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A long stroll around prospect park is always nice I think. I also recommend getting some trini food or just general Caribbean food since kings is in Flatbush and you’ll be near crown heights. I recommend A&A bake, Allan’s, or Gloria’s. Also, take the Q down to Coney Island and walk around the boardwalk since it’s more off season right now and pretend you’re a city kid about to ride a roller coaster, treat yourself to a lemonade, and head back up.
Edit: San gennaro also starts this weekend. Annual Italian festival for a saint. I don’t know much else about it except that every person ever comes to little Italy and that you can get sausage and peppers in the street
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NYC is more than just Manhattan!!!!!!!!! Go to queens and get south Asian and Central American food in Jackson heights, and keep trucking along the 7 and get Chinese food in flushing. Go to Astoria and get Greek or Brazilian or Egyptian food and walk to Long island city and enjoy the views and go to one of several museums there.
Go to crown heights in Brooklyn and eat Caribbean food. Go to prospect park and see a park that’s not Central Park too. Go to bushwick and thrift and get tacos at nenes.
Go to the Bronx and go to THAT little Italy and eat a PHAT sandwich. Go to the Bronx botanical gardens bc they’re beautiful.
Even go to Staten Island and get Sri Lankan food at lakruwama and get Italian ice at Ralph’s and pretend you’re a 4th gen Italian with chest hair and a chain just because you can.
This city is truly so big, so explore it and see all it has to offer!
Sep 16, 2024
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Manhattan (Mostly LES + some extras)
- Dim Sum GoGo
- my gf‘s friend‘s new bar Sake Bar Asoko
- Forget Me Not for a chill dimes square fries and a martini asshole meal
- live music at Heaven Can Wait, Arlene’s, Mercury Lounge, Berlin Under A, Bowery Ballroom
- drunk karaoke at Winnie’s
- Roxy Cinema for a movie night
- Bk Bridge park at night for a view and ice cream if you’re a tourist or just nostalgic
- The Whitney museum and a walk by the water / more gallery hopping
- Lovers of Today bar for a date or late night move
- Orchard Express Tailor for your tailoring needs
- The Met & Central Park is a trek but worth doing on a nice late spring day
Brooklyn (I live in crow heights)
- Bk museum and Botanic Garden day (i did a whole post on this)
- Super Power or Bearded Lady (sister tiki bars) to get wasted
- live music at Baby’s All Right, Gold Sounds, Alphaville, Trans-Pecos
- a chic dinner & incredible food at Olea, Aita, Saraghina Cafe, Colonia Verde, LaRina, Sisters, Bunna Cafe
- Turtles All The Way Down or Do or Dive for dive bars
- Fan Fan Doughnuts
- Greenberg Bagels or Lula Bagels
- Island Pops ice cream
- Nana Ramen, Ichiran Ramen
- bars for dates: The Narrows, Doris, Hartley‘s, Bar Laika, Bar Velo, Pokito, Lunatico
- Fort Greene Park on a nice day
- Drive to Highland Park for nature & to feel like you are not in the city
- Red Hook day (wineries, breweries, + Steve’s Key Lime Pie)
- Rockaway beach
- dirty chai ($$$$) from Cotton Bean or Marcy & Myrtle
that’s all for now
Sep 16, 2024
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i've transcribed our conversation for your reading pleasure.
parks:
- Rockefeller park
- Central Park, but not if you don't like crowds and are looking for a peaceful walk (you can also rent a bike nearby and ride it through the park)
- not necessarily a park, but the Highline. used to be a railway, is now a place for gardening and walking. beautiful views, lovely walk.
- Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park, river views, great for picnic
- Battery Park, very zen place to be, suggest you go at dusk to see the sun set over the city skyline. you can also see the statue of liberty from there
brunch:
- Gee Whiz Diner, dope pancakes, bomb eggs benedict
- Sarabeth's, stunning pancakes
- Pick A Bagel, you can get any kind of bagel to go/to stay, absolutely delicious
lunch/dinner:
- Shake Shack, great burgers, best attraction is the fries, can't go wrong with fast food
- Gee Whiz Diner, again, incredible grilled cheeses
- Golden Unicorn, stunning Chinese cuisine, godly dumplings
- Lombardi's, historic pizza place
- Benihana, Japanese food, you get the chef cooking in front of you experience
activities:
- Museum of Natural History, if you are a fan of archeology/paleontology/or just science in general
- South Street Seaport, occasionally there are seafood stands, but otherwise its a nice walk and a historic location
- Pier 25, great minigolf, can also play volleyball here
- If you like sports, Chelsea Piers, its also right by the Highline so you can kill two birds with one stone
- if you have money and want to do some shopping, check out Williamsburg
- take the ferry to Ellis Island, it stops at Liberty Island so you can still see the statute of liberty up close but you don't have to get off if you don't want to deal with the crowds. Plus Ellis Island is also pretty cool, you can search up if your relatives came through Ellis Island
Apr 16, 2024
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