My husband, 12 yr. old son and I will be in the ithaca area for just 2 days after we are finished looking for fossils around Syracuse. We will then head back to Boston. Any ideas for things
to do and places to stay? I was thinking of breaking the trip up
by stopping in the Catskills or any interesting place along 90 or 88 or on the way home. Thanks
Greetings! I am from Canada, and I%26#39;m going to New York City for just 4 days with my 11 year old son for a special trip. Any advice on things to do? I%26#39;m overwhelmed...
NDR
What are his interests? You could take a bike ride through Central Park, walk the Brooklyn Bridge, take the Staten Island ferry and see the SOL from a distance, visit the American Natural History Museum to see the dinosaurs or the Metropolitan Museum to see the Super Heroes exhibit, see a show, ride the subway, shop. The options are endless. Ask him for a top four and do one each day. Make sure that he is involved in the planning and it will make it all more exciting.
I think your 11 year old will enjoy the Museum of Natural History and the Planetarium show.
Other things you could do:
Lion King - although getting tickets on such short notice might be tough/expensive.
Blue Man Group - great visual/acoustic experience.
Madame Tussaud%26#39;s Wax Museum.
The Bodies Exhibit at The Seaport.
The NY Mets at Shea - again, tickets would be tough to get but would be available for a price on stubhub.com (Yankees are out of town).
My 11 year old, stuck in the body of a 42 year old, loved the Natural History Museum, I couldn%26#39;t get him away from t-rex :-)
Take a deep breath Darlena. ;) You%26#39;ll have a great time. There%26#39;s some good general info on this page
tripadvisor.com/Travel-g60763-c1128/New-York鈥?/a>
with lots of links on the right hand side. If you tell us where you%26#39;re staying, what your son likes and anything in particular you want to do, we can help. If you plan on going to Empire state building, Statue of Liberty or a show, I%26#39;d recommend getting tickets now online before you arrive. For a show, go to
broadwaybox.com
and look for discounts on the left hand side. Shows your son might like include
on Broadway
Spamalot
Hairspray
off Broadway
Blue Man Group
Stomp
Dont forget a trip to FAO swartz(?) and Toys R us :)
My 11 year old son loved Top of the Rock, The Museum of Natural History, Biking through Central Park, Central Park Zoo, Times Square at night (Dave %26amp; Busters), the off broadway show Stomp, and eating at Jekyll and Hyde in the Village. Relax I%26#39;m sure you guys will have a great time!!! :o)
How wonderful for both of you! Here are some of my son%26#39;s favorites in NYC (he is 12 years old).
1. Spamalot: plenty of bodily function humor to make a boy howl!
2. National Comedy Theatre: Like the tv show ';Whose line is it anyway?'; Great improv and appropriate content.
3. Central Park: Climb on the rocks at the playground near 6th and Central Park South, ride the carousel, rent remote control boats on the Conservatory Pond, rent row boats on the Lake near Bethesda Fountain, have a coke (you should have wine) at the cafe at the Boathouse restaurant.
4. Metropolitan Museum of Art: Stick with the Egyptian Exhibit and the Arms and Armor exhibit. Huge hit with kids.
5. Top of the Rock: Great views of Central Park and the Empire State Building.
6. Nintendo Center: Located behind the Today Show set at Rockefeller Center. If your son has a Nintendo DS or a Wii, this is the place to try out all the latest games and gadgets.
7. NBA Store on 5th Avenue: Indoor basketball court that is good for some shots.
8. Toys R Us in Times Square: Ride the ferris wheel!
9. ESPN Zone: Great video and arcade games.
10. PIZZA: Lombardi%26#39;s is my son%26#39;s favorite (Soho). His sisters favor Grimaldi%26#39;s in Brooklyn. John%26#39;s Pizzeria on 44th near Times Square is great pre or post Spamalot as it is located directly across the street from the theatre.
11. Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan preferably at sunset (and following dinner at Grimaldi%26#39;s) My son loves to see the bridge up close and to see how it was made. The view is not his thing but mine!
