gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Penguin - Carpe)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2004-10-01 02:06 pm

New York stuff.

OK, here's my travel plan. NYC folk feel free to jump in and tell me if I'm being a complete moron about this.

Wednesday, October 13th
Arrive JFK at about 2000hrs. [livejournal.com profile] hlw will be picking me up and taking me to Queens.

Thursday, October 14th
Right now, I'm expecting to spend this day with [livejournal.com profile] fimbrethil and her mob. Since she's getting married the next day, I expect that she'll be a little preoccupied at points, so I may do a little local exploring. If MapQuest is to be believed, there's a cemetery fairly close by, and we all know how I love exploring those. In the evening, we're going to a piano bar.

Friday, October 15th
The Main Event! I fully expect to have the entire day devoted to wedding duties. (Helen, don't be afraid to ask me to work.. someday you'll have to ask Mark Cook about my "vacation" at the full auto-shoot.)

Saturday, October 16th, Sunday October 17th, and Monday, October 18th.
These are my "explore New York" days. I know it is physically impossible to see everything in three days, but I am planning on hitting Manhattan and at the very least going to the Museum of Natural History. That and the tourist magnets like Times Square, Grand Central Station, and the like. I had been planning on going to the site of the Polo Ground (home field of the New York Giants) but they built apartment complexes on the site. Yankee Stadium is a wash as well, since they've stopped giving tours.

Yikes. I just checked the cost of a Gray Line bus tour. I'm not spending three quarters of my funds to ride around for three hours!

On one of these days, the East Coast Traveller Mailing List Mafia will be gathering. I am assured of an introduction to "real New York pizza" and a trip to the Complete Strategist. Since they are closed on Sundays, this will probably be Saturday.

So, what should I see? Remember that as usual I'm pretty much broke and will be getting around on the Subway. If you could show me one spot in NYC, what would it be? I'm debating making a journey to Ground Zero. From what I'm told, it's now just another hole in the ground, albeit one with a lot of emotion attached. I may wait until some sort of actual memorial is up. Depending on distance/time, I might try to get to the Stonewall Inn.

Tuesday, October 19
I fly out of JFK at 2030hrs, so I can do something on this day. I was thinking of heading to the New York Aquarium to visit Wendell and Cass, or down into Brooklyn to wander around Green-Wood Cemetery (Hmm.. if I do that on the 17th, there is a guided tour...)

So, let me know what y'all think of my plans, and if you want to fit into them!

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