Input on Big Apple vacation

[Ben_Hecht]

Heartland food is as heart-UNHEALTHY as has ever been devised by the mind of man.

 

[Smasher_Sloan]

Hmmm...let me rephrase:

Will we be able to get some beer and American food on that day? I don't like Chinese.

There will be plenty of places open.

 

[Gold]

Hmmm...let me rephrase:

Will we be able to get some beer and American food on that day? I don't like Chinese.

There will be plenty of places open.

Agree there will be places open, but if you have a special place you want to go you might want to check and/or make a reservation.

 

[hockeybeat]

Hmmm...let me rephrase:

Will we be able to get some beer and American food on that day? I don't like Chinese.

Yes.

 

[pressboxramblings07]

So, what are the names of the two art museums?

 

[jgmacg]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art = The Met.

MOMA= Museum of Modern Art.

And don't forget the Museum of Natural History across the park.

 

[The Big Ragu]

So, what are the names of the two art museums?

There are way more than two art museums. The Met covers art history. Everything from Rembrandt (and my favorite, El Greco) to the impressionists to Egyptian vases and beyond. MOMA is modern art. Not my thang, but I understand that others like it.

There are more than a dozen other noteworthy art museums, and a bunch of smaller ones. Others to look into are the Guggenheim (19th and 20th Century art), which is a cool building designed by Frank Llloyd Wright. It is a giant circular teacup-like ramp that I'd love to attack with roller blades or a skateboard if I had the chance. The Whitney is devoted entirely to American art and is really impressive. Cooper-Hewitt on the Upper East Side isn't technically an art museum, I don't think, but it is cool to visit. It is a "design" museum and is housed in the mansion that Andrew Carnegie lived in. It has fascinating displays and gives you a feel for opulent 19th Century wealth. If you are visiting the Met, that area along fifth avenue is sort of known as the museum mile (a bunch of museums I didn't mention) and Cooper-Hewitt is toward the middle to north end somewhere around 91st or 92nd or something like that. The Met is in the mid 80s and the Guggenheim is at 88th.

 

[pressboxramblings07]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art = The Met.

MOMA= Museum of Modern Art.

And don't forget the Museum of Natural History across the park.

Gotcha. I was asking because I was trying to remember which one we already had tickets to, and then I just saw we have tickets to both.

Priceline is awesome. For $65 each, we already have tickets to the Empire State Building, the Met, MoMA, the Museum of Natural History, the Guggenheim and the Circle Line Harbor Cruise.

 

[Smasher_Sloan]

Hmmm...let me rephrase:

Will we be able to get some beer and American food on that day? I don't like Chinese.

The 2nd Avenue Deli (162 East 33rd Street) will definitely be open. Maybe the boyfriend will be interested in treating you to some state-of-the-art tongue.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Hmmm...let me rephrase:

Will we be able to get some beer and American food on that day? I don't like Chinese.

The 2nd Avenue Deli (162 East 33rd Street) will definitely be open. Maybe the boyfriend will be interested in treating you to some state-of-the-art tongue.

How tasteless is it if I suggest that the food is to die for?

 

[imjustagirl2]

Hmmm...let me rephrase:

Will we be able to get some beer and American food on that day? I don't like Chinese.

The 2nd Avenue Deli (162 East 33rd Street) will definitely be open. Maybe the boyfriend will be interested in treating you to some state-of-the-art tongue.

How tasteless is it if I suggest that the food is to die for?

I don't get either of those jokes.

 

[Webster]

Hmmm...let me rephrase:

Will we be able to get some beer and American food on that day? I don't like Chinese.

The 2nd Avenue Deli (162 East 33rd Street) will definitely be open. Maybe the boyfriend will be interested in treating you to some state-of-the-art tongue.

How tasteless is it if I suggest that the food is to die for?

In the recent NYT article about the place, there was a great line -- "the problem with Jewish deli is that after you eat, in 36 hours, you are hungry again."

As to places open on Xmas, check out the NYT's food section -- tons of places adverstize as being open. Mrs. W and I used to do that every year.

The Heartland Brewery should not be an option. Go to the Blind Tiger Ale House or d.b.a.

 

[Monday Morning Sportswriter]

Do at least one breakfast at Norma's at the Le Parker Meridien. Best breakfast restaurant ever.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Went to see Mamma Mia on a visit there. Very entertaining show.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Hmmm...let me rephrase:

Will we be able to get some beer and American food on that day? I don't like Chinese.

The 2nd Avenue Deli (162 East 33rd Street) will definitely be open. Maybe the boyfriend will be interested in treating you to some state-of-the-art tongue.

How tasteless is it if I suggest that the food is to die for?

I don't get either of those jokes.

Not sure mine was a "joke." It was kind of lame. In the mid or late 90s, before they moved locations, the owner was shot and killed during a robbery. I don't think it was ever solved. The tongue thing... Not the kind of stuff I eat, as you well know, but you can get tongue on a sandwich there. It was a double entendre... better "joke" than mine was.

 

[Webster]

Do at least one breakfast at Norma's at the Le Parker Meridien. Best breakfast restaurant ever.

Hate to say it, but wasn't impressed for the price. I'm more of a breakfast person than a brunch person.

 

[imjustagirl2]

Do at least one breakfast at Norma's at the Le Parker Meridien. Best breakfast restaurant ever.

Hate to say it, but wasn't impressed for the price. I'm more of a breakfast person than a brunch person.

The boyfriend HATES breakfast, so we won't be doing that.

I'll grab an NYT when we get to town around noon on Monday. Right after I get all my tabloids.

 

[Cristiano_Ronaldo]

Don't know if this came across, but check out the Second Ave. Deli. It's recently reopened and serves the best pastrami and rye sandwich. I would avoid Katz's (Houston), which is good, but you'll feel like a tourist the entire time.

If you want to do Christmas-y things, there's ice skating in Bryant Park. Cheaper than Rockefeller and less crowded too.

 

[imjustagirl2]

Yeah, we were going to skate in Central Park, but Bryant Park is closer and cheaper. $7.50 gets you on the ice. Wheee!

I found some other places online, including a place called Carve Unique Sandwiches at 8th and 47th. Anyone been? It sounds fantastic.

 

[hockeybeat]

Yeah, we were going to skate in Central Park, but Bryant Park is closer and cheaper. $7.50 gets you on the ice. Wheee!

I found some other places online, including a place called Carve Unique Sandwiches at 8th and 47th. Anyone been? It sounds fantastic.

Yeah, I've been to Carve. Damn good sandwiches, albeit a little pricey.