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Soooo...What did everyone do in NYC?

nukebootnukeboot Posts: 1,465
edited July 2008 in Given To Fly (live)
I love having an excuse to go to Manhattan, so thanks PJ for a great one!

Even though I used to live there and get up every year or so, I'm always looking for new things to do, places to eat, etc.

Please share your favorites from this week while the memories are fresh.

Thanks....


Here's mine:

Did the Top of the Rock (GE Building) - Had great weather Wednesday and got amazing pictures.

Roundtrip on the Staten Island Ferry - Best free thing to do in NYC. We even had an armed Coast Guard escort.

Went to see Passing Strange on Broadway - Great rock musical.
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  • MrFadedGloryMrFadedGlory Posts: 207
    Glad you asked - rather than spending $800 on a pair of tix to MSG II we decided to head out to Greenwich Village and ventured into a bar called The Fat, Black Pussycat (I think that was the name of it). Anyway, their house band plays there every Wed & Thurs night and there was no cover so the wife and I decided to check it out. Turned out to be one of those nights where your wandering around not expecting much until all of the sudden you discover a diamond in the rough.

    Once the band started playing people started rolling in downstairs - it was like a giant party in someone's basement. Different musicians on and off the stage playing everything under the sun, and I do mean everything. A variety of covers in addition to a few of their own, and the originals were great. My wife and I agreed it was like the musical equivalent of Second City. If you've ever been to Second City you can imagine what I'm talking about - several outstanding comedians on and off the stage never missing a beat. I'm not quite sure how they rehearsed but believe me when I say they were so seamless it was as if they had all been playing together for a decade or longer. Each performer had an amazing voice and I mean fucking amazing. People were dancing in front of the stage, in front of the bar and at their seats - it was completely off the hook.

    Do yourself a favor and check it out next time your in NYC on a Wed or Thurs night:
    http://www.thevillageunderground.com/bio.php?id=226

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  • Biggest WaveBiggest Wave Posts: 686
    nukeboot wrote:
    Roundtrip on the Staten Island Ferry - Best free thing to do in NYC. We even had an armed Coast Guard escort.

    Free? I didn't know that thing was free, I would have done it. I was right there in Battery Park. The best thing I got to see in the park was a bunch of colored dudes dancing about for money. Next time I'm taking the free tour.
  • nukebootnukeboot Posts: 1,465
    Biggest Wave wrote:
    Free? I didn't know that thing was free, I would have done it. I was right there in Battery Park.

    It was a pretty cool way to see the Statue of Liberty and cruise the harbor for an hour.

    Plus, you can jump off on Staten Island, use the CLEAN restroom if you need to, grab a drink and hop back on the same boat to go back. Anyone who spends time in NYC knows the value of a good public bathroom.

    Oh, did I mention they sell a wide variety of ice cold brew on the boat? And at half of the Garden price.

    :D
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  • guitar0zeroguitar0zero Posts: 23
    I went to BB King's Blues club... walked around broadway... went to an irish pub... picked up tickets, went back to the irish pub.. that's about it
    2003/04/28 - The Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA
    2004/10/01 - Sovereign Center - Reading, PA
    2005/09/01 - The Gorge - George, WA
    2006/05/28 - Tweeter Center - Camden, NJ
    2008/06/18 - Susquehanna Center - Camden, NJ
    2008/06/24 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
  • jrdjrd Posts: 3,060
    nukeboot wrote:
    Did the Top of the Rock (GE Building) - Had great weather Wednesday and got amazing pictures.

    yup... did that on Wednesday morning as well! excellent weather, fabulous views. better than queuing up for ages to get to the top of the crowded Empire State Building (which we did Tuesday evening :o ) AND you get a great view of the ESB as well...
    Roundtrip on the Staten Island Ferry - Best free thing to do in NYC. We even had an armed Coast Guard escort.

    same thing for us when we did that on Tuesday morning, the coast guard 'escorted' us pretty much all the way over to Staten Island... do they do that for every trip...?

    went to a great bar on Thursday, the Ginger Man (11 East 36th St (between 5th and Madison) which has something like 66 draught beers and another 120 or so bottles!
    Oh yeah? Well, I've had about enough of morons and halfwits, dolts, dunces, dullards and dumbbells - and you chowderhead yokel, you blithering hayseed, you - you've had enough of me?
  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    Hung out and had some drinks in the apartment with my wife. Then took a quick cab to the venue around 8pm and enjoyed the shows..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • Laura in NJLaura in NJ Posts: 176
    Let's see...
      Took the ferry over from Weehawken
    • Picked up my 10C tickets...section 63, Mike's side
    • Opted out of the 500-person poster line
    • Met up with my ticket buddy
    • Bought cheap beer in Penn Station (32 oz draft for $4.50) and sandwiches, and had a picnic on the 7th Avenue side of the Garden
    • Went to Famous Footwear and bought a pair of flip-flops for the show since my work shoes were killing me
    • Headed inside at about 7:15
    • Found our seats, then found the bar and stayed there during Ted Leo chatting with different people
    • Enjoyed the show
    • Just missed the 11:37 NJ Transit train home; had to kill an hour til the next one
    • Went to some crappy bar on 8th Avenue and had another beer
    • Got home in one piece
    • Realized the next morning my $400 camera was missing

