New York

Best Walk To see Greenwich Village and SOHO plus The Bowery: [2-3 hours plus eating and shopping]

Start out at the very bottom of 5th Avenue where it meets Washington Square.

Walk through the square, come out at the bottom right corner which is called MacDougal street. Just before you reach West 3rd street there is a small cafe called LaLantern with a covered in garden. http://lalanternacaffe.com/ Both the food and the wine are  exceptional.

As you cross over West 3rd street you will see Bleeker Bob’s Record shop. This is one of the original record stores from the 70’s and 80’s. A little further down west 3rd on the right is the famous Blue Note Jazz Bar. (212) 475-8592  www.bluenotejazz.com

• Carry on down McDougal street and you will pass Cafe Regeo, which is one of the oldest and best coffe shops in the village. Further down on the right is an Italian Restaurant called Montey’s.  Classic Italian family run restaurent. makes you think that Al Pacino will come out of the back room any moment and re-enact his famous Godfather scene.

Once you hit Bleeker street turn left and walk passed all the old famous folk clubs and Blues Bars that put the village on the map in the 60’s.

At West Broadway you could decide to turn right and walk down into Soho.  It is only afew blocks to Houston street after which you will be SOuth of HOuston street. [SOHO]

You can wander around any of the smaller street such as Prince or Spring but turning left [west] on any of these will eventually bring to the Bowery.

The Bowrey was a run-down dangerous part of NY, but is now on the way up with new Galleries and Hotels and the latest new Museum called the Musem of Contempiry art.

http://www.newmuseum.org/

The Museum is closed to the public on Monday and Tuesday,

Just looking at the outside of the Museum is worth the trip plus you can head back north [left] along The Bowery back across Houston street as far as Bleeker street.

You might want to stop at  the old CBGB’s which is now an upmarket rock and roll mens clothing store called “john varvatos”  Next door is an art gallery called “Morrison Hotel”

Featuring Rock and roll photography. www.morrisonhotel.com

Take Bleeker street back into the Village and complete a 2-3 hour round trip.

·         Best Saturady night in Manhatten

The Carnegie Club at 156 West 56th street which is at the back of Carnegie Hall.

Frank Sinatra Evening in a romantic and extremly cool cigar club with a beautiful hostess and brilliant singing.

Go on your own and sit at the bar for the best view, and some very colourful company,or select a romantic table for two at the front and let Frank seduce your girlfriend.

Groups of 6 or more can get stuck at the back but phone ahead and see if you can sweet talk them into a table with a view. $30.00 to get in plus a two drink mimimum makes this almost a $100.00 per head but worth every penny and a perfectly typical  night in NEW YORK NEW YORK.

156 W 56th St
New York, NY 10019
(212) 957-9676
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·         Staten Island Ferry Ride quick and easy and you get to see the Statue of Libery plus great views of the business district and sky scrapers [crossing each way will take twenty minutes)

get down below Ground Zero to the Ferry rides................

·         Avoid the Empire  State line ups and instead go to the Rockefeller Plaza for a drink at the Weather Room http://www.topoftherocknyc.com

Or Try the Roof Top Cafe on theThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

·         Walk Centreal Park, John Lennon Strawberry fields memoral and the private musems of the Frick and the Neue Galerie: Many Museum are  closed on Monday and even a few odd Sundays.The The Neue Galeri is closed Tuesday and Wednesday OPEN MONDAY .

Enter the park on the WEST side at 72nd street and Central park west opposite the Dakota building where John Lennon Lived and died.

Enter the park and join the others as you all take a moment to reflect.

Walk through the park  and exit on the EAST side near 70th street on 5th avenue

The FRICK Museum 1 East 70th Street
Phone: 212-288-0700

http://www.frick.org/information/index.htm

Neue Galerie is located at 1048 Fifth Avenue (at 86th Street).

OPEN MONDAY but  Closed Tuesday and Wednesday

http://www.neuegalerie.org/main.html?langkey=english

·         Friday afternoon JAZZ treat

Every Friday Afternoon at 4.00pm........

·         South Street Seaport
Short walk from Wall Street.
See  the tall ships plus a few good shops and restaurents and a great view of the Brookly Bridge
Fulton & South Streets, Pier 17
New York, New York  10038
(212) SEA-PORT
http://www.southstreetseaport.com/html/mallinfo.asp

Historic Cobbled stone district on the water front [pier 17]

Lots to see and do plus an indoor mall and restaurent for those rainy days. Great view of the Brookly Bridge from

MacMenamin’s Irish Pub on the 3rd floor
212-732-0007

Also check to see if Spiegelworld is on Pie 17 [summer only]

Spiegeltent, which combine the best traditions of circus, cabaret, variety, theatre and burlesque, with a 21st century attitude. These adult-oriented shows include Absinthe, La Vie and Desir.

http://www.spiegelworld.com/spiegel/spiegel.html