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Many of you are people local to the NYC metro region. Many of you are not. Of the latter, there's a decent subset that I've invited to the region at some point while imposing on you and seeing your area (probably during the Year of the Efriend). When I've gone to places, there was usually a clear agenda. I must see this spy themed bar, I must visit these gardens, I must try this local food, I must meet this person. But when it comes to my area, not to sound like an arrogant prick, it's hard to distill it to a simple list. Just as I'm fascinated by how others perceive my accent, let alone the accent of Americans in general, I'm curious to learn about what people want to see. So here's the question to the locals: If you had someone from decently far-off visiting you for a weekend or week, what would you show them? What are the staples of life around here that you really want the world to sample? And for those distant, what do you think you want to see? I don't care how corny and touristy it sounds. Imagine that you've got a place to crash in Hoboken for a week. What's on your list, in as specific or as broad terms as you see fit?
Earlier this week I bought my first laptop since 1996. It's a five pound magnesium alloy beauty, which means mobile homework and WoW. Good times. Tags: year of the e-friend
Feeling:  curious
Listening to: RCPM, Mexico
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hmm...
A baseball game at Shea or Yankee stadium, the NY subway, Central Park, Met and MOMA, Chinatown (with a stop to 'Wo Hop' on Mott St, my fave dumplings evar!), hot dogs from Gray's Papaya, some random off-Broadway wierd show...
Jersey: a Jersey mall on a Saturday afternoon, the SHORE, and Harolds, that place with the giant amounts of food.
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I've never been to Wo Hop, runstaverun and I found a little dumpling house that was voted the best in the city by a number of rags that you should try some time. jenniever and jennifriend went there often this past summer, it was an amazing little hole in the wall. But that's my problem with trying to show people NYC. There's just too much. Everyone's got their own opinion of the best dumplings, the best sushi, the best show, the best bar... and it's hard to get a good sampling of it all. One night runstaverun and I randomly found this little place that served amazing chicken, steak, or tofu cheesesteaks Korean, southern, or Mexican style. It just opened a week or so before, and will probably be gone soon. How do you keep up on all of those little gems, other than reading a ton of NYC message boards? *Shrug* Hell, even showing people the shore leads to another debate. Point Pleasant, LBI, Seaside Heights, Sandy Hook, or where?
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What would I like to see? My son.
I think I covered most things I'd want to see, in the 25 years I lived in the area, except of course ground zero, and on the horrible footage I can superimpose brunch at Windows on the World.
My dad, the Oklahoma farmboy, told me more than once that when someone bragged to him about the advantages of living in the NY area, specificly Broadway shows, he would ask whether they actually went to said shows. I never rebutted him in person but, (A), there is freedom in the potential to act, and (B), I did see Broadway shows, operas, the cloisters, shows at the met, St. John's Cathedral, shopping, and saw some of the not so fun stuff too. Now when either of us sees footage of the NY area, we shudder, and BC has a fear that if he ever returned to NJ he would die there.
The accent thing is interesting though.
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