Anything & Everything New York (PART 2) - [please search thread before posting]

M4RKM

LouBlue wrote: »

You've been going for ages though, not made any [STRIKE]mugs[/STRIKE] friends you can crash with yet?

drinking friends yes.... having the nerve to crash with someone... no.. i've only met them in the bar and got drunk, and they've bought me drinks... haha

M

LouBlue

markymoo wrote: »

drinking friends yes.... having the nerve to crash with someone... no.. i've only met them in the bar and got drunk, and they've bought me drinks... haha

M

Well just get them more drunk next time.

M4RKM

yeah true true...

the only problem with NYC and drinking, and stick with me here is this..

now.. afternoon drinking is great fun... start at 2pm, and drink, but then, it gets to 6pm, and you're DRUNK, then you need to have a nap, so you can't stay any longer to keep having a conversation with person.... , and then get ready to go out again, for evening meal, so 9pm to a restaurant/bar, and then you drink steadily... so you can't stay any longer to keep having a conversation with person....

bar hopping for a bit, and by 1am, you're screwed.. and as you're bar hopping you can't stay and keep talking to the same person*

but.. as it's NEWSODDINGYORK, you can't have a lie-in in the morning to recover, because by 8am, its gorgeous outside, and you just want get out and about and do loads of stuff... then by 2pm, it's afternoon drinking time

it's all a vicious circle really...

M


P.S there is one way to break said, you can't stay any longer rule...

thatsfabulous

phatbear wrote: »

When we got tickets from broadway box for spamalot we printed the tickets at home, so no need to pick em up, and we bought them direct with brodwaybox so no need to go through ticketmaster.

Ahh didnt relise you could book through them. I clicked on the ticketmaster link instead. Think on ticket master if your outside US could only pick up at venue ( I as so surprised how easy and quick it was actually)
This year might book though broadway box and print tickets off.
I think I go the link for broadwaybox on one of your posts last year. thanks:T

LouBlue

markymoo wrote: »

now.. afternoon drinking is great fun... start at 2pm, and drink, but then, it gets to 6pm, and you're DRUNK, then you need to have a nap,

And there was me thinking you were rock n roll.

M4RKM

LouBlue wrote: »

And there was me thinking you were rock n roll.

6 hours sleep and far too much beer the NHS would say i'm probably dead, i think having an afternoon nap is perfectly acceptable...

LouBlue

markymoo wrote: »

6 hours sleep and far too much beer the NHS would say i'm probably dead, i think having an afternoon nap is perfectly acceptable...

I know it is. I hardly ever drink, so if I drunk for only half an hour, I would be napping, singing on a table, or snoozing on the shoulder of a complete stranger.

becky_rtw

On th subject of hostels - I'm staying at the Belleclaire in the room with a shared bathroom and its probably about as cheap as I would go

But there are a few in tribeca (jazz hostel??) that are supposed to be okay

Botanical garden was lush and it was nice to see a bit of the bronx, although there was a man on the subway with a knife!!!! No one else bated an eyelid though!!!

Off out to the Boat Basin for dinner soon and then to the dead poet for drinks

LouBlue

Glad you are having a fab time...don't worry about us. :rolleyes::D

ninestonecreature

Jacquiesce wrote: »

Oooh.. sounds like your having a fab time! you're making us all jealous!!
Great way to forget about your aches from the marathon..

Am looking at going for about 10 days in September, staying with family in Mount Kisco for most with as many nights in hotel in nyc as I can afford. Trying to stick with Markymoo's 3 month rule but the flights are looking cheap just now so don't want to hold out any longer.. just waiting on mum getting back to me about using her credit card to book so everything crossed..
Has anyone used any of the hostels in NYC ? Have heard horror stories about most but would maybe consider it if anyone could reccomend any ?
I will pop over to Trip Advisor and have a look too..

We stayed in the Big Apple Hostel in Times Square. It was cheap and cheerful. We stayed in a private room which was very basic but clean.

Personally though, I would recommend HOTWIRE anyday, you can get good hotels for $99 a night, and if you have half a brain on ya, you can work out which hotel you are going to get by looking on betterbidding.com, if you need some help, I will be more then willing to do some detective work for you, or anyone else who wants to go down this route, though to be aware, you can never be 100% about it.