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I'll be coming October 8th through the 15th, for the first time in my life. The 8th through the 11th I'll be able to stay in a hotel, but I need somewhere to stay those last 4 days or else I'll have to cut my trip (tragically?) short. So if anyone's willing to put up with me for that time, email me or something. I'm friendly company, I talk about Radiohead a lot (as you can guess, it's the reason for the trip), I won't make a mess of your place...

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Saturday, 30 August 2003 02:07 (twenty-two years ago)

heh heh heh... I ain't yer uncle Frank!

― Mr. Goodbar, Saturday, 30 August 2003 02:40 (twenty-two years ago)

i will be watching this thread with great interest ;)

― stevem (blueski), Saturday, 30 August 2003 06:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Bump!

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Saturday, 30 August 2003 21:19 (twenty-two years ago)

if i lived in New York you could stay at mine

― stevem (blueski), Saturday, 30 August 2003 23:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, sadly, you don't. :\

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Saturday, 30 August 2003 23:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Bump.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Sunday, 31 August 2003 03:25 (twenty-two years ago)

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― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 31 August 2003 03:31 (twenty-two years ago)

if my place were bigger and tidier, i'd invite you to stay over Melissa. that, and i live in hoboken not NYC proper.

i'll keep bumping this so that any other NYCer can maybe help you out, though!

― Tad (llamasfur), Sunday, 31 August 2003 03:34 (twenty-two years ago)

bump

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Sunday, 31 August 2003 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd wait till people get back from LAbour Day Weekend Shennanigans.

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 31 August 2003 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

My place is quite small.

― nabisco%%, Sunday, 31 August 2003 22:07 (twenty-two years ago)

are you there now?

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 31 August 2003 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

nitsuh i never though i'd be this happy to see you back

― dengo matherton (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 31 August 2003 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

(that sounds horrible, but it's not)

― dengo matherton (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 31 August 2003 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Nabisco the good and kind. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 31 August 2003 22:42 (twenty-two years ago)

bump bump bump

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Monday, 1 September 2003 04:11 (twenty-two years ago)

melissa in liking b2k shocker

― dengo matherton (dubplatestyle), Monday, 1 September 2003 04:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Mel my excuse is that my room has just been taken over by someone else's boxes and two cats!! I've just caught the friendly one drinking out of the water glass I keep on the floor next to my mattress. I'd put it up on one of the cardboard boxes but he'd just jump up there, too. I can't tell if they're the houseguest or if I am.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 1 September 2003 06:45 (twenty-two years ago)

bump

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 01:11 (twenty-two years ago)

BUMP

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 05:26 (twenty-two years ago)

...

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

where the hell are all the new yorkers??

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 14:07 (twenty-two years ago)

at home.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 14:07 (twenty-two years ago)

No, we're back at work today. I'm sorry I can't help out, Mel, it sucks cause I USED to have a nice big room and an Aerobed and a CD player that will, if reluctantly, play Radiohead!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 14:13 (twenty-two years ago)

In New Jersey.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

this thread has totally put me off making a similar request if i ever go to New York! i think i'll just camp out inside the Statue Of Liberty's torch like my forefathers

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

we call it a "flashlight" here, stevem

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 19:40 (twenty-two years ago)

saddest thread ever

― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

in so many ways...

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

My trip is *this close* to being cut down... C'mon, I've never been to NYC before... I'd love to see more of it than just Madison Square Garden.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Friday, 5 September 2003 02:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll pay you!! *cries*

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Friday, 5 September 2003 02:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Come on NYC people, have some heart.

― Larcole (Nicole), Friday, 5 September 2003 02:26 (twenty-two years ago)

interpol were wrong. new york doesn't care at all

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 5 September 2003 02:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Can someone at least loan me a cardboard box?

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Friday, 5 September 2003 03:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Fuck a guilt trip, and fuck you too Jim. I've done more than my fair share of hosting friends this summer, especially ILXers. And of course, it was a pleasure to do so... but really jim, keep your off-base judgements to yourself - at least until after you've seen the size of some NYC apartments.

