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Tell me about New York City
PenelopeWitherspoon replied to billfromlaketravis's topic in Food and Travel
Ok, as promised. Most of the craziness post NYE dies down almost immediately. Most people leave either the 1st or 2nd, so flying in the 1st is usually a good idea. Also, you still catch the store windows (Bergdorf, Saks, and Bloomingdale's all have outstanding windows) and the Rockefeller Christmas Tree, as well as the Bryant Park Village. It has not been bitterly cold at that time as that usually comes in later January/February, though there could be snow, especially this year since it is forecasted to be a heavy snow year. That being said, if it is just snow showers, which a lot of time do not stick, that makes the city even more magical! As for what to do, here are a smattering of things that I would recommend. MUSEUMS 1. Go to the Frick Museum. The Frick is back in the Frick Mansion, so you can see an actual Gilded Age mansion and the art that actually lived in it. 2. The Met is ALWAYS a good idea, and they have some really cool exhibitions on that I am dying to see. They have Divine Egypt, a Man Ray exhibition, and Spectrum of Desire (which is about love, sex, and gender in the Middle Ages). I am planning to go and catch all these soon, so I will let you know if they are worth it (might do Member Morning Hours this weekend). 3. The Brooklyn Museum has an exhibition about Monet and Venice that I am dying to go to, so that is something I think is really, really cool. 4. As mentioned upthread, there is also the Natural History Museum, which is great, and now has a massive expansion, the Halls of Gems and Minerals, which opened in 2021. I have not been, but it is on my to do for a weekend this fall. 5. There are other museums that are really cool as well. The Met Cloisters, which is way uptown on the Upper West Side, is beautiful and tranquil, and I highly recommend a visit (dedicated to the art and architecture of the Middle Ages). The Neue Gallery has the Woman in Gold by Klimt, which is absolutely stunning to see. You can also have brunch at Cafe Sabarsky for a touch of Vienna in NYC. The Guggenheim is usually fun to walk through, and I love the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum which is housed in the Carnegie Mansion. It is closed right now due to the government shutdown, so who knows. The Museum of the City of New York is also on the UES. The New York Historical Society has a good museum, and currently has an exhibit about the Gay Harlem Renaissance, and will have an exhibit about the Declaration of Independence starting in November. There is the Whitney (almost all Modern Art, with a good surrealist collection) and the Museum of Modern Art. The Morgan Museum and Library is in what used to be the personal library of JP Morgan. And those are just some of the top museums. Here is a list (https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/best-museums-in-new-york-city). EXPLORE One of my favorite things to do is to pick a neighborhood and explore. You find shops, bars, and restaurants that you never knew existed. Also, you see a lot of history when you do this. There is a really cool book I have, Walking New York by Keith Taillon, which gives you ideas of routes to take through different neighborhoods. When I am doing this, I try and plan a rough route on Google Maps and send it to my phone. I recently did this when I took Harvey through the UES to look at Halloween decorations. FOOD AND DRINK I think your kids are of legal drinking age, so here is the run down of my favorite bars and restaurants in the city. Bars My Tried and True Katana Kitten - West Village - Amazing Vibe. Great Drinks. Overstory - FIDI - The view is phenom, even in winter. Get the Terroir Old Fashioned. It changed my life! schmuck - Cool new bar in the East Village. Great drinks. Mace - Greenwich Village - I think the drinks here are outstanding. Really cool vibe. Jimmy's Corner - A complete dive near Times Square - It is close to my office, and I can get double grey goose and soda for $10. Win win. Maison Premiere - A New Orleans cocktail bar in Brooklyn Fraunces Tavern - It is touristy, yes, but it is also old as hell, and a piece of American history. Bar is good for beer and bites. McSorley's Old Ale House - They only have light and dark beer, and snacks, but this bar is awesome. Jeremy's - a cool bar on the UES. Martiny's - Great cocktails with some good food near Gramercy. The Bar at the Plaza - Has some great cocktails, very $$$ On My "To Do" List Suberbueno, Double Chicken Please, Monsieur, Bemelman's Bar, the King Cole Bar, NR, Sunken Harbor Club, Bar Kabawa, Clemente Bar, etc... I have way too long of a wish list. Restaurants My favorites Le Veau d'Or on the UES (60th at Lex) is my absolute favorite