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Other Topics => Completely Off-Topic => Topic started by: rosieposy87 on August 01, 2003, 07:16:16 am
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Hey again everyone, i missed you all (i've been on holiday!). In about week i go to New York and i have a number of questions which i would really appreciate some help with:
1. Where's the best shopping? And how much do things on average cost- for instance a normal T-shirt- how much would that cost?
2. How hot is it usually? What is the weather like in general?
3. What the hell do you do if you're not 21!? I mean, can't you go and hang out in bars for an evening drink? Are there no places like pubs? :?
4.Where the hell am i gonna meet all of you guys on the 10th!? We arrive at 12:30 so it would be just lovely to go for an evening meal with all of you- if the jet lag isn't slowly killing me!! PM me!
Thanks so much, love you all!!
Rosie :)
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1. Where's the best shopping? And how much do things on average cost- for instance a normal T-shirt- how much would that cost?
2. How hot is it usually? What is the weather like in general?
3. What the hell do you do if you're not 21!? I mean, can't you go and hang out in bars for an evening drink? Are there no places like pubs? :?
Rosie :)
1 ---> my personal fav' is Old Navy, you can get a bunch of stuff there for like nothing!!! :)
The Old Navy's stores in NYC (found them on the official site):
Old Navy Flagship
144-150 W 34TH ST
150 W 34TH ST
NEW YORK, NY 10001-2102
Phone: 212-594-0115
Old Navy
18TH & 6TH - NY
610 6TH AVE
NEW YORK, NY 10011
Phone: 212-645-0885
Old Navy
503-511 BROADWAY/SPR
503 BROADWAY
NEW YORK, NY 10012-4401
Phone: 212-226-0865
2---> The forecast for August 10th in NYC:
Partly Cloudy lows: 20° / highs: 28° C
3 ---> well you have to be 21 to go in a bar where they serve alcoholic drinks (they're probably gonna ask for your ID before you get in...)
Maybe people from NY have a trick to get in! