tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post8951774796232879982..comments2024-03-28T10:32:35.496-04:00Comments on Thrifty Decor Chick | Thrifty DIY, Decor and Organizing: How to Do NYC in Two DaysThrifty Decor Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08387609050626968143noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-87166230123108341612016-05-20T09:22:45.842-04:002016-05-20T09:22:45.842-04:00Yes there are tons! I've used the NYC Subway M...Yes there are tons! I've used the NYC Subway MTA Map app and liked it but there are quite a few to pick from. The subway goes all over the city so it will be your best bet for most locations (and is the cheapest).Thrifty Decor Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08387609050626968143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-44664292830412614622016-05-20T09:20:14.000-04:002016-05-20T09:20:14.000-04:00Yes I would go to the entrance at 59th -- that way...Yes I would go to the entrance at 59th -- that way you can see Columbus Circle as well. If you are feeling adventurous the subway will take you from Times Square right to the station at CS. :) Thrifty Decor Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08387609050626968143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-73071048813285601682016-05-20T09:15:01.076-04:002016-05-20T09:15:01.076-04:00Good to know! They've done a beautiful job wit...Good to know! They've done a beautiful job with it!Thrifty Decor Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08387609050626968143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-88617582710519935102016-05-20T08:12:18.482-04:002016-05-20T08:12:18.482-04:00Yep, just want to wander- thanks!Yep, just want to wander- thanks!Monica(LovelyPursuits)http://www.lovelypursuits.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-76932224935971776212016-05-20T06:42:08.699-04:002016-05-20T06:42:08.699-04:00Download the "KickMap NYC lite" app to y...Download the "KickMap NYC lite" app to your phone for an awesome subway map. It's free and I've been able to find my way all over the boroughs. No struggling with a paper map in wind or rain!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589868002813242957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-61923650104978803622016-05-19T22:43:00.630-04:002016-05-19T22:43:00.630-04:00This is so timely! I am headed to NYC for the fir...This is so timely! I am headed to NYC for the first time in June! Will definitely use your recommendations! Thank you! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191563194035622285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-11395141000837354452016-05-19T17:20:49.966-04:002016-05-19T17:20:49.966-04:00I have been wanting to go to New York for quite a ...I have been wanting to go to New York for quite a while now, so this post will come in very handy, hopefully very soon.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing<br /><br />Agnes<br />findinglifebalancewithagnes.blogspot.comfinding life balancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08949166546097429424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-31010797223503830182016-05-19T13:21:44.098-04:002016-05-19T13:21:44.098-04:00I'm from NYC and now live in the midwest. Som...I'm from NYC and now live in the midwest. Some of my favorites are walking tours (there is a lower east side food/walking tour which takes you past Katz's deli, an awesome dumpling shop, a place selling all kids of pickles, a bakery-- while the guide tells you about the different immigrant communities who settled the area at different times). I always like to walk across the brooklyn bridge (or just go halfway-- if you start on the Brooklyn side you can walk partway out, then return to play at the brooklyn bridge park (great playground and beautiful view across to Manhattan-- there's also a carousel and you're pretty close to Grimaldi's pizza (so good!)). I have 5 kids and it works well for us to plan various stops at playgrounds. One time we did a central park walk where we found a variety of statues (you can visit the central park website for a map of where all the monuments and statues are in the park and info about them) like Balto, the Alice in Wonderland statue by the boat pond, the Mother goose statue and then walked past Bethesda fountain (we took our senior class picture there in high school! Love that place) and then to Belvedere Castle (climbing it you have great views around the park and to the city beyond it). By making it like a scavenger hunt for the next thing, we got our kids to walk about 20 blocks and then ended at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where my kids love to visit Arms & Armor and the Egyptian wing with the sarcophagus and Temple of Dendor. If lines are long upstairs, the ground floor entrances to the Met tend to have much shorter lines (you don't go up the big steps at the front-- there are entrances off to the side. The entrance fee is suggested, so you can actually pay as little as you want. In high school our art teacher used to tell us to go over and pay a quarter (and yes, they still let us in). Now we pay more than that, without paying over $100 that the suggested admission would add up to for our family. I know people love to visit the Statue of Liberty, but actually climbing it (inside, going up lots of stairs slowly behind other people) is really boring. If your kids are old enough to appreciate it, I recommend Ellis Island (you take the same ferry, can get off at Liberty Island and take some pictures outside the statue, and then continue on to Ellis Island. The museum is so moving to me! If you don't want to pay for that, or are really tired and just want to rest/have a good place for a picnic, I recommend the Staten Island Ferry. It is free and leaves from lower manhattan pretty close to where the Statue of Liberty ferry is. You can ride it across to staten island for great views of the Statue of Liberty, then just stay on and ride it back for great views of the Manhattan skyline. <br />Other great places are the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (amazing church building in upper Manhattan, it also has art exhibits periodically), then you can take a bus across the top of central park and down 5th avenue and check out the City Museum of NY and the Conservatory Gardens in the central park, which are a beautiful quiet place.<br />I recommend picking up a paper subway map (available at subway stations) to plan out your trips, though you can also visit the MTA website beforehand to plot some of it out. It's such a great city, can you tell I love it?! Maryanne Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09297393032004949735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-35693110699247607952016-05-19T10:25:23.599-04:002016-05-19T10:25:23.599-04:00If there are specific places you want to see in th...If there are specific places you want to see in the park (zoo, Strawberry Fields, etc.) then you need to look at a map and find the closest street entrance. But if you just want to wander, the closest entrance to your hotel is 59th Street and Central Park West.