So of course it's taken me ages to make a second entry on here. What were you expecting regular, well-written, good-quality content? I'm not at work now ok?
At present I've not got anything too firm planned/booked. I know already that New York is going to be bigger and busier than I could ever imagine and I'm already too much of a stickler for saying I want to do certain things and then never end up doing them and then get mad at myself when I don't do them. I'm keen to avoid it this time. I don't think it matters too much if I don't see xxx. I already know that I'm going to go back. Plus while I do want to do some touristy stuff (going up the Empire State Building for instance would be epic) I don't want to do too much of the overtly obvious schtick, I'd much rather hang out in a cool coffeeshop, then head to a museum and then go to a bar for a gig (or 'show' as I believe they call it on the other side of the pond).
I have however bought a ticket for this which should be pretty sweet. It's at Madison Square Garden which has got to be one of the most famous, if not the number one, venue in the world, plus I've always wanted to see a basketball game. It's not featuring either of the teams that I follow, which are the University of North Carolina and the Boston Celtics by the way, but it should still be pretty good. Plus its pretty cheap, my ticket was about $25, though I could have paid $10 for not as good a seat if I wanted to. If I went to a Knicks game, still at MSG, it would have cost me $60 at least. Same goes for a Rangers (that's ice hockey) game. Balls to that, though I wouldn't mind going to a bar and watching them. Likewise for the football (that's English football aka soccer, not that NFL stuff), USA are playing a friendly against South Africa away while I'm there, so it may be a cool time to wear my USA football shirt that I bought here a few weeks ago. I wouldn't mind going to the ESPN studios at Time Square but I don't think that they do tours. If you hadn't figured out by now I quite like American sports.
Anyway I'm going to wrap this up. God knows where I'll be four weeks time, Williamsburg, Little Italy, the Upper East Side, Fort Greene. It's all pretty exciting and at the same time kinda scary.
Oh yeah, if anyone reading this has been to the Five Boroughs and has places/things to recommend feel free to leave me a comment or message me. I'm still trying to figure this thing out so I'll adding more links and dicking around with font types and that for quite a while I imagine.
I actually bought I and Love and You by the Avett Brothers the other day. I've not listened to the full album yet but it's pretty awesome.
I'm gone.
Late.
http://www.ferraracafe.com/home.php - America's first espresso bar in Little Italy. Best coffee in the whole city - definitely stop by for a cake.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.smacnyc.com/ - a restaurant in the east village selling nothing but mac'n'cheese by the pan. Amazing.
http://www.blockheads.com/ - Sock monkeys and huuuuuuge burritos.
http://bleeckerstreetrecordsnyc.com/store/bleecker.html - Championship Vinyl. Srsly. Don't forget to pet the cat for me! There are some pokey cheap bookshops in this street too.
http://www.strandbooks.com/ - Biggest bookshop I've ever seen. You could spend a day in here.
http://www.doughnutplant.com/ - According to my NY friend these are the best in the city. Huge and cheap.
http://www.angelsandkings.com/nyc/ - Pete Wentz's tiny bar, worth a visit just to see the toilets!
http://superdivebar.com/ - recommended to us by the doorman at Angels & Kings. Cheap and unfussy.
http://nymag.com/listings/bar/doc_hollidays/ - also round the corner from Angels & Kings - if you go, make sure you look at the ceiling!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Street - this is where Flight of the Conchords was filmed.
You must have pizza at least once. http://www.famousfamiglia.com/ was my favourite and it's all over the city for $2-$3 a slice.
I'm sure I'll think of more!