CAN YOU IMGAINE THE EXCITEMENT GOING ON IN MY HEAD RIGHT NOW???


What should I do to prepare? I guess I need a map. And what's this "subway" i keep hearing about? Are they scary? What if I'm staying in a place where people second guess my race? You know, what if they actually think I'm so gangster I'm not even white. I am pretty gangster you know.

So here's where you come in. I need you to tell me in 100 words or less your experiences in NYC. Have you ever been in Bed Stuy? Brooklyn? I'm just so excited. I've been writing "I HEART NYC" on everything lately. It's like I won the trip on the price is right.

10/23/2007 6:49:28 PM

FIRST

10/23/2007 6:50:47 PM

whore it up

10/23/2007 6:50:59 PM

pffft it ain't that special

10/23/2007 7:00:40 PM

I've never been. Almost went last year in the Super Dodge with Jeepman to do some contract welding work for a big hotel, but it fell through...

10/23/2007 7:02:33 PM

FDT

10/23/2007 7:02:38 PM

wow. you guyth are no help.

10/23/2007 7:20:43 PM

you don't need a map. it's a grid, you can find your way easily just by figuring out what street you need to be at and what street you are at.

use the subway to go long distances, walk for short

by all means, stay out and around as much as you can, don't waste time in your hotel room.

bar hop like it's your job. hit up the HA comedy club, near times square

tribeca and little italy are the shit, chinatown is garbage

go to central park

eat at the empire state building

now for MY experience in 100 words or less:

speeding. cutting people off. honking. sirens. laughing hysterically. drinking. talking to random people. bootleg copy of superbad for 5 dollars. bar-hopping from central park to times square. amazing. man throwing rocks at people in central park. michael jackson impersonator in subway. fat chinese man singing opera in subway. 3 angry black kids talking about shitting on people in subway. natural history museum seen in 20 min because it was close to closing time. don't give anyone money. food in little italy = the bomb diggity. ground zero = boring as fuck, riddled with conspiracy people. no 1 hook & ladder in tribecca where some of ghostbusters was filmed = cool. if going to a restaurant just to drink, make sure you go to the bar or else you supposedly have to order food too.

10/23/2007 7:52:35 PM

your short essay was 134 words.

you get an F.

good day sir.

10/23/2007 7:54:25 PM

Go get a falafel at Mamoun's. I love that place. It's in Greenwich Village. Sandwich and a Coke for $3. I also know a good dim sum place in Chinatown. It's on.... Elizabeth Street? I think. It's right across the street from Chinatown's police station. There's great shopping in Chinatown too.

10/23/2007 7:56:44 PM

the subways are not bad at all...just buy one of those metro pass things

10/23/2007 8:04:22 PM

Yeah, as a tourist those passes will save you a lot of money, especially if you use the subway to go everywhere.

10/23/2007 8:05:48 PM

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"whore it up"

if her self esteem is low enough... she'll be spreadin those legs left and right

10/23/2007 8:18:34 PM

you can buy cocaine from a fat black dude in times square at about 4 am.

10/23/2007 8:22:25 PM

its cut with too much other stuff.


Its not worth it... except for the fact that you can tell your friends you bought weed/coke from some black guy in times square

10/23/2007 8:27:33 PM

manhattan is awesome, so is soho

do the typical tourist-ey stuff, i know it's gay but you'll be glad you did it once

you can get an all-day metrocard for like $10

10/23/2007 8:38:45 PM

get a hotel in the soho area, go out in the times square area..

if you're feeling up to it, check out brooklyn... just make sure its during the daytime.

10/23/2007 10:01:27 PM

i'm staying 2 blocks from Biggie Smalls' house. bedford Stuyvesant, brooklyn baby. DONT YOU GET IT? This is where my mc career TAKES OFF!!! but i kinda wanna go check out conan o'brien

10/23/2007 10:12:32 PM

check out the coke girl - yaknowhati'msain

10/23/2007 10:43:19 PM

go to Amy Ruth 116th/Lenox. get the "Al Sharpton". tell them I sent you.


and the area near NYU is my favorite to hang @. and the village has the best bars.

10/23/2007 10:46:16 PM

yo go check out the bboys store, XL, it's on lafayette & some #'d street, call the operator there, that's what i did

10/23/2007 10:48:27 PM

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"go to Amy Ruth 116th/Lenox. get the "Al Sharpton". tell them I sent you."

lol!

yea, take Amsterdam up on this and post pics of your journey.

10/23/2007 10:49:19 PM

and remember when your'e snorting coke to take the cock out of your mouth first - remember that one time?