right now. It is old school in the best way, with classic French dishes. They do offal well, and have a great wine list. King - Southern French and Italian place in Hudson Square owned by a group of women who put out great food with a great wine list Frenchette/Le Rock - Same guys as Le Veau d'Or, always good Chateau Royale - Same guys as Libertine. Libertine is more casual, Chateau Royale is much more supper club, but the food is outstanding. Bangkok Supper Club in the West Village is outstanding. Has the best dessert I have ever had. Semma is outstanding as well. This is also in the West Village. Claud in the East Village has outstanding food and good wine. Crown Shy which is in Fidi from the late, great James Kent. Still one of my favorites. One White Street has a cool vibe, and Austin Johnson has moved on, but I still enjoy the food. In Tribeca. Barbuto for the chicken. Dame for the fish and chips. Raf's for the fashion crowd. I just went to Sushi Saikou last night (it is on Elizabeth just north of Houston), and it was outstanding. Omakase is $120, which IMO is a steal. Scalinatella for really solid Italian in a restaurant that if you know you know. In Brooklyn, I recently went to Radio Kwara, a Nigerian restaurant. The food is great (by the same guys as Department of Culture), the service was meh, but it is BYOW. Maison Passerelle in the Printemps store on Wall Street. Really solid mixture of Caribbean and French. The bars in that store are outstanding as well. Monkey Bar - The burger is legit. Also, speaking of burgers, JG Melon and PJ Clark's on third avenue are two of my favorites. Raoul's also has a killer burger, but go for brunch to get it. Same burger is done at their diner across the street (Revelie). Cafe Chelsea at the Chelsea Hotel - Food is good, people watching is better. Hotel is amazing. If you can stay there. My to visit list I feel like this gets longer and longer all the time. Kabawa (Caribbean), Cafe Rue Dix (West African), Tatiana (good luck getting a res...if you do, can I come?), Mariscos El Submarino (Greenpoint Brooklyn), Taqueria Ramirez, Hanoi House, The Office of Mr. Moto, 4 Charles Prime Rib (good luck getting a res...if you do, can I come?), Le Chene, The Four Horsement, I Cavallini, Mam, Kono, Lei, Theodora, Ursula Brooklyn, Lucali, Bong, Red Hook Tavern, etc..... Other To Dos Printemps Department Store on Wall Street. It is in a historic building, and they incorporated the existing spaces into the store. https://us.printemps.com/ Check out articles about it, because it talks about the history of the building. Go vintage shopping. NYC has a ton of great vintage stores. My regular is Designer Revival up on E 81st. Go visit all the bookstores. There are some great bookstores littered throughout the city. Albertine on 5th Ave is a French bookstore (with books in French) and Argosy on E 59th has rare and antique books (and maps). https://www.vogue.com/article/best-bookstores-in-new-york-city-a-guide and https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/new-yorker-writers-and-editors-favorite-bookstores-in-new-york-city and https://www.timeout.com/newyork/books/best-bookstores-in-new-york-city There is so much more to do. I still think the best thing to do is pick a neighborhood and wander around. -
I am 47 (will be 48 in January), and I look 10-15 years younger than I am (some 20 somethings last night thought I was there age, or at max 30 lol). I might be assertive, but I try to genuinely be a good person. I try to be nice to people, and if I see a Trumpy person in the wild (rare in Manhattan thank goodness), I just ignore them. I agree with @TwiceHorn, evil takes a toll, and we are seeing it real time with the entire Trump regime and a shitload of the Republicunts in Congress.
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Tell me about New York City
PenelopeWitherspoon replied to billfromlaketravis's topic in Food and Travel
When I get home and on a computer I'll let you know my thoughts. I think NYC is a great idea. -
Tell me about New York City
PenelopeWitherspoon replied to billfromlaketravis's topic in Food and Travel
I haven't seen any of them (though I had Maybe Happy Ending tickets twice...I blame work), but I would go with that. -
Tell me about New York City
PenelopeWitherspoon replied to billfromlaketravis's topic in Food and Travel
Martiny's on East 17th has outstanding cocktails and really good food. And you can never go wrong with Gramercy Tavern. -
Savannah Hernandez seems to be a massive piece of shit.
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Texas accepts this, the value of a Texas degree is nil.
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I have decided that after Madrid and before Venice, next September, I am going to spend time in Burgundy/Lyon. That will be a fun 10 or 11 days.
