Happy Birthday ReuvenNY!

**Gankaku** · 20th August 2002, 11:36 PM

Reuven,

I saw in the Calendar that today is your birthday!

Hope you have a great day! Got any good plans?

Lisa

Kyle Babich · 21st August 2002, 06:07 AM

Happy Birthday!

**psalzer** · 21st August 2002, 06:13 AM

Happy birthday Reuven!

**ReuvenNY** · 21st August 2002, 03:01 PM

Thank you my forum friends for your birthday wishes! It was very sweet to find this tread... My wife and I just came back from a dance (we are Ballroom and Argentine Tango dancers) at the famous Tavern On the Green, in Central Park, in the greatest city in the world - NEW YORK CITY!!! What a night, dancing under the stars with our friends... May we all have only reasons to celebrate!

**psalzer** · 21st August 2002, 10:02 PM

Tavern on the Green! What a great way to spend the evening. Actually, I don't think I've ever been inside, but just from the outside it's gourgeous.

**Gankaku** · 22nd August 2002, 12:37 AM

Nice to hear you had such a fun time!

**ReuvenNY** · 22nd August 2002, 12:49 AM

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Originally posted by psalzer
Tavern on the Green! What a great way to spend the evening. Actually, I don't think I've ever been inside, but just from the outside it's gourgeous.

Yes it is indeed! But in the summer, between June and early October they have an outdoor daily dining/dancing. If you come after 8 pm, you can sit out in the garden, which is part of Central Park, have a drink and dance till the wee hours of the morning... The trees are decorated with beautiful lights and the music is splendid. It's Latin, Swing, Tangos, Rumbas and Fox Trots all night long. Fot all of you planning a trip to New York, don't miss it! It's an experience.

Tavern On the Green
1 W 67th St
New York, NY 10023-6200
Phone (212)873-3200

robert@fm · 22nd August 2002, 06:10 AM

According to the calendar, today (21st August) is the birthday of the world's only 5-year-old network engineer!

**psalzer** · 22nd August 2002, 06:22 AM

Well, a very happy birthday to sanjay. He certainly seems older than 5.

And I thought etester was advanced for his age!

redmyrlin · 22nd August 2002, 08:53 PM

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Originally posted by ReuvenNY
...For all of you planning a trip to New York, don't miss it! It's an experience. ..

I've been to New York a couple of times over the last few years on business - which meant long-hours and little site seeing. I'm planning on visiting for 5 days in December with my wife to celebrate our wedding anniversary - any suggestions of what we should definitely see or do?

**psalzer** · 22nd August 2002, 11:40 PM

There's so much you have to narrow it down to what you like. There's the Metropolitan museum of Art, The Museum of Natural History with a new planetarium that I hear is..out of this world (ouch). Then there are myriad other museums. If art's your thing you should also hit up the Guggenheim and the Whitney.

By the time you get there the tree will be up and lit at Rockefeller Center and you can see that and the skaters for free. Enjoy that and then fork over too much money for a hansom cab ride through Central Park. Take the short ride. The long one is just TOO expensive and just more of the same. The thing is to have had the experience.

I find the Radio City Christmas show a little schlocky, but hey..it can be fun and it's a landmark. Also schlocky but lots of fun is the new Madame Tussaud's in the Times Square area. You should go to the Empire State Building, just because it's there. There are Broadway shows, of course, and then there's just about every other entertainment at some place or other in the city. If you let us know what you like we could try to find out what's doing where. There's every kind of music and food and..everything It might be worth it to see if you can get tickets to a tv show taping. I don't know if any of them will accomodate a traveler's schedule, but they tape the Daily show and Saturday Night Live and Letterman all in the city and if you can get them the tix are free.

Standing outside for early morning taping of the Today show seems to be a big thing now. I'm never home to watch the today show, so I don't know what's up with that.

**Gankaku** · 23rd August 2002, 12:28 PM

You know, I'm not from NY but have driven there several times (not too far from DC!) and the thing I thought was the most fun there was taking the Staten Island Ferry across and back. That was fun.

So is driving around Wall Street and looking UP!!!!

