Stuck in NYC at Park Ave. and 57th

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I am having a very surreal experience this week, for the first time in 3 years I have not been carrying everyday and I have felt naked every moment I have been in NYC. I have at least another week and a half here maybe longer while I am consulting for a client on Madison Ave..

I landed in Newark, and took the AirTrain? in to Penn Station, next time I am taking a taxi I don't care what it costs. Talk about your weird experiences, apparently they don't mind gangs and gang rivalries on their trains or at least that's what it looked like when a group of African American youth (children really) and a larger group of Puerto Rican's disputed the ownership of the car I was in. I was paying attention so I extracted myself as quietly and quickly as possible.

Anyways, I have been feeling very southern this week, it's amazing how many differences there are between here and home in so far as culture goes, we really are very different.

I am so going to the range when I get home and God what I would do for a decent breakfast -- so after shooting it's gonna be country fried steak and biscuits and gravy.

If anyone else is stuck here, we should get together and curl the locals hair over a couple of beers while we compare stories of our collections (arsenals). :)
 
That is nothing out of the norm in NYC ;)

Move along before someone notices you are causing a disturbance, by seeing, realizing how dumb some actions can be... :what:
 
I used to want to live there because everybody was so different and there was so much to do there.

I now think that perhaps millions of people crammed together is something we, as a species, are not intelligent enough to handle. I also realized how many things you CAN'T do there.
 
In my opinion - and it is just an opinion - living in a crowded city like New York is a dehumanizing experience that is spiritually destructive to people. I think humans were never meant to live in such a way. I think the ideal living structure for humans is the small town/village/community level. And it's not just because so many big cities are so anti-gun. I think to truly experience life, you need to be able to have solitude, quiet, and natural surroundings, and you need to be able to feel like a member of a community, not a cog in a huge machine.

Just my two cents...
 
Relax, and have a nice visit:).

I think there's a Holland and Holland shop in midtown. Go look at the expensive guns, get a decent steak dinner, and enjoy your time.
 
First, wise choice on going in and out of Newark (as an airport), JFK is continually being rebuilt and LaGuardia hasn't had a flight leave on time in the last 10 years.

Don't use the Airtrain it generically sucks.

If you want a taxi at Newark, the taxi stand area is efficient and the schedulers there (who work for the airport) give you a ticket with the price you will pay already written on it for your trip so you won't get ripped off.

For basically the same cost and a curb side pickup without waiting you would be better of getting a town car. Either ask your client who they recommend or use

Carmel Car & Limousine Service
212-666-6666, 800-9-CARMEL
www.carmellimo.com

or

Dial 7 Car & Limousine Service
New York, NY, 212-777-7777
www.dial7.com

Set prices, they take credit cards and the air conditioning will work, major plus these last couple of days.

One advantage to the current weather is the moving feminine landscape.....
 
Ask the concierge if he can get you lunch or dinner reservations at Peter Luger's Steakhouse in Williamsburg. Probably the best steak on the East Coast. Be sure to order the bacon appetizer and schlag dessert (along with a porterhouse). Bring cash, they don't accept plastic last I heard, except for their house credit card.

The Museum of Natural History is huge and is a ton of fun. So is "the library" at the Museum of Television & Radio. And I believe the Beretta Gallery is in midtown too.
 
Pete Lugers is still the best in town but as mentioned no credit cards. You can also go to Virgils Ribs in Times Square for good barbecue. I've lived in Queens for a long time so I guess i'm used to what everyone complains about the city.

I would advise looking for the bar Mcsweeneys downtown ( can't remember the street address). Just ask your concierge and they will know it. You only have two choices of beer light or dark and they come in 12 oz. mugs. A favorite is to see how many you can put on top of one another and pound down. It's a great saw dust on the floor kind of joint.

Forget westside pistol range because you can only shoot 22 rimfire and it's only worth going to say you "shot at a nyc shooting range". I'm trying to go to the range Sat. or Sunday if you like but it's only rifles close by, it's a good 1 and 45 minute drive to Calverton for the shotgun pits.

Don't worry about the kids on the train, there just foolin around most of the time. Just watch for the guys with usaully red/blue/yellow/green bandanas but in inconspicuos places such as wrapped around an ankle or wrist. They may also have those colors as their shoelaces. These guys are usaully the real deal and I would avoid them. the city is very safe if you have your wits about you, just don't make it to obvious that you do so you blend in.