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Time for another ‘my dog is awesome’ thread
PenelopeWitherspoon replied to Patricio Swayze's topic in Daily Texan
I took Harvey for a nice long walk last night to look at Halloween decorations. 20251018_194501.mp4 20251018_195332.mp4 20251018_195352.mp4 20251018_195428.mp4 -
Those people with all their NY gear are OBVIOUSLY either from Long Island or Staten Island. It sure would be a shame if someone found out who this guy was and let the world know. Feels like something that should be send to Tizzy Ent or one of those folks. Him and all his little friends. Fuck these people for being just complete assholes.
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The NYPD estimate on number of protesters is probably multiple times small. The crowd stretched from 14th back to 50th or even higher along 7th Avenue. I think the first no kings was 200k. I would put this one at more than that. 250k to 350k easily. It was more crowded than NYE in Times Square. It was very peaceful, and I saw young children as well as people in their 80's.
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Tell me about New York City
PenelopeWitherspoon replied to billfromlaketravis's topic in Food and Travel
My October has been an interesting one. I think a lot of the folks on here know that I am a big McQueen person, so last weekend was full of fashion events. On the 10th, had drinks and a late, light lunch at Goodman's bar in the Bergdorf Men's store, then after an event at McQueen (NY Flagship is on Madison at E 58th, which is so close to my house) went to Donahue's (old school steakhouse on Lexington) with a friend. Saturday, had another event at McQueen then went to dinner at Fasano Fifth Avenue with the brand, which was so much fun (lots of martinis and an absolutely excellent mushroom risotto). Wednesday was a friend's birthday, so we went to Hi Life for martinis and dinner, then tried to go to Scarlet with no reservations (it was full, and we were not waiting 45 mins), so went to The Gin Mill where we relived our college days in New Orleans ordering beers and rounds of shots. Sometimes, that is necessary. Friday, another friend and I went to Le Veau d'Or for dinner. As always, absolutely excellent, and they are starting to do more daily specials adding to the prix fix. I did some sort of veal brains starter that was absolutely excellent, and I am not one for brains. As always, their chicken and the duck and cherries were excellent. Afterwards, we went and saw the new Frankenstein at the Paris theater. GO SEE IT. I really enjoyed the movie. Yesterday, it was time to protest, so effectively, over the course of the morning/afternoon, I walked down 7th avenue from 57th to W 10th. I bought a few books, including Tim Curry's new biography and another biography on James Baldwin, and headed back uptown. Then I took Harvey for a nice walk to look at some of the Halloween decorations. Today, I am meeting up with my same friends from Wednesday, one is a Browns fan, so I assume it will be at a pub with football on. This week, I am going to dinner at Radio Kwara in Brooklyn (same chef as Department of Culture, and West African) before going to see LACRIMA at the BAM. Then on Thursday, I have some event at Printemps, so I am going to try and hit up one of the new restaurants on my to go to list, or revisit an old favorite in Crown Shy since I will be downtown. Too many choices. During the weekend, I have no idea what I am going to do, but a lot of times, I like to hit a bakery in the AM, try a new place for lunch, then make dinner at home. That way, I can do more casual and try more varied things. No plans for Halloween yet. Work has been pretty intense lately, so I am trying to not drink during the week (Wednesday night being an exception due to a birthday), but that is a good thing as it means I spend less. -
Tell me about New York City
PenelopeWitherspoon replied to billfromlaketravis's topic in Food and Travel
I have been to Semma a number of times. I am a fan. Tell me how Sushi Sho is. I have heard good things, but have yet to have made it by. -
I had a great meal at Le Servan back in 2022. I can see that it might not be for everyone, however. I was also underwhelmed with Septime when I went back in 2017, which is why I have never been back.
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I am about to head out to the Manhattan protest. Anyone else heading to Times Square?
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I am so ready for our Esso moment. These people are all traitors to their oaths of office, from Trump and his cabinet, to every Republicunt doing his bidding in Congress.
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Everyone should stop giving, stop supporting athletics when it comes out that they are doing this. Fuck anyone who bends the knee.
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Harrods is chaos. I love Liberty and Fortnum & Mason (F&M also can be chaos) and the arcades (Burlington, etc..) and Old Bond St.
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Anyone that is not a white, evangelical, straight man is fucked in this country if the Republicunts get their way. It is disgusting.
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