So, I'm sorry Melissa. I'm broke, in a bad-mood, starting two crappy new jobs, and really can't take any more houseguests soon especially since my parents are coming to stay with me next month. Anyways, we live in a not-so-nice neighborhood, right behind the williamsburg projects.

If all else fails, try the Chelsea Hostel. It's$27 for single-sex dorms, fairly clean [cleaner than my room, anyways], and in a great location. Good luck

― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 5 September 2003 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

nice to see that the mood round here has improved

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 5 September 2003 03:11 (twenty-two years ago)

**** ****** **** ** * ********, shockah. I'm not in the mood for stupid one-liner fights. So, butt out.

― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 5 September 2003 03:14 (twenty-two years ago)

http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/430/20020531153453/www.mercksharpdohme.com/disease/heart/risk_factors/smoking/images/stopsmoking.gif

― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 5 September 2003 03:16 (twenty-two years ago)

White House Hotel. It's like $30 for a private room. It's like right across from CBGBs in the East Village. I've had friends who stayed there and they seemed to like it. Lots of other young international backpackers too. Maybe some hot Swedes if youre lucky

― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 5 September 2003 03:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I have Germans staying with me; otherwise I would unfold my couch to you in a heartbeat.

― Paul Eater (eater), Friday, 5 September 2003 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Melissa,

when I went to NYC a couple of years ago I stayed at the Chelsea hostel, and it was fine. It's not free, but it's not a lot of dosh either. It was a bit hot (I was there the last week in Sept), and the windows were nailed open, but there are lockers, and it's a great location.

― Vicky (Vicky), Friday, 5 September 2003 07:14 (twenty-two years ago)

the white house hotel is, err, interesting. i'm not sure i would recommend

― gareth (gareth), Friday, 5 September 2003 07:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I have a deeply rooted pathological fear of hostels, in particular because of the communal bathrooms.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Friday, 5 September 2003 07:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Chelsea Hotel, then.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 5 September 2003 07:40 (twenty-two years ago)

what's wrong with the White House Hotel Gareth? some useful recommendations here anyway

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 5 September 2003 09:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay, I really must renew this request.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Monday, 15 September 2003 21:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry, Mel, the Hotel Mary only sleeps one, two under duress, my apt. is mad small you see, however, j.lu and others had a good deal at a Chinatown hotel when they came up for July 4, maybe check that thread and look into...

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 15 September 2003 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

http://sarcasm.fanfic.org/an-aisha3.jpg

― Dada, Monday, 15 September 2003 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

the oddest thing about that woman may yet be her chin

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 15 September 2003 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

The Pioneer Soho was the hotel in question on J.4. It was $80 per night approx, maybe slightly less.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 12:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Melissa, I'm sorry and I'd like to meet you for a coffee or something but I have no idea what my life or work schedule will be like at the time of your trip and even my own brother, who desperately wants to visit New York, is currently not invited to stay with me. It's a bit more than I can handle right now. I hope you can understand.

It's good to know about the hotel suggestions here, though.

― felicity (felicity), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 13:45 (twenty-two years ago)

nine months pass...
my wife and I will be in NYC from the 1st (well, just barely, we arrive at 11:30 at night) through the 7th, and need a hotel. I'd rather it be in southern manhattan but that doesn't necessarily matter. What does matter is that it isn't more than $150 a night and has a private bath. Ideally it would be around $100 a night. Is this Pioneer Soho place somewhere to fear?

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)

September 1st through September 7th, that is. where is my head?

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:19 (twenty-one years ago)

you're coming out for the RNC?

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:19 (twenty-one years ago)

oh fuck is that going on then???? SHIT.

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I am coming out with a death wish, apparently.

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah. You should just cancel your plans as whatever hotel rooms available will be ultra-expensive. Or make new friends (I'd offer, but I don't think I'll be around).

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

it's actually my wife's birthday. aren't I loving to be looking for the absolute cheapest place imaginable?

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

The Gershwin?

http://www.gershwinhotel.com/

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

that's where they're putting up the Massachusetts GOP delegation, I'd bet.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't want to room near any republicans. have you stayed there adam? is it cheap?

and also, where did Mel wind up?

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I shot my student film there! I got a room for free!

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)

If I show up there with a camera maybe they'll not charge me!

I didn't get charged for a hotel the last time I stayed in NYC, but that was because we checked out very early and the desk guy was half asleep. Best $700 I never spent!

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Rooms are, I believe, $100-150 a night.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't want to room near any republicans.

Like I said, then cancel your plans.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

"Nearly 50,000 people are expected to attend the convention including over 15,000 members of the media."

"Mayor Bloomberg reached agreements with the City’s labor unions to sign "no strike" agreements that would ensure all work during and around the Convention proceeds smoothly, and signed agreements that secure more than 22,000 hotel rooms for the Convention from nearly fifty hotels, with nearly 17,000 rooms located within one mile of Madison Square Garden. Almost 9,000 hotel rooms will be available to the delegates and attendees at an average rate of $156 a night."

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I stayed in DC the day of GW's inauguration. So many Texans, so many Republicans, let's hope it's not like that.


Maybe you need a stetson.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)

the convention ends on the 2nd! All the republicans will be fleeing on our first full day there. HOpefully they'll have left the city clean!

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)

ah but the Post contradicts me:

ROOMS AVAILABLE FOR REPUBLICAN 'INN' CROWD

By STEFAN C. FRIEDMAN

June 21, 2004 -- Even with tens of thousands of delegates, media members and protestors flooding the Big Apple for this summer's Republican National Convention, the majority of city hotels still have their "vacancy" signs up.

While the New York Host Committee in early 2004 reserved 18,000 hotel rooms throughout Manhattan for delegates and the media, many of the unreserved hotels have plenty of space left.

Travel Web site Orbitz.com lists dozens of hotels — from the swanky SoHo Grand and Tribeca Grand to more modestly priced lodgings — that have plenty of rooms available from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2.

Roughly 20 percent of the city's more than 70,500 hotel rooms were empty during the months of August and September last year.

And while the 18,000 rooms reserved by the Host Committee will fill some of the void, many tourists who would normally come to New York in late August will stay home only because the convention is in town, according to a hotel-industry expert.

Still, a spokesperson for the city's tourism bureau said hotel rooms will be hard to come by.

"We expect that hotel-room occupancy will be high," said Arleen Kropf, senior communications manager for NYC & Co.

Security concerns during the convention means that uniformed cops will be assigned to each of the 25 hotels hosting delegates, media or others associated with the event, Crain's New York Business reports.

Cops will pay special attention to hotel ventilation systems, which could be used to spread nerve agents like sarin and anthrax. "It would be simple to introduce an agent in the vents," Anthony Martone, director of security at the Warwick New York, told Crain's.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:29 (twenty-one years ago)

was the gershwin nice, adam? and by that I don't mean "quaint and falling apart".

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, it was nice. "Boutiquey" and "functional". The rooms are small but very clean and there are a lot of framed prints and photos everywhere.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)

hahaha Oregon's delegation is staying at the Roosevelt.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)

This is a list of where the delegates are staying.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)

They do a lot of fashion shoots there and there is a decent bar downstairs. Pretty good position too unless you would prefer to be further south (it's midtown).

Maybe some NYCer would like to contradict me?

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:32 (twenty-one years ago)

also kyle the GOP might be gone by the 2nd but the fallout and/or sarin and anthrax won't be.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:32 (twenty-one years ago)

what is the difference b/w a "rack rate" room and a "standard room," incidentally? I see this nonsense every time I try to book hotels.

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:32 (twenty-one years ago)

It's perfect for the West Coast metrosexual in all of us!

xpost!

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:32 (twenty-one years ago)

wow, they put the Massers up at the Drake, I've stayed there, it's nice.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:33 (twenty-one years ago)

they put all the small state delegations close to Ground Zero.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:34 (twenty-one years ago)

the gershwin is fine. it's not ultra-high-end luxury, but it's clean and comfortable and quiet and just "boutiquey" enough.

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:34 (twenty-one years ago)

no Republicans are staying at the Chelsea.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:35 (twenty-one years ago)

two best fashion moves in NYC, Aug. 29-Sep. 2 2004:

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:40 (twenty-one years ago)

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Metrosexuals to thread!

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Does that last one have a pocket for my Blackberry?

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe this guy will be there, he looks pretty metrosexual:

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)

not a good look for 2004:

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

That guy's pants are held up by A STRING!

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

you pull those drawstring pants up around your face and convert them into an airtight hazmat suit

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Anyway, I DO hate taxes. More power to him.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Also-his blacks don't match.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:51 (twenty-one years ago)

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Adam what about the fact that his FOREHEAD IS HUGE?!?!?!??

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Aw Kyle that stinks... You should totally come a week earlier or later. (When't your wife's birthday, btw, cuz mine's Sept 6).

I'd invite you guys to stay with me if I had anything more than a loveseat. Ask hstencil.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)

that's the worst pokemon trading card I've ever seen.

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)

two best fashion moves in NYC, Aug. 29-Sep. 2 2004:

http://www.ravistailor.com/images/shop/893.jpg + http://www.dxmarket.com/shops/donkeypride/images/products/PH638_tn.jpg

http://wilson.ctstateu.edu/lib/archives/other/images/pin.jpg + http://www.tavallai.com/gallery/album/sonic_youth/omid_nyfc.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I know nothing about Aaron W.'s alleged "loveseat."

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)

hopefully we'll see you this year Aaron!

her birthday is actually the 1st.

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)

That too.

Kyle, didn't you go for her birthday last year?

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

yes, it's what we do now for her birthday. hawaii was too freaking expensive.

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I know nothing about Aaron W.'s alleged "loveseat."

I still don't know why you rushed off all of a sudden yesterday.

hopefully we'll see you this year Aaron!

Definitely! I'll gladly take some time off law school to wish you both well. Seriously, don't come during the RNC. Make it a week before or after. This city is gonna be insane.

her birthday is actually the 1st.

Ah well... No one's perfect. Especially us virgos.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:57 (twenty-one years ago)

it is the week after, though; we get there the last day of the convention (the 2nd)

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:57 (twenty-one years ago)

These pictures make me think of San Francisco! Kyle will be right at home!

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:58 (twenty-one years ago)

that last one is from San Francisco.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:58 (twenty-one years ago)

My bday is the same day as Aaron W, and if we are lucky Siouxie Sioux will be playing that day; I know, I never spell that right.

― Virgo Mary (Mary), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.cocolabelle.com/IMM/DivineLink.jpg + http://www.republicanmarket.com/img/prod/m/m21128.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

siouxsie? where where where? I hope so!

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

are you trying to tell us something gabbneb? Either about yourself or Log Cabin Republicans?

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Mary's bday AND Siouxie Siouxxxe. Best Bday evah.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

info here: http://www.thecreatures.com/creatures/?view=96&offset=0&length=5

I wonder if tickets are still available. If people are going on the 6th, I am up for going on the 6th as well.

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

you people still don't get that NYC will be partially destroyed by then, I guess.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I was waiting until someone who lived there said it so I wasn't accused of being all negative, h.

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

will the hotel rooms be cheaper after the TERROR?

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I work 2 blocks from Ground Zero, what do you expect?

Also, if you and your wife go down there to take pictures during your vacation, I will be very disappointed in you.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

we've been there twice since the first terror and we only go by there to go to century 21

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:07 (twenty-one years ago)

kyle it'll be like Escape from New York - they won't let you leave.

l to r: kyle, me.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:07 (twenty-one years ago)

that looks just like me!

i will be referring to everything as "the terror" from now on, btw.

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

1997 is long overdue.

xpost - good, Century 21 is great, taking pictures at Ground Zero is ghoulish.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm wearing pants like that while I'm out in Williamsburg tonight.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

http://eminem.adamdude.com/images/osama_binshady.jpg + http://www.victorystore.com/candy/laura-button.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:09 (twenty-one years ago)

hstencil! i heard you were dead!