Chinatown is always a must for us. It used to look so nasty dirty. But we just went there in October and it had cleaned up really nicely! I was surprised! I could walk through a clean street without walking through half an inch of wet tissues, napkins, condoms, paper and general trash all over the street. It was cool coz there were ancient Chinese people playing mahjonng in this court/park...all the tiles were clicking as they were mixed...

Manhattan is really beautiful. Night or day.

I used to hate NY because of the noise and just soooooooo many people. I really got to experience the "city that never sleeps" when we used to go and stay overnight at our friends place - think it was in Queens. Ambulances, boomboxes, yelling, lights, busyness all night long on the street below. But after being there several times, and seeing a documentary on NY and learning about the cohesiveness of the people in the communities there, and certainly after Sept. 11, I really feel a softness toward NY and wish I could experience more of it. We plan to go there again near the end of September, and I never thought I'd say it but I'm quite excited!

**psalzer** · 23rd August 2002, 01:19 PM

When we first moved out to the suburbs I couldn't sleep for a while. It was so quiet at night..no sirens, shouts, gunshots..or whatever those noises were. I got used to it, but I do like walking around the city at 2 AM and depending on what neighborhood you're in, it can seem like 2 in the afternoon. It's quieter in some areas, though. I was with some friends from upstate, looking for a place to have a late supper after a show at Carnegie Hall one Saturday night and they were staying near Carnegie, so we were wandering around that neighborhood and didn't find much at that hour. My friend said she thought it was supposed to be the city that never sleeps but it sure looked to her like everyone was asleep. Of course, down in the Village, it's a whole different story. You see whole families, with little kids even, going about their business 24 hours a day. And speaking of the Village, of course you have to go there. It's not what it used to be, but there's still a whole lot to do there and anyway..you can't come to NY without checking it out.

**ReuvenNY** · 23rd August 2002, 01:33 PM

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Originally posted by redmyrlin
[Bany suggestions of what we should definitely see or do? [/b]

I have seen some excellent tips from psalzer and gankaku, but ultimately it boils down to what are your interests. December, being Christmas time is most charming in New York. Museums? In abundance. This is a great city with a lot of spirit, vitality and a special energy found only here.

If you like Ballroom Dancing or Argentine Tango, check the following sites
http://newyorktango.com/ and http://www.nycdc.com/ as well as http://www.ee.princeton.edu/~aria/NY_dance.html

You can also PM me for some more insight on dancing.

redmyrlin · 24th August 2002, 01:39 PM

Thanks to you all for your suggestions. The Staten Island Ferry trip sounds good as does the tree at Rockefeller Center and the hansom cab ride through Central Park.
Not too sure about the Empire State building though as my wife has a fear of heights. Similarly I might give China town a miss as I've just spent the last ten months working in Taiwan!

As to the dancing, we've never really been into anything other than country/folk dancing (I used to Morris dance when younger).
We do however enjoy live theater and music, and especially musicals, so we will defnitely be looking to take in a show (or two?) while in New York.

20th August 2002, 11:36 PM	#1
Gankaku Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,119	Happy Birthday ReuvenNY! Reuven, I saw in the Calendar that today is your birthday! Hope you have a great day! Got any good plans? Lisa

22nd August 2002, 06:22 AM	#9
psalzer Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,650	Happy birthday to sanjay Well, a very happy birthday to sanjay. He certainly seems older than 5. And I thought etester was advanced for his age!

24th August 2002, 01:39 PM	#15
redmyrlin Master of the @ Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,406	NY Trip Thanks to you all for your suggestions. The Staten Island Ferry trip sounds good as does the tree at Rockefeller Center and the hansom cab ride through Central Park. Not too sure about the Empire State building though as my wife has a fear of heights. Similarly I might give China town a miss as I've just spent the last ten months working in Taiwan! As to the dancing, we've never really been into anything other than country/folk dancing (I used to Morris dance when younger). We do however enjoy live theater and music, and especially musicals, so we will defnitely be looking to take in a show (or two?) while in New York.

21st August 2002, 06:07 AM	#2
Kyle Babich Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 539	Happy Birthday!

21st August 2002, 06:13 AM	#3
psalzer Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,650	Happy birthday Reuven!

