NYC To Do List
In no particular order, with no rhyme or reason:
- See the World Trade Center site – DONE
- Ride the subway – DONE
- Ride a crowded subway car – DONE
- Get lost in the subway – DONE
- Meet a nice New Yorker – DONE
- Go to the Good Morning America Show
- See Times Square -DONE
- Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art – DONE (want to go back)
- Visit the Cloister Gardens
- Go to the top of the Empire State Building – DONE
- Visit Rockefeller Center
- Get dressed up and have a fancy dinner with friends
- Visit the Botanical Gardens – DONE
- Go to Bernie Madoff’s office in the Lipstick Building – N.A. Lost Interest
- Take the Ferry
- See the Statue of Liberty (close up)
- Take the NYC city tour bus
- Meet someone famous – KINDA DONE (LJ)
- Don’t get mugged – DONE
- Sail remote control boats in central park
- Bike the 6 mile loop around central park
- Goto the IBM tower
- Walk Brooklyn Bridge – DONE
- Get off the street. Maybe eat at 230 Fifth
- Take circle line tour (Boat ferry?)
- Find Google Headquarters in NYC
- Goto Times Square Church on Sunday
- Ride in the first subway car and look down the tunnel – DONE
- Be NYC tour guide – DONE
- Ride Staten Island Ferry – DONE
- Check out used book stores
- Buy a vest from the garment district
- Go to FAO Schwarz – DONE
- Manhattanhenge
More to follow as they come to mind….
11/12/11 Revised. Realized I scratched off 13 earlier this year. Added general to-do list.
07/14/10 Revised. Added and scratched 29, 30, 33. Added 31 and 32
05/11/10 Revised. Added and scratched 28.
04/25/10 Revised. Added 22-28, Scratched off 14,18, 10
08/05/09 Revised
01/25/09 Initial post
Day Tripping in NYC
First real day trip to New York. Rather spontaneous but MA and I took the train to Penn Station and then hopped the subway downtown. We didn’t have an agenda and just went with the flow. Here are a couple pics. More on my Facebook page.
I also started a Things To See and Do List
Leaves hanging on for dear life
The tree leaves are hanging on for dear life. Fortunately I was able to spend some time in the woods and enjoy their waning beauty.
High diving – or just free falling
A friend showed me a place near where I grew up that totally caught me by surprise. It was a 25′ – 30′ ledge overlooking a deep pocket on the montreal river. Tucked away off the beaten path one would think it was seldom visited but by the debris on the ground and walking paths it was well known, except to me.
The river was a dark foreboding color that hid everything. If DA hadn’t jumped the week before and before me I probably wouldn’t have tried. But he did, and so not wanting to pass the experience up I jumped as well. It was a real rush but as I found myself swimming around in the murky river water I realized that was more unnerving than actually jumping into it!