tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29375377667004612024-03-13T19:42:55.209-07:002016: Thoughts/Impressions on a Short Trip to New York Cityherewegoagainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08280622247833570323noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937537766700461.post-18339070645441258142016-06-08T10:01:00.001-07:002016-06-08T11:10:36.367-07:00Short Trip to NYC<span style="font-family: inherit;">Impressions/Thoughts on a Short Trip to New York City<br /><br />Husband and I spent 4 nights at the New York Edition 6/1-6/5. We had a busy itinerary, typical for us, and managed to do pretty much everything on it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Itinerary:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wednesday June 1st :<br /> Arrive 1:30pm<br />Check in to The New York Edition, 5 Madison Ave<br />Lunch at Shake Shack, look at Flatiron building and Empire State building, tour the NY Public Library, look at Chrysler building, walk about Grand Central Terminal.<br />Dinner at Daniel, 8:15pm<br /><br />Thursday June 2nd:<br />Breakfast at Eisenberg’s Sandwich Shop<br />Walk around Flatiron district<br />Subway to 9/11 Memorial<br />Walk about Financial District, Federal Building, Trinity Church<br />Walk through Chinatown and “Little Italy”<br />Dumplings at Vanessa’s<br />4pm Hard Life Tour at Tenement Museum<br />Dinner at NoMad Restaurant, 815pm<br /><br />Friday June 3rd:<br />Subway to Guggenheim Museum to see the building<br /> Metropolitan Museum<br />Walk about in Central park <br /> Frick Museum<br />Early dinner at Basso56<br />7:30pm American Ballet Theatre at Met Opera @ Lincoln Center<br /><br />Saturday June 4th:<br /> Bagels for breakfast<br />Governors Ball music festival<br /> (9:15pm-11pm The Killers!!!)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sunday June 5th:<br /> Breakfast somewhere<br />Depart LaGuardia for home at 130pm </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The view of the skyline from the plane was
impressive!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(We were on the left side of
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The New York Edition was fantastic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They upgraded us (x2) and gave us a nice
bottle of champagne for our anniversary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The room was modern, comfortable and the views from the 29<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup>
floor were gorgeous.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We really liked the hotel’s location by Madison
Square Park in the Flatiron district.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was lively but seemed a lot less crowded and touristy than other areas.</span></div>
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New York City is not flat! I was surprised by its many hills.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We did not like the area around Times Square.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Streetwise Manhattan map was handy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Subway was, in some ways, more confusing
than Paris or London.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we figured it
out, after one wrong way trip, with help from locals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The locals were really nice and very helpful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We walked a lot and liked how (relatively) easy
it was to navigate ourselves around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">It rained hard on Sunday just as we were looking
for a taxi to the airport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None were to
be found and we were told this is normal whenever it rains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Uber was surging 3.7x.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our hotel doorman found us a taxi after a while
and we made it to the airport without any problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dinner at Daniel was wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The place is beautiful; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the service, outstanding; the food, delicious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They gave us a free dessert for our
anniversary and a short tour of the kitchens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s an impressive operation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">NoMad Restaurant (and hotel) was dark and moody;
husband didn’t much like the atmosphere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But the chicken made up for everything!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The best chicken we’ve ever had, seriously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Try it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Frick is an outstanding house museum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have 3 Vermeer’s along with many other
treasures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We saw 8 Vermeer’s in NY,
including the 5 at the Met.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Walking around Chinatown was interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dumplings at Vanessa’s were crazy good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Tenement Museum tour was a highlight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we go back, we’ll do their walking tour of
the neighborhood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Seeing the American Ballet Theatre perform<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was a major highlight for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Misty Copeland was brilliant as were all the
dancers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I lived in NY, I’d have
season tickets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even husband enjoyed this
beautiful performance of Le Corsair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Governors Ball music festival was fun if hot
and super crowded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It rained very hard
in the afternoon and we were not prepared (left the umbrella and raincoats in
the room, stupidly).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the rain
stopped just before The Killers came on and they were fantastic!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Loved every moment of their set!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They played all my favorites including
Spaceman!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Overall, we liked our very short time in New
York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can see why so many people love
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Personally, I prefer Paris, Rome or
London.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe NY is too “American” for
me?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like hearing English on
vacation and some of my favorite moments on this trip were when we were
surrounded by non-English speakers (at Madison Square Park and at Vanessa’s
Dumplings).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll return but probably
not anytime soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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