21st August 2002, 03:01 PM	#4
ReuvenNY Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New York Posts: 3,645	Thank you my forum friends for your birthday wishes! It was very sweet to find this tread... My wife and I just came back from a dance (we are Ballroom and Argentine Tango dancers) at the famous Tavern On the Green, in Central Park, in the greatest city in the world - NEW YORK CITY!!! What a night, dancing under the stars with our friends... May we all have only reasons to celebrate!

21st August 2002, 10:02 PM	#5
psalzer Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,650	Tavern on the Green! What a great way to spend the evening. Actually, I don't think I've ever been inside, but just from the outside it's gourgeous.

22nd August 2002, 12:37 AM	#6
Gankaku Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,119	Nice to hear you had such a fun time!

22nd August 2002, 06:10 AM	#8
robert@fm The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 4,098	According to the calendar, today (21st August) is the birthday of the world's only 5-year-old network engineer!

22nd August 2002, 11:40 PM	#11
psalzer Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,650	There's so much you have to narrow it down to what you like. There's the Metropolitan museum of Art, The Museum of Natural History with a new planetarium that I hear is..out of this world (ouch). Then there are myriad other museums. If art's your thing you should also hit up the Guggenheim and the Whitney. By the time you get there the tree will be up and lit at Rockefeller Center and you can see that and the skaters for free. Enjoy that and then fork over too much money for a hansom cab ride through Central Park. Take the short ride. The long one is just TOO expensive and just more of the same. The thing is to have had the experience. I find the Radio City Christmas show a little schlocky, but hey..it can be fun and it's a landmark. Also schlocky but lots of fun is the new Madame Tussaud's in the Times Square area. You should go to the Empire State Building, just because it's there. There are Broadway shows, of course, and then there's just about every other entertainment at some place or other in the city. If you let us know what you like we could try to find out what's doing where. There's every kind of music and food and..everything It might be worth it to see if you can get tickets to a tv show taping. I don't know if any of them will accomodate a traveler's schedule, but they tape the Daily show and Saturday Night Live and Letterman all in the city and if you can get them the tix are free. Standing outside for early morning taping of the Today show seems to be a big thing now. I'm never home to watch the today show, so I don't know what's up with that.

23rd August 2002, 12:28 PM	#12
Gankaku Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,119	You know, I'm not from NY but have driven there several times (not too far from DC!) and the thing I thought was the most fun there was taking the Staten Island Ferry across and back. That was fun. So is driving around Wall Street and looking UP!!!! Chinatown is always a must for us. It used to look so nasty dirty. But we just went there in October and it had cleaned up really nicely! I was surprised! I could walk through a clean street without walking through half an inch of wet tissues, napkins, condoms, paper and general trash all over the street. It was cool coz there were ancient Chinese people playing mahjonng in this court/park...all the tiles were clicking as they were mixed... Manhattan is really beautiful. Night or day. I used to hate NY because of the noise and just soooooooo many people. I really got to experience the "city that never sleeps" when we used to go and stay overnight at our friends place - think it was in Queens. Ambulances, boomboxes, yelling, lights, busyness all night long on the street below. But after being there several times, and seeing a documentary on NY and learning about the cohesiveness of the people in the communities there, and certainly after Sept. 11, I really feel a softness toward NY and wish I could experience more of it. We plan to go there again near the end of September, and I never thought I'd say it but I'm quite excited!

23rd August 2002, 01:19 PM	#13
psalzer Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,650	When we first moved out to the suburbs I couldn't sleep for a while. It was so quiet at night..no sirens, shouts, gunshots..or whatever those noises were. I got used to it, but I do like walking around the city at 2 AM and depending on what neighborhood you're in, it can seem like 2 in the afternoon. It's quieter in some areas, though. I was with some friends from upstate, looking for a place to have a late supper after a show at Carnegie Hall one Saturday night and they were staying near Carnegie, so we were wandering around that neighborhood and didn't find much at that hour. My friend said she thought it was supposed to be the city that never sleeps but it sure looked to her like everyone was asleep. Of course, down in the Village, it's a whole different story. You see whole families, with little kids even, going about their business 24 hours a day. And speaking of the Village, of course you have to go there. It's not what it used to be, but there's still a whole lot to do there and anyway..you can't come to NY without checking it out.