10/23/2007 10:51:49 PM

I am from NY. Bedford Stuyvesant is a shithole.

Have fun.

< 100 words.

10/24/2007 12:08:24 AM

4 AM delivery

10/24/2007 12:23:49 AM

^^ Ahaha... Sounds like somebody's in for a time.

10/24/2007 12:31:46 AM

go do X and K at Pacha

10/24/2007 3:19:48 AM

ride the staten island ferry

10/24/2007 4:59:04 AM

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"go to Amy Ruth 116th/Lenox. get the "Al Sharpton". tell them I sent you."

haha I had this the other day. awesome.

they're opening up another location on Fulton st in Brooklyn too.

Bed Stuy is fine as long as you dont act like a dumb white person.

and how many threads like this do we need.

SEARCH BITCH

10/24/2007 7:24:43 AM

definitely walk around with your map unfolded

10/24/2007 7:47:08 AM

Lauren, youre not seeing Conan. I have been to a taping 2 times and you need to request tickets about a year out!

10/24/2007 8:01:32 AM

THE BARBARIAN!!!

10/24/2007 8:53:46 AM

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"go to Amy Ruth 116th/Lenox. get the "Al Sharpton". tell them I Amsterdam718 sent you. "

10/24/2007 11:46:22 AM

fun stufffff

10/24/2007 11:53:49 AM

If you wanted tickets to any of those shows, you should have booked them 6 months ago Seriously, it took me a year to get tickets to Jon Stewart.

10/24/2007 7:32:51 PM

motherfucker told me to "NOT GET SHOT"

10/25/2007 12:49:00 AM

Make sure that you yell "Allah Akbar!" whenever you enter a crowded space.

10/25/2007 12:54:52 AM

Make sure your hotel room is in Times Square because we ended up switching hotels to hang out there the most...

The Subways are confusing if you don't have a map, but they're not scary at all... just don't use them at night... get a taxi or walk...

It was simply awesome and I'm going back in Feb...

[Edited on October 25, 2007 at 12:58 AM. Reason : zxczxc]

10/25/2007 12:57:01 AM

this Miami bud is very fuckin mellow, ,G. i'm mellowed out.


but yeah, "don't get shot and mind your fucking business" you'll be okay. i like hanging out in the village for lunch and dinner. after dinner catch a play off broadway.

10/25/2007 12:59:53 AM

^^ if you enjoy hanging out in times square you might as well just hang out in your local mall.

also the subway at night are just as crowded as they are during the day. As long as you dont take a train to east new york you should be fine.


[Edited on October 25, 2007 at 8:44 PM. Reason : 11]

10/25/2007 8:43:14 PM

you gunna get mugged

10/25/2007 9:00:36 PM

I went to NYC earlier this year and it had been quite an experience.

Times Square was breath taking! It was so crowded with bands playing music on the streets and lights everywhere.

Since then, I have been back to NYC at least 4 times and I enjoy it everytime. On this last trip I went to Brooklyn and Sea Port, took a trip around the Statue of Liberty and a tour on a charter boat around the Hudson river.

You will definitely enjoy it....just take a camera with you!

10/25/2007 9:07:58 PM

go do X and K at Pacha

10/25/2007 11:14:33 PM

pre pre pre pre pre pre pre set em up

10/25/2007 11:19:42 PM

Make sure to ride in a cab at least once. They all have that sterotypical New York cab driver shit down to a science. They can somehow cut everybody off, accelerate faster than the space shuttle with cars in front of them, stop one inch behind the car in front of them while doing 65 in a 25, all the while honking continuously. All this without wrecking every 10 seconds. I'm originally from NY at it still amazes me. I swear they're all robots.


Oh yeah, the "subway" is just a place where Giuliani used to make homeless people disappear.



The city has a great sense of humor too. ^

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"^^ if you enjoy hanging out in times square you might as well just hang out in your local mall."

[Edited on October 26, 2007 at 12:00 AM. Reason : I had to second the quote.]

[Edited on October 26, 2007 at 12:01 AM. Reason : Had to second the quote.]

10/25/2007 11:50:29 PM

keep the fucking 4lb on you. and a razor.

10/26/2007 10:51:47 AM

you will get shot in yo face

10/26/2007 10:56:44 AM

has anyone ever been shot before? What's it like, massa?

10/26/2007 10:58:16 AM

hide the razor under your tongue, it will suprise people when they think youre unarmed

10/26/2007 11:02:08 AM

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" just don't use them at night... "

I've used the Subway and night and had zero problems. Then again, they probably assume white chick at night using the subway = insane.

10/26/2007 11:05:51 AM