Base10's Cousin

One of Base10's cousins is visiting NYC in a couple of weeks. While Base10 questions the timing of this visit since it coincides with the RNC, he was asked by Mrs. Base10 to provide a list of typical New York things to do--and not the typical tourist things. Base10 has a top ten list of suggestions:

1. Walk over the Brooklyn Bridge. Have a drink and a bite to eat at Henry's End.
   
2. Walk over the Williamsburg Bridge. Have a drink and a bite to eat at Teddy's (brunch recommended).
   
3. Walk over the Queensboro BridgeTake the 7 train under the Queensboro Bridge and stop in Sunnyside for a drink and a bite to eat.
   
4. Have breakfast in a dim sum house in Chinatown. (Caution: Not for the PB&J on white bread crowd).
   
5. Have lunch at Katz's Deli. Be daring and try the Reuben.
   
6. Rent a tandem bicycle and ride the loop through Central Park a few times. Get a bite to eat in the Boathouse.
   
7. If you're very lucky, you might see just one of these things in your entire lifetime. Go to the New York Public Library and see all three of them:
   
   • A Gutenberg Bible.
     
   • A First Folio Shakespeare. (Scroll down to the end).
     
   • The Declaration of Independence.
8. If you're very lucky, you might see just one Vermeer in your entire lifetime. But if you go to the Frick Collection, you can actually see three of them.
   
9. Have dinner at Two if By Sea, the most romantic restaurant in NYC (caution: High $).
   
10. Visit Pete's Tavern and see where O. Henry wrote the Gift of the Magi.

See you soon!
- posted by Base10 @ 3:43 PM