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I just called BB King: tickets are on sale and still available for all nights:)

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

they take Visa, right?

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude, it's everywhere you want to be.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)

except the Chicago House of Blues.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:16 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.exult.co.uk/images/23851.jpg + http://www.jgshow.com/pictures/BPBF/Tbillycarter.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Hotels.com has The Pennsylvania at $109/night. They were in the midst of renovations last time I was there so it was a sucky shithole, but that was 4 years ago.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:35 (twenty-one years ago)

See also Priceline.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

uh, I really don't think he wants to stay there, given the sentiments expressed upthread

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I've stayed there twice; the first time (1992) it was actaully pretty nice, but the second time (2000) it, well, wasn't, but they were fixing it up. The fact that it's still around leads me to hope that they've finished their renovations but it's listed in hotels.com as a 2-star.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)

it might be very nice, but it's also across the street from the Republican National Convention

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Details.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 24 June 2004 23:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Kyle, you asked about the Pioneer Soho when you revived this thang. I stayed there in May of '03 and it was nice enough.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 25 June 2004 00:07 (twenty-one years ago)

you won't even be able to get near MSG so staying at the Penn is out.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 June 2004 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Isn't the Penn next to Penn Station, not MSG?

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 25 June 2004 00:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry, pretend I didn't make that last post. MSG != Grand Central Station.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 25 June 2004 00:12 (twenty-one years ago)

supposedly they're gonna close down Penn Station.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 June 2004 05:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry, I can't read, when will these fuckers be out of our city?

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 25 June 2004 06:16 (twenty-one years ago)

the 2nd! the RNC will not affect me.

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 25 June 2004 06:53 (twenty-one years ago)

bullshit they won't.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 June 2004 12:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm already seting up the mines, kyle. contact me offlist for the locations lest u step at the WRONG intersection. (the proper nyc kollectiv have already received their pamphlets.. you guys thought I was giving NYC another visit just for a fun weekend? ha!)

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 25 June 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...
How late into the year is it reasonably cool (70s-80s daytime avg) in New York? Is the weather nice the first couple of weeks in May?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:50 (twenty years ago)

average temps here

Fall beats Spring in the Northeast, and the weather will be unpredictable, but it's unlikely to be too hot or too cold. If you can't come September through early November, this is a pretty good time.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:02 (twenty years ago)

I thought we made it clear that under no circumstances are grown men to wear shorts.

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:04 (twenty years ago)

it's in between the end of the high-culture indoor season and the great free outdoor stuff, but those probably aren't high priorities for a first-time visitor. baseball, of course, but get tickets now, I would think.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:05 (twenty years ago)

xpost - Gracias. It's a long-shot, but fall is unlikely because of school and work and I'm hoping to get a trip in before the temperature approaches anything hot.

Baseball-wise, I'm hoping to catch a game with the Single-A team in Brooklyn.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:09 (twenty years ago)

they won't start until mid-June

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:12 (twenty years ago)

oops, I didn't realize they were a short-season affiliate. Guess I'll think about that some other time.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:17 (twenty years ago)

yes, NYC can get pretty muggy in the summer, and yes there are summers where we regularly get up into the 90s, but summer arguably is the second-best season to visit given all the outdoor stuff going on. May is still probably a very good time to visit, but I wouldn't write June, July or even August off. then again, I wear shorts and sandals with impunity in those months. (I wear 3-season wool suits then too, but I won't say I don't sweat)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:18 (twenty years ago)

I mean, we're not talking Austin or Phoenix here

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:20 (twenty years ago)

the New Haven County Cutters will be playing at historic Yale Field (real old baseball vibe here) by Memorial Day weekend

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:23 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

last week in August, Monday to Monday, staying at the Clarion Park Avenue (looked at Chelsea Hostel private rooms, but they require a passport and

I should totally do this, right?