12. Hershey%26#39;s store and M %26amp; M Stores because he likes chocolate.
13. Dessert at Ellen%26#39;s Stardust Diner for the singing waitstaff and the tasty sundaes.
That%26#39;s all I can think of now! Have a great time! I took my son to Paris this past winter for a special trip. We had a great time and he loved being the center of attention without his sisters! I will always cherish the memories of that time together. Enjoy! Moms
...all of the above,plus the Sony Wonderlab,Fireman%26#39;s Museum,Policemans%26#39;Museum....
my girls loved Spamalot,Stomp,Blue Man Group;Am.Museum of Nat%26#39;.History a big favorite..Central Park;Battery Park;boatrides/ferry to Gov.Island is free;Roosevelt Is.Tram..whew,I can see how you are overwhelmed..make a list from all posts%26#39; suggestions,look them up online..see what your son sounds most interested in..plot out travel time to see which can be done..then,plan to return!have fun!
Here was a recent day with two moms, one older teen and three 12-year-olds. One boy was a visitor from overseas and we had one day to show him Manhattan.
9 a.m. Walked around Rockefeller Center, saw some of TODAY show. Grabbed bagels for breakfast.
10 a.m. Shop near Times Sq (cool skateboard stores)
Also went to Box Office for ';Cirque Jungle Dreams'; and bought 6 tickets at $26.50 each! (Many shows have cheaper seats than they advertise...but you have to go to the Box Office to get them.)
11:30 a.m. Back to hotel (drop off packages)
12 p.m. Walk along west walkways in Central Park
1 p.m. Lunch at Dallas BBQ on 72nd
2 p.m. Walk to Museum of Natural History (Could have spend MUCH longer here!)
4:30 p.m. C train down to Canal Street; switched to E train to WTC (subway not as crowded as we thought)
5:00 p.m. Quick views of WTC; walked to SI Ferry
5:30 p.m. Rode Ferry for views of Statue of Liberty
6:00 p.m. Walked through Ferry terminal and caught ';return'; boat to Manhattan.
6:45 p.m. Rode 1 train to 50th Street.
7:20 p.m. Fast stop for pizza.
8 p.m. Saw ';Cirque Jungle Dreams'; at theatre near 53rd %26amp; Broadway.
We did spend a lot of time on the subway, but we were catering to our guest%26#39;s requests to see certain things. And it did provide some good rest time for our tired feet!
Hope you and your son have a great time!
being 5 hours ahead in the uk and thinking back to my last nyc trip i recall waking at stupid-o-clock and falling asleep when the night was still young....just wondered if anyone has any tips on getting my bodyclock adjusted for my forthcoming trip (2 weeks and 2 days....not that i%26#39;m counting!) so i can make the most of my time in the big apple?
beating the tiredness.....I think the best thing you can do is stay up and awake as long as you can the day you arrive, if you can make it to a reasonable bed time local time you should be OK. Easier said than done but it defiantly helps. Also easier said than done is not to try and plan too much the day you arrive.
beating the tiredness.....fallen at the 1st hurdle!!
we leave home at 4.30am and arrive nyc 2pm which is the same as last time, this time we have planned a relaxing 1st evening after unpacking (drinks at the met with live music followed by dinner at candle 79 at 9.30pm then bed!), however the next day is action packed which i%26#39;m now thinking may be a bad idea.
i just remember the awful tiredness last time (jetlag on top of pounding the streets all day) and not being able to do everything we wanted to do. nights out were virtually non-existant as we collapsed into a heap around 9pm!
Ouch!! We live a good bit from any airport so tend to stay over night at the airport to be a bit fresher than we would be otherwise. I鈥檓 not one for getting sleep on the plane either. Think we arrived at 12pm local last time so about 2ish by time we got to our hotel. I think it was about the third day when we were pretty much dying on our feet!
first time we went we fell asleep early then woke at stupid o clock too! second time we tried to sleep as much as poss on plane (i know! easier said than done what with been on plane/excitementetc!)then when we arrived we tried to go by local time so ate at local tea time went to bed at local bed time! we found going to times square woke us up that place always does! we then coped far better rest of the week, thats my tip anyway! so jealous-enjoy!
Try and have a short nap on the plane on the way out.
Try and stay up till about 11pm local time the night you arrive.
Aim to be up by 8.30 the following morning ( you should have no trouble slleping 8 hours having been up for 24 )
I find this works fine and I have no big tirdness issues until returning... assuming you are leaving NYC evening time, arriving 0900 ish BST, stay awake as far as possible til 8.30-10pm( I cannot manage more than an hour on most flights) ( its hard I know)
then go to bed and sleep( make sure you have minimal distractions). I make sure I sleep no later than 10am, even if I feel I can.
No afternoon naps from here on in, just return to your normal bed/wake times.
