Hi Mark,
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 7:03 PM, mark seiden <[email protected]> wrote: > i'm often in new york, but not next week. > > but i know it well, so if anyone needs recommendations, i can supply. the > more specific the requirements, > the easier to satisfy them... Too bad about next week, maybe another time when I'm in the city or in the area we could meet. So, what do you recommend for a visitor who's been there a dozen odd times and is falling into the trap of doing the same comfortable things every time? I love walking the streets of Manhattan (maybe I will pack a lunch and don a backpack, pack the camera and hike around the city), maybe window shopping(speaking of shopping I'm definitely staying out of B&H Photo Video, but maybe some pizza when in Brooklyn), sampling the chinese and Indian restaurants (again getting into something of a pattern of favorites here, Chinese Mirch usually satisfies both and neither, but I have a few hole in the wall cabbie haunts where I grab a cheap lunch out of a styrofoam box for old memories), grabbing a coffee at my favorite coffee shop (cafegrumpy.com for the curious), running in Central Park (I will be staying too far away this time, so maybe I'll substitute running in the Hamptons or cycling), browsing books at the Strand at the risk of adding to the quite tall to-read pile, maybe a few art movies (I'll be too early for the Tribeca film festival, but I'll have to see what I can do) and since I'm on something of a vacation this time maybe I will have time for the Guggenheim and the Met or the Asia society. Oh and one more question, what's your recommendation for the best bagels in town? Thanks, Cheeni
