GONNA BE IN NY FOR ALL STAR WEEKEND

[ripken8]

anyone know just how nuts it will be. flying in saturday morning, trying to figure out what all to do...

 

[vinnie]

Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: NY
Posts: 1,331


ur already there :shrug:

 

[ripken8]

I'm near buffalo vinnie, about 6 or 7 hours away from the city...

 

[vinnie]

I'm near buffalo vinnie, about 6 or 7 hours away from the city...

The worm is from Buffalo :scared :scared :scared

 

[ripken8]

I said near buffalo. WORM, that welcher...

 

[Box and one]

Ripkin...there are so many things to do...is this your 1st time......are you leaving on sunday or monday...where are you staying? do you have kids with you.
Two years ago we did a reverse...my family[6 of us]flew jetblue from JFK to buffalo..stayed in Niagara for 4 days...hilton on the Canadian side...great time..my family had never seen the falls.
Not good with nightime spots for partying or drinking..if thats what you want let me know.my two daughters know...
The times square-42nd street-5th ave-central park "box" free tour is great...
Starting out depends on where you spending the night.lets start out by Times sq. 42nd st..walk up broadway..if you want to see a matinee on broadway go to TKTS..half price broadway plays[doing that with my daughter tomr]
If not walk up to 45th,46,or 47th..cut over to east side...Av americas...rockefeller center...etc..5th ave.. Go to st pats ..light a candle...go up 5th ave..Trumps,NBA store[really nice].Waldorph,FAO,..central park...go to central park zoo...its close from FAO...about 500 yds...go see polar bears and penguins...head back down to times sq...fav food...Carmines on 44th..near times sq..great italian food..
these are all free sites walking around..there is always the empire state building but it could be packed July 4th weekend...ground zero is pretty powerful
Have fun..NYC sometimes get a bad rap but it really is great...so many things to do..if its for partying and drinking and you are between the ages of 21-28 my daughters know the spots...
have fun...I'm going in NYC tomr with my daughter from austin..going to treat her to a play

 

[ripken8]

box, 6 of us flying in, staying midtown manhattan, 34th and 32nd. have tickets to home run derby and all star game. the wives are coming along but not going to yankee stadium. flying back wednesday morning...
may have to check out carmine's on 44th...

thanks for the reply box. have fun tomorrow and hope all is well with you and the family...

 

[Dice34]

was just there yesterday to see my Rangers beat the Yankees......from Grand Central Station 42nd street, its about a 20-25 min subway ride ($2) to 161st street(Yankee Stadium)....I believe you want the #4 train...it stops at 59th, 86th, 125th, 149th and 161st

 

[Box and one]

Ripkin,thats great your staying for a few days..there lots to do....not sure if you all want a broadway play but TKTS is a discount place where you get broadway plays the day of the play at 1/2 price.I've been going all my life..can't beat it...there are matinees on wed,sat and sundays...
you don't know what plays are available...some you can't get because there sold out way in advance. I'll paste the ones that were avaliable last week.

Anyway,there are so many things to do. GL



BROADWAY
A CATERED AFFAIR
A CHORUS LINE
ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S THE 39 STEPS
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
AVENUE Q
BOEING-BOEING
CHICAGO
CIRQUE DREAMS
CRY-BABY
CURTAINS
GREASE
GYPSY
HAIRSPRAY
LEGALLY BLONDE
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
MAMMA MIA!
MARY POPPINS
MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT
NOVEMBER
PASSING STRANGE
RENT
SPRING AWAKENING
SUNDAY IN THE PARK GEORGE
THE COUNTRY GIRL
THE LITTLE MERMAID
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
THURGOOD
TOP GIRLS
XANADU
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN





OFF BROADWAY
A BRUSH WITH GEORGIA O'KEEFE
A DANGEROUS PERSONALITY
ADDING MACHINE
ALTAR BOYZ
AMERICAN BALLET THEATER
BACK IN PICTURES
FUERZABRUTA
GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
JACKIE MASON: THE ULTIMATE JEW
JUMP
MONDAY NIGHT MAGIC
MY FIRST TIME
MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH
NAKED BOYS SINGING!
NYC BALLET
PATRIOTIC BITCH
PERFECT CRIME
RAFTA, RAFTA?
SINGLE BLACK FEMALE
SOME KIND OF BLISS
STOMP
THE AWESOME 80's PROM
THE BULLY PULPIT
THE COCKTAIL HOUR
THE FANTASTIKS
THE HIRED MAN
THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE & BOO
VINCENT RIVER ?2008 TDF. TDF? and TKTS? are registered trademarks of the Theatre Development Fund. All rights reserved.

 

[ripken8]

box,
will definitely check this out. the women will be happy knowing this is on the to-do list, I'm not so sure as the consensus was spamalot. I'll have to let you know how that went. thanks again...

Dice,
thanks for the directions. your rangers made it two in a row over the yanks, nice job. tampa bay sure is making the AL east interesting this year, any time my orioles are over .500 I'm happy...

 

[Box and one]

ripken..had such a great day in NYC today..went to TKTs... half those plays I listed were sold out. My 1st choice was Ave Q..sold out 2nd choice
Young Frankestien ...couldn't sit with my daughter..3rd choice..Hairspray...only seats available..."partial view"...wow.. I ended up getting
"Boeing,Boeing"... a comedy... it was a homerun...acting was great...funny...laughed throughout the play...
went to Carmines on 44th for lunch...outstanding..

 

[ripken8]

thanks box, definitely will go to carmines. the play is a possibility but the girls are considering looking into tickets to bon jovi at the garden. he is there the 14th and the 15th. if they go the 15th, us guys will be at the all-star game. if they go the 14th I am considering selling my home run derby tickets and going to the concert with them as I could only get 2 tickets and there are 3 of us. not sure yet what I'm doing as I have pretty good seats for the hr derby...
glad you had a good time, box. I'll let you know how I make out...