    Despite the camera situation, STILL had a great time. Hoping for EV tix at NJPAC!!!
    Laura in NJ
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  • BUFFALOBUFFALO Posts: 760
    msg nite 2
    met up with my buddy , who just moved from buffalo to long beach. we hung out at the bech all day .
    central park.
    went to mountain creek water park in vernon nj ... holy shit that park rocks .
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    went to WTC were, saw brooklyn bridge, went to empire state building and saw times square.

    I'll come back and do it proper.
  • nukebootnukeboot Posts: 1,465
    I BrisK I wrote:
    went to WTC were, saw brooklyn bridge, went to empire state building and saw times square.

    I'll come back and do it proper.


    Were you the guy who spent the week in NYC and did Coney Island?

    You had quite a list of things to do, if I recall right.

    I'd love to hear how it went.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    Saw 2 PJ shows

    Ate 3 slices of NYC style pizza (a name that is redundant because this IS the only kind of pizza)

    Met some really cool fans

    Waited in a 2 hour poster line for night 2

    Ate a great breakfast burrito, apparently in the "best diner in the city"

    Oh, and one more small thing: got engaged and bought an engagement ring (which lead to free drinks from the hotel bartender) :)
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  • pearljgirl2010pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    we went to the Met. Art Museum, walked across Central Park and went to the Natural History museum before the 2nd show...really nice day!
    Need a tour Travel Agent??? Pick me :-)

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  • JennytreeJennytree Posts: 5,340
    The best thing I did was go see the Bodies exhibition at the South Port thingy. Also ate some fine food, met loads of nice people, and bought a shit load of make up in Sephora beside WTC!
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 92,748
    firstly, a full day got canned. was supposed to be in nyc the monday coming in (friend text me that he had coldplay tickets for me), but i got stuck in montreal. 3 flight's cancelled. that couldn't fly to newark, nj airport. d'oh!

    but that night 13 hours in the airport till 5am, i was taking care of this old lady who lived in jersey. her family were there and worried, couldn't stay all night there, they had a flight to catch, i told them i would take care of her. the hugs & kisses i got. sweet! i got her email & gave her a few pearl jam dvds to check out. :)

    was in nyc tuesday around 10am. walked around the streets close to msg, attended the 2 wishlist foundation preparties; attended the 2 pearl jam msg show's. first time on the nyc subway on my own. went to radio city music hall, went to the top of the rock at 30 rockefeller plaza, stroll around nbc studios, took a break at central park, kept walking around nyc. it was fun. 3 hour's of sleep in 3 day's. those vitamin water bottles were amazing i'll tell ya. i'm hooked on them.

    meet so many friends from the boards at the preparties, it was awesome. had a great time in nyc. wished i stayed more then the 3 day's there. next time. :)
  • pearljgirl2010pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    demetrios wrote:
    but that night 13 hours in the airport till 5am, i was taking care of this old lady who lived in jersey. her family were there and worried, couldn't stay all night there, they had a flight to catch, i told them i would take care of her. the hugs & kisses i got. sweet! i got her email & gave her a few pearl jam dvds to check out. :)


    that's so nice...you're pretty much the nicest guy ever!!
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 92,748
    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    that's so nice...you're pretty much the nicest guy ever!!

    thanks! :)
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    The Pearl Jam nyc trip was econo - no hotel, rode the greyhound, got there at 3:30; met up with the 10 club member who was getting my 2nd ticket. Then got a cup of coffee, took the E uptown to midtown east side and ate some thai food, came back over to msg, went to the show, had to leave right at 11pm, ran in 9 minutes flat from my seat to my bus gate at the port authority on 42nd, and was on a bus before midnight for the 8 hour trip towards home in upstate. It was fun.

    But I was also in the city for Saturday June 21st to see The Cure, so I can include that, put my daughter on the greyhound for home after driving to the city from Philly after seeing the 2 Camden show, then shopping errands for my other daughter who was going to be in some performances, then saw The Cure at Radio City.

