need advice: NYC
Oct. 17th, 2011 12:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dichroicSince I have been horribly deficient in my research, what would you do with three days in New York, in October? The obvious tourist things are fine to suggest; Ted has never been there and though I grew up only about a hundred miles away, the last time I was in New York was 1983, when I was deciding which college to attend.
We’ll probably do the Empire State Building and a trip on the Staten Island Ferry (with me trying not to intone “We were very tire / we were very merry” the whole time); Ted wants to see Wall Street and the Stock Exchange, which is good because I want to see Occupy Wall Street, assuming they’re still there. I’m thinking maybe the Met as well; not sure about MoMa, because neither of us is thrilled with modern art but they also have a design focus.
What else?
We’ll be staying in midtown, at the Belvedere on 318 W. 48th (thanks for the suggestion, Kiwiria!), so recommendations for restaurants near there are welcome too.
Mirrored from Dichroic Reflections.
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Date: 2011-10-17 11:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-17 12:32 pm (UTC)(I haven't really tried getting in contact to meet people this trip because the NY portion is so short and the rest of it will be heavily involved with family. I wasn't ignoring anyone!)
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Date: 2011-10-17 04:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-18 10:08 am (UTC)The Cloisters if you like medieval art, including tapestries and an ivory rosary whose beads open up into intricately carved scenes.
The Natural History Museum for dinosaurs and the amazing gems and jewels. They also have a meteorite.
The Strand bookstore. So many other great used book stores have closed, but that has survived.
Ellis Island -- profoundly moving.