[Jsmom]

OH YEAH! OH YEAH! I just booked my plane tickets to go back home to NYC to visit family and friends next month!! Best of all I caught the tickets at the lowest I have seen in a long time $204 Round Trip, non stop flight flying right into Laguardia Airport. Flights from here to NYC normally don't get much lower than about $350 and trust that it will be a helluva lot of layovers and connections.

I am soooooooooo excited. I have not been back home since I moved to the south 4 years ago. We are also going to celebrate my son's 5th birthday in NY, he is so excited to get on a plane for the 1st time.
Of course I'm taking those days off from Phen..........I am gonna eat my weight in White Castle burgers!!

Oh so many places to go, let me see there's Macy's, Woodbury Commons (clothing outlets), City Island (for seafood), Time Square, 34th St.............Hot Damn I can't wait!!!

I never thought I would miss all the noise and hustle and bustle of the city, but I do.

Anyone care for a souvenir?

[PixxiDusted]

That sounds like so much fun. I went to NY for the first time this month...lil day trip. I'm from jersey, so I"m just a train trip away. I LOVED it so much more that I thought I would. I always was a small town kinda girl, but manhattan was so much fun! Can't wait to go again...I just need a tour guide(or a seasoned local). No idea were to start.

[Jsmom]

Yeah, most people who visit NYC feel lost. I admit it can be very overwhelming if you have never been. But i'm a native, born and raised...........can't wait for someone flip me off for cutting them off in traffic LOL!

It's really pretty simple when you get used to it as far as getting around. Manhattan is pretty much broken up into 2 sides East and West. The major streets on the West side are West End Ave, 11th-5th Ave The East side begins at around Park Ave and ends at around 1st and York. Then you have The Village which is like Houston St and Prince St.

I would have to say for people going to NYC for the first times, the places that are must sees would be;

Rockfeller Center
Times Square
The Statue of Liberty
The Empire State Building
Ground Zero (WTC)
Any Broadway play
You must eat a nice dirty hotdog from the hotdog stand or a Shish-Kabob LOL!
Definitley shopping at Macy's ( I swear you could fit a small town in that store)
Ride the Staten Island Ferry
Horse and carriage ride in Central Park

Damn and that's just in Manhattan.........

[scatanafas]

Originally Posted by Jsmom

OH YEAH! OH YEAH! I just booked my plane tickets to go back home to NYC to visit family and friends next month!! Best of all I caught the tickets at the lowest I have seen in a long time $204 Round Trip, non stop flight flying right into Laguardia Airport. Flights from here to NYC normally don't get much lower than about $350 and trust that it will be a helluva lot of layovers and connections.

I am soooooooooo excited. I have not been back home since I moved to the south 4 years ago. We are also going to celebrate my son's 5th birthday in NY, he is so excited to get on a plane for the 1st time.
Of course I'm taking those days off from Phen..........I am gonna eat my weight in White Castle burgers!!

Oh so many places to go, let me see there's Macy's, Woodbury Commons (clothing outlets), City Island (for seafood), Time Square, 34th St.............Hot Damn I can't wait!!!

I never thought I would miss all the noise and hustle and bustle of the city, but I do.

Anyone care for a souvenir?

GIRL! I shoulda know you was a homegirl! I'm from pelham bay and I practically lived on City Island growing up...You KNOW I'd be on that bus going to Orchard Beach...the Ghetto Riviera! ROFL.....

It is so good to see you excited about visiting home and I hope your son has a magical time........just don't overdo it at White Castle, they seem nastier than years ago for some reason.......

[earthgoddess]

I've lived here practically my whole life and I have NEVER been to the Statue of Liberty! Oh, I've seen it, Battery Park and even from Liberty State Park in Jersey (at a Radiohead concert). But, I have never actually been to Liberty Island. Someday I will make it over there!

I hope that you have a great time...and welcome home

[gothprincess]

Hope you and your son have a wonderful time. Sounds like so much fun! I would love to go to NYC but it involves those damn planes to get there...I don't do planes.

[dancemom10]

I'm glad you are going home for a visit. It will be good for your son and for you!! I love NYC. We live in Mass so we take a bus or train in. We love to take the kids and see a show. My daughter LOVES the American Girl store! Have fun...

[Jsmom]

Originally Posted by scatanafas

GIRL! I shoulda know you was a homegirl! I'm from pelham bay and I practically lived on City Island growing up...You KNOW I'd be on that bus going to Orchard Beach...the Ghetto Riviera! ROFL.....

It is so good to see you excited about visiting home and I hope your son has a magical time........just don't overdo it at White Castle, they seem nastier than years ago for some reason.......

LMAO!! The Ghetto Riviera!! Yes I loves me some City Island.........you can keep Orchard Beach though. I'll pass on stepping on a hypodermic needle !

[scatanafas]

Originally Posted by Jsmom

LMAO!! The Ghetto Riviera!! Yes I loves me some City Island.........you can keep Orchard Beach though. I'll pass on stepping on a hypodermic needle !

ROFL!!!!!! Well if you step over the needles it ain't so bad....just try and dodge the floating tampons though...girl I haven't been swimming in that dump since high school (the jurassaic period)...

City Island reminds me of high school too..the crab shanty, the lobster box and lets not forget TONY's all the way at the end......just don't look for Rhodes, cause that place burned down.

[Jsmom]

I love Tony's! I like Sammy's and Tito Puentes also. I heard they built a new restaurant at the end of the island. Supposed to be alot like Sammy's (but newer and cleaner).