Post by Monkey on Apr 2, 2010 3:24:01 GMT -5
Sofia suggests:
Museums
These are my favorite:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – This is pretty self-explanatory. You must go here.
The Queens Museum – Most of the Queens Museum is not very interesting, it’s a small museum. The reason why it’s well-known in New York is mostly for its panorama of New York City, a to-scale (at least I think it’s to scale) model of all the five boroughs. It would be a cool way to start off looking around, to see everything as a whole.
The Museum of Natural History – I sort of have a bias since I will be spending 6 weeks a year here until I graduate high school, but there are some very cool things here. Most of the Museum I don’t think would be that interesting for someone who doesn’t like science, but the cladistics and evolutionary biology exhibit on the fourth floor is phenomenal, the Hall of Biodiversity is fun simply for its visual aspects (a huge whale, as well as other overgrown animals, and a forest of plants), and the planetarium is interesting.
The Museum of Television and Radio – I don’t remember exactly where this is, but it’s somewhere downtown. Oh wait never mind. 25 W 52nd St. In any case this is a really cool place. The largest attraction is its viewing room, where you can watch obscure episodes of almost any TV show from the past 60 years.
I wouldn’t recommend going to any of the modern art museums, they are pretentious and boring. Unless you like modern art. Then by all means go ahead.
Other things to do
-Chill out in Central Park for a bit. It’s a beautiful (and huge!) park, and there’s plenty of stuff to do, even if that means just laying down and taking a rest. Just watch out for crazy bikers.
-Go to Wave Hill. Wave Hill is a garden and a cultural center. It is drop dead gorgeous, you can see some photos on their website (http://www.wavehill.org/home/) and there are also some fun events there like craft projects and barefoot dancing. I would check out the event schedule on the website if that sounds at all intriguing. Of course you can also just walk around and take pictures. Wave Hill is actually right down the road from my house.
-See a concert at Lincoln Center. Lincoln Center occasionally has free New York Philharmonic concerts, and you also can get discounted or free tickets for the ballet. Just check out their website.
-Visit me. Um. Lolno.
A list of things I was too lazy to write a whole blurb on
Food
The New Leaf Café
The Union Square Café (really expensive but okay for lunch)
Maoz Vegetarian
Shake Shack (right near the Museum of Natural History and just across Central Park from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, if you’d like to know)
Hummus Place
Tiffin Wallah
Papaya King
H&H Bagels
Joe’s Authentic Key Lime Pie
S&S Cheesecake
The Barbeque Pit
Sammy’s Roumanian
Other places and things
Carnegie Hall
The Sunday thrift sale in the parking lot of a school. I think’s it on 78th or 77th and Colombus Avenue, also near the Museum of Natural History
The Farmer’s Market in Union Square – probably the largest farmer’s market in the city. I don’t remember what day of the week it’s on, you should google it.
Fffff I am blanking
I think that is it for now.
Museums
These are my favorite:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – This is pretty self-explanatory. You must go here.
The Queens Museum – Most of the Queens Museum is not very interesting, it’s a small museum. The reason why it’s well-known in New York is mostly for its panorama of New York City, a to-scale (at least I think it’s to scale) model of all the five boroughs. It would be a cool way to start off looking around, to see everything as a whole.
The Museum of Natural History – I sort of have a bias since I will be spending 6 weeks a year here until I graduate high school, but there are some very cool things here. Most of the Museum I don’t think would be that interesting for someone who doesn’t like science, but the cladistics and evolutionary biology exhibit on the fourth floor is phenomenal, the Hall of Biodiversity is fun simply for its visual aspects (a huge whale, as well as other overgrown animals, and a forest of plants), and the planetarium is interesting.
The Museum of Television and Radio – I don’t remember exactly where this is, but it’s somewhere downtown. Oh wait never mind. 25 W 52nd St. In any case this is a really cool place. The largest attraction is its viewing room, where you can watch obscure episodes of almost any TV show from the past 60 years.
I wouldn’t recommend going to any of the modern art museums, they are pretentious and boring. Unless you like modern art. Then by all means go ahead.
Other things to do
-Chill out in Central Park for a bit. It’s a beautiful (and huge!) park, and there’s plenty of stuff to do, even if that means just laying down and taking a rest. Just watch out for crazy bikers.
-Go to Wave Hill. Wave Hill is a garden and a cultural center. It is drop dead gorgeous, you can see some photos on their website (http://www.wavehill.org/home/) and there are also some fun events there like craft projects and barefoot dancing. I would check out the event schedule on the website if that sounds at all intriguing. Of course you can also just walk around and take pictures. Wave Hill is actually right down the road from my house.
-See a concert at Lincoln Center. Lincoln Center occasionally has free New York Philharmonic concerts, and you also can get discounted or free tickets for the ballet. Just check out their website.
-Visit me. Um. Lolno.
A list of things I was too lazy to write a whole blurb on
Food
The New Leaf Café
The Union Square Café (really expensive but okay for lunch)
Maoz Vegetarian
Shake Shack (right near the Museum of Natural History and just across Central Park from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, if you’d like to know)
Hummus Place
Tiffin Wallah
Papaya King
H&H Bagels
Joe’s Authentic Key Lime Pie
S&S Cheesecake
The Barbeque Pit
Sammy’s Roumanian
Other places and things
Carnegie Hall
The Sunday thrift sale in the parking lot of a school. I think’s it on 78th or 77th and Colombus Avenue, also near the Museum of Natural History
The Farmer’s Market in Union Square – probably the largest farmer’s market in the city. I don’t remember what day of the week it’s on, you should google it.
Fffff I am blanking
I think that is it for now.
My teacher wills it. 
