Just don’t try to go to B&H on Saturday… Canal Street can be cool, as is the diamond district. Just a cool place to see the people and surrounds.
-D > On Aug 10, 2021, at 7:59 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I guess it depends what kind of experience you want to get. The tourist > stuff is all there and well known. Going to the top of building is cool, > but once you go up one you've seen them all. > > You can really absorb so much of the city by just walking around, sitting > outside and eating a meal, and visiting some museums. Goto a show or > something. Visit B&H photo. All stuff new yorkers do. > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 7:39 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> 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 >> >> > > -- > 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