Some people claim you can start changing your body time clock before you leave by going to bed earlier by an hour, then two, then three until the last night you%26#39;re going to bed 5 hrs. earlier, but that%26#39;s not usuaally practical for most people. Simple things to try:
Change your watch to NYC time when you first get on the plane and start thinking that%26#39;s the time. Try to avoid alcohol or coffee on the plane. Nap if you can and drink lots of water.
As someone else said, stay awake until a reasonable time the first night in NYC. Try for 10 pm.
Assume you%26#39;ll wake up very early the first day, plan what you%26#39;ll do that morning and try to allow for an afternoon nap. Do NOT plan to see a show the second night you%26#39;re here.
Since you%26#39;re coming at what could be a hot time, don%26#39;t overdo. If you want a night life, don%26#39;t pack your days so full. It%26#39;s a VACATION, not a marathon. ;)
thanks guys.
i%26#39;d heard something about going to bed earlier before you leave, going to give that a try...mind you with the excitement and last minute panic buying/packing it%26#39;ll probably not happen!
last time we were in bed by about 11.30pm 1st night but (me being someone who can sleep on a washing line!) i woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed at 5am...not good!
whiz....you know what, you%26#39;re right!!! i have spent months planning this next trip, trying to cram everything possible in to every free minute...and when i think back to last time the best bits were those relaxing, unplanned, unexpected moments...
oh and fitbloke (nice name!!) we are leaving 10.30pm, get back to newcastle 12.30pm the following day....urgh!!
BB27 which airport you flying out of? Take it you%26#39;re getting another connection out of the Uk-if onlyNewcastle would start flying direct! Couldn%26#39;t agree more with you about relaxing times and unexpected things being the best!
we fly to heathrow then on to jfk.
if only!....last time we went in 2006 we were actually booked on the american airlines direct flight from newcastle to jfk...which then got pulled about 2 months beforehand...boo!
hi
we will be visiting New York in a few weeks , very exciting ...we are from Australia, and on my sons shopping list are Electric sunglasses and Flip shirts .... so we dont have to go all over the City looking .. any suggestions as to where we should look ???
no idea what either of these are
http://www.electricvisual.com/home.htm
See dealer locator on above website.
http://www.flipclothing.com/
This seems to be an Irish brand. Not sure if you%26#39;ll find it here.
According to Electric%26#39;s website, they are sold at Paragon Sports:
paragonsports.com/webapp/鈥?/a>
You might check to see if Flip shirts are sold at Pipe Dreams:
http://www.newyorkpipedreams.com/index.html
I could be wrong, but I think you%26#39;re going to have a hard time finding either of these brands in NYC. I see both on online websites or in stores elsewhere in the US, but not in NYC.
Wow - we used to shop at Flip in London in 1980! Had no idea they were still around....
There is a flip clothing store in Derry, N.Ireland. I never realised its a big chain
thanks everybody for the info
Hi, everyone! Just got back home from NYC this morning at 2am. I wanted to write my first ever trip report since the entire time I was there I kept thinking, “I should write on TA about this…” =D But before I get started I want to assure all that I had a good time (not as good as I was hoping, but that will be explained during the course of this thread) and am looking forward to going back and doing everything I missed out on. It is amazing how much NYC has to offer. I loved it and I can wear my “I (heart) NY” t-shirt with sincerity! Thanks to everyone who contributes to the NYC forum, and I mean everyone, not just the regulars. Even the most random of posts helped. Hopefully my report will be just as helpful!
I thought the above theme would be fun. During my time on this forum I’ve read many a thread re itineraries and whether or not they were too ambitious. Well, I knew my itinerary was ambitious so I never posted it for criticism but I thought others might be interested to see how one vacation was planned and how it actually turned out especially since the plan and myself weren’t the only variables. My companions on this trip were two of my best friends Jose and Darlene, my mother (63yrs), and 10 yr old son, Aden. I should note that I bought the New York Pass and that the itinerary was highly influenced by it. Here it is completely unedited:
THURSDAY
6am- arrive at JFK
7:30am- drop off luggage at B%26amp;B
Breakfast- Oxford Café. 375 5th Ave, New York btw 35th %26amp; 36th St. (212)889-7757
8:30am-9:30am The Empire State Building. 350 Fifth Avenue (between 33rd/34th Streets)
-New York Skyride, Empire State Building
10am-11:30a NBC Studio Tour. 30 Rockefeller Plaza at West 49th Street (between 5th/6th Avenues) (212)664-3700
Lunch? Street vendor?