― milo z, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 01:59 (seventeen years ago)

i assume you don't need to be glued to the TV during the Dem convention

lots of people leave town around then, but for some people that might be a good thing

― gabbneb, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:06 (seventeen years ago)

Dude.. New budget hotel options..

The Jane Hotel

Same owners as Bowery Hotel, The Park, The Maritime. Budget hotel, "hip" rooms, free wifi, Ipod station, COMMUNAL BATHROOMS though. Rooms supposed to be extra-cheap for NYC. I'd totally stay there. Just opened some rooms for preview this summer. Not sure if they're renting rooms yet, but keep an eye out. Rooms for under $100, def.

Also, there's the new POD HOTEL

― phil-two, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:09 (seventeen years ago)

but yeah sure why not, come for a visit

― phil-two, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:11 (seventeen years ago)

okay, calling The Jane now, that place looks fantastic

― milo z, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:15 (seventeen years ago)

oh wait a minute... what dates exactly? im gonna be out of town and will probably have moved into a 1br then in williamsburg.... if you want to sublet an apt instead of hotel... we've done fantasy basketball together so i totally trust you

― phil-two, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:18 (seventeen years ago)

I had it set for the 18th to the 25th, but I'm basically just looking for a week or ten days in the last couple of weeks of August. If that works, a sublet would be great.

― milo z, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:26 (seventeen years ago)

i'm going to the west coast like aug 15-30.... i'm 90% sure im moving back to my old apartment which is a 1br in east williamsburg / west bushwick / whatever. 15'ish mins by train to union square.

there's not much to steal, but it'll be fully furnished.. lemme know when you get your plane ticket.. Could def talk about subletting. you can email me thru the ilx link.. i think its the right one...

― phil-two, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:33 (seventeen years ago)

maybe we can work something out.

― phil-two, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:34 (seventeen years ago)

also there's an ice cream maker in the pantry

― phil-two, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:38 (seventeen years ago)

i am coming to nyc aug. 7-13!

― t0dd swiss, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 03:16 (seventeen years ago)

oh just in time for All Points West...

― phil-two, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 04:57 (seventeen years ago)

just one day haha. there are more important things to do

― t0dd swiss, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 05:28 (seventeen years ago)

five months pass...

i guess i admire her cheek for just straight asking

― rox qua rox (roxymuzak), Sunday, 28 December 2008 00:23 (seventeen years ago)

harsh thread

― s1ocki, Sunday, 28 December 2008 00:30 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

http://gothamist.com/2009/01/28/times_square_hotel_is_dirtiest_in_t.php

"It's like a HORROR movie in real life, it's so bad that its just not for real. Barack Obama, please shut it down!")

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 17:06 (seventeen years ago)

love the hotel carter. the nyt did its own stay there (2 years before the body under the bed incident.) there's a deli attached to its lobby, the lucky star, where i used to go for a grilled-cheese sandwich.

― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 17:32 (seventeen years ago)

When I worked at the NYT I'd go there for orange juice and a bagel in the morning. It's directly across the street from the old New York Times office.

When the Nightingales first came to play in america, that's where they stayed. They said their was a prostitute on their floor. I always thought they meant on the same floor of the hotel, but maybe they meant literally, on THEIR floor.

― dan selzer, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 18:20 (seventeen years ago)

eight months pass...

cheap hotel for 3 metalheads needed in nyc asap, recommendash????

― e\m/ily (roxymuzak), Monday, 19 October 2009 01:17 (sixteen years ago)

this place on my block is a "budget hotel," whatever that means. i see a lot of youth-hostel types going in and out. they've been renovating it, i think it used to be more of an SRO type place. i can't speak to what it's like on the inside, but the neighborhood's nice and friendly...

― flying squid attack (tipsy mothra), Monday, 19 October 2009 01:41 (sixteen years ago)

Priceline is your friend. I got the Dream Hotel for hostel prices (and then got fucked out of going anyway...)

― smashing aspirant (milo z), Monday, 19 October 2009 01:44 (sixteen years ago)


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