Comments on: Making New York Whelming

By: carohope

carohope — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:05:01 +0000

When I go to NYC I get a copy of TimeOutNewYork, a weekly, to pore over what is happening that week. It makes you feel more in touch with the what-is-happening-right-now mentality of New York.

By: judy

judy — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:45:10 +0000

We go down to the City any chance we get and some of our fav. places are:

-Definitely Dylan’s Candy Shop. I keep thinking I will run into Willy Wonka when we’re there.
-Riding rented bikes on Governors Island in the spring/summer is very fun. All of our teens loved that, esp the bikes built for two.
-the cable car thing that was in the Spiderman movies. My husband found this and it is free when you have the all day subway pass. It takes you to an island and back.
-Going to see Regis and Kelly. Easy to get tickets (free!) but you have to get them ahead of time. It takes getting up early, as you stand in line by 730 but since it’s a live show it’s a lot of fun and Reege and Kelly love to come schmooze with the audience during commercials. We’ve been about four times and have had a blast every time.
-Going to the WTC towers site. We see new displays every time we’re there,esp love the relief that is engraved on a building next to it of firefighters risking their lives. The Deli there has pictures on their walls of what they looked like when they were a makeshift hospital in the weeks after. Very interesting but also historic.
NYC is always fun…even with teens!

Judy
justonefoot.blogspot.com

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:45:57 +0000

After you are tired of the NY diner for breakfast and want to escape from the tourists, go for brunch at Friend of the Farmer on Irving Place near Union Square. Delicious pancakes served in griddles. Best brunch around.

By: MemeGRL

MemeGRL — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:14:46 +0000

Ditto on MoMA and a plug if you have train fans for the Subway Museum in Brooklyn. My little ones (3 and 5 at the time) loved it. Teens who aren’t particularly interested in Mass Transit might not be as enthralled, but wow, it worked for my kids. And my husband and I had fun too! Old cars from the time when my grandparents honeymooned there, and best of all, a stray cat wandered out, and our older son was sure it was Harry Cat from the Cricket in Times Square. Magic. It’s in an old subway station–very cool.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:41:18 +0000

Ditto the Natural History Museum and my kids loved Dylan’s Candy Shop (daughter of Ralph Lauren).

By: terry

terry — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:39:50 +0000

THanks everyone I’m headed to NYC for a wedding with my two teenage sons next week. Don’t forget a Broadway play! if you and afford one. Last summer when we were there, Hubby and I stayed back and let the kids see a matinee. http://www.broadwaybox.com has lots of specials!

If you’re there on a Sunday Canal street is great! Bargain galore

By: jennifer

jennifer — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:33:37 +0000

Here are more suggestions transferred over from my FB page:
CRAIG: Walk, subway, walk, cab, then walk some more. If you start down at the Battery (with or without a Statue trip), you can do old NY, then head up through either Chinatown (east side) or the Village (west side). Midtown is usually our base of operations, which means restaurants, MOMA and Rockefeller Center. Be sure to save ample time for the Park. You… See More can enter at the Plaza Hotel and weave your way up into the 90′s. CP West is Strawberry Fields and Natural History, CP East is the Met, Whitney, and Guggenheim.
KAREN: Coney Island, Brooklyn Flea Market (on Sat/Sun), Statue of Liberty is back open after 10 years, Long Island ferry. . . (these are tips provided by my 19 year old who spent a month studying at Parson’s Design school last summer!)
ARLENE: Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum? Tour NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Pl. (Make res. in advance) Can also ice skate right there, and have lunch at the Rock Cafe. Very good menu and great for adults & teens. Then tour St. Patrick’s Cathedral (as Jews we STILL light candles). Or lunch at a cool place in Grand Central Station or a steak house where they can… See More get steak sandwiches but still feel cool-ish like Sparks. Lower East side Ratners or Katz’s deli where you make your own egg creams at the table (watch the seltzer quirting each other). I guess museums and shopping are out. I have a teenager girl- we head uptown to shop and lunch or down to Soho and shop, eat, walk. It’s our Eat, Pray, Love.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:02:47 +0000

PS: I should mention that we did a walking tour that my husband picked: The Financial District. I honestly couldn’t imagine anything more BORING. But, it was completely fascinating – that’s how good these guys are. But there are LOTS of interesting tour topics if you’re not convinced.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:01:17 +0000

I’ve only been to NYC once, but we had a marvelous time. The #1 thing I’d suggest is a walking tour with Big Onion Tours. The cost is very reasonable, and all tours are guided by people who have PhDs in American History. They are very tailored, totally fascinating, and totally entertaining. It was a highlight of our trip:

http://www.bigonion.com/

By: Kevinlar61

Kevinlar61 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:55:29 +0000

Here’s a link to the Times article: http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/travel/10hours.html