New York City

Xadion said:

LOL I know, its just amusing - I am excited to meet all her people - Asian + Brooklyn accents are hilarious.

Should be fun - and I am glad the kids will get to meet their great grandfather

Our kids are the only ones of this generation - even if you extend to cousins there are none that had kids- of my mother in law and her two brothers only she had my wife... so its kind of strange that they are the last of them...

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Oh wait... Are you actually gonna git some good dim sum then?

They'll probably take you to east harbor on 8th Ave in bklyn. Bklyn 8ave is mini Chinatown, w/o the annoying gwei lo tourists.

If you just want a good selection of asian food, the food court under Macy's in flushing is the best. This isn't a sucky food court, it's the best asain food court around.

But... If your going in March, try to find a jewy neighborhood, and walk around at 4:30am, it's the best smell.

Obviously I mean the early bagel frying... Not the non deodorant wearing orthodox motherfuckers.

Xadion said:

So the wife absolutely will no Air B&B it, she is afraid she is going to get knocked out and they will rape me (or something like that)

So, I need good hotels, Manhattan as that's were we will be doing our sight seeing etc. she says we are not spending the entire time with the fam (Brooklyn) and wants to be close to "stuff"

hell I would spend all the time there with the kin folk. But I mean they have jobs and such and are most likely not taking off because we are there - so we will see them on the weekend and then do tourist stuff during the week.

Is city pass the way to go? or are there better ways to get good prices on tickets etc. to see the statue of liberty, 911 memorial, museum of nat history.

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heres a secret, city pass is a rip off in ny, cuz almost all museums are free (or pay what you want) cuz they're all tax payer funded.
(when you see admission cost, you'll see in parentesis suggested donation)

here's a list of all the free museums, some like the guggenheim only have free saturdays, but yea the rest, free everyday
Free Museum Days or Pay What You Wish | NYC-ARTS

so once you break it down, citypass is
Adult $122
Youth $98

The Empire State Building

• 2American Museum of Natural History

• 3The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• 4Top of the Rock Observation Deck OR Guggenheim Museum

• 5Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island OR Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises

• 69/11 Memorial & Museum OR Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

911 and liberty are 25each and empire state is 35, the rest are free, it's the biggest rip off. (unless you really want the extra special shows from the museums, which is not included in free general admission)

if you're really afraid of air bnb doors or hotel doors, get this add a lock, makes it so that the door is now only one way access, even with a key.

Hatorade said:

Sending the wife to Brooklyn as a anniversary present to get a tattoo from Manu Tattoo. Good food at cheap prices is where we usually love to eat, she loves Sushi, falafel/mediterranean, and Korean but open to all ideas. She will be there for about 4 days. Here is tat shop, and she is staying at a BnB essentially down the street. Google Maps

All travel will be via Uber/trains/subways, it is her first visit so any tips are appreciated.

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Check out Korea Town then, it's 1 block from the empire State building, good soon du boo would be bcd tofu house, get off at 34th St, Macy's and herald square is also there.

She's basically staying near Williamsburg, it's where all the gay hippies are now if you want expensive dumb good food.

She coming in jfk or Newark?

Don't throw away the MetroCard, keep it to refill, otherwise it's a buck per new card, fares are 2.75

Hatorade said:

Newark.

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Is she gonna take a taxi from Newark to bklyn? Or take the path? Cuz (from memory) she has to get to c terminal, take the airtram to the path, buy a ticket to NY PENN STATION (NOT nj Penn station, NY PENN station is after nj Penn station) , get up and out of Penn station, take the n train, then transfer to the l train. Probably 20$

Uber/taxi from ewr(Newark) would be about 90$