Any extra time- go to B%26amp;H Photo 420 9th Avenue between 33rd and 34th streets. 212.444.6615
12:30p-3:30p Circle Line 3 hour Cruise. Pier 83, West 42nd Street at 12th Avenue (212)563-3200
4:45p- dinner reservations at Peter Luger’s. 178 Broadway, Brooklyn (718) 387-7400
8pm- Wicked
11:30p- Serendipity3, midnight snack. 225 East 60th Street. (212)838-3531
FRIDAY
Breakfast- B%26amp;B
8am-1pm- Liberty Island/Ellis Island
Lunch- Grimaldi’s, 19 Old Fulton St. under the Brooklyn Bridge, (718)858-4300
-Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, 1 Water St., (718)246-3963
2:30p-3:30p Walk Brooklyn Bridge
4pm-5pm- Bodies...The Exhibition. South Street Seaport Exhibition Centre, 11 Fulton St. (646)837-0300
6pm-6:30p- The Beast, Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises. Pier 83, West 42nd Street at 12th Avenue, (212)563-3200
Dinner- Mars 2112. 1633 Broadway at 51 Street. (212) 582-2112. closes at 9pm
-Madame Tussaud’s. 234 West 42nd Street (between 7th/ 8th Avenues). sells lest tix at 10pm
-Dylan’s Candy Bar, 1011 Third Avenue. (646) 735-0078. closes at 11pm
SATURDAY
Breakfast- B%26amp;B
10a-11:30am- Central Park Zoo. 830 Fifth Avenue (at 64th Street) enter at 60th St. 212 861-6030
12noon-2pm- Central Park Movie Tour. Meet the tour guide holding the blue flag at the entrance of the N/R subway entrance on 59th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues
Lunch- The Boathouse
3pm-6pm- The Met. 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY
7pm-9pm- Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises: Harbor Lights Cruise. Pier 83, West 42nd Street at 12th Avenue, New York, NY 10036. (212)563-3200
Dinner- Junior’s, Grand Central Terminal, closes at 10pm
SUNDAY
Breakfast- B%26amp;B
8am-10am- Grand Central Terminal, Chrysler Building
10:30am- Yankee Stadium for 1:05pm A’s vs. Yankees Game
SuperMac. 348 7th Avenue (in between 29th and 30th). (212)760.1900
6pm- Coney Island
Dinner- Nathan’s
GET BACK ON THE SUBWAY BY 10:30PM!
MONDAY
Breakfast- B%26amp;B
-attempt to get Yankee Stadium tour tickets
11am- The Peanut Butter %26amp; Co. Sandwich Shop. 240 Sullivan Street.
-Cones. 272 Bleecker St. 212-414-1795
Lunch- Shake Shack
7:30p- Top of the Rock, sunset viewing.
Dinner- Oyster Bar %26amp; Restaurant
TUESDAY
Breakfast- hotel
8:30a- Zabar’s to pick up a picnic
Central Park
-Bethesda Terrace
-Bow Bridge
-rent boat
-Alice in Wonderland, Hans Christian Andersen
-Belvedere Castle
-Strawberry Fields
Sony Wonder Lab
Lunch- Burger Joint Le Parker Meridien Hotel 118 W 57th St at Sixth Ave 212-245-5000
Re-visit The Met, Times Square, South Street Seaport
WEDNESDAY
i woke up this morning and the first thing i do is roll over to turn my bedside laptop back on. actually, for weeks now, my days have started and ended with me online- trip advisor and hopstop in particular. as i skim my itinerary i wonder how possible it is for us to make it to b%26amp;h on thursday. my point and shoot digital camera has literally fallen apart. luckily, it still works but its replacement is overdue and i really want that canon a650. what to do? should i make b%26amp;h a priority? rush through esb? skip the nbc tour? the reviews weren%26#39;t that great anyway. maybe we should go on the 2hr cruise instead of the 3... hhhmmm. I wonder if...
