New York: In a nutshell

Walkabouts

• Covered ground from West 86th Street and East 91st Street to South Ferry/Battery Park — Essentially, half of Manhattan.
• 12 hour days. Returned no earlier to the hostel than 10pm and as late as 3am.
• Took the subway on an average of 3-4 times a day.
• My most frequented subway line was the 1/Red line to 66th Street/Lincoln Circle and back to 42nd/Times Square.

Attractions and Entertainment (links lead to different photos on my flickr)

• Times Square
• Statue of Liberty
• World Trade Center
• Guggenheim
• City Hall
• Museum of Modern Art (MoMa)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met)
• Body World – Real bodies on display
• Metropolitan Opera – Barber of Seville
• New World – Off-Broadway Show: Altar Boyz
• Arthur’s Tavern – Live big band and Blues bands
• Laugh Factory – Stand up Comedy with 4 or 5 comedians
• Empire State Building (did not go inside)
• Ellis Island
• Brooklyn Bridge
• Manhattan Bridge
• Chinatown
• Little Italy
• SoHo
• Greenwich Village
• Grand Central Station
• Rockerfeller Center (did not go inside)
• Wall Street and Financial District
• Juilliard School – Paul Hall and Peter Jay Sharp Theatres (ChamberFest 2008)
• 5th Ave.
• Staten Island Ferry
• Central Park
• Time Warner
• South St Seaport
• United Nations Headquarters
• Chrysler Building
• Century 21

Dining

• Ess-A-Bagel (Midtown)
• Grey Dog’s Coffee (West Village)
• Cafe Orlin (East Village)
• Dumpling House (Lower East Side)
• Zabar’s Deli & Gourmet Foods (Upper West Side)
• B&H Dairy (East Village)
• Ice Cream Factory (Chinatown)
• Gennaro (Upper West Side)
• Joe’s Pizza (West Village)
• Hong Kong Station (Chinatown)
• Le Pain Quotidien (Midtown and Upper West Side)
• Planet Sushi (Upper West Side)
• Balducci’s (Upper West Side)

Miscellanious

• 2 business cards; 3 phone numbers
• Cat calls = 1/day
• Rude person > 1/day
• Friendly person > 0/day
• Cheap meal < $6
• Average meal = $7-$12
• Expensive meal > $15

Expenditures

$277 – Flight

$296 – Hostel

$387 – Attractions, Entertainment and Dining

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$960 – Total for 8 nights and 9 days.