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apples
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 Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:44 pm Post subject: Attention. NYC here I come! |
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My mates getting married to a woman musician in New York next week and I'm off on Sunday for 5 nights! Staying in Manhattan. Any tips on where to go? Though I might try CBGB's.
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MacPhail
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| Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Attention. NYC here I come! |
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| apples wrote: |
| My mates getting married to a woman musician in New York next week and I'm off on Sunday for 5 nights! Staying in Manhattan. Any tips on where to go? Though I might try CBGB's. |
Shea Stadium ! LET'S GO METS !!! 
Music wise, best bet is to buy "Time Out - New York" at Heathrow and it'll list all gigs for the coming week. So far I've been to gigs at "Tramps" {now closed I think  }, The Supper Club and Madison Square Garden but there are tons of great places as you'd expect.
Sports Bars - "Blondies" on W79th {dead friendly and great food} or "Scruffy Duffy's" on 8th Ave near Times Square {don't try and play by British rules on the Pool table - they don't apreciate it ! }
Pubs - "The Playwright" {there are 2 or 3 of these but the one at W49th between Broadway & 7th Ave is best} or "Ye Olde Tripple Inn" on W54th
{between 8th Ave & Broadway} are pretty good.
Also if you do NOTHING else on the trip, go up the Empire State Building AT NIGHT and come back and tell me its not the most awesome view you've ever seen ! Truly spectacular !
Anyway, I can tell you one thing - you WON'T be bored !
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Don't fall for those witty "wallet inspectors" that parade outside JFK and Newark Airport. Boy, was my face red.
Empire State Building at night = yes.
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Go and see a baseball game. It's a fantastic experience for one evening. Sit next to a fan and explain you don't know all the rules - he'll explain as the game progresses. You get to sit, watch sport, drink beer, eat hotdogs and claim you're improving anglo-american relations all at the same time.
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MacPhail
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| CTID wrote: |
| Go and see a baseball game. It's a fantastic experience for one evening. Sit next to a fan and explain you don't know all the rules - he'll explain as the game progresses. You get to sit, watch sport, drink beer, eat hotdogs and claim you're improving anglo-american relations all at the same time. |
Or better still, ask me or Jobi and WE'LL explain it to you ! 
{Well I will - Jobi's a Braves fan so therefore knows bugger-all about it. }
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| MacPhail wrote: |
| CTID wrote: |
| Go and see a baseball game. It's a fantastic experience for one evening. Sit next to a fan and explain you don't know all the rules - he'll explain as the game progresses. You get to sit, watch sport, drink beer, eat hotdogs and claim you're improving anglo-american relations all at the same time. |
Or better still, ask me or Jobi and WE'LL explain it to you !
{Well I will - Jobi's a Braves fan so therefore knows bugger-all
about it. }
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apples
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THanks for the tips guys. The Zutons are playing at CBGB's on monday so I will try that. THe baseball game sounds good too!
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MacPhail
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| apples wrote: |
| THe baseball game sounds good too! |
Unless you're there this weekend, The Mets are out of town all next week but The Yankees {Evil Empire !} ARE at Home although you'll need to go to The Bronx AND sit next to the stupid, ugly, arrogant Skankee fans !
Oh well - can't have everything - It's worth going to a game just for the whole experience and since The Yankees are the Man Utd of Baseball and have most of the best players, you'll see some decent Baseball .....
Remember to shout stuff like "Jeter - YOU SUCK !" and "Brown - you throw like a Freakin' GIRL !" to ingratiate yourself with the locals.
They'll laugh with you and buy you beer.
Then they'll kill you.
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