jose should be in manhattan right now. this nyc trip was jose%26#39;s idea. these past two years we%26#39;ve planned trips specifically to watch our team, the oakland athletics, play in different parks. we just came back from phoenix and watched the a%26#39;s whoop on the diamondbacks. last year we watched them in houston. the year before that we went to denver and san diego. this year was our last chance to see the a%26#39;s play in yankee stadium. we had to go see the house that ruth built. its a classic! its historic! i still can%26#39;t believe that they%26#39;re tearing it down. so for months the plan was to go see one of these games and for months jose waited for the yankees to release tickets. yankee tickets are relatively expensive, btw! and that%26#39;s just not stubhub. in general, seats in yankee stadium are pretty pricey to comparable seats in other stadiums. we opted to be a bit frugal and go for some of the cheaper seats for the july 20th game, a sunday. and then jose bought tickets to watch wicked for thursday, the 17th. i booked a week at the colonial house inn, a b%26amp;b at $160/nt, the best value i could find in manhattan. and just as our trip was taking shape, jose gets a call. apparently, he obligated himself and his restaurant to some community event last year and now they were confirming the date… saturday, july 19th, in the middle of our week in nyc! so now the biggest baseball fan amongst us is forced to miss the yankee game, the main purpose of the trip. in an effort to salavage anything of our plans, jose decides to arrive one day ahead of us on wednesday to take in some sights, enjoy our planned thursday and wicked, and depart friday morning.
so that%26#39;s why my best friend is wandering manhattan alone right now... with his phone off?! pick up your phone! i want to know how new york is! What are you doing? where are you? what have you done? do you love it, is it hot??? ... can you stop by b%26amp;h and pick up a camera for me...? hehehe
finally, jose turns on his phone and yes, he has no problem stopping by b%26amp;h. after 4 phone calls to b%26amp;h with 2 salespeople and 2 customer service reps, i%26#39;m finally allowed to purchase my camera over the phone with a credit card for jose to pick up in person in a couple of hours. i tell jose not to forget to show them the new york pass. they give a free gift after a $50 purchase with the new york pass but they give the same offer on one of those leaflets that you find in your hotel. you know, in that big diplay that all the tourist attractions have all their leaflets in? you%26#39;ll also find discounts to places like totr in there. jose calls back. do i want a camera bag or disposable camera? camera bag!
i do a little bit of last minute shopping at our premium outlets and costco before coming back home to pack. my plan is to use the airtrain and subway to get from jfk to the b%26amp;b so i want to pack light and make travel easier on us. one carry-on piece for both aden and myself. i%26#39;ll have a tote and aden can bring his backpack.
i%26#39;m printing all my confirmation emails. our air, hotel for our last night, our new york passes... new york passes. when i bought the passes online last month i opted to pick them up in nyc. i thought that would be easier. stupid me! i didn%26#39;t account for this in my itinerary! i read over the confirmation/voucher...i can pick them up at the planet hollywood in times square at... 10am...?! 10am?! we%26#39;re supposed to use those cards to get onto the empire stae building at 8:30am! omg... i%26#39;ve completely compromised our entire thursday and consequently our entire week! i%26#39;m panicking. i call planet hollywood. they open at 9am and i can pick them up then. better but not good enough. can i have a friend pick them up for me? sure, she says, does he have all my information? like what, i ask. my name? confirmation number? yeah, i can give that to him! what%26#39;s my friend%26#39;s name? jose (my hero, my savior). she%26#39;ll be there all night, they close at midnight, she%26#39;ll keep an eye out for him. thank you, thank you!
i call jose. where are you? having a drink with nick at a tavern on broadway? great! you%26#39;re not far from times square, right? i messed up! i should have had them mail me my passes like you did. you%26#39;re smart, i%26#39;m dumb. can you pick them up for me? you can? sweet! i love you!
whew! crisis averted.
as i%26#39;m copying and pasting hopstop directions to follow our itinerary, my phone rings. its jose. the lady assumed jose would have my printed voucher. she can%26#39;t give him the passes without the voucher. crap! do they have a computer so he can print it out, i ask. she directs him to a kinko%26#39;s two blocks away. he%26#39;ll go find it and call me back. God bless him!
he calls back. he can%26#39;t find kinko%26#39;s. dang it. this is more trouble than i wanted for him. i%26#39;m sorry! i%26#39;m so sorry! he%26#39;ll keep looking and call back.
he found it! yay! he starts to type in their new york pass web address but no, its in my email. you know my screen name, write down my password, it was sent on june 14. i gotta finish packing, call me if you have any other problems. thank you! love you! bye!
my itinerary with directions is 15 pages long. its a schedule with detailed subway, bus, and walking directions including distance and travel time, a complete how-to for from-here-to-there. i%26#39;m both proud and ashamed of myself. lol while this is printing, i%26#39;m scrambling to get all our bags together. its almost 7pm and we need to get to the airport for our 9:10pm red-eye.