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14040386864307028170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-91614141404446375422016-05-19T09:38:22.162-04:002016-05-19T09:38:22.162-04:00The one thing I must add is to purchase the Ground...The one thing I must add is to purchase the Ground Zero Memorial Tour and Museum pass together. Take a 50 minute guided tour as you walk the memorial site and come away with a deeper understanding of how the memorial came to be, wonderful and interesting facts about the 2 waterfall memorials told with sensitivity but informative. We had seen the memorial before the museum opened and I am so glad we did this short walking tour before going into the 911 Museum itself. It was the highlight of my 3 day trip and I love being in the city.Shannon Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832090173736351906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-79304663929904963842016-05-19T08:58:00.715-04:002016-05-19T08:58:00.715-04:00Going to NYC this Summer and I'll definitely u...Going to NYC this Summer and I'll definitely use your travel tips. Thanks!<br /><br />http://www.bluelabelsboutique.com<br />http://www.fashionnotfear.wordpress.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16513273794872457735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-16333964204549793912016-05-19T08:10:53.040-04:002016-05-19T08:10:53.040-04:00Some great tips here! I will definitely be thinkin...Some great tips here! I will definitely be thinking these tips the next time I am in NYC.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Chloe<br />https://www.etsy.com/shop/lushaprintsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-15988720832258833302016-05-19T07:51:26.813-04:002016-05-19T07:51:26.813-04:00Great post! I will be back there next week for a q...Great post! I will be back there next week for a quick work trip. I do have a couple of hours to spare the first day and would love to walk around Central Park (never been!) This is probably a dumb question but I know the park is huge, so if I take a taxi there from my hotel (Times Square area) is there a specific entrance/location I should request to be dropped off? I just don't have a clue and am traveling alone...Monica Leslie (LovelyPursuits)http://www.lovelypursuits.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-73455998500524044422016-05-18T22:50:47.333-04:002016-05-18T22:50:47.333-04:00Love this post so much! Really makes me miss New Y...Love this post so much! Really makes me miss New York.<br /><br />xo, Skylar<br />www.styledbyskylar.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589843422216744904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-14085727365622388242016-05-18T21:29:09.156-04:002016-05-18T21:29:09.156-04:00Your post is timely for me! I am taking my daught...Your post is timely for me! I am taking my daughters (16 & 25) in June and we have a ridiculous list of things to do in 5 days! Are you aware of any iPhone apps that detail your bus or subway routes to tourist destinations? We're staying in Times Square and taking in many of the top 10 tourist destinations, so I'm trying to determine the best mode of transport for each spot ahead of time...<br />Thanks for any help you can give me!<br />CassieCassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086418079310370775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-3917318260569590722016-05-18T21:03:04.672-04:002016-05-18T21:03:04.672-04:00So many great tips, Sarah! Your post makes me real...So many great tips, Sarah! Your post makes me really miss NYC.Brandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049383432715304456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-30718509435116563762016-05-18T20:07:06.298-04:002016-05-18T20:07:06.298-04:00The American Museum of Natural History and Metropo...The American Museum of Natural History and Metropolitan Museum of Art are must sees. My husband and I live upstate we will often spend an entire day at each museum! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593518109106915748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-70156913632634654572016-05-18T20:06:45.461-04:002016-05-18T20:06:45.461-04:00The American Museum of Natural History and Metropo...The American Museum of Natural History and Metropolitan Museum of Art are must sees. My husband and I live upstate we will often spend an entire day at each museum! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593518109106915748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-54933409954292311542016-05-18T17:58:24.876-04:002016-05-18T17:58:24.876-04:00We went last summer and liked the Hampton Times Sq...We went last summer and liked the Hampton Times Square North that you mentioned. It wasn't planned that way specifically, but we ended up at the Statue of Liberty on the 4th of July. We would love to go back!Lisa Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-74147984982816945112016-05-18T17:53:12.156-04:002016-05-18T17:53:12.156-04:00Take the Times Square shuttle, it will take you ri...Take the Times Square shuttle, it will take you right near where the theater is. :)Thrifty Decor Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08387609050626968143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-79190491089867026142016-05-18T17:38:19.793-04:002016-05-18T17:38:19.793-04:00I am taking my daughter to see the Lion King this ...I am taking my daughter to see the Lion King this summer. We will taking a train into Grand Central Terminal, how do we get to Broadway easily?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04725370675496490554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-56712653797055524962016-05-18T15:34:52.205-04:002016-05-18T15:34:52.205-04:00There is no place in the world like New York! I l...There is no place in the world like New York! I love seeing the places you have visited! I live in NJ only about an hour away and we still haven't visited the 9/11 Memorial. We love going into see Broadway shows though and just saw Kinky Boots with friends last month. I really want to see Hamilton but like you said, you can't get tickets to that one. Glad you enjoyed your recent trip!<br />ShelleyCalypso In The Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264873052810117169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-11582229104625814252016-05-18T13:10:59.977-04:002016-05-18T13:10:59.977-04:00We used to live in Manhattan and this brought back...We used to live in Manhattan and this brought back so many memories for me. It's a great list. Thank you!!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03615885251636683380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-5475470564136555982016-05-18T12:15:56.557-04:002016-05-18T12:15:56.557-04:00I always wish I had more time in NYC! This is a gr...I always wish I had more time in NYC! This is a great quick guide for weekend trips! Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />-Betsy<br />www.goldwilldigger.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786104639925751114noreply@blogger.com