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Top Ten List of Things To Do in New York City
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October 15th 2005 by Jodes
Jodes' Top Ten List..
.. Things To Do in New York City
(all tried and tested by yours truly)
1. Lounge beside the running track (around the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir) in Manhattan’s Central Park munching on soft bake chocolate chip cookies and watch the joggers reactions.
2. Strap all your worldly possessions to yourself (a money belt helps) and fall asleep in Central Park. It’s for the buzz you get between waking up and checking you still have all your stuff.
3. Chase squirrels. It's the American equivalent of chasing pigeons in England and Europe or seagulls in Australia.
4. Go to an NHL Ice Hockey game at Madison Square Garden by yourself and go nuts. Helps if you spill your hot dog fillings on your lap as well.
5. Eat a big pretzel whilst people watching the long queue for the Liberty Island & Ellis Island Ferry ($8US). When done, walk to the other end of the dock and catch the Staten Island Ferry, across the same stretch of water, which is free.
6. Buy an Unlimited Ride Travel Card and ride to the very end of one of the metro lines. (The line to Flushing Queens is a good one.) Get out at the last station, walk around for a minute then get back on the train and go back.
7. Watch Grid Iron and constantly comment “Ah! What they do that for??” whilst not understanding anything.
8. Go inside Tom’s Restaurant (the Seinfeld café). Order a very average cheeseburger and with the 4 other people in the place, listen to the waiter’s New York accented rantings about how busy the place is.
9. Go to the Bronx, take a photo of Yankee stadium and the surrounding police vehicles and security then get the hell out.
10. Say a loving goodbye to the city with a calming walk along the Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn to Manhattan end) then get accosted numerous times trying to buy souvenirs so much so that you just want to get to the airport and away as fast as humanly possible.
I ♥ NY
The Guggenheim
I just love saying that name.. oh yeah, it's an art museum and also the building Will Smith runs up in the beginning of Men in Black
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October 23rd 2005 - Tree: that fuuny lookin' building
Hey sweet, how ya doing? The pictures u took in NYC are awesum!! The Flat Iron Building picture is cool...u rock. And that one of the ice hockey match....there is bugger all people there hey!! I hope your having fun where you are at this point in time. Mum is cooking some weird asian food called San Choy Bow....i don't know....i'll write another comment for you to let if it's tasted any good. Oh by the way Mum wants to know if u got the photos? She said that Sarah was supposed to send them some time last week....but whether she did or not is a different story. Anyways that weird asian thingy is done mum's just putting it in the lettuce leaves....lettuces leaves what the...? Anyways chook i'll end you another comment to let you know if those things were good or bad. Love ya and i'll catch up with you soon for a chat...luv tree
October 23rd 2005 - Nocky: Hey Jodes
Hows things jodes looks like your having a whale of a time over there just seeing what ya up to hope all is going well for you in your travels cant wait to catch up when you get back. Speak soon your buddie
Nocky :-p
October 23rd 2005 - dad: Catching Squirrels
hi Jodes - fantastic photos! Once again you seem to have captured the essence of the place in a few short words, and some great shots! Perhaps Tom's waiter once worked across the street at the Greek guys restaurant- were 4 people would indeed be a crowd hehe. And I'm pretty sure that Grid Iron is all about showing-off various squirrel catching techniques and the first-aid treatments applied to those who catch them, why else would the blokes in the black & white stripes keep throwing yellow handkerchiefs at the dudes in the helmits?? We will be sending over some family happy snaps today / tommorrow. All else is cool, the san choy boy was terriffic. Its Teresa's birthday tommorrow and we hope to be having a dinner out somewhere followed by a bbq at the property on Sat. Should be cool. Well, keep safe, keep having fun and keep looking out. Love you heaps. Will e-mail soon with other stuff and photos. luv Dad
November 27th 2005 - anonymous:
to a native new yorker, it's fascinating to see the city through someone else's eyes this way.
November 15th 2006 - anonymous:
New York is the funnest and i love living there..
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