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New York
The Empire State. Boasting the most exciting
city in the world-what more can we say? Grab your Yankees cap and
enjoy . The Big Apple is, well, king of the hill,top of the list, A
number 1- and has it all!
Country : United States
Area : 9,908,155 sq km
Population : 267,000,00
Capital : Washington D.C.
Language : English
Major religion :
Christianity
GNI per capita : $36710
Internet domain:.us
Currency : US Dollar
Phonecode : #1#212
Hotels : Waldorf Astoria ; Four Seasons,
Midtown East ; The Lowell, Upper East Side; The Peninsula, Midtown
East ; Ritz-Carlton, Central Park ; Bowery Hotel ; Mandarin
Oriental, Time Warner Centre ; The Maritime Hotel, Chelsea ; Hotel
Gansevoort, cnr 9th Ave and 13th Street, Meatpacking District ; The
Pierre, 5th Avenue ; Six Columbus, Theatre District ; Hotel on
Rivington, Soho/East Village ; 60 Thompson ; The Mercer, Soho ;
Sofitel, West 44th Street ; Plaza Hotel ; The Point, Lake Saranc ;
The Algonquin Hotel ; Paramount ; The Greenwich Hotel(DE Niro) ;
Gramercy Park Hotel ; The Royalton ; Trump International Hotel
& Tower, One Central Park West ; Tribeca Grand, Downtown ;
Bottega Veneta Suite at the St Regis Hotel, 5th Avenue ; Ace Hotel,
Midtown ; Crosby Street Hotel ; The Carlyle, 35 East 76th Street ;
Hotel 41at Times Square ; The Soho Club, 9th Avenue ; Library Hotel
; Le Parker Meridien, West 57th Street ; W Hotel, Union Square ;
The London ; Hudson Hotel (Phillipe Starck) ; The Standard,
Washington Street, New York ; W Court, Manhattan ; The Grand Hyatt
New York, Union Square ; Jumeihra Essex House, Central Park South ;
The Mark ;Franklin Hotel, Upper East Side ; Marriott Time Square
(great view from bar on the 48th floor)
Restaurants : La Bernadin, 155 West 51st NYC ;
21Club ; Blue Fin ; 71 Clinton Fresh Food, Lower East Side ; Bayou,
Harlem ; Nobu (Robert De Niro) Next Door to Hudson Hotel ; Asia de
Cuba ; Rooftop at 60 Thompson ; Mercer Kitchen ; Babbo, Greenwich
Village ; Per Se (Thomas Keller, Central Park) ; Masa, Cafe Gray,
Jean-Georges, Columbus Circle, Time Warner Center ; Nougatine,
Jean-Georges kitchen cut down menu ; Smith and Mills ; Locanda
Verde (De Niro) Cru, 5th Avenue ; Pastis, Meatpacking District ;
Pravda ; Everleigh ; Odeon ; Supper ; The Spotted Pig, West Village
; Jean George ; Gordon Ramsay at The London ; Lever House
Restaurant, Lever House, Park Avenue ; Gotham's Bar & Grill
East Village ; Habana Cafe, East Village ; Tao, Madison Avenue ;
Balthazar, Soho ; Gramercy Tavern ; Daniel, Park Avenue ; Perry
Street, Perry Street (Jean George Vongerichten) ; Spice Market,
09th Avenue, Meatpacking District ; (Jean GV); Hearth, East
Village ; Bubby's, TriBeCa (owned by Harvey Keitel) ; Lucky Strike,
SoHo ; The Oyster Bar, Grand Central Station ; Jean Georges (Trump
International Hotel) ; Union Square Cafe ; Lupa, Union Square ;
Casa Mono, Union Square ; Strip House ; Bar Jamon, Union Square ;
Chelsea ; Plunge, Hotel Gansevoort ; Cafe Duke, Broadway/41st
; Waverly Inn, West Village ; Mr Chow ; L' Esquina,
Nolita (secret location under a taco stand!!!Celebrity
hotspot behind the Mexican kitchen ) ; Boom Street Bra ; Katz's
Delicatessen, Lower East Side (Where Harry Met Sally) ; Tom' s
Diner, Braodway (Seinfeld ) ; Olympic Flame Diner, W 60yh/Amsterdam
Avenue ; Soy Luck Club, Greenwich Avenue ; Miss Maude's Spoonbread
Too, Malcolm X Boulevard ; N, 33 Crosby Street (between Broome and
Grand Streets ; Ono, Penthouse Gansevoort Hotel ; Max Brenner
Chockolate Factory (Broadway/141 Street ) ; Magnolia Street Bakery
-best cupcakes in 401 Bleecker Street (Sex and the City around the
corner in Perry Street) ; La Masseria, cnr. 48th & 8th
(Brad Faxon) ; M. Wells, Queens ; The Post House, East 63rd Street
; La Bottega/Matsuri, The Maritime Hotel, For steak -Uncle
Jacks/Benjamin Steak House(Grand Central Station)/Peter
Luger(Brooklyn)/BLT/Virgil's BBQ(Time Square ; Ben Benson's Steak
House ; Estancia, TriBeCa ; Adrienne's Pizza
Bar
Budget Eateries/Street Food : Gray's Papaya,
Sixth Avenue/Cafe Select, La Fayette Street/Cafe Habana, Prince
Street/Gottino Wine Bar/Greenwich Avenue/Dogmatic Gourmet Sausage
Systems, East 17th Street/Txikito, Ninth Avenue/The Smith, Third
Avenue/Calexico, Prince Street/Daisy May', 50th Street between
Sixth and Seventh Avenue/Dessert Truck, Clinton Street/Wall Street
Burger Shoppe, Water Street/The Shake Shack, Columbus Avenue/Corner
Bistro, West Fourth Street/Prune, East First Street/Momofuku Milk
Bar, Second Avenue/Porchetta, East Seventh Street/Caracas, East
Seventh Street/Rai Rai Ken, East 10th Street/Pommes Frites, Second
Avenue
Bars/Clubs : The Rose Bar, Gramercy Park Hotel
; Matsuri, The Maritime Hotel 16th Street ; El Beit, Brooklyn ;
Dumont, Brooklyn ; Isa, Brooklyn ; Spuyten Duyvil, Brooklyn ;
Maison Premiere, Brooklyn ; Fette Sau, Brooklyn ; MercBar, Mercer
Street, Soho ; Angel's Share, 9th Street/5th Avenue, East Village ;
Salon De Ning/The Pen-Top Bar and Terrace (The Peninsula Hotel) ;
Bar at Fives (The Peninsula) ; Marquee, 289 10th Avenue ; Tao, 42E
58th Street (Sex in the City) ; Laugh Factory, West 42nd ; 21 Club,
West 52nd Street(Celebrity spot) ; Ruff Club, 152 Orchard Street ;
Kiss & Fly, West 13th ; 230 Fifth Avenue ; Rainbow Room at the
Rockefeller Centre ; The Bar, Four Seasons Hotel ; Jimmy's Corner,
Times Square ; Hogs & Heifers Bar, Meatpacking District ;
Penthouse Bar Plunge at the Hotel Gansevoort ; Apotheke, Doyers
Street ; Library Bar, Hudson Hotel ; Bookmarks, rooftop bar,
Library Hotel ; Bemelmans Bar, The Carlyle ;Roof Garden Cafe,
Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Bar Centrale, West 46th ; Stone Room,
Time-Warner Center; Village Vanguard Jazz ; Raines Law Room ;
Flatiron Lounge 37th West 19 ; Little Branch, Greenwich
Village ; Ella, Alphabet City ; Terroir Tribeca ; Coipacabana,
Midtown ; 2020 ; Duane Park Ptisserie
Attractions : Central Park-see the zoo or hire
a boat at the Boathouse; Empire State Building ; Statue of Liberty,
Ellis Island ; Times Square ; Ground Zero ; Metropolitan Museum of
Modern Art ; Guggenheim Museum ; Frick Museum ; National September
11 Memorial ; Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center/Ice Rink ; UN
Headquarters ; Wollman Rink (Central Park) ; Whitney Museum of
American Art ; National History Museum (movie Night at the Museum )
; Top of the Rock, Rockefeller Plaza (best views) ; Fifth Avenue a
must for shopping ; Watch the filming of a tv show-like David
Letternman or Conan Obrien (NBC Building, Rockefeller Centre ;
Brooklyn Bridge -you can walk across ; Staten Island Ferry (free
travel) -roller jam when you get there on the only roller rink in
New York ; Clipper City Cruise ; Time Square Toys R us ; Madison
Square Garden for a concert or a match ; Bronx Zoo ; Socrates
Sculpture Park ; Apollo Theatre ; Radio BCity Hall ; McCarren Pool
(Williamsburg ) for concerts ; Chelsea Piers at Pier 59 ; National
Museum of the American Indian ; Aerial Yoga in
Brooklyn-www.aerialyoga.com
Tips/Shopping : Shopping at Century 21,
Filen's ; Ralph Lauren Rhinelander Mansion, Bloomingdales ; Macy's
; Saks 5th Avenue ; Tiffany ; Flight 001, Henri Bendel or 96
Greenwich Avenue (for travel gear) ; HBO Store ; Shooz ; Hickey
Freeman, 5th Avenue ; Barney's ; Barnes & Noble, Broadway at
66th , for a good read ; Bleecker Street ; Darr (Brooklyn-antiques)
; Hollander & Lexer (menswear emporium), Brooklyn ; Bird
(Brooklyn) ; Beacon's Closet, Brooklyn ; Spponbill & Sugartown
(nooks), Brooklyn ; The Future Perfect, Brooklyn ; Bergdorf Goodman
; Woodbury Common Premium Outlets ; Use the subway ; Partyboat
Offshore Fishing, Sheepshead Bay marina, Brooklyn ; Bohemian Beer
Garden, Astoria ; M & J Trim, 6th and 37th Street; Tickets for
Broadway shows at the TKTS now at the Marriott Marquis Hotel near
Times Square ; See Manhattan from a Circle Line Cruise ; Rucker
Park (basketball court), Harlem (street ballers hustle for cash) ;
Forget about Empire State Building-top of the rock on top of 30
Rockefeller Plaza
Airport : New York City (NYC) JFK- 24 km south
east of the city. La Guardia(LGA)- 13 km east of the city, Newark
(EWR).
Must play 18 @ : Shinnecock G.C.(Southampton),
Winged Foot G.C.-West Course-(Mamaroneck), National G.Links
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