Post in collaboration with Netflights
95 Times Square visitors, 7296 coffees drank, 1003 hot dogs eaten, 187 tweets and 83 Instagram posts. Would you believe that all this happens in a New York Minute?
New York New York. So good they named it twice. A visit to The Big Apple has long been on my bucket list. In the back of my mind I had it down as being something that I'd do for my 50th birthday (which is scarily only 5 years away!) however fate intervened by way of a hurricane. To cut a very long and rather stressful story short, last October we were heading to Orlando for a fortnight to do the whole Disney/Universal/Florida thing. Hurricane Matthew came along and put a stop to all flights into the area and we got stranded in NYC. There are undoubtedly worse places to be stranded in the world but I really would have preferred the opportunity to meticulously plan for my first trip to the NYC rather than have it thrust upon me!
Despite being thrown in at the deep end somewhat, we managed to squeeze a lot into our short time in NYC. It's not called the city that never sleeps for nothing! The folks at Netflights have crunched the numbers to see what the world's most fast-paced city crams into 60 seconds. The results are absolutely fascinating and we certainty contributed to some of the statistics. A lot can happen in a New York Minute. From their What Happens in a New York Minute List we managed to tick off...
- Coffee - my daughter was very surprised that they have Starbucks in America too!
- New York Airport - although the taxi driver got lost when we were heading back there...
- Taxi Ride - see above, but also some more successful ones!
- Times Square - it's not actually a square which surprised me, more of an area.
- Bridge Crossings - there seemed to be loads on the way to/from the airport.
- Tweeting about NYC - obviously!
- Central Park - alas no skating in October.
- NYC Instagrams - double obviously!
Still to contribute towards...
- Buy a copy of the New York Times - we saw the vending machines that sell them.
- Eat a Hot Dog - can't believe we never had one, but saw loads of hot dog carts.
- Use the Subway - nope.
- Buy a ticket to a Broadway Show - if only! Definitely next time.
- Trade on Wall Street - will leave that to Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen.
- Eat Pizza - is it bad that I can't remember of we ate a slice or not?!
- See a NYC Sports Teams - alas no Nicks, Yankees or Mets for us.
Our whistle-stop tour covered Times Square, Central Park, Top of the Rock and a nigth time boat trip out to the Statue of Liberty. We never made it as far as any of the Museums or to Ground Zero. Got to leave something to do next time. Of course there was also the food, but again I had no time to plan so we had to go for iconic rather than quirky and off the beaten track. However, NYC foodie must dos that we managed to tick off were
- Cheesecake at Juniors
- Rainbow Bagel
- Breakfast at Ellen's Stardust Diner - the home of the singing waitstaff
- Pretzels
- Hershey's Chocolate World in Times Square (and the M&M store)
- Snow Cone
- Dylan's Candy Bar
- Picnic in Central Park
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| Hershey's Chocolate World |
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| Ellen's Stardust Diner |
And on the list for next time.. (oh yes there WILL be a next time!)D
- Hot dogs
- Doughnuts and Cronuts
- Pastrami on Rye
- Milkshake & Ice Cream
- Chicken & Waffles
- Pizza
- Bagels with Lox (smoked salmon)
- Burgers
- Tacos
- Something from a Food Truck
- Barbecue
- Cocktails in a Speakeasy
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| Dylan's Candy Bar |
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| Junior's Cheesecake |
Have you been to The Big Apple? What did you eat and are there any foodie must have's that I've missed out on?
For further NYC inspiration check out the following posts...
- Bintu at Recipes From a Pantry's recipe for Marinated Strawberry Cheesecake Waffles
- Kate at Veggie Desserts shares her Top 10 NYC Vegetarian Restaurants
- Jane at The Hedgecombers shares a recipe for New York Bagels
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