's and Saks are always fun- even if you don't like shopping, they're pretty notorious sites. Madison Square Garden is right near Macy's. We've done the NBC tour in years past, and you get to see the SNL set, as well as some other talk show/late night sets. FAO Schwartz might be something good also if you've never been there. It's a lot more commercialized now than when I remember going as a kid, but it is still pretty fun. You guys are going to just have so much fun walking from place to place in the city- there is so much to see! I would highly recommend the street pretzels, the sweet nuts (I think they're called Nuts for Nuts or something) and street Gyros. I know we always get the Gyros off of 5th Ave, kind of near St. Patrick's Cathedral. Oooh- that's another good place to go (if you're Catholic!) The pretzels and nuts are everywhere, just avoid the vendors whose carts are smoking or smell burnt- it's not just their grills! (For whatever reason, there were a ton smoking when we were there the other week.) The rest of my family loves the street hotdogs, but I'm not much of a hotdog girl to begin with. We once did a Harbor Tour. I think it's about 2 or 3 hours and you get to see everything from the water. It's a nice chance to relax after walking all day, and you still get to see the sites. The horse-drawn carriage rides around Central Park are fun, too. I think it was about $40 when we went, for maybe half an hour. Have a great time! You're going to love NY! __________________ Susan & Olivia Visit Olivia's Dogster Page!