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[PaloAltoCougar]

Sounds like a fun trip. We are likely going to spend our first Christmas in the city due to child #2 being born around December 12. My wife has been wanting to do the Rockettes holiday show for a while so maybe we finally will.

I'm assuming you have connections for Hamilton? We don't know anyone and have been unsuccessful in the lottery so far.

And a heads up that Carnegie Deli has been shuttered for 6 months for stealing gas. They were supposed to reopen months ago so who knows when they will. I haven't missed their pastrami (Katz's is king for me), but I still say Carnegie has the best cheesecake in town.

I got the Hamilton tix a 2-3 months ago online. And thanks for the Carnegie news. Yes, the cheesecake is lethal. I have yet to visit Katz's, but am trying to work it in. The size of an NYC deli corn beef or pastrami sandwich is truly something to behold.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Have you been to Dominique Ansel's place and had a cronut?

[Commando]

Haven't been to NYC since about 2005. I've been hoping to hit up Magnolia's and mack on some cupcakes!

[TripletDaddy]

Haven't been to NYC since about 2005. I've been hoping to hit up Magnolia's and mack on some cupcakes!

Haha knock it off

[Topper]

The past 2-3 weeks have been the toughest for me in several years due to a small deal that was extremely difficult to get done, but we closed this morning. Knowing I’m going to get paid now isn’t nearly as great as the relief that comes with getting the thing over with. To maintain my sanity, and to give me something to live for, over the past several days, very late at night, I was putting the finishing touches on a short NYC holiday trip. After the first evening, when we’ll do night shots of Rockefeller Center and the surrounding area, we’ll have only three full days (this is the week before Christmas). But in those three days we’ll do the following:

Rockettes Holiday Spectacular (laugh if you must, but this is probably the coolest Christmas show I’ve seen, and what’s not to like about dozens of flailing legs?).

Lecture on The Messiah at Lincoln Center, followed by Messiah performance by the NY Phil and Chorus.

Hamilton

School of Rock (I’m hopeful this will either be really good or really bad—with Andrew Lloyd Weber doing the music and Julian Fellowes doing the book—perfectly suited for writing rock songs for young kids; what can go wrong?)
Fun Home/Mathilda/Something’s Rotten (but only one--still debating about these)

Met Museum Hack Un-Highlights Tour

Freedom Tower Observation Floor

Fallon (we’re hopeful he’ll still be dishing out the Christmas gifts as he did last year)

Colbert

Still thinking about food choices, but Amy’s Bread and either Katz’s or Carnegie Deli are definites

Yeah, I know this is uncool to report on this, but I’m just relieved and happy to have something excellent to look forward to. Friday’s game against Sannazaystate just wasn’t doing it for me.

You might enjoy walking the High Line Park in Chelsea near 28th to about 34th. It's an old abandoned elevated line that was taken over by natural vegetation, but you probably knew that.

In the Village, you could visit John's Pizza for some authentic New York style pizza (You've probably already been there too). They only take cash, no credit cards. Or you could eat at Carmine's at 91st and Broadway. There is also one further downtown but I'd have to look it up.

[old_gregg]

You might enjoy walking the High Line Park in Chelsea near 28th to about 34th. It's an old abandoned elevated line that was taken over by natural vegetation, but you probably knew that.

In the Village, you could visit John's Pizza for some authentic New York style pizza (You've probably already been there too). They only take cash, no credit cards. Or you could eat at Carmine's at 91st and Broadway. There is also one further downtown but I'd have to look it up.

Haha knock it off

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[Topper]

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Are those too obvious? If they've already been made, or he's been there a thousand times, then he will ignore them naturally.

[Omaha 680]

Ah, crap. The original Carnegie Deli is closing for good.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-citys-iconic-carnegie-deli-close-dec-31-144148771.html?ref=gs

I know it's a bit of a tourist trap and there are much better sandwiches in the city, but I have yet to find the equal of Carnegie Deli cheesecake (Two Little Red Hens on the UES comes close). The moral of the story is don't illegally modify your gas feed to steel gas for a couple years and then get shut down for a year as a result. The comeback might prove difficult.

