Just returned back from a FANTASTIC weekend in New York with my wife. A few thoughts:
Rarely have I encountered a more overrated pizza joint than Lombardi's on Spring St in New York's SoHo. If one were to rank tri-state pizza joints, the first six would easily reside in the New Haven area. Even the pizza place along Arden Ave. in Staten Island is better.
Sadly, Ground Zero today resembles an orderly construction site. Interestingly, pamphleteers around the site demanding a re-investigation of the 9/11 Commission. Far-fetched but interesting.
Here's the golden rule regarding souveniers: Two of shit is shit. If a vendor really wanted to screw you, he'd give you the third one for free. How many NYC emblazoned Statues of Liberty does one truly need?
If you have the means, I highly recommend taking in an opera at Lincoln Center. A grand hall built in the 1950s, the Metropolitan Opera House is the Yankee Stadium of opera halls. All the great ones played here...
The famed Waldorf-Astoria hotel was actually the merging of two New York hotels built by the dynastic Astors. Hence the hyphen.
Waiting for a seat at any crowded restaurant, I have two words: What Recession?
If you're taking the train into NYC from Connecticut, avoid doing it the day of a Yankee day game.
I don't know what it is but there's something about a well-played saxophone in the Subway that really gets to me.
How star-crossed are hockey's Rangers? Before Saturday's victory, it had been almost 70 years before the Rangers won a playoff game 1-0.
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Try not to orgasm, but Frank Pepe of New Haven pizza fame is planning to open his first out-of-state branch in Yonkers. Perhaps for the next trip, you and the wife can comfortably shack up in the always beautiful Getty Square area while enjoying a few slices of your favorite pie.
Plus, the city offers a more suitable backdrop for porn, with or without the plot.
Found your site through MVD. I had the pleasure of visiting New York last year and I LOVED it! Glad you had a great trip. Oh yeah, next time, visit Ray's Pizza in Manhattan (55th and 7th). The BEST!
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