If I didn't have anything to do (musically speaking) I would buy a one way ticket there. 't was an awesome week.
The night I arrived, my hostel was located a block from times square. Times square reminds me of Shibuya, with a lot less asians. Lots of bright lights and shops. I dug the M&Ms store..
The NY waterways cruise. Very cool (or should I say freaking cold) tour that lets you see the NY skyline, statue of liberty, brooklyn bridge, empire state building. There's also a tour guide onboard who talks about the history of the city.
Did a walking to tour to Brooklyn with Big Apple Greeter (http://www.bigapplegreeter.org/) My tour guide was David M who's a Brooklyn resident. It started off with the crossing of the Brooklyn bridge, the scenery was amazing!
David took me to some unsual places where I definitely wouldn't of discovered if I went by myself. Looked through some odd performance spaces (one had a a bunch of ponds where the audience stands, weird) and odd stores (there's a store that sells a pencil sharpner that's in a shape of a cat and you insert the pencil into its rear end, and the cat screeches while it sharpens)
We also walked through Dave's stomping ground which is Park Slope 'n Prospect Park.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Slope
I strangely felt at home in Brooklyn.
Infact if I lived in NY, I would definitely live in Brooklyn. It's full of liberals!
Park Slope would be very nice, but it's a bit expensive. A few celebrities live there (Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, Jennifer Connelly, Peter Sarsgaard)
Dave's a personal friend of John Ventimiglia who's best known for his role as Artie Bucco in the Sopranos. Big thanks to Dave!
More to come..
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