when my husband drops us off, he%26#39;s able to pull up right to the curb- no familiar airport congestion with taxis dropping off fares in the middle of the street and causing more traffic. we%26#39;re not checking any bags so i print our boarding passes from one of those kiosks but none of that mattered since there was barely anyone waiting in line for the counters. no lines for security either. we were at our gate in 10 minutes flat. we should fly red-eyes more often!
this was our first time flying jetblue and aden was thoroughly impressed. he kept saying, ';i love this plane!'; he loved the big leather seats and his personal tv screen. but what impressed him the most was that he could watch satellite tv the entire flight. i tell him just an hour and that he needs to get to sleep. he asks why and i tell him that once we get off the plane, we%26#39;re not resting. we%26#39;re going out into the city and we%26#39;ll be out all day. when the time comes he lays his head on my lap and falls right to sleep. i, on the other hand, had the most uncomfortable night i%26#39;ve had on a plane in a really long time. i don%26#39;t know what it was but i tried my best to get some good sleep.
We could all use a Jose in our lives-- talk about being there for you, quite literally!
I very rarely comment on itineraries as I%26#39;m a take it as it comes traveller for the most part, it%26#39;ll be interesting to see how you managed with yours, especially the timings.
Really enjoyed this first part, rest up and give us the next.
%26gt;%26gt;my itinerary with directions is 15 pages long. its a schedule with detailed subway, bus, and walking directions including distance and travel time, a complete how-to for from-here-to-there.
i%26#39;m both proud and ashamed of myself.%26lt;%26lt;
This is hilarious...and oh so true.
«my itinerary with directions is 15 pages long. its a schedule with detailed subway, bus, and walking directions including distance and travel time, a complete how-to for from-here-to-there. i%26#39;m both proud and ashamed of myself. lol»
lol I%26#39;m a firm believer in planning, too. It saves time and money. And there will always be surprises and discoveries, especially in a city like New York.
';The best laid plans of mice and men ....'; The knowledge that itinerary and reality will clash has me almost paralyzed. I fear I haven%26#39;t done ENOUGH planning. Post the next part while I go check my notes.
Hilarious!
Too Too funny!! You are definitely a lucky girl to have Jose in your life. I am glad that I was browsing this forum today as I have never read a PRE trip report like this one.
thanks, everyone. yes, i am really, really lucky to have jose! i realize that more than ever now! and when it comes to an itinerary like this one, he would be my ideal travel buddy.
wow, my posts are long! i%26#39;ll see if i can keep the next ones a bit shorter but i probably won%26#39;t get back to it until after work tonight- back to the grind =(
thanks for taking the time to read!!!
no need to shorten your posts, they are entertaining... looking forward to the next chapter...
love and light...
You itinerary was one of the more ambitious I%26#39;ve seen on the forum so I%26#39;m very pleased you%26#39;ve adopted this approach to a TR - can%26#39;t wait to see how it turned out!
My husband, 12 yr. old son and I will be in the ithaca area for just 2 days after we are finished looking for fossils around Syracuse. We will then head back to Boston. Any ideas for things
to do and places to stay? I was thinking of breaking the trip up
by stopping in the Catskills or any interesting place along 90 or 88 or on the way home. Thanks
If you%26#39;re taking Rt 90 (NYS Thruway) and you like fossils you%26#39;ll probably enjoy the Herkimer Diamond Mines (herkimerdiamond.com). It%26#39;s a really cool place in Herkimer, NY where you can dig for quartz crystals. You basically go out and split rocks and see what you find inside. I believe it%26#39;s pretty inexpensive and you get to keep everything you find. Just go back up to Syracuse and pick up Rt 90 East; it%26#39;s between Utica and Albany. The Erie Canal also runs along the Thruway. There are trails and museums to see. You can also rent boats, kayaks etc to paddle portions of the canal. If you%26#39;re into sports there%26#39;s always the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY (just south of Herkimer) and the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA
NY Experts,
In your opinion which is the better of these three?
I%26#39;ve looked into lots of different places for a dinner after my wedding %26amp; as these offer private rooms they are the favourites.
Many Thanks
SJ
I don%26#39;t know Domenico but b/w the other 2, Trattoria Dell%26#39;Arte imo is a better restaurant with very pretty private rooms. I don%26#39;t know what the private rooms at Trecolori look like but I%26#39;ve been to parties at Dell %26#39;Arte and they do a very nice job. You can see the party rooms on the Dell %26#39;Arte website but I don%26#39;t see them on the other ones.
