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Post by tampascrapper on Jul 13, 2016 10:11:37 GMT
I'm visiting NYC next month. It's my 4th trip so I've done all the touristy things. Now I'm looking for fun / interesting things to do that I haven't done yet. Any suggestions?
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peabay
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Post by peabay on Jul 13, 2016 11:02:36 GMT
A friend of mine owns Big Onion Walking Tours and I would do one (or more) of his tours. They are great. Big Onion |
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Jul 13, 2016 11:06:26 GMT
Prospect Park in Brooklyn?
The Frick Collection (Upper East Side)?
One of the food tours?
One of the weekend flea markets?
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Post by kelly8875 on Jul 13, 2016 11:37:47 GMT
DD and I like to just walk and wander. We've been trying to hit new parks each time we've been there. We like to grab some lunch at a deli and find a park to sit and eat. Last time we did Bryant. We found a place to sit near the old little carousel, it was so cute! Then we wandered into the Library to just look around and see how beautiful it was. We're going again in a month, and will have to find a new area to explore  |
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 13, 2016 12:07:47 GMT
A friend of mine owns Big Onion Walking Tours and I would do one (or more) of his tours. They are great. Big OnionHoly cow. I, the country bumpkin that I am, have never been to NYC. If I ever get a chance to go, I am taking one of those tours. If for no other reason than the tour guides all have advanced history degrees!! (insert joke about one of the least useful degrees known to man-I should know, I have one.) Thanks for sharing this! |
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Post by peasapie on Jul 13, 2016 12:36:15 GMT
Another fun tour is The Ride, which I think can be found in various cities. You all sit facing a full window out the side of the bus and are entertained by tour guides who sing, dance, tell you about the area, and have some interactive elements with people in the street. And I agree with the idea of a food tour. Even as a resident New Yorker, I found a food tour of the West Village to be lots of fun. Also a pub crawl of Hells Kitchen. Or tea at the Plaza hotel.
Have you been up to the Cloisters? Beautiful Medieval style adjunct to the Met and lovely grounds for walking around. There is a restaurant nearby where you can eat outside.
Tour the subway stops. The art installations are a museum in themselves.
If you go to the High Line, eat at the Standard Grill. Be sure to use the restrooms and check out the penny floor upstairs.
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Post by annabella on Jul 13, 2016 14:38:36 GMT
I would do a foodie tour in Brooklyn. Green tea matcha, rainbow bagel, Polish pierogies. Watch the sunset in DUMBO at the Brooklyn bridge. I would never pay for a food tour, you just look up the places you want to go there and spend the day walking.
Go to a rooftop bar in Manhattan that has amazing views.
I second the recommendation for the High Line.
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Post by janeinbama on Jul 13, 2016 15:24:07 GMT
Ditto on a Food Tour. We did a Greenwich Village Food Tour on our first trip and enjoyed the food and history of the area. Small group and very personable. We were full after our tour! Just wish we had done it earlier in our visit so we could have gone back to some of the other places in the neighborhood.
We are going in September YEAHHHHHH and I am pushing to go on Tenement Museum Tour have heard great things about it.
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Post by fredfreddy on Jul 13, 2016 15:25:22 GMT
Have you seen the elevated train tracks they turned into a park? I don't know the name. I would have gone to see that if I had known about it.
The Tenement Museum and tour was amazing. |
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Post by scrapcat on Jul 13, 2016 15:47:40 GMT
What are you thinking? Like what do you like to do? Most of my suggestions probably have to do with food or a show.
Have you tried Wafels & Dinges food carts? There's one in central park. I would spend a day just relaxing in central park, take a blanket, book, snacks.
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Post by peabay on Jul 13, 2016 15:48:35 GMT
Have you seen the elevated train tracks they turned into a park? I don't know the name. I would have gone to see that if I had known about it.
The Tenement Museum and tour was amazing. The High Line. |
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Post by annabella on Jul 13, 2016 16:11:21 GMT
Since it will be so hot, you could rent a bike and ride through Central Park. Get a donut at Dough and a popsicle at Popbar.
