Stuck in NYC at Park Ave. and 57th

[blackcash88]

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

Um, same as the original Batman actor's last name?

 

[SuperNaut]

Oh BTW here is my list of favorite places to eat in NYC:

Craft on 14th

Old Homestead

Peter Luger's (already mentioned)

Les Halle

Keen's Chophouse

Balthazars, Spring Street, SoHo

Freeman's, Bowery

koi

 

[bunnielab]

I know this will sound like the ranting of a madman and is perhaps borderline blaspheme, but I have eaten some of the best "texas" BBQ I have ever had in NYC.

It is a place called Jimmy's right next to Penn Station. I dont remember exactly what street it is on, but if you walk around the outside you will eventually walk past it. Or you can just follow your nose, which is how I found it the first time.

While it is about 2x as expensive as I remember the places in Texas i went to being, it is well worth it.

 

[lacoochee]

Thanks for all of the posts strangely it made me feel better. Headed home to Pasco County, FL tomorrow and I will be back in NYC on Sunday night. I will definitely try some of the restaurants y'all mentioned.

Thanks.

 

[Daemon688]

Oh, if NYC had cheaper housing, allowed CCW, lower taxes, and I could have all my EBRs, it would be a wonderful place to live. But that's a lot to change isn't it? My favorite thing about NYC is all the culinary experiences you can have there. I don't think there is any place in the world where there are just great restaurants with such variety. Whether your looking for Thai, Italian, French, etc. it's there.

In the mean time, I only have to spend another 2 semesters there before I can live in the free world

 

[45Badger]

I forgot! Get down to Angelo's on Mulberry street for some good Italian food. And Ferrara bakery is around the corner...Cannolis

 

[esmith]

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...

I agree. Being in a huge city is entirely too exhausting for many people to handle. And living there, well, that's an entirely different story. Nevermind through the roof living costs, just think of the amount of people you would have to see in a day. All the noise you would hear in a day. All that seems waaaay too hard on my mind.

 

[Prince Yamato]

I agree. Being in a huge city is entirely too exhausting for many people to handle. And living there, well, that's an entirely different story. Nevermind through the roof living costs, just think of the amount of people you would have to see in a day. All the noise you would hear in a day. All that seems waaaay too hard on my mind.

Or if you're like me and have a 5 minute attention span and no desire to mow a lawn... it sounds almost as appetizing as the variety of foods available.

One thing people often overlook though, is that if you could get a place like NYC to be pro-2A (either through legislation or social action), you'd have the richest city in the world at your disposal for you hobby. I realize indoor ranges would be expensive, but if there was a new one in NYC, you can guarantee that it would have the best climate control in the world. It'd probably also stock every weapon under the sun for you to rent as well. This is of course, in an ideal world, where NYC allowed AWs, CCW, and all that other fun stuff. But like I say, the instant they allow my AK and allow me to carry my Glock, I'm booking a one-way ticket.

 

[Pilot]

Left NYC 1963.
I miss:

Family.

The ocean.

The fall hardwood color changes.

That, brother, is it!

Yeah, but if you live in Golden, CO you have access to some of the most beautiful mountains in the world. Plus you can carry a gun here!

I like to visit NYC if I'm on expenses for work. The food choices are amazing.

 

[axeman_g]

Go to Holland and Holland !!!!!!

+1 to Jimmies, I went there last fall, I also found it by the smell. It is great. Will make any southerner feel at home... even one used to Georgia or Carolina bbq.

 

[ByAnyMeans]

Now that I think of it since your going to be in NY during the weekend you should go down to Little Italy/Chinatown area. You can shop for good designer knockoffs that don't break the bank and then they close off Mulberry Street around Little Italy similar to the San Genaro Festival. It's not as much area nor vendors but you don't have the massive crowd either. You have dinner at Umberto's Clamhouse outside, walk the street with a handrolled cigar from the cigar shop down the street where the guy rolls it right there for you and then you can get dessert at I believe it's Spumoni's. They have great cannolis. You can even end the night drinking at the Mulberry street bar which has karaoke.

Forgot to add that the streets in Little Italy are only closed off during the weekend evenings. Check the NYC.GOV website all look for Summer in the City events and it will have a ton of stuff.

 

[RPCVYemen]

I am bucking the trend, because I love NYC.

My mom grew up in the Bronx in a pretty tough neighborhood. I asked her if the neighborhood had gone downhill since she grew up, and she said, "I don't know it it's gone downhill. It was pretty bad when we were there."

Due to her NYC connections, I have been going to NYC at least once year for probably the last 50 years. Not the Bronx in the last 40, mostly Manhattan, but I love it. I love walking around and just enjoying the hustle and bustle.

Incredible variety of food, and there's just no place like Broadway. The best show I have ever seen was probably Reba McEntire in "Annie Get Your Gun!" I live in Raleigh, NC, and when a "Broadway" play comes here, the best talent i the show is some washed up former TV star. When you see a decent show on Broadway, everybody in the cast is very, very good at what they do. There's just an incredible plethora of acting/art talent in NYC.

I am heading there this August to take my daughter to an acting camp in Tribeca, and I will definitely hit the West Side Pistol Range. It will be expensive, but lots of stuff is expensive in NYC. Really good food is expensive, but even the cheap food can be pretty darn good.

Mike

 

[MIUper]

Missed you by a week

I spent last week at the New Yorker at 34th and 8th.

Day 1--WOW, exciting, 2nd row at the David Letterman show!
Day 2--Still pretty cool, crowded though.
Day 3--Watched the guy climb the NYT building form the street below!
Day 4--I've seen enough, when can I get out of here?
Day 5--I never thought I'd say this, "I can't wait to get on that plane to DETROIT."

Fortunately, my next flight took me another 350 miles north of Detroit!

 

[trickyasafox]

I go to school at Fordham U in the Bronx. Finishing up my fifth and final year here and I'll be done with the city I think. Great school and I love it dearly, but the City just isn't for me.

 

[axeman_g]

I wanted to mention another place. There are many great Italian places in town, but in my opinion, the best for food, menu choices, quality and prices go to Lidia Bastianiavch's Becco at 355 West 46th Street.

Absolutley one of the best dinners I have ever had.... and if I sent a picture of myself to you and you spotted my obvious gut you might think me an expert diner.

 

[gym]

I left in 95, and I had a NYC carry permit. When I sold my business, they wanted the permit back, so I moved to Florida. What could be worse than carrying from the early 70's to the mid 90's, and then all of a sudden, no gun. I made sure I timed my escape with the closing of the business. My mom comes to Florida, for visits, and we have been trying to move her here for over a decade. I resolved myself to getting her the heck out of there this year, even if I have to get a larger house, and take a beating on my current home, which she insists is the reason, "so she can have her own space". It was the Pits when I left, just about no one spoke english, anymore, and my few friends and associates who still live there for business purposes, tell me it is impossible to drive or park anywhere now, in the 5 Boroughs. I don't get the allure, it must diminish with age.

 

[taprackbang]

I am a commercial pilot and I switched from flying corporate jets to flying night cargo for 2 reasons:

1. Because I got offered more money flying night cargo; Thank the Lord.

2. I do not have to fly anywhere where I end up unarmed, like New York. Interesting place, but no desire to go, thank you.