New York Happy Times
May. 5th, 2008 02:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plumtreeblossomWow, what a wonderful, wonderful weekend I had with darling ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
beowabbit in New York. It flew right by and I can't believe we're home already.
In not-necessarily-chronological order, we: had a snuggly ride down on the Fung Wah, noshed in Chinatown, relaxed in an Irish pub, hit the Strand Bookstore's location in the Financial District right around the corner from our hotel, loaded up on books and messenger bags, met up with Jay's very nice friend at the Museum of Natural History, attempted to visit the Rose Center (too late for the last show) paid a subdued evening visit to Ground Zero (1st time for both of us), enjoyed our hotel room ;-), ate street food, bought $65 worth of Japanese gourmet toothpaste (that was him. But he bought a tube for me, too, in "honey" flavor for his honey!), met up with several friends for brunch at dog-themed restaurant Fred's, had a yummy diner dinner with two other friends, and generally kicked around enjoying the awesomeness and pure Win that is New York.
I have one word for hotelling in New York: Priceline. We stayed in one of the nicest boutique hotels I've ever stayed at, actually probably the nicest, for a scant $125 a night (rack rate $400+, but even at usual discount it's over $200 for our size room). At one point I described the decor as "hipster hunting lodge." Beautiful, posh and very unique, and the staff was absolutely the politest I've ever met (I'm used to staying in tourist dives where the staff is surly). Neither of us had ever explored the Financial District before, so this gave us a chance. One of our brunch mates had met someone who actually lives on Wall Street, who described residing in the Financial District as being "just like living out in the country. Nobody lives there." We thoroughly enjoyed it. The next time you're visiting New York or one of the other cities it serves, try Priceline's "Name Your Own Price" option, and bid insanely low. You might just get it!
We had a cozy ride home reading, talking and snuggling, and actually got back to Boston at a decent hour. We looked like this userpic. Next on the nebulous slate: Montreal. :-) Love my traveling companion sweetie.
beowabbit in New York. It flew right by and I can't believe we're home already. In not-necessarily-chronological order, we: had a snuggly ride down on the Fung Wah, noshed in Chinatown, relaxed in an Irish pub, hit the Strand Bookstore's location in the Financial District right around the corner from our hotel, loaded up on books and messenger bags, met up with Jay's very nice friend at the Museum of Natural History, attempted to visit the Rose Center (too late for the last show) paid a subdued evening visit to Ground Zero (1st time for both of us), enjoyed our hotel room ;-), ate street food, bought $65 worth of Japanese gourmet toothpaste (that was him. But he bought a tube for me, too, in "honey" flavor for his honey!), met up with several friends for brunch at dog-themed restaurant Fred's, had a yummy diner dinner with two other friends, and generally kicked around enjoying the awesomeness and pure Win that is New York.
I have one word for hotelling in New York: Priceline. We stayed in one of the nicest boutique hotels I've ever stayed at, actually probably the nicest, for a scant $125 a night (rack rate $400+, but even at usual discount it's over $200 for our size room). At one point I described the decor as "hipster hunting lodge." Beautiful, posh and very unique, and the staff was absolutely the politest I've ever met (I'm used to staying in tourist dives where the staff is surly). Neither of us had ever explored the Financial District before, so this gave us a chance. One of our brunch mates had met someone who actually lives on Wall Street, who described residing in the Financial District as being "just like living out in the country. Nobody lives there." We thoroughly enjoyed it. The next time you're visiting New York or one of the other cities it serves, try Priceline's "Name Your Own Price" option, and bid insanely low. You might just get it!
We had a cozy ride home reading, talking and snuggling, and actually got back to Boston at a decent hour. We looked like this userpic. Next on the nebulous slate: Montreal. :-) Love my traveling companion sweetie.
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Date: 2008-05-05 07:52 pm (UTC)I'm glad you had a great trip. And oooh--Montreal! Now, there's a wonderful city! :-)
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Date: 2008-05-05 08:31 pm (UTC)For the Name Your Own Price option, first you pick which neighborhood(s) you want to stay in. They will restrict their search only to those neighborhoods, to pre-screened hotels that all meet Priceline's specific standards. At that point you have to agree to buy the room if they can find it at your price, at whatever hotel in your selected neighborhood(s) that they can get. Start your bid ridiculously low, like $80 (go way lower than that if its not NYC, BOS or DC). If they can't get it at your price, you won't be charged. Then up your bid in increments of $5 or $10 until your bid is accepted.
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Date: 2008-05-05 11:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-06 05:41 pm (UTC)Especially with a significant other along.
Back in September I won a free round trip to NYC on Peter Pan, and plan to use it soon during the warm days. I'm going early in the morning and returning late at night, stopping for lunch in the City and visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and checking out Chinatown if there's time. I'll be going alone, so this will limit my mobility a bit.
Will only need cash for taxis, lunch, supper, and museum admission. It's been almost 50 years since I last went there. Yikes, scary!