All alone,Need your help

Im coming into town on a Thursday afternoon but im not meeting up with a buddy until Friday night for the Yankee game. What are a couple points of interest for an early 30%26#39;s guy staying by Times Square for a Thursday night out and a Friday afternoon. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

All alone,Need your help

I often travel alone to New York and I%26#39;ve met lots of interesting people by having dinner at the bar of the restaurant. Here are a couple of examples: Casa mono on Irving place (though it is not located by times square, you take the bus or the subway and you are there quickly) where they serve tapas and quartinos of wine (about 2 glasses of wine). Otto which is the exact same thing, tapas but italian, and quartinos of wine. It is on 8th street just around the corner from 5th avenue. When the maitre d asks me if I want a table or If I mind sitting at the bar, I always take the latter because you can chat up with the barman (or barmaid) and he often introduces you to other singles like you.

I started traveling alone to New York because my ex-boyfriend did not like it all and I%26#39;ve never been bored alone in New York...it is impossible to be!!! There%26#39;s a problem with you if you are alone in your hotel room because there is too much to do!

All alone,Need your help

I%26#39;m not sure what your interests are, but some tourist highlights that I would recommend include: walking the Brooklyn Bridge, Top of the Rock, Statue of Liberty, Central Park or a Circle Line cruise. You can get the circle line on W 42nd St, so it is only a few blocks walk from Times Square.

Get out of Times Square!

OK, stay long enough in Times Square to see the lights after dark, but for fun at night, go to The East Village or The Lower East Side.

For Friday afternoon, go the Met. Friday evenings, the Metropolitan Museum stays open until 8pm - it is always ';pay what you wish'; donation entrance fee. They have live chamber music and serve wine, cheese and appys on the balcony.

A very chic, cultured and ';new york'; experience for average people. Do it by yourself before the friend shows up, in case going to a museum is not macho or cool enough for him. ;o ) Excellent people-watching and easy to be ';alone in a crowd';.

Plus, you%26#39;ll be near the #4 train, which goes directly to Yankee Stadium.

For Thursday night, here%26#39;s a cut-n-paste:

Here is a previous post about seeing live music:

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How about a comedy show:

Comedy Cellar is a great ol%26#39; mainstay, and it%26#39;s in the heart of the Village. It%26#39;s a little worse for wear, but you won%26#39;t be disappointed. It%26#39;s great to walk around the neighborhood.

http://www.comedycellar.com/

Other places are (each website shows calendar):

Comic Strip Live

http://www.comicstriplive.com

Upright Citizens Brigade (improv group sketches - a crap shoot)

http://www.ucbtheater.com (select the NY location)

Stand Up NY

http://www.standupny.com/

New York Comedy

www.newyorkcomedyclub.com/scheduleny.htm

Here are some general websites that have listings for music and nightlife. Maybe they%26#39;ll help you narrow down your options:

http://www.ny.com/clubs/

http://bigapplejazz.com/nycjazzclubs.html

http://www.thelmagazine.com (Also available in hard copy for free in orange street-corner boxes. For a younger audience, but thorough.)

For something completely different, go see some burlesque or an offbeat show:

Mo Pitkins House of Satisfaction

(Check out the hardest working middle-aged man in show business, Murray Hill! Every Saturday night through end of June)

http://www.mopitkins.com/

http://www.mrmurrayhill.com/shows.html

http://www.wauwausisters.com

The Slipper Room

(If you%26#39;re good at trivia, try The Big Quiz Thing one Monday per month)

http://www.slipperroom.com/

http://www.bigquizthing.com/

Bowery Poetry Club

(Much more than poetry, but not that much more. )

http://www.bowerypoetry.com/

Go to a bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn:

http://billburg.com/

Or see some great music or DJs at Southpaw in Brooklyn

www.spsounds.com

Queensboulevard-So, no go on Times Square? That was the advice of others that have gone to the city. Maybe all of us in Florida just have no idea. hahahah

What places in East Village or the Lower East Side would you personally recommend for a good evening place to have a drink, but not look like a stalker at the bar.

Should i consider booking a hotel in some other part of town as well?

How are you getting to the Yankee game? That might affect where you stay.

QQ2-To be honest, i really dont know how we are going to the Yankee game. My buddy is coming into town fri afternnon from Jersey and we are going from whatever hotel i stay at.

If you have to stay in Times Square then go west to 9th Avenue which will be Hell%26#39;s Kitchen. There are some great bars there to hang out in to catch a game on TV.

I agree with Queens Blvd that Lower East Side will fit the bill for you. You%26#39;ll find tons of night life along Avenue A from Houston Street all the way to 14th. You will also find things of interest north and south of Avenue A (Avenue B, Avenue C, being south and 1st Ave and 2nd Ave being north).

Lower East Side is totally not touristy and you%26#39;ll see how the regular New Yorkers hang. Also you%26#39;ll get the most for your money there. Most bars will offer 2 for 1 beers during happy hour which goes around 4 - 8pm.

Spend 10 minutes on Friday afternoon checking out Times Square no more than that.

If your friend is coming in to town on public transportation, and you two are planning on taking public trans (i.e., subway) to the game, then it might make sense to stay with your hotel reservation in the Times Square area., if he is coming into Port Authority or Penn Station, and you are taking one of the west side subway lines to the game.

JTGATOR - let me clarify - TImes Square is a wonderful, brightly lit, exciting, over-priced tourist trap. It is our Epcot. It is brighter than day, larger than life. You are truly at the crossroads of the Western World. It is a phenomenon and you should not miss it, especailly at night.

BUT, I would not recommend it as a place to hang, or have a fun single-guy-night out.

Go to Times Square after dark with other tourists and theatre-goers and see the ESPN Zone, the Foot Locker store, the news tickers, Virgin MegaStore, Lindy%26#39;s, Carmines, Sardi%26#39;s, Hershey store, the Broadway theatres and marquees, the ads...

http://www.timessquarenyc.org/

...Then go downtown to find a cool bar, live music and a place to chill with locals.

If you want to spend the night at the ESPN Zone, more power to you.

I just wouldn%26#39;t classify that as a quintessential NYC experience.

Thanks to all for the advice. I think I%26#39;ll try for the afformentioned quintessential NYC experience.

JT

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