Discovering New York, the city that never sleeps

THANKS to CAT for this fantastic and amazing journey lived with enthusiasm, intensity and desire to discover.
THANKS to TEO for its reaction force for change, the time and the daily rhythms. Your mom and your dad are proud of you :-) and orgolgiosi

A special THANK YOU to our friends Luke & Selene (viaggiatrice83), Annarosa & Hector (Bamboleo), Simon & Claudio, Paul for their helpful and valuable suggestions and advice As Well.

 

departing Rome FCO
Arrive New York JFK (tranfers in a hotel with yellow cab)
5th Avenue (walk to stay awake)
NY Public Library, 455 5th Ave www.nypl.org (visit)
Dinner: Burger King, 330 5th Avenue (better mc donald)

Breakfast: Silo Cafe, 31 East 32nd St. (in front of the hotel)
Liberty Island; www.statuecruises.com
ellis island; www.statuecruises.com
Lunch: ellis island cafe, Ellis Island National Museum
Grand Army Plaza, 59th Street and 5th Avenue
5th Avenue (walk)
Abercrombie & Fitch stores, 720 Fifth Avenue; www.abercrombie.com
FAO Schwarz stores, 767 5th Avenue at 58th Street
Apple Store Fifth Avenue 767 Fifth Avenue
NY Public Library, 455 5th Ave http://www.nypl.org (stop)
Briant Park, 41 West 40th Street (not visited)
time square
dinner: Bubba Gump Shrimp Co, 1501 Broadway
Herald Square

Breakfast: Silo Cafe, 31 East 32nd St. (in front of the hotel)
china town
litte italy
Cathedral of St. Patrick, Madison Avenue, 555 5th Avenue (we did not enter)
Herald Square
Madison Square Garden 2 Penn Plz # 15 (there are no internal visits)
Lunch: Macy's kitchen macy 'Herald Square 151 West 34th Street
victoria secret store; 34th (Herald Square; lingerie)
Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue Between 33rd & 34th Streets; www.esbnyc.com (that day)
Desigual store, 358 5th Avenue building
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue; www.guggenheim.org? (we did not enter)
5th Avenue (walk)
Corner Bistro, 331 West 4th Street (do not we have dinner. Local small and crowded)
times square
dinner: TGI Friday's, 1552 Broadway; www.tgifridays.com? (without infamy and without praise)

Breakfast: europe cafe, 2 Park Avenue; www.europacafe.com
downtown
ground zero
PIER 17, 89 South St # 17
crocs South Street Seaport (Pier @ 17), 89 South St # 1075
Abercrombie & Fitch store, South Street Seaport, 199 Water Street
American Museum of Natural History, 200 Central Park West (unmissable)
Lunch: national museum
Levi's Store # 132, 750 Lexington Avenue
dinner: Carnegie Deli; www.carnegiedeli.com

Breakfast: crumbs, 2 Park Avenue; www.crumbs.com
harlem
Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 140-6 West 137th Street (to hear the gospel)
Central Park
Lunch: central park (hot dog carts to)
@ central park rides
Tiffany & Co., 5th Avenue
Niketown, 6th East 57th St
Rockefeller Plaza, 620 Fifth Avenue
The LEGO store, rockefeller center, 620 Fifth Avenue
M & M's World, 1600 Broadway; www.mmsworld.com
Brooklyn Bridge (crossing from Brooklyn to Manhattan in the evening)
Dinner: Big Nick's Burger Joint, 2175 Broadway (recommended)

Breakfast: crumbs, 2 Park Avenue; www.crumbs.com
soho
tribeca
soho store Uniqlo Broadway, 546 Broadway
converse store, Broadway (near Uniqlo)
adidas store, 610 Broadway
Zack's store, 686 Broadway
Lunch: Pret a Manger (near the hotel)
City Sights & uptown harlem ny
Rockefeller Plaza, 620 Fifth Avenue
Dinner: McDonald's, 1208 6th Ave (tastes better than Burger King)
Top of the Rock, 30 Rockefeller Center (that evening)

Breakfast: europe cafe, 2 Park Avenue; www.europacafe.com
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Avenue (unmissable)
Lunch: burger king (obscene)
City Sights NY downtown
Gap store, 60 West 34th Street (Herald Square)
Apple Store Fifth Avenue 767 Fifth Avenue
Toys R Us store, 1514 Broadway & 44th St.
diseny store, 1540 Broadway
dinner: Bubba Gump Shrimp Co, 1501 Broadway
Toys R Us store, 1514 Broadway & 44th St. (Ferris wheel)
I love souvenirs, 377 5th Avenue

Breakfast: europe cafe, 2 Park Avenue; www.europacafe.com
City Sights NY Circle Line, Pier 83, West 42nd Street (ie not too cold)
City Sights NY brooklyn
Lunch: silo cafe, 31 East 32nd St. (in front of the hotel)
departing New York JFK (tested with driver Car booked in the hotel)

Arrival Rome FCO
house (end)

NOT DONE
Briant Park, 41 West 40th Street
Alphabet Street
Washington Square Park
Metropolitan Museum of Art (MOMA)
Circle Line Boat

EAT (places recommended by friends)
Corner Bistro, 331 West 4th Street
The 2 institutions in terms of pastrami New Yorkers:
www.carnegiedeli.com (even her famous cheesecake)
www.katzdeli.com
To eat a dessert really scary:
www.maxbrenner.com
For burgers and chicken wings:
www.dallasbbq.com
Shrimp, crustaceans and fish:
www.bubbagump.com
For an ice cream to die:
www.coldstonecreamery.com
For an appetizer with a view to fear:
www.theviewny.com
For an after-dinner compulsory ammericano:
www.johnnyutahs.com
For a dinner at the fashionable Parioli-New Yorker:
www.delfriscos.com
For the best steak in New York:
www.peterluger.com/index2.cfm

LOSS OF PURCHASES
Ray-Ban
Manhattan Portage Bags
Vans
Converse shoes