i go to new york

btw darragh, don't think i'm knocking being a tourist (or quietly poking around the big city), I've basically made it a second career and thoroughly endorse it.

some of the best manhattan views are in LIC for what its worth

windows on the world was the best (rip) cause u cld go up there for free and get a drink and gaze out upon the majesty and lol at the fools who waited in line to pay to go up in the other tower

you can also catch the east river ferry downtown, which is fun.

Views from hotel rooftop bar look great

Max- yeah to all those, emphasis on sights and museums, tho we will v likely eat at some stage

Kinda just wandering around too iykwim, tho obv ny being ny this could come under 'sights'

wandering around is tite

the citys too expensive tbh dont bother coming here

extra points if you refer to it as flaneuring

Can u get tayto and/or lyons tea in nyc or in surrounding states

max otm go to dallas instead

Above 14th st. is not all that much fun to wander around imo unless you just like tall buildings. Of course there are many institutions and museums and parks worth visiting. But areas like LES, West Village, East Village, Chinatown are more fun to roam.

im sure u can get whatever tea u want if u look hard enough

also check when the museums are free

no to mention which days they're closed, I was planning to go to PS1 today to see the Mike Kelley thing but they're closed Tues and Weds. oops.

moma is free friday evenings, new museum thursday evenings, amnh and the met are always technically "free"

Guggenheim has a few free hours on Saturdays - I found lines down and around the block last time I did this, might have just been people into the dumb James Turrell thing, or it might always be like that. Guggenheim is really expensive though so that can almost be worth it.

some of the best manhattan views are in LIC for what its worth

otm you should walk to gantry state park from your hotel it's rad

i bet the line was for the turrell piece

is the mike kelley show good

Guggs is not always like that. It was the Turrell thing. Mike Kelly show is good.

Plaz post any other good shows, ideas for things to do, places to walk around, I'm gonna b in ny this wknd and don't want to click on show all messages

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is the mike kelley show good

supposed to be, I'll tell you Thursday I guess

Don't do Empire State Building dmac, do the Top of the Rock

I don't love Mike Kelley, but if you do I'd imagine it's a good show, being that it's the largest ever and the first comprehensive one in a couple decades

and the images look pretty nice. Plus PS1 is always worth the trip just to enjoy the space and to eat at M Wells Dinette.

I didn't have strong feelings about Kelley, but the show was impressive. Didn't realize the breadth of his work. Almost the entire first floor is devoted to his recreations of the city of Kandor from Superman. There are other pieces, like this one huge sculpture upstairs, that are amazing.

M Wells Dinette is great but be careful if you're not too adventurous an eater. Last time we went the options were pretty limited and I decided to roll the dice on a Goat Tagine Terrine. Despite HATING gelatinous foods, I thought I'd man up and give it a shot since nothing else seemed up my alley and I figured I could handle it. I was wrong. It was like 10% goat meat and 90% terrine, solidified goat fat. I thought the ratio would be different. Sure, it tasted great once I stopped gagging.

The time I went before that I had one of the best meals I've had in years, so who knows.

While it may not be the first choice of things to do, you can take the 7 train in the direction opposite of Manhattan and go to the Queens Museum and see the panaroma of New York. Then you can say you saw the WHOLE city. They also have good permanent exhibits on the World's Fair and Tiffany glass, in addition to the contemporary international stuff. And outside is the actual worlds fair stuff which is pretty cool to see. The unisphere etc. Then go to Flushing for food. Or stop in Jackson Heights on the way back.

i have found m wells dinette to be very hit or miss and very expensive.

who's off tomorrow and drinking tonight?

Did you end up going out?

well, briefly. I was exhausted from the Mad Mad World disc.

Oh, I was working. :(

You felt like Jonathan Winters after tearing up the gas station?
(xp)

more like Dick Shawn('s stuntman) after he got flung across that buffet table

I'm coming out of the woods again this weekend to visit your rich people 's playground. Did Tuomas ever find those "bohemian clothes "? I'm in Bed Stuy for this visit.

Rad! I hope you like it! What's the nearest subway stop, out of curiousity?

new york i will be in you on friday the 9th and saturday the 10th of may, i am planning to go to the whitney biennial and otherwise i am doing w/e. if anyone is around maybe we should kick it.

i will bump this sooner to the time obv but i wanted to get it out there.

Damn I'm gonna miss ya

:( when are you back in usa?

it can probably be kicked

good, i am excited for this

Be back in June; have a big chunk of free time Aug/Sept so maybe I'll head up to Beantown instead!!

DO THAT

hey cad, super. Mets home that wkend too lol

Anything interesting on this weekend?

does someone do your taxes? do you like them? can i have their information?

sarahel to thread - wrong coast but maybe she has NY connections...

i need help with NYS taxes in particular so i guess i'm looking for someone local

unless yr stuff is super complicated hr block online isn't bad?

"nonresident alien" = pretty complicated

i think i got it though