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EnglishJenniferJ See my TER Reviews 1589 reads
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1 / 28
A few days with a New York virgin…

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 544 reads
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2 / 28
Comedy Cellar in the West Village. EOM


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Shootfighter 547 reads
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3 / 28
Hire an escort and show him/her a really good time???

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.

stayhrny 17 Reviews 643 reads
posted
4 / 28
The Wha

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.

EnglishJenniferJ See my TER Reviews 627 reads
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5 / 28
Re: Comedy Cellar in the West Village. EOM

Cosette,  

Great thanks ! I really like the West Village a lot so its on my tour list :)

EnglishJenniferJ See my TER Reviews 619 reads
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6 / 28
Re: Hire an escort and show him/her a really good time???

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

LunaNYC See my TER Reviews 672 reads
posted
7 / 28
Go to MoMA! Eat at Union Square Cafe! See an Off Broadway show!


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sensualhomme 9 Reviews 490 reads
posted
8 / 28
Orchid Show -- NY Botanical Garden and............

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

inmyeye 35 Reviews 456 reads
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9 / 28
artichoke pizza

if you are going to the comedy cellar try i

inmyeye 35 Reviews 496 reads
posted
10 / 28
maybe katz deli for some pastrami


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RobinArdeur See my TER Reviews 598 reads
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11 / 28
There's a lot of great burlesque in the city...

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

cspatz 68 Reviews 504 reads
posted
12 / 28
+1000!

lso Russ and Daughters one block away. Been there since 1920.

cspatz 68 Reviews 627 reads
posted
13 / 28
Staten Island Ferry...

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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inicky46 61 Reviews 462 reads
posted
14 / 28
And while you're in the neighborhood, smoked Salmon at Russ And Daughters.

They have great smoked fish of all kinds.
I head their Sturgeon is flown in directly from Sturgia.

LibertineOne 561 reads
posted
15 / 28
Monday Night Magic

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.

inmyeye 35 Reviews 412 reads
posted
16 / 28
smoked fish

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

KingRajah 39 Reviews 571 reads
posted
17 / 28
corny but try these

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

Fridays117 27 Reviews 521 reads
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18 / 28
Re: Comedy Cellar in the West Village. EOM

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.

Fridays117 27 Reviews 576 reads
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19 / 28
Try a pub crawl through Woodside/Sunnyside in Queens

dozens and dozens of pubs all within walking distance or short cab ride of a few blocks.

Cosette 591 reads
posted
20 / 28
IF you're up for a little more excitement...

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.

Fridays117 27 Reviews 562 reads
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21 / 28
The Metropolitan Museum of Art isn't just for tourists

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.

Cosette 646 reads
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22 / 28
Re: Comedy Cellar in the West Village. EOM

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.

TheHoundOfCullin 9 Reviews 501 reads
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23 / 28
Hell yeah!

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.

EnglishJenniferJ See my TER Reviews 495 reads
posted
24 / 28
WOW!!! Thanks..

…For all the great replies.  

I think I better make a big list and stay here longer !  

Dam ;-)  

Jen xx

boxmuncher 147 Reviews 528 reads
posted
25 / 28
Re: WOW!!! Thanks..

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

EnglishJenniferJ See my TER Reviews 435 reads
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26 / 28
Re: WOW!!! Thanks..

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 :(

Fridays117 27 Reviews 636 reads
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27 / 28
Re: Staten Island Ferry...

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.)

Icekap 1 Reviews 519 reads
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28 / 28
Re: WOW!!! Thanks..

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

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