I'm Going To NYC

[f4f3]

After posting my last entry about THIS weekend, I realised that I should post about next weekend, just in case anyone wants to meet up with me while I'm in New York (I almost said "hook up". Apparently this could lead to confusion. And unforeseen but probably not hilarious consequences. So I didn't.)

Current plan is to take an early train from Providence on Saturday morning, and a late one back on Sunday night. This gives me from, say 11 on Saturday morning till 7.30 or 9.00 on Sunday in the Big Apple. 

At the moment I have no plans beyond meeting up with anthrokeight when she can get away from her conferrence, which I think is Saturday night. Things I'd like to do include seeing the Frick Collection (which I've never seen) the Met (which I can never see enough of) and The Mysterious Bookshop (who can never take enough of my money). I arrive at Penn Station, and will be hungry like the wolf, so brunch is an option, then gallery hopping in the afternoon, dinner with Ms. Anthro and whomever on Saturday night, Sunday brunch, wandering, shopping, gossip and train. 

If anyone wants to play, get in touch below, and we'll figure something out...

Comments

[helianthas.livejournal.com]

I don't have a calendar in front of me but I'll be in NYC on the 7th. Unavailable the 9th and 10th. Possibly available on the 11th-12th. Do you have my Phone number?

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Boo! 9th and 10th is when I'm in town :(

Don't think I have your number.

[anthrokeight.livejournal.com]

Hey there. I'll be in town 7-11 or 12. I am still not sure what's up those days, because planning is for wimps. Or I am disorganizded. But if you're around, maybe our schedules might overlap?

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

I'm in. I would especially like to meet up with Ms. Anthro if possible. Have you chosen a restaurant or district for dining? We could meet at the Met in the afternoon and then wander off to dinner, perhaps. Where are you staying?

Also, food within and directly around Penn Station is pretty dreary, but if you walk a few blocks east to Herald Square, you will land in Korea Town. I'm partial to Won Jo at 23 W 32nd St. if you are looking for lunchy stuff. The other place I frequent in that area is a fancy beer pub, but I know that is wasted on you so I won't suggest it.

[anthrokeight.livejournal.com]

Hiya! Okay, yes. Saturday night... let's be sociable!

I am staying at Barnard during the conference. We can't really ditch sessions, since we are all contributing to sessions, so I will be free about 5PM or just after. I will keep my schedule free for you two for the rest of Saturday night. If you're having a wander around the Met beforehand, it should be pretty easy to meet up (right? Am I right about that? Chicago is the biggest city I know well enough to say such things about.).

The only kind-of pretty-good food to be had in St. Cloud, MN is Asian of one sort or another (thank you, Hmong immigrants). If you two are down with Korean more than anything else, I'm happy to give it a shot. But since it's NYC and we have so much not good Mexican, "Italian" and let's keep making a list where I am, dinner in Not-Asia would really make me happy.

If you jet me a note at kate.costello@gmail.com we can swap contact information if you like.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

So, no arrangements with anthrokeight as yet - she's at a conference during the day, so probably meet up with her in the evening. Very happy to do the Met with you in the afternoon. I'm staying just north of Penn, so my plan would probably be to drop off my bag, get some lunch, and meet up with you outside the Met in the afternoon, and rendevous with K8 in the evening.

[anthrokeight.livejournal.com]

Saturday night! I am all yours.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

All right, I think this will reach both of you.

Yes, the Met is convenient to Barnard. There is a bus that will connect the two easily.

The restaurants up around the university are, well, like restaurants around a university. But we can meet you at Barnard and them maybe take a subway to Greenwich Village or whatever you'd like. You are the visitors, so I bow to your cuisine desires -- I only suggested Korean as the best thing near the station.

So Kate, take your pick. New York is overflowing with Italian restaurants (it seems to be the end state of all restaurant venues), though I don't have a current favorite, and of course we have great Jewish delis. There's a good Mexican on the Upper East Side, and there is really pretty much anything else you could want somewhere in the city. Why don't you take a look at http://www.menupages.com and get some ideas?

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Buses? Never been on bus in NYC :)

I'l go with whatever Kate wants on this - not because I'm incapable of making a decision (well, not just that) but because I live in a big city with lots of different cuisines.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

New York City buses are useful when you want to move on more than one axis. The bus I have in mind, the M4, is rather like the knight in chess; it goes up the East Side and then crosses over 110th Street to the West Side, where it continuse uptown. (In urban planning terms, this type of itinerary is known as a "maid's route" because it goes from Harlem to the most expensive part of the Upper East Side.)

So Kate, what's your dining pleasure?

Also, I am thinking that I may not be up to the museum jaunt if my current knee injury does not respond better to the chiropractor tonight. Standing around on marble floors is not very good for it :-(

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Boo to bad knees :(

Keep me posted, and maybe we can meet up for afternoon tea before we rendevous with Kate.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm, tea. I am all in favor.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Chance would be a fine thing...

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

*raises eyebrow*