    2 trips to nyc in 4 days! Time to go again! I love the city.
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  • pearljam_addictionpearljam_addiction Posts: 668
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  • nadja_veddernadja_vedder Posts: 291
    Got in the city about 10am on Tuesday with my sister, went to Bryant park, stayed there for a bit, and we starting walking!!! We did some shopping, picked up my tickets, checked into the hotel and went to the Pre-party. I met so many cool people there, had some drinks and went to see the show, it was awesome!!
    Now on Wednesday, my sister headed back to CT in the morning, so I was by myself:(, not for long!!! After I checkout of the hotel, since I didn't have anything to do and I didn't want to go anywhere by myself (I was so bored and since it wasn't my first time in the city,I have been there so many times before, I didn't feel the need to go check out any attraction), I grabbed something to eat and stayed by the MSG on the Borders side. Then I met Stephen Flow (which by the looks was also bored like me) and we started chatting about the show, and so on... We headed to the Pre-party, where I also met I Brisk I, had a drink talked some more and we (Stephen Flow and I, I Brisk I came along) decided to go get a poster, which ended with no luck. Went to the show after hours waiting, had great seats (Thanks) and headed back to CT afterwords!!!

    I had a great time, met a bunch of people, and can't wait to do it again!!!
    "makes much more sense, to live in the present tense"
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    nadja_vedder wrote:
    Got in the city about 10am on Tuesday with my sister, went to Bryant park, stayed there for a bit, and we starting walking!!! We did some shopping, picked up my tickets, checked into the hotel and went to the Pre-party. I met so many cool people there, had some drinks and went to see the show, it was awesome!!
    Now on Wednesday, my sister headed back to CT in the morning, so I was by myself:(, not for long!!! After I checkout of the hotel, since I didn't have anything to do and I didn't want to go anywhere by myself (I was so bored and since it wasn't my first time in the city,I have been there so many times before, I didn't feel the need to go check out any attraction), I grabbed something to eat and stayed by the MSG on the Borders side. Then I met Stephen Flow (which by the looks was also bored like me) and we started chatting about the show, and so on... We headed to the Pre-party, where I also met I Brisk I, had a drink talked some more and we (Stephen Flow and I, I Brisk I came along) decided to go get a poster, which ended with no luck. Went to the show after hours waiting, had great seats (Thanks) and headed back to CT afterwords!!!

    I had a great time, met a bunch of people, and can't wait to do it again!!!

    GOOD TIMES WITH FIJI WATER.
  • edvedderrocksedvedderrocks Posts: 1,001
    waited in line for a poster with a bunch of crazy people (& some mean ones too!)
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  • nadja_veddernadja_vedder Posts: 291
    I BrisK I wrote:
    GOOD TIMES WITH FIJI WATER.

    no doubt about it!!!!
    "makes much more sense, to live in the present tense"
  • BUFFALOBUFFALO Posts: 760
    edvedderrocks wrote:
    waited in line for a poster with a bunch of crazy people (& some mean ones too!)

    you can blame the msg security for that
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  • PJ212PJ212 Posts: 822
    nukeboot wrote:
    Went to see Passing Strange on Broadway - Great rock musical.


    I love that you saw this show!! It''s so good! I saw it the week before PJ came in to MSG and I used it as my warm up show. Just good Rock N Roll.
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    well i live just outside manhattan and work there M-F, so didn't do anything special beyond going *splat* flat-out on the sidewalk right before MSG II....going to the concert...then to the ER....and then hobbled onwards to the rest of my shows. dunno about special, but most definitely memorable...and painful. :o:p:D
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  • nukebootnukeboot Posts: 1,465
    PJ212 wrote:
    I love that you saw this show!! ... Just good Rock N Roll.

    I liked everything about it - music, staging, players.

    I think Stew has a bright future.
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  • nukebootnukeboot Posts: 1,465
    PJ212 wrote:
    I love that you saw this show!! It''s so good! I saw it the week before PJ came in to MSG and I used it as my warm up show. Just good Rock N Roll.

    Good news for Stew - Spike Lee is filming the show next week for a film.

    Pretty cool.
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  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    pearljam_addiction wrote:
    F.A.T.S/ Stout/ Blarney Rock/ Hickeys

    Amen!
    well didnt go to stout or Hickeys, but the other 2 were great!
    2003 - Sydney x3,
    2006 - Reading Festival,
    2007 - Katowice, London, Nijmegen, Rock Werchter,
    2008 - MSG x2, Hartford, Mansfield x2, Beacon Theater,
    2009 - Melbourne, Sydney,
    2010 - I watched it go to fire!
    2011 - EV Brisbane x3, Newcastle, Sydney x3,
    2012 - Manchester x 2, Amsterdam x2, Prague, Berlin x2, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
    2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    decides2dream wrote:
    well i live just outside manhattan and work there M-F, so didn't do anything special beyond going *splat* flat-out on the sidewalk right before MSG II....going to the concert...then to the ER....and then hobbled onwards to the rest of my shows. dunno about special, but most definitely memorable...and painful. :o:p:D

    How's your ankle now? Is it all better?
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