Well it is fakebook, so… Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 10, 2021, at 5:05 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > It could be the times or it could be the kind of idiots you get in those > groups. > > I think the best time to see Times Square is about 6am. Get coffee from a > cart and just sit around and watch. Better around Christmas... > > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 4:32 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I’m in a Fakebook Hilton group and asked about places to stay and most locals > say to avoid the Times Square area especially after dark as there is a lot of > crime there right now. So hell I don’t know. Some of them also say that the > millennium Hilton is a dump. I will just pick something and can ride the > subway up there during the day if need be. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 10, 2021, at 8:20 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Probably $50. I took a cab once from Penn station to sheepshead bay in > > Brooklyn, $90 and a long ride. > > > > I would recommend you go a little farther uptown, 30th st or so which puts > > you in walking distance of Times Square and Rockefeller Center to the north > > and the Sept 11 memorial to the south. I used to stay in a Holiday Inn > > express around there. It's a pretty good good hotel, don't gag too badly > > when you see Manhattan prices, the most I ever paid was $700/night but that > > was a week the UN was in town. If you do stay in that area go walk the > > Highline, I bet the flowers are nice this time of year. > > > > LGA is run down, or it was a couple years ago when I last went there. It's > > not a bad airport though. > > > > To anybody who hasn't been in NYC in 30 years, this is not the city it was. > > It's cleaned up a lot and is pretty safe by big city standards. Stick to > > the touristy areas and nobody will bother you. > > > > > > Curt > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > > > On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 8:46 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > For my weekend I’m thinking about moving to the Hilton that is close to the > > WTC/ground zero area. Got to thinking, how expensive and how would it take > > to take a cab/Uber from here to the dealership in the Bay Ridge area? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Aug 9, 2021, at 6:49 PM, Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: > > > > > > Which turned into the kid also wanting to go. So I had to pay for 2 > > > tickets out of pocket. This also has turned into me staying until Monday > > > so I can enjoy some sight seeing over the weekend. Since I had to buy > > > tickets for the wife and kid I went the cheapest route possible, which in > > > this case was LGA. > > > > > > I have a company paid hotel, Hampton Inn Brooklyn, up until Friday, and > > > will book my own reservation Friday thru Monday. Might possibly relocate > > > to a different hotel for the weekend? Recommended areas to look at? > > > Perhap Manhattan closer to tourist crap? Or stay at same hotel? Any > > > ferries that go across to them ride that Staten Island ferry? I’m sure > > > the wife and kid will ride the subway around while I’m at work: or just > > > sit at hotel. After I’m done working, we will do the subway thing. > > > Probably just take a cab to and from airport so we don’t have to haul > > > luggage around. If we do relocate hotels Friday, will probably have the > > > wife haul the bags to the new place while I’m at work. > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