[Parrot Head]

We're making the trip to NYC next month with 3 youngish kids in tow -- any places, events, etc to add that are kid friendly to visit and see while there? We're planning on pizza and cheesecake, but any other "real" food suggestions are welcome also.

Some agenda items include:

• Top of the Rock (merci beaucoup, Filsdepac)
• the Met with some kind of donation
• Brooklyn Bridge (staying in downtown Brooklyn)
• hitting some neighborhoods like SoHo, the Village, wherever
• the Bull
• St Patrick's Cathedral
• High Line
• ferrying around and probably Ellis Island, but not sure if we'll go to Lady Liberty yet
• Ground Zero
• Trump Tower, mainly to annoy my oldest

Again, suggestions are welcome.


But we're also driving up and making some side trips out of that. We'll probably spend a few hours in DC on the way up and swing through Philly on the way back down looking for cabs that will make the drive to southern California. I'm also thinking it would be cool to swing through Annapolis on the way back for a quick trip, but I'm not totally set on that. Along those lines, if we're staying overnight between DC and NY, any suggestions? I hear Wilmington, DE, is a place to be avoided.

And just to make this the most best Spring Break trip ever for the kids (and probably the first one, too), we expect to be picking up a puppy as we finish the drive.

[Parrot Head]

And in reading through this thread and seeing older posts, I was confused at first by the quotes attributed to Eddie Jones and then it clicked what had happened.

[Sullyute]

Nw York New York

I just spent today at the Met with a 9 year old. She was bored out of her mind. Unless your kids are older I would skip it.


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[Northwestcoug]

I just spent today at the Met with a 9 year old. She was board out of her mind. Unless your kids are older I would skip it.


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You're right, but it's still worth the trip. Call it your day and let them suffer through it.

[Uncle Ted]

NYC without hot dogs? What is this world coming to?

NYC To Ban Hot Dogs and Processed Meats To Improve Climate

New York City is the first city in the United States to eliminate processed meats.

Mayor Bill de Blasio approved an ambitious $14 billion Green New Deal on Monday, April 22, to combat climate change. The plan will cut purchases of red meat by 50 percent in its city-controlled facilities such as hospitals, schools, and correctional facilities. The new commitment builds off of the Meatless Mondays campaign that was adopted by all NYC schools in 2017.

“It is a difficult plan. It is a necessary plan.... Estimates that tell us that we have only 12 years to get it right. Let’s be clear, we have until 2030 to change things fundamentally, or our lives won’t be the same,” de Blasio said at an Earth Day event yesterday.
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https://litefm.iheart.com/content/2019-04-23-nyc-to-ban-hot-dogs-and-processed-meats-to-improve-climate/

[Scott R Nelson]

Doesn't sound like they'll be banning the hot dog carts that are all over the place.

I was in New York for a week starting a couple of weeks ago. We sampled hot dogs from two different carts, one was Nathan's and I can't remember the other one. I was expecting them to be better than they were. At least they were inexpensive, unlike just about all other food in that city. I wasn't brave enough to try anything else sold from the carts on the street corners.

We visited the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the MET). We didn't allocate enough time to properly see either of them well enough. They're both huge and have a lot of good stuff to look at. We also visited the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, which we did have enough time for. They have the Enterprise space shuttle, a Concorde, and an A-12 (alternate version of SR-71). We went to a concert at Carnegie Hall. Other than walking through Times Square, we didn't do any of the Broadway stuff.

I was a bit apprehensive about going there, probably because so many crime shows are based in New York. We quite enjoyed it, went all over on the subway, walked all over too, and generally enjoyed nearly everybody we met. I've never heard so many different languages as at the tourist spots, though. We need to go back there in a few years to see some of the other stuff. Other than being crowded and expensive, I liked New York.

[old_gregg]

I was a bit apprehensive about going there, probably because so many crime shows are based in New York.

never change, scott r nelson