- Keep you purse zipped and buttoned and under your arm the whole time. Guys need to have their wallet in their front pocket in case a pickpocket comes behind them.
- Don’t talk to your friends while you’re walking or you will run into stuff. Or people. Or both.
- No flip flops. This place is hard enough in tennies.
- Bring at least ten friends on the subway because when you lean and fall you want to land on people you know and not strangers.
- Bring a LOT of money. Like way more than you think you need. A LOT of money.
- And bring ear plugs.
- They sell pizza one slice at a time but a slice is huge. A whole pizza is called a pie.
- Don’t smile and say “Morning” when you pass people on the street cause they will think you are totally weird.
Sorry there is no picture. I am on a bus writing on a friend’s phone and I don’t know how to send the picture but I promise to put up a bunch tomorrow.
July 27, 2008 at 5:58 pm
I dunno. I still managed to catch folks eyes and acknowledge their humanity; even in NYC. But you are correct in that most New Yorkers can’t quite handle it when you do so.
Don’t forget to try a “dirty water dog” sometime as well. (assuming you can deal with the “mystery Meat” aspect of the dog)
July 27, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Sometimes weird is okay and the pizza that you are having is the way it’s suppose to taste. yum!
July 27, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Also …
9. Look up ! Looking down at the street gives a view of grey dirty sidewalks and anti-social people, looking up you see amazing skyline, blue sky, amazing gothic buildings and Time’s Square awesome. If you ever get sad — look up ! You are in the greatest city of the world !!
10. Do not look in the shop windows in Chinatown. You’ll become a vegetarian immediately.
11. If you are a rock climber, there is a great boulder in the southeast corner of central park, next to the softball fields. THE funnest thing to do in the park.
12. Stand in line at TKTS in Times Square and get totally random cheap seats for a great Brodway or off-Broadway show.
13. Crazy street people in Central Park … the craziest in the world ! I had one old woman scream at me “You are all chopped meat, chopped meat !!!” and some Jeresy dude look at me and say “Forget about it ,,, she’s harmless”. Classic NY Moment.
14. Street vendors selling illegal DVDs in carts, and when the cops show up, run with their carts the wrong way up a one-way street so the cops can’t get them, and the cops just smiling at the scene.
15. Remember everything, NY is the greatest city in the world !
July 27, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Well done. I like #4 especially. And I agree with David — look up! Looking down might get you to wash your shoes though.
July 28, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Look up–but not too high. You’ll look like a tourist.