Notes to a friend – February 2006
These are some notes for a friend visiting NYC …
Do not forget to visit the new Abercrombie & Ftich on 56th Street and Fifth Avenue (pic) … great experience, even for a jaded New Yorker …
For lodging, I recommend the Embassy Suites at Battery Park (web site, 102 North End Avenue, 212-945-0100), a very good location with a great view of the Statue of Liberty and the harbor …
Liberty Suite at Embassy Suites, Battery Park, NY
You can take long walks along the Hudson River Park … the Museum of the American Indian is at the old US Customs house (One Bowling Green), you can take the free ferry to Staten Island and back for a great view of the Statue of Liberty without paying the big fees and all the crowds … many cafes and restaurants within walking distance … also the Regal movieplex is next door … Tribeca, SOHO, Little Italy and Chinatown are all a short walk away … starting in April, the New York Water Taxi will again offer its hop on hop off pass …
I can take you to the Nice Restaurant for a covey of quails cooked in two ways … firstly: a covey of five-spiced rubbed skinless quails deep-fried with their heads included, you will have to suck on all the bones, a very important Cantonese delicacy that we eat for Chinese New Year … secondly: a boneless, meat only plate of quail meat served with hoisin sauce on lettuce leaves. Yummy …
Soho / Tribeca / Financial District Restaurants – from Menupages
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“Student ‘girlcott’ protests Abercrombie t-shirts,” by Jimmy Greenfield, NewsDay, November 2, 2005
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