What are some fun places to see in New York City? And how to get there by subway from penn station?|167608

My friends from Virginia are over and I want to take them somewhere where they would have fun in new york city.

Place and how to get there by subway from Penn Station?

For directions anywhere in the city use HopStop.com
http://www.hopstop.com/?city=NewYork

May I recommend the following.

Landmarks

-Empire State Building
-Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
-Rockefeller Center and the Top of the Rock Observation Deck
-Times Square (no trip is complete without a visit to the_Crossroads of the World_)
-Lower Manhattan/Wall Street Area
-United Nations
-Central Park
-Brooklyn Bridge (you can walk across it too)
-Grand Central Terminal (largest railroad terminal in the country)
-A Ride on the Staten Island Ferry (its free and you can see the Statue of Liberty as the ferry crosses the harbor)
-Sightseeing tour on a Double Decker Bus
-Bronx Zoo/New York Botonical Garden
-Yankee Stadium (both the old and the new)
-City Island
-Riverdale
-Governor_s Island

Museums

-Museum Mile (Fifth Avenue from East 82nd to East 103rd Streets)
-Museum of Natural History and the Rose Center for Earth and Space (formerly the Hayden Platerium)
-MoMa
-Whitney Museum of American Art
-New Museum of Contemporary Art
-Madame Tussaud Wax Museum
-New York City Fire Museum
-New York City Police Museum
-Transit Museum
-The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
-The Bronx Museum of the Arts
-Brooklyn Museum
-Milk Gallery
-American Craft Museum
-Museum of American Folk Art
-Museum of the Moving Image
-The Paley Center For Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio)
-The Municipal Art Society

Shopping

-Macy_s (West 34th Street and Broadway in the heart of Hearld Square)
-Bloomingdale_s (Lexington Avenue at East 59 and East 60 Streets)
-The shops along Fifth Avenue (just don_t max out you credit cards)
-FAO Schwarz
-Toys _R_ Us in Times Square
-Lord and Taylor (5th Avenue at East 38th Street)
-Chinatown/Canal Street Area (if you want to go on the cheap for the stuff you can_t get on Fifth Avenue)
-NBA Store (for the basketball fan - 5th Avenue at East 52nd Street)
-The Apple Computer Store (East 59th Street and Fifth Avenue)
-The Time Warner Center (West 59th Street - Columbus Circle)
-Hershey Store (for those with a sweet tooth)
-M_M World (49th Street and 7th Avenue)
-Grand Central Terminal (for the shopping)
-H_M
-Century 21 Department Store (Church and Cortlandt Street)
-forever 21
-Barneys New York (660 Madison Ave)
-Abercrombie _ Fitch (5th Avenue @ 57th Street and Water Street between Fulton and John Streets)
-American Eagle Outfitters (4 locations in Manhattan)
-Urban Outfitter (8 locations in Manhattan)
-Manhattan Mall
-Queens Center Mall
-Queens Place Mall
-Roosevelt Field Mall (on Long Island)
-Fulton Street Mall
-Kings Plaza Mall
-Woodbury Common Premium Outlets
-Garden State Plaza
-The Westchester Mall
-Palisades Center Mall
-Westfield Sunrise Mall
-Green Acres Mall
-Jersey Gardens

Restaurants

In regards to place to eat in New York City. There are thousands of the restaurants in the Five Boroughs of New York City. Depending on your taste, your budget and your preferred location, may I recommend the links below.


http://www.urbanspoon.com/c/3/New-York-r��
-- Urbanspoon. You can find restaurants either by price, location or cuisine.


http://www.ny.com/dining/
-- NY.com. You can find plenty of restaurant information at this link. Everything from H_H Bagel to fine dining at Le Cirque. Bon appetit!

I hope this information is very helpful. If you have any questions or need travel directions while in town, just drop me a line by clicking on the avatar and e-mail icon in the profile. I_ll be glad to help.

Good luck
Native New Yorker

What to do with my 4 yr old daughter and my 86 yr old dad in the SF Bay area?|193099

My dad is visiting. I am a single mom of a f-yr old girl. The three of us want to do something interesting for my girl and easy for my dad (he_s not 100% able bodied) we are in the SF Bay area?

I would like to involve both. So far I have a train trip through the redwoods on my list. But I have not been able to come up with any thing else. Day trips?

Help?

try renting your dad a eletric scooter like they have at shopping center and have fun.

Steinhart Aquarium in S.F. and if your dad can not be pushed in a wheel chair( which I believe they have) there are plenty of places to sit and people watch.

I think Alcatraz which is AWESOME! may not be handi-cap accessible but you should call and find out because all of you would enjoy it, plus you get to cruise the Bay.

Take a boat ride in the bay.

Go to a live show of some kind.

Take a local Greyline tour.

What is the best place to live in the USA - According to these specifications?|174669

I have horriable allergy problems! I currently live in Wisconsin, and I_m not a big fan of too much heat. Okay with cold, but not freezing tempatures. The Fall is my favorite season. Is there such a place where it_s fall and light winter all year around, with low allergens?

I would go to Colorado personally

There is no place in the USA where it is fall and light winter all year round. However, I find wheneeever I go to Las Vegas or Phoenix, my nasal passages dry right up. And here in Orange County CA it is good though not quite as good.. I find that dryness is a big factor with allergies and the desert or the LA/San Diego areas are pretty good for people with allergies.


Therefore, I say to consider Phoenix or the like.

other than the south west not many places with out pollen pine and oak is high maybe the north west plains pollen would be short lived and the wind would blow it out quickly. sorry good luck

The Alaskan panhandle, Juneau, Ketchican etc.

Is the amtrack station in St Louis within walking distance to the metrolink?|103715

We are wanting to take our son to St Louis on the train, and need to know if it would be possible without a car. Also, any decent hotels within walking distance to the metrolink that are reasonably priced would be helpful as well.

The Union Station metrolink is about a five minute walk from the Amtrak station. Here_s a map:
http://tripfinder.metrostlouis.org/ntp/e��


As for hotels, here_s a list of the hotels closest to the Amtrak station. Hope this helps!
http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?_add��

It would be just a short walk from the Amtrak to the Metro at Union Station. There is a reasonably priced Drury Inn just behind Union Station.