Only one person mentioned Avenue Q!!! That show is amazing and hysterical and you really should see it. It's great. I haven't seen a whole lot of Broadway, but I have seen a lot of theatre and that's on my top five list. :) See it! Rush tickets are $21.25 (I think), and they're the front row - so the actors and puppets are RIGHT there, it's an amazing way to see the show! Wicked is supposed to be amazing too, cool people in that, but I don't know. I would skip anything that's been there for years - that's me being a theatre snob, but hey.

I think ice skating in Rockefeller is over-rated, I like the rink in Central Park more - it's pretty at night. I like Strawberry Fields in Central Park too.

The Met is amazing... you could spend days in there.

Me being a dork - there is a new American Girl store (they make historical fiction dolls - I had one while growing up and she is a prized posession and basically my favorite toy ever, so this was very cool to me) that is like three stories and huge and has everything. I really enjoyed a visit (and talked some woman into buying her daughter a Molly doll - I should get commission!) so I don't know, you might want to check that out.

Oooh, the Soup Nazi! Very pricey but very good soup. Best soup I've ever had. And he's just like on Seinfeld... it was scary. I had to psych myself up to order. He's on... hm. 55th and Broadway? I'm not sure, it's somewhere around there.

I recommend you go have pizza at John's on 44th St. and 8th Ave. Check out Around The Clock diner on 8th St and 3rd Ave. Definitely check out Katz Deli (I don't remember the exact location. For the sweet tooth, check out Veniero's on 11th St. between 1st and 2nd Avenues.

Do visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History!

Bloomingdale's on Lexington Ave between 59th and 60th is one of the best department stores to check out.


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Here's one of the best deals I've found. There's an Italian restaurant in the West Village called Sapore Due. If you go there between 4-6pm during the week they have a prix fixe dinner which includes an appetizer, entree, coffee or tea, dessert, and soft drink...for $10.95! It's big portions too, and the food is fantastic. Here's the link so you can see where it is and what else is on the menu. http://www.menupages.com/restaurantd...staurantid=715

Another good place to go is Confetti Pasta, at 5 E. 38th St. (between Madison Ave and 5th Ave) It is only open during the week though. But it's great...you pick a pasta, pick a sauce, and whatever else you want mixed in there (veggies, meats, etc...as many as you want) and they cook it right in front of you. Reasonable prices and very, very good. :)

Some friends and I are planning to see Avenue Q. :D

The Shops at Time Warner in Columbus Circle is just a MALL--you can go to JCrew, Whole Foods Market, Sephora, and Williams-Sonoma anywhere. I'd say walk across to 5th Avenue for the department stores and big-name stores.

If you're feeling adventurous, there's another skating rink in Central Park that isn't as crowded as the more famous one.

Actually, there's 2 - Wollman and Lasker and both can get just as crowded. In fact, I'm sure you're thinking of Wollman which is the famous one.

-Rudey

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I know I'll get shot by saying this but...I love the Mall feeling! Something about city shopping gets to me. It's nice now and then to go to the Manhattan Mall or Queens Center and have everything all in one place & not have to walk outside to switch stores. I need to get to Time Warner next week on vacation.

All I'm saying is after all the city walking the mall is nice now and then. Kinda like driving in car after so much walking and mass transit.

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Aren't you from the Island? Why not go to Roosevelt instead of ghetto Queens Center? Although there is a small little pizzeria right next to the Q88 that is pretty awesome.

-Rudey

Um, no. I'm talking about Lasker, near the Harlem Meer.

Either way, there are 2, and we hope tourists like sairose and yourself will find both to be splendid.

-Rudey
--Um, kay.

If you go to the observation deck on The Empire State Building, go at night. That was the prettiest thing I have ever seen!!

Broadway shows- AIDA!!! Is amazing. I saw it with the original cast....

Central Park- all I saw was Strawberry Fields, but I'm hoping to go back and see more!

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From the Island yes. But I don't live there anymore nor have I been out there in a while.
Queens Center has been redone and it's not that bad.