The Big Applecore

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Hey, y'all. I am so confused on my timelines!

I went searching for an old post of blueerica's regarding her trip to Manhattan last Thanksgiving... hoping to pick up hints without having to make people re-type their favorite restaurants or sites. But, alas! We were not in existence then. I must be thinking of somewhere, uh, else.

Anyway, now I'm less than 24 hours from departing for New York, where Tom and I will be spending a long weekend hanging out with his brother and essentially-sister-in-law (with a side trip exploring where he grew up on Long Island.) We're hitting the Met and MoMA. We're seeing something called "Moscow Cat Theatre" which will have dancing cats (real ones) and clowns. We may hit TKTS if we have time.

Any suggestions? Favorite parks, restaurants*, places to witness culture? We'd love to hear your thoughts on the city of lights. Wait, no, that's Paris. Another time for that. Tell us about New York!

*One of us is vegan, the pesca-ovo-lacto-vegetarian.

[libraryvixen]

I liked Serendipity (http://www.serendipity3.com/). Yummy Frozen Hot Chocolates!

If you can get to TKTS, do it!! :)

[Stan4dSteph]

I'll be in NYC this weekend too. Along with many, many other U2 fans. :)

This weekend is Open House NY (http://www.ohny.org), where a lot of architecturally significant sites are open to the public/having tours.

Try eating at Peanut Butter and Co. (http://www.ilovepeanutbutter.com/sandwich_shop.cfm) It's my favorite, and veggie-friendly!

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Yes, you and Tom would LOVE Serendipity, I think. Love, love, love! And it's on the East side, but not so far from MoMA, which is in Mid-town.

Central Park is a must, and you'll be right there when you visit the Met. I'd like to recommend the Frick collection, again, which is across the street from the Met.

The BEST restaurants I've been to - it's vegetarian and mostly vegan - is Angelica's Kitchen on 12th street in my beloved East Village.

Angelica Kitchen ($$)
Organic Vegetarian Cooking
Vegetarian, Health Food

300 E 12th St, New York 10003
Btwn 1st & 2nd Ave

Phone: 212-228-2909

You'll both thank me for it, I swear!

[Morrigoon]

Is "Woman in White" open yet? I just read that Michael Ball is in it!

[UvaGirl]

I must second EH's recommendation for the Frick - it's (frickin':D ) amazing!

Central Ppark and the Met are 2 of my favourite places in the entire world. The Rose Centre for Space (or whatever it's called) at the Museum of Natural History is pretty cool, as are the dinosaur exhibits. I also love wandering up through soHo to Union Square - it's a nice, interesting walk, with plenty to check out on the way.

Have fun!:)

[Not Afraid]

I, too, enjoyed the Frick! And The Met and MOMA, and I had a great time at the craft and folk art museum which had a Beatrice Wood exhibition when I was there.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Thanks, guys! I left this post and couldn't get back to it before I hopped the plane. But I had time enough to read your suggestions before our weekend was out, and we made it to most of them! We visited:

-The Met (we loved the out-of-the-way Egyptian models. Who doesn't love a good diarama? We could have spent more time there than we had.)
-MoMA (where we saw the strangest naked mannequin family I've ever seen, the piece entiled "family romance," among other exciting art exhibits. Could spend much more time there too.)
-The Museum of Natural History (where the planetarium show was more exciting than most films we've seen lately)
-Angelica Kitchen (indeed, very yummy with the dragon bowls and the seitan.)

We wished to visit the Frick but there wasn't enough time, and we wished to visit Central Park but there wasn't enough weather-permitting. We wished to visit Serendipity but one of us can't eat any protein so we preferred a dessert spot that could better cater to both of us.

On the other hand, we were also able to hit some other delights, which included:
-Moonstruck Diner, which had the best lox EVER
-Magnolia Bakery, whose cupcakes and banana pudding I thought to be not overrated at all
-Avenue Q, which is even funnier onstage with its great interstitial Sesame Street gags
-The Moscow Cat Theatre, which was perhaps the strangest Eastern European circus involving cat handstands, dogs in pants, men who speak no English, and villainous elephant-men in dream sequences ever.

There was some other stuff, but it's slipping my mind at the moment. Perhaps Tom will remember it in the haze of his post-flight head cold.

[blueerica]

Magnolia Bakery!! WOOHOO!!!

The Met! MoMA! Nat History Museum!! All great -- Angelica Kitchen I never checked out.

My goodness! Sounds like you had fun!!

Sorry I was too out of the loop to connect with you on this one!!

[Not Afraid]

I'm reading carefully. We've got a hair up our buts about going to NYC in January.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I, too, enjoyed the Frick! And The Met and MOMA, and I had a great time at the craft and folk art museum which had a Beatrice Wood exhibition when I was there.

The American Folk Art Museum is maybe my favorite museum. I used to spend hours and hours there.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

-MoMA (where we saw the strangest naked mannequin family I've ever seen, the piece entiled "family romance," among other exciting art exhibits.

Charles Ray! One of my favorites!

http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=81284

He scaled this sculpture by averaging the subjects' heights. The really fantastic thing about scale is how strange things look when their proportions do not meet our expectations. A sculptor once made a human sized Barbie doll dress. He scaled it proportionately so that it would fit a real woman, and everything on the garment remained as it would be if it were designed for the doll. So, the waist was ridiculously tiny, the bust ridiculously huge and the snaps were ENORMOUS.

Charles Ray also sculpted a couple (maybe more) of tall business women. They were giantesses. It was so much fun watching people stand in front of it. Some men would get visibly uncomfortable. It was neat.

I love this one, too.

http://www.thecityreview.com/s00conc1.gif

[Stan4dSteph]

I'm reading carefully. We've got a hair up our buts about going to NYC in January.Hehe. I still need to visit Magnolia Bakery. I also read about Jacques Torres Chocolate Haven that's down in the Village as well. Got to get there sometime.

I finally made to Serendipity 3, and after an hour+ wait, we enjoyed the magnificent Frozen Hot Chocolate. mmmm :coffee:

[Not Afraid]

Hehe. I still need to visit Magnolia Bakery. I also read about Jacques Torres Chocolate Haven that's down in the Village as well. Got to get there sometime.

I finally made to Serendipity 3, and after an hour+ wait, we enjoyed the magnificent Frozen Hot Chocolate. mmmm :coffee:

If we can find a decent hotel, I'm pushing for a trip.

The impitus for the trip is a major Pixar Exhibition at MOMA. We always seem to travel for the silliest reasons then end up doing a bunch of other stuff.

[€uroMeinke]

If we can find a decent hotel, I'm pushing for a trip.

The impitus for the trip is a major Pixar Exhibition at MOMA. We always seem to travel for the silliest reasons then end up doing a bunch of other stuff.

Hey, we saw the comet