Hey guys and girls,
I have a good friend coming to New York this weekend for a few days and will be switching my heels/lingerie for snow shoes/sweaters to act as tour guide.
My friend has never been here before and I wanted to do something different than all the other usual tourist traps.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated 
Thanking you muchly!
Jennifer xx
Cosette,
Great thanks ! I really like the West Village a lot so its on my tour list
Awesome suggestion Cosette, the Cellar has nurtured and is "home base" to some of the best comics that have come out of or are based in NYC including Louis C.K., Jim Norton, Robert Kelly, Keith Robinson and a host of others. You'll have a good time no matter what act is on.
Yep, when they used to still allow 18 and over, as opposed to just 21 and over, I was there at least once a week through my college years. I saw both Louis CK and Jim Norton, it was 2001-2002...saw Chris Rock and Ray Romano as special surprise guests and just recently Aziz Ansari.
You are aware that all of the guys on this site spend every spare nickle they have on the ladies? Just kidding.
Actually the usually tourist sites are worth considering. The bus tours from TS have a lot to offer. I am partial to Battery park and the Statue of Liberty if the weather is favorable.
And there's always the museum circuit. Many have been know to enjoy the Metropolitan, the Guggenheim, etc.
Hahahaha!!
That would be an interesting idea! 
I have not been to the Metropolitan so that may be good for both of us in this freezing weather..
I would spend every last nickle on some sunshine if you could organise ?
Jen xx
If your friend is into good music then you have to check out Cafe Wha. Not exactly a tourist trap it is definitely an amazing time every time I go there. Really good classic music, not classical lol, just classic.
Orchid Show Sat, March 8: There is a NYBG stop on Metro North Railroad from Grand Central Terminal.
Improv Comedy -- Upright Citizens Brigade (newyork.ucbtheatre.com)
Lower East Side Tenement Museum (See how immigrants lived in early 1900's)
Sky Scraper Museum
NY Museum of Sex
Dinner at Ethiopian, Malaysian, or Indonesian, Restaurant
Dim Sum, or hand pulled noodles, in Chinatown
Authentic Mexican or Thai food at a hole-in-the-wall
Antiques Garage (antiques, decorative arts, vintage items) 112 West 25th Street, Weekends 9-5
Shopping at quirky boutiques, vintage clothing shops (Lower East Side, or Williamsburg Section of Brooklyn)
Go to New York Magazine for restaurant reviews & shopping guide
PM me if you need more info
if you are going to the comedy cellar try i
lso Russ and Daughters one block away. Been there since 1920.
They have great smoked fish of all kinds.
I head their Sturgeon is flown in directly from Sturgia.
walked past it many times and never went in. I will next time!
there should be a section just to talk about food!
and a sub section for pizza places
Then walk two blocks to see a live band at Arline's Grocery.
Get hammered there. They used to hook me up with lots of buy backs.
Then, another two blocks to the Slipper Room.
In general. That is a really good area to see what the real NYC is about.
Check out the Slipper Room or the Box. Also, maybe Sleep No More? (An immersive rendition of MacBeth, to put it lightly). If she is a foodie: there are many, many excellent restaurants in the city, not to mention exquisite custom cocktail bars. I'd have a few more suggestions if it weren't so damn cold out!
Posted By: EnglishJenniferJ
Hey guys and girls,
I have a good friend coming to New York this weekend for a few days and will be switching my heels/lingerie for snow shoes/sweaters to act as tour guide.
My friend has never been here before and I wanted to do something different than all the other usual tourist traps.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Thanking you muchly!
Jennifer xx
Best view of Manhattan bar none. See the Statue of Liberty the way the immigrants did. Plus its free.
Posted By: EnglishJenniferJ
Hey guys and girls,
I have a good friend coming to New York this weekend for a few days and will be switching my heels/lingerie for snow shoes/sweaters to act as tour guide.
My friend has never been here before and I wanted to do something different than all the other usual tourist traps.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Thanking you muchly!
Jennifer xx
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I have to agree that it's a fun and free way to see the harbor and the Statue of Liberty. The Statue is overrated to actually go to Liberty Island and climb inside it. All it is, is a bunch of staircases and an OK view with a long ass wait, etc. whereas the Ferry only costs you the time to go there and back (don't bother staying in Staten Island, there's not much to see there.)
The Players Theatre
115 MacDougal Street
New York, NY 10012
(1 block East of 6th Avenue - between Bleecker and West 3rd Street)
24 hr. Hotline: (212) 615-6432
MNM Production Office: (718) 575-1349
Mon - Fri (10 AM - 6 PM)
Sat (12 PM - 3 PM)
Sun (12 PM - 3 PM)
It's a great time.
Corny I know but try these.
Go sledding in central park
check out any of the local cathedrals
American Museum of Natural History/ stargaze at planetarium
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island-corny but need to visit once. Not sure if work is still being done on it.
copter ride
Intrepid AIR & SPACE MUSEUM...Aircraft carrier & cold war era sub
Outdoor ice skating
Brooklyn Museum
Barclay center nets game...will be attending sunday
Find some authentic Pizza joint.
9/11 Memorial
Lincoln Center/ Ballet not sure of any events. But you should get a broadway ot off-Broadway show. Try for TKTS discount ticket booth in times square and BK.
http://www.themorgan.org/ Morgan Library & Museum- a little bit different but I'm bias since JP was partner with my grandfathers father.
How about a good ole snowball fight
dozens and dozens of pubs all within walking distance or short cab ride of a few blocks.
Thai noodles at No Name Bar in Brooklyn is always a treat, it's a hole in the wall and you have to "know" how to order. Hipster fun, if you're into that from time to time.
It's got like tons of cools stuff to see. From Egyptian mummies to arms and armor from the Middle Ages, to paintings of nekkid broads ( lol ). Everything from Asia to Europe to Africa and the Americas, kinda a whole day of just chilling and looking at cool shit.
…For all the great replies.
I think I better make a big list and stay here longer !
Dam
Jen xx
Posted By: boxmuncher
The weather will be warm enough this weekend for you to check out the High Line on the west side. After you've worked up an appetite, stop in at Chelsea Market.
http://www.chelseamarket.com/index.php/Shops
Thank you ! I really want to check out the High Line.
I am so SO happy that the evil cold seems to be leaving ! Been freezing my bum off 
And if you get to feeling homesick or in need of a pot of Typhoo
Tea and Sympathy 108-110 Greenwich Ave is the place to go. Nice little English grocery attached next door and a decent chippie called A Salt and Battery next door as well
