Tips for survival for the MSG show!!!

nukeboot

Check out the Rose Planetarium at the Natural History Museum - best star machine in the world and real 3D Planets - best enjoyed in "enhanced" mode.

Find the hole in the wall deli on a side street near your hotel (trust me, it's there). That's where the cabbies and regular people get their coffee and cheap, simple breakfasts. Save your money for better dining later in the day.

pearljamjen

jrd wrote:

i hate it when people get to the top of an escalator and...STOP!!!!

and i'm not talking NY here, they do it all the time in London... it's like... i've gone upstairs and i've forgotten what i came up here for...and hey! who are all these people coming up the stairs behind me...?

sheesh! :rolleyes:

but of course i'm really nice and polite and tolerant.

YEP! EVERYWHERE! Happens ALL the time at the metro stations in Prague too! I wasn't always so polite! *PUSH*

pearljamjen

3inputchick wrote:

I cant wait....
you can make a fake name for me if 3inputchick is going to require an explanation

baahaahaa! I'll have to come up with an explanation for that! :eek:

Tone

3inputchick wrote:

Please, one favor to those of us who live here, when you stop to look up at the big tall buildings please dont just suddenly stop..... it jams up the sdiewalks. Please dont block the box..... for the love of god, please dont! You have no idea how much that pisses us off.

That made me snort! LMAO! But today, after securing my tix, not even the SATC tour group blocking the sidewalk heading to Magnolia annoyed me

As for cheap places to stay, I'd go with Chelsea Hostel. Cheap and CLEAN! You can get a bed in a share room (some share rooms are only 4 beds) for around $32 a night and a private room for around $80, I believe they're all with shared bathrooms (but the bathrooms are cleaned constantly). Best of all, it's out of midtown madness. You're not here to stay in your room, so I'd always go with a hostel

http://www.chelseahostel.com/

nowayimfaithfull

I would avoid all of these crazy fans that want evryone sitting down folding your hands togehter and acting like its a seminar. So they can hear Ed.

gotjam

For those of you receiving visitors... SAY THANK YOU and GOOD MORNING for god's sake. I once saw an old lady fall down in the sidewalk, people would just walk around her. Not even once, in any of the grocery stores, pharmacies etc I got a thank you. Maybe I was just not lucky enough.

3inputchick wrote:

For those of you who are about to visit for the first time, WELCOME from a nice jewish girl born and raised on this little island.
I would not be worried about being mugged, lol.... stop listening to your red neck, back woods, country parents. This is the greatest city in the world!

Please, one favor to those of us who live here, when you stop to look up at the big tall buildings please dont just suddenly stop..... it jams up the sdiewalks. Please dont block the box..... for the love of god, please dont! You have no idea how much that pisses us off.
Say thanks to our cops, a good bunch of them would rather be in the show but instead need to patrol so the rest of us stay safe.
Tip you waiters, they are busting their ass to make a living. 2700 for a studio is a tough nut to crack, they are depending on you.
Dont littler, I would not throw trash on your front yard, please dont throw it on my cement patch in front of my building.

Take a moment and go downtown. Go visit ground zero. If you have never been you should. No matter how you feel about the current state affairs in the middle east, it will humble you and remiond you that freesom is not free.

Enjoy the show.....

Tone

gotjam wrote:

For those of you receiving visitors... SAY THANK YOU and GOOD MORNING for god's sake. I once saw an old lady fall down in the sidewalk, people would just walk around her. Not even once, in any of the grocery stores, pharmacies etc I got a thank you. Maybe I was just not lucky enough.

Really!? That's surprising. It's a myth that New Yorkers are rude and unhelpful... it's the total opposite, IMO. I always stop when I see someone struggling with a map and I've seen others do the same thing. I get stopped and asked questions about recommendations for places to eat, go, shop, where the subway is etc and I always stop and answer.

manhattan

I think if you're excited to be coming here, it would be a disappointment to stay in Jersey. It may be a little cheaper, but it's just not the same experience as being in the city.

(just don't block the sidewalks...)

JaneNY

manhattan wrote:

I think if you're excited to be coming here, it would be a disappointment to stay in Jersey. It may be a little cheaper, but it's just not the same experience as being in the city.

(just don't block the sidewalks...)

I've done both. When I stay in Jersey, its just that I sleep there - I hang out in the city all day. The one drawback is that if you get tired (and you will), its not as easy to go back to your room to rest up before evening activities though you can. I guess it depends on how much NY stuff people want to do besides the show....

abyanks

this isnt really related too much at all

but did anyone go in 2003 and bring a camera into the garden, it seems with that amount of people itd be hard for them to do or care anything about cameras but ... just wondering

ogre1213

manhattan wrote:

I think if you're excited to be coming here, it would be a disappointment to stay in Jersey. It may be a little cheaper, but it's just not the same experience as being in the city.

(just don't block the sidewalks...)

definitely dont stay in jersey

definitely dont block the sidewalks most people will run you over, we are a VERY busy city (sarcasm , someone said the world needs more of it)

hiding103006

the garden's gonna be sick. hahaha

Tone

It most certainly will be!

hiding103006

i spoke too soon. i read the first few posts, and you made the poster seem foolish. the rest isn't bad though, i appologize. my other post has been... "blacked out", if you will lol

hiding103006

Jeremy's Spoken wrote:

wow that post makes u seem really dumb.

Mugged? WTF r u kidding me?

pretty much this one.

Tone

hiding103006 wrote:

i spoke too soon. i read the first few posts, and you made the poster seem foolish. the rest isn't bad though, i appologize. my other post has been... "blacked out", if you will lol

Oh right, gotcha

jamminpearls

my tip is don't were a phillies hat like i will be doing go phils

eddiemop

Since everyone seems to be so helpfull here could someone tell me where i can find a good musicstore(no virgin megastore), plaese. Was in NY a few years ago and didn`t find any, but then again I didn`t have the time to search for one eighter:)

manhattan

eddiemop wrote:

Since everyone seems to be so helpfull here could someone tell me where i can find a good musicstore(no virgin megastore), plaese. Was in NY a few years ago and didn`t find any, but then again I didn`t have the time to search for one eighter:)

Not too many left... you could try Generation Records on Thompson St or Rebel Rebel on Bleecker St (both in the village). There used to be a couple of good ones on St. Mark's Place in the east village -- not sure if they're still there. If you like obscure indie bands, try Other Music on east 4th St near Broadway.

yosi1

gotjam wrote:

For those of you receiving visitors... SAY THANK YOU and GOOD MORNING for god's sake. I once saw an old lady fall down in the sidewalk, people would just walk around her. Not even once, in any of the grocery stores, pharmacies etc I got a thank you. Maybe I was just not lucky enough.

Really? That's crazy. I once saw an old woman fall in the street, and me and about 7 or 8 other people immediately rushed over to help her. Of course there are some assholes, but they don't exist only in NYC. Most people here are pretty nice and courteous.

Tone wrote:

Really!? That's surprising. It's a myth that New Yorkers are rude and unhelpful... it's the total opposite, IMO. I always stop when I see someone struggling with a map and I've seen others do the same thing. I get stopped and asked questions about recommendations for places to eat, go, shop, where the subway is etc and I always stop and answer.

My experience too.