I spent the ENTIRE WEEKEND INDOORS. Saturday because I opened my balcony door and started sneezing and then got INCREDIBLY PARANOID about allergies messing up my voice before the concert. Sunday because I had laundry and cooking and having to do the proofreading job that I really shouldn't have taken cause I don't have time and need a break, but then I looked at hotel prices in SF and took it. I feel like I am missing spring. I keep spending entire weekends inside working.
I am going to SF in August. Ostensibly for a cousin's wedding, but I'm extending it since I've never been to California. Or seen the Pacific. Hence, hotel.
This is a really bad time of year to look for hotels in SF, unfortunately. Right in the middle of tourist season.
If I were leaving NYC, I would (outside of your list, which I would definitely include at least the biking stuff from)
1) Go to the top of the Empire State Building 2) Go to Peter Luger 3) Go on an NYC zombie walk 4) Make sure to visit every single corner of Central Park 5) Go to one of the famous comedy clubs (Gotham Comedy and Caroline's spring to mind) 6) Find some somewhat unconventional physical activity that no one believes could fit inside an NYC building, and go do or watch it.
I thought going during the day would be better--fewer people outside as they are working--but I could try at night as well. I have time!
I've been to the Cloisters by bus (NYC bus), but I'd probably just walk or bike up to it. It's nice, I just didn't get to spend the time there that I wanted to.
If you do the Cloisters on a weekend, I should much like to join you, as it has been on my NYC bucket list since before I moved here. :p I would also be up to joining you for the Brooklyn Flea, as it's really kind of awesome.
I don't know how you feel about zoos, but I'd probably add the Bronx Zoo to the list, as it's arguably one of the most famous in the country.
Ah, I will definitely take you along for these if they're on weekends. I could use the tour guide for Brooklyn especially.
I've been to the Bronx Zoo many times--I grew up in this general area, and we went on a series of trips to it when I was in grade/middle school, and I've got back a few times as an adult. Maybe I should check out the one in Central Park, just to cross it off the list.
Your list has a lot in common with my bucket list before leaving Princeton. Brooklyn Bridge (sans bike) and Cloisters were on it, but I didn't make it to either. I half-visited the Guggenheim; it was being renovated and very little of it was open. The High Line, I knew about and wanted to visit, but it wasn't finished yet...
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What are you needing a hotel for in SF?
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If I were leaving NYC, I would (outside of your list, which I would definitely include at least the biking stuff from)
1) Go to the top of the Empire State Building
2) Go to Peter Luger
3) Go on an NYC zombie walk
4) Make sure to visit every single corner of Central Park
5) Go to one of the famous comedy clubs (Gotham Comedy and Caroline's spring to mind)
6) Find some somewhat unconventional physical activity that no one believes could fit inside an NYC building, and go do or watch it.
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I've been to the Cloisters by bus (NYC bus), but I'd probably just walk or bike up to it. It's nice, I just didn't get to spend the time there that I wanted to.
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I don't know how you feel about zoos, but I'd probably add the Bronx Zoo to the list, as it's arguably one of the most famous in the country.
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I've been to the Bronx Zoo many times--I grew up in this general area, and we went on a series of trips to it when I was in grade/middle school, and I've got back a few times as an adult. Maybe I should check out the one in Central Park, just to cross it off the list.
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