Visit the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.
There's a store called Bite Beauty where you make your own lipstick.
Go the TKTS booth in Brooklyn for a broadway show.
Hunk-O-Mania show
Neue Galerie and Lower East Side Tenement Museum
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Post by MichyM on Jul 13, 2016 16:13:00 GMT
I second the Tenement Museum. I'm in NYC at least twice a year and finally did one of their tours last fall. Really interesting, and I'm planning on going back.
Another place I love is the Cloisters. It's way, way, way up north, beyond Inwood. You get off the train and you'd never know you were still on Manhattan. It's a lovely, quiet neighborhood. Then you take a nice decent sized stroll through Fort Tryon Park to the Museum. It is an enjoyable way to spend part of a day!
If you're there over a Sunday, go to Smorgasburg out in Brooklyn (DUMBO). Fun...then wander the shops, maybe take the foot ferry to Williamsburg.
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Post by FLA SummerBaby on Jul 13, 2016 17:32:30 GMT
peabay -- thanks for sharing this link to Big Onion-- marking it for my next trip to NYC!
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Post by tampascrapper on Jul 13, 2016 18:30:56 GMT
Thanks for the replies |
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Post by tampascrapper on Jul 13, 2016 18:33:07 GMT
A friend of mine owns Big Onion Walking Tours and I would do one (or more) of his tours. They are great. Big OnionThose tours look awesome! I am going to try one of them. Thanks for posting! |
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Post by beebee on Jul 13, 2016 19:22:50 GMT
So my comment may not be helpful because I don't have the name of the place, but there is a museum that supposedly when you walk in, it is like you are transformed back to around the 1900's in New York or some early time period (I'm not sure of the exact time period). They supposedly greet you in period costume and lead you through the house doing things like they would back in time. I only know this because our tour guide told us about it a few weeks ago and she said it was very well done. Maybe if this interests you, you can do some googling to find the name. I love history so I will definitely do this in the future.
Sorry, I have the name of the museum written down, but I am not at home now.
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Post by beebee on Jul 13, 2016 19:32:17 GMT
Oh no, I posted before I read the thread. It was the Tenement museum that people mentioned above me on the thread. It really does look fascinating!
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Post by melissa on Jul 13, 2016 19:32:34 GMT
The subway museum aka The NY Transit Museum is a bit off the beaten path. It's in Brooklyn. If you are up by Columbus Circle, visit Turnstyles. It's a new underground shopping/eating area at the subway stop. Can't tell you how much I wish it had opened a year before when dd was still commuting daily and getting off at that stop (I would go with her every once in a while). If you are going to find a Waffles and Dinges cart, follow their social media feeds so you know how to get a free topping. I'll echo the tours. The Big Onion tours are always a huge hit. There are free tours of Central Park. Friends just did one of the bus tours and thought it was excellent and that includes someone who lived in Manhattan for years. I have never done one and am thinking I just might one of these days. If you are into theater, the tour to take is Inside Broadway, www.insidebroadwaytours.com. The tours are given by people in the industry- actors, directors, stage managers, etc. I have heard only very high praise from people who have taken these tours. I like to find free performances in NYC too. Target Free Thursdays in the Lincoln Center Atrium can be a lot of fun. I discovered them accidentally while waiting for dd to finish class one day and then started making it a bit of a destination. Have seen everything from a classical quartet to folk singers to Elle King (rockabilly) and much more! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2016 19:43:59 GMT
Go find balto.
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Post by betsyg on Jul 13, 2016 21:01:47 GMT
I second the Big Onion tours. We did the multi-cultural food tour of the lower east side - informative and delicious. I also loved Scott's pizza tours - www.scottspizzatours.com |
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Post by tampascrapper on Jul 14, 2016 0:49:19 GMT
Great suggestions! I'm going on The Ride. That looks like so much fun! I'm going to the Tenement museum and then doing the mutli-ethnic tour with Big Onion. If I have time, I'm going to the Cloisters.
Thanks for all your help ladies!
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