Just a quick check of some of these observation deck at the top of these building, some of them seem pricey.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 10, 2021, at 6:35 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Best time of year to see NYC is late January or early Feb, if you don't > mind the snow. I remember Janet and I were walking around one cold night > (back when she lived there before we were married) and we walked by > Rockefeller plaza. Some guy at the door was announcing there was no line > and no wait to goto the top of the building, so we went. Walked right into > the elevator and up to the top. Cool experience without any tourists. > > >> On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 6:05 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.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 >> >> > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.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