If you make Peter Luger let me know also because I work down the street in Bushwick Brooklyn adn could stop in for a beer, it would be nice to meet a fellow THR member.
 
+1 Strat81. He's a New York boy, like me, and he know of what he speaks.

I'd say go hit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, lots of great works of art, including the Arms and Armor exhibit. I spent many hours of my youth wandering around there.

Catch a game at Yankee Stadium if you can. It's their last season at the old park, which is arguably the most historic baseball stadium ever.

Smith and Wollensky's makes a fine meal, they're on 3rd ave and 49th. It's just a short walk from where you are now. Dress is jacket and tie.

Sure, there are lots of things you can't do in the city, but can you take in some original Impressionist works in the afternoon, and catch a Yankees game in the evening back home? New York has a lot to offer. I'd never live there again, but I can't wait to visit home again.

If you have any questions just ask, here or in PM.

Enjoy yourself.
 
My best friend just took a job with Micro$oft in Long Island.

He HATES New York. $1,000+/mo. studio apartments in lousy neighborhoods. $1/2 million houses in areas the likes of W. 25th St. in Cleveland.

He views this assignment as his purgatory. He's looking to transfer to Texas or pretty much ANYWHERE after a year to get out.

I wouldn't have gone in the first place.
 
I'd say go hit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, lots of great works of art, including the Arms and Armor exhibit. I spent many hours of my youth wandering around there.
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I wouldn't sweat it if aliens disentegrated most of NYC tommorrow, but I'd want them to leave the Met and the Korean delicacy restaurant not far from there, where I ate.

The Met has a SUPERLATIVE arms and armor collection. I went to the Chicago Art Institute to see their collection after seeing the Met's. I've seen better collections at the Ohio Gun Collector's Association Show owned by INDIVIDUALS. Everything else at the Met (including the bookstore) is also first rate, especially their Egyptian collection.
 
I love the city, so long as it's a SOUTHERN city. Yes, the chances of getting robbed and shot are there like in any city, but for the love of God at least the cost of living doesnt cause even the rich to live in poverty.
 
Better yet, see the statue of Liberty and Ellis Island to reinforce why so many people came to the US. I second the Holland and Holland store, as well as paying these guys a visit: http://www.westsidepistolrange.com/
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I read their ad. $50 to shoot 50 rounds of .22 and you have to take a safety class? Maybe for a life-long NYC resident, this sounds good. To me, it sounds like a waste of time. At least they support shooting in NYC, but anyone who wants to do it for real should do it in Vegas where at least it isn't against the law to shoot centerfire (or full auto) on a range, or get a friend upstate.
 
McSweeneys

is really McSoreleys. In addition to the beer, there is a collection of wishbones left by departing soldiers from farewell meals there, sort of moving. It is on Hale Place.
Good luck.
 
I understand exactly what you mean. I went from Utah to CA, leaving the gun home is like being told that you can't wear a seatbelt.

There's also a distinct air of entitlement, an expectation that someone else will take care of you for everything.
 
I agree with those that say New York is a fun city to visit as long as you have your wits about you. You can see all manner of the human condition in NY. :scrutiny: Talking about feeling naked, I was in a hurry to get out the door this morning and left my pistol sitting in the kitchen counter. Really feels weird.
 
Talk about your weird experiences, apparently they don't mind gangs and gang rivalries on their trains or at least that's what it looked like when a group of African American youth (children really) and a larger group of Puerto Rican's disputed the ownership of the car I was in.
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If you had seen "West Side Story" you could have set the mood by singing some background music! ;)
 
Talk about your weird experiences, apparently they don't mind gangs and gang rivalries on their trains or at least that's what it looked like when a group of African American youth (children really) and a larger group of Puerto Rican's disputed the ownership of the car I was in.
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It's not like they don't mind it. They ENCOURAGE IT. Officials have been known to turn their backs in the face of obvious gang activity on the trains, any train.
 
Well, we vacation twice each year which means twice each year for a week or 10 days I am unarmed. No, I don't like it but that's the nature of the world.

We visited NYC two years ago and had a good time. Wouldn't want to live there...

I took this shot of my wife as a joke. Can anyone guess her maiden name?


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Left NYC 1963.

Ain't been back except for my mother's funeral.

I miss:

Family.

The ocean.

The fall hardwood color changes.

That, brother, is it!
 
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