I'm going to be in Manhattan for a week in May! Woohoo!!!
I have a friend who is finishing up a post-residency medical fellowship there. She apparently has a very nicely located and roomy (thanks to a housing allowance) apartment on the Upper West Side, a block from Central Park. She's leaving NY this fall so this is my chance to see her there and have some free housing, so I'll be there for a week.
I've only been to New York once before, when I was a petrified, intimidated college student on a choir tour. That was 13 years ago, and I remember feeling like a country bumpkin. Not this time!
My first day there, actually, my friend will be tied up in an all-day meeting, so I'll be on my own. I'm looking forward to exploring and seeing what there is to see.
Please feel free to give me any advice or words of wisdom. Although I've really just begun planning, I do have some ideas:
- the Strand Bookstore
- Museums! MoMA for sure, and the Met. Others?
- Anything free, I'm up for.
- I want to jog in Central Park. Just because I can now without risk of imminent heart attack.
- I want to eat some yummy food. It needs to be WORTH it. Something uniquely NYC. I'm not a hot dog person, so that's fine, but I do want a great slice of pizza. I also want to have something at Serendipity - maybe just a sundae, but I love ice cream so that would be worth it to me.
- I want to wander around a few neighborhoods, and find out-of-the-way things. I definitely want to get to Greenwich Village and explore. Sit in a coffee shop. Go to an open mic night.
Any suggestions or thoughts? I've been contemplating going for a while, but now that I've finally booked my ticket I'm practically bouncing around in my seat I'm so excited.