I need somewhere to stay in New York City.

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it's in between the end of the high-culture indoor season and the great free outdoor stuff, but those probably aren't high priorities for a first-time visitor. baseball, of course, but get tickets now, I would think.

gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link

xpost - Gracias. It's a long-shot, but fall is unlikely because of school and work and I'm hoping to get a trip in before the temperature approaches anything hot.

Baseball-wise, I'm hoping to catch a game with the Single-A team in Brooklyn.

Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:09 (eighteen years ago) link

they won't start until mid-June

gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:12 (eighteen years ago) link

oops, I didn't realize they were a short-season affiliate. Guess I'll think about that some other time.

Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:17 (eighteen years ago) link

yes, NYC can get pretty muggy in the summer, and yes there are summers where we regularly get up into the 90s, but summer arguably is the second-best season to visit given all the outdoor stuff going on. May is still probably a very good time to visit, but I wouldn't write June, July or even August off. then again, I wear shorts and sandals with impunity in those months. (I wear 3-season wool suits then too, but I won't say I don't sweat)

gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:18 (eighteen years ago) link

I mean, we're not talking Austin or Phoenix here

gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:20 (eighteen years ago) link

the New Haven County Cutters will be playing at historic Yale Field (real old baseball vibe here) by Memorial Day weekend

gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:23 (eighteen years ago) link

two years pass...

last week in August, Monday to Monday, staying at the Clarion Park Avenue (looked at Chelsea Hostel private rooms, but they require a passport and

I should totally do this, right?

milo z, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 01:59 (fifteen years ago) link

i assume you don't need to be glued to the TV during the Dem convention

lots of people leave town around then, but for some people that might be a good thing

gabbneb, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:06 (fifteen years ago) link

Dude.. New budget hotel options..

The Jane Hotel

Same owners as Bowery Hotel, The Park, The Maritime. Budget hotel, "hip" rooms, free wifi, Ipod station, COMMUNAL BATHROOMS though. Rooms supposed to be extra-cheap for NYC. I'd totally stay there. Just opened some rooms for preview this summer. Not sure if they're renting rooms yet, but keep an eye out. Rooms for under $100, def.

Also, there's the new POD HOTEL

phil-two, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:09 (fifteen years ago) link

but yeah sure why not, come for a visit

phil-two, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:11 (fifteen years ago) link

okay, calling The Jane now, that place looks fantastic

milo z, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:15 (fifteen years ago) link

oh wait a minute... what dates exactly? im gonna be out of town and will probably have moved into a 1br then in williamsburg.... if you want to sublet an apt instead of hotel... we've done fantasy basketball together so i totally trust you

phil-two, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:18 (fifteen years ago) link

I had it set for the 18th to the 25th, but I'm basically just looking for a week or ten days in the last couple of weeks of August. If that works, a sublet would be great.

milo z, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:26 (fifteen years ago) link

i'm going to the west coast like aug 15-30.... i'm 90% sure im moving back to my old apartment which is a 1br in east williamsburg / west bushwick / whatever. 15'ish mins by train to union square.

there's not much to steal, but it'll be fully furnished.. lemme know when you get your plane ticket.. Could def talk about subletting. you can email me thru the ilx link.. i think its the right one...

phil-two, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:33 (fifteen years ago) link

maybe we can work something out.

phil-two, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:34 (fifteen years ago) link

also there's an ice cream maker in the pantry

phil-two, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:38 (fifteen years ago) link

i am coming to nyc aug. 7-13!

t0dd swiss, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 03:16 (fifteen years ago) link

oh just in time for All Points West...

phil-two, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 04:57 (fifteen years ago) link

just one day haha. there are more important things to do

t0dd swiss, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 05:28 (fifteen years ago) link

five months pass...

i guess i admire her cheek for just straight asking

rox qua rox (roxymuzak), Sunday, 28 December 2008 00:23 (fifteen years ago) link

harsh thread

s1ocki, Sunday, 28 December 2008 00:30 (fifteen years ago) link

one month passes...

http://gothamist.com/2009/01/28/times_square_hotel_is_dirtiest_in_t.php

"It's like a HORROR movie in real life, it's so bad that its just not for real. Barack Obama, please shut it down!")

Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link

love the hotel carter. the nyt did its own stay there (2 years before the body under the bed incident.) there's a deli attached to its lobby, the lucky star, where i used to go for a grilled-cheese sandwich.

paper plans (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link

When I worked at the NYT I'd go there for orange juice and a bagel in the morning. It's directly across the street from the old New York Times office.

When the Nightingales first came to play in america, that's where they stayed. They said their was a prostitute on their floor. I always thought they meant on the same floor of the hotel, but maybe they meant literally, on THEIR floor.

dan selzer, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 18:20 (fifteen years ago) link

eight months pass...

cheap hotel for 3 metalheads needed in nyc asap, recommendash????

e\m/ily (roxymuzak), Monday, 19 October 2009 01:17 (fourteen years ago) link

this place on my block is a "budget hotel," whatever that means. i see a lot of youth-hostel types going in and out. they've been renovating it, i think it used to be more of an SRO type place. i can't speak to what it's like on the inside, but the neighborhood's nice and friendly...

flying squid attack (tipsy mothra), Monday, 19 October 2009 01:41 (fourteen years ago) link

Priceline is your friend. I got the Dream Hotel for hostel prices (and then got fucked out of going anyway...)

smashing aspirant (milo z), Monday, 19 October 2009 01:44 (fourteen years ago) link


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