I'm in south Manhatten with my wife and another couple. We're staying until Sunday night, but have nothing planned. What are your top recommendations or insider tips?
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Posted Nov 19, 2010, 7:59 PM UTC
I was just there... the high line is pretty sweet, great view, nice walk.
Step 1) Learn to spell "Manhattan"
Step 2) Get off the internet, walk around, get drunk
Tip #1 - don't say 'we're staying in South Manhattan' to anyone - they will hit you over the head with a sack of doorknobs and rob you.
I would say:
Museum of Natural History, incl the planetarium
MoMA
The Met
If you're so inclinded, go to Lincoln Center and see if there are any tickets available for tonight's performance of Il Trovatore or tomorrow's performance of Carmen
Shopping on 5th Ave - its not quite the season yet, but since you're there...
edit: If you'd rather go to a musical, go to the TKTS booth and see what they have...
Music. Find music.
You can check out any of the touristy stuff listed. But I'd strongly recommend going to a comedy club. Comedy Cellar and Eastville Comedy Club are two that I've been to that were great. There are a bunch of pretty cool bars/restaurants/jazz clubs in the village near Comedy Cellar, too.
Eastville is the bomb. highly recommend it
just go to the east village and wander around. tons of restaurants, bars, etc.
Go to La Mela for awesome Italian food. Rice to Riches if you like rice pudding and Churrascaria Plataforma for the best Brazilian Steakhouse.
If you guys bowl, check out Bowlmor. Not sure how old you guys are but a bunch of friends DJ in a few clubs. Always fun but I'm more of a wine and cheese guy.
MOMA.
Ballet.
Broadway Shows.
Marquee or Cielo.
Seriously, WTF are you doing on the Internet? There are 6 million things to do in Manhattan. Right now, you're not doing any of them.
The wife is in the shower. We're just having a beer talking about where to go. I promise I'll be offline soon and check in later :)
Cool.
My friend, JDH, throws these parties called "Fixed:"
http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/1661
It's tomorrow. If you like dance/techno parties, this should be off the proverbial hook.
I've never been to one, but I hear they're nuts.
He's on the internet trying to get insider tips on what to do. Spending a little time here getting good tips is a much better idea then just wandering up to times square and looking at the advertisements all night.
If you are a football fan, Notre Dame and Army play at Yankee Stadium
Depending on the age of your kids, Broadway, Times Square, Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, shop, eat