Sunday, November 30, 2008

Bonita Mexican Restaurant

Bonita Mexican Restaurant on Bedford Ave between S 2nd and S 3rd St.
http://bonitanyc.com

Windows, Pie, and Rock

Key Lime Pie from Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies (http://www.stevesauthentic.com/)

Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center (+ Christmas Tree)

Christmas window displays (Lord & Taylor, Macy's, etc)

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Cheesecake

Mission: Purchase, eat, and enjoy the famous cheesecake from Junior's in Brooklyn.

386 Flatbush Avenue Extension at Dekalb Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11201
Telephone: (718) 852-5257

Hours: Sunday-Wednesday 6:30am 12:30am, Thursday until 1am, Friday and Saturday until 2am

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Nick says: Here are some things I like

- The Telectroscope at the Brooklyn Bridge http://gothamist.com/2008/05/22/telectroscope_t.php
- The waterfront esplanade at Schaefer Landing in Williamsburg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2303/2069777663_31ae032f9a.jpg
- Small, empty, streets in Chinatown at night
- Watching trains pass by on the elevated subway tracks
- Empty streets in the financial district at night
- The Canarsie Piers
- Empty fields and the crumbling buildings on Roosevelt Island http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1302/563459195_05bb01d3be.jpg
- Cathedral of Saint John the Devine
- Breakneck Ridge hiking trail, overlooking Bannerman's Castle http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2519231561_6d2f7d0c75_b.jpg

Monday, August 18, 2008

Lower East Side

Economy Candy - Candy store with obscure and hard to find candy
108 Rivington Street, 10002

Tenement Museum
- Shows what housing was like for many immigrants in NYC 100 years ago
108 Orchard Street, 10002

Teany - Vegetarian/Vegan friendly restaurant and cafe owned by Moby
90 Rivington Street, 10002

Monday, August 11, 2008

  • Fly a kite
  • Perform the Beat it dance (hahaha)

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Bronx

*The New York Botanical Garden

*City Island

The Melting Pot on a High Boil in Flushing

Flushing, Queens

Governor's Island

Official Link

Wikipedia: Governor's Island

The Island is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday until October 12th. On Fridays, the Island is open from 10 AM to 5 PM. On Saturdays and Sundays, visitors are welcome from 10 AM to 7 PM.

Accessible by ferry at the Battery Maritime Building
  • House tours (?)
  • Weekly events (check website calendar)

Red Hook, Brooklyn

Wikipedia entry: Red Hook

Map of Red Hook with pictures and descriptions located here

Serviced by the B61 bus

  • Food vendors at ball fields
  • Piers
  • Ikea


Ditmas Park, Brooklyn

http://tinyurl.com/ditmaspark

From Wikipedia

Ditmas Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, and is one of three Flatbush neighborhoods which have been officially designated a Historic District. Located on land that remained rural until the early 20th century, the neighborhood consists of many large, free-standing Victorian homes built in the 1900s.

Also, we can try to track down this in the neighborhood