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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Carpe Diem - What To Do with One Day In New York City

 What To Do In NYC In One Day

 Top 12 Things To Do In NYC in ONE Day!

1. Pizza – Traditional New York Pizza is the thin crust. I wasn’t super fond of it and restaurants are kinda pricey, so, I would recommend the little whole in the wall pizza joints. You can get 2 slices of pizza and a coke for $5. You can always try a restaurant but I like the whole in the wall better joints better! ;)

2.   Empire State Building, Phenomenal at night! Prices to go up the tower start around $40.

3.   Battery Park- has soooo much history! It’s were all of the immigrants landed. New York city pays excellent tribute to those immigrants as well as beautiful memorials for all of the fallen soliders, who have also worked to make this country Great!

4.   The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island can be met from Battery Park and surprisingly, it’s super cheap to visit both. $18 takes you to the statue of liberty AND Ellis Island AND if you book in advance for $21 total, you can reach the crown of the statue of liberty. Unfortunately we didn’t book ahead, so we weren’t able to do that, but that would have been a phenomenal experience. The boat ride there, also allows you to grab some great shots of the city. ( go first thing in the morning, less people traffic) and purchase your tickets online, to avoid lines!!<<lifehack<<

5.     Twin Tower Memorials. Beautiful Must See Tribute. There is also a museum available, that I believe was $20 a ticket. 

6.     All the history in the buildings, as you walk from site to site.

7.     New York Stock Exchange (you can enter it, but it is closed on Sunday ) The famous bull, is also neat to grab pictures with, that is, if it is not surrounded by billions of people!

8.     There are many many museuems. MOMA is really popular, Museum of Modern Art.  It’s $25 a person, but if you like that stuff, well worth it! 

9.     Canal Street & China Town.  If you are from LA, canal street, Canal Street is very similar to the Fashion District, in which you can get lots of stuff, including knock off items for super cheap. Also similar to shopping in Mexico, but in NYC. Not my, super, cup of tea. However, it is an Excellent place to grab souvenirs and  if you have never experienced something like that shopping in Mexico or the Fashion District, YOU SHOULD and what better place, than NYC!

10.  Time Square! Take time for this beauty! There is sooo much energy and so much to do there! From fine dining to little food stands (which are super good btw) tons of shopping, from high end Michaels Kors shopping to Ross. There is so much unique beauty and culture there and man do those shops go over the top and all out!! Toys- R- Us was a phenomenal experience!

11.  Central Park! Central Park is Ginormous! Try and hit up this bohemith during the day, as, at night, the park can get quite confusing and from mine understanding, dangerous! Also having GPS navigation is super helpful to assist in better navigating you through there.
I would also recommend to plan ahead for the central park experience as well! Many times, Central Park will put on free concerts or shows, and you never know, maybe one of your favorite artists is performing there, the night you are there, for FREE!. 
So, make some time to enjoy Central Park, it is such a beautiful place, even just to take your shoes off and place your toes in that Central Park grass for a bit.
There is also a Zoo in central park, which you may want to see…(we didn’t have time, but you might)
Also, horse and buggy rides, may meet your fancy, which are also available for your Central Park experience. They run $50 for 15 minutes!!

12.  Broadway shows are closed on Sunday, but had we gone, any other day of the week, we would have seen a broadway show. And ended our day that way. Shows run 2pm, 7pm and 8pm and start as low as $50!! Their only dark night is Sunday, so if you want to catch a show, that is good to know!

13. We also visited the LDS Temple, which was really neat experience, it doubles as a chapel and unlike many of the other temples, is not set apart from the other buildings but rather is attached, just like all of the other buildings in NYC. It was very interesting!
There is sooooo much to see and do in NYC, the energy there was intense and strong. It is such an interesting place and I look forward to checking it out again one day at a much slower pace, but with one day, I say we got in quite a bit and it certainly did fill my NYC curiosity and my adventure cup!! :D

Here's a Vid from the Things We Did!




Have you done NYC in a day?? Anything I miss? What would you say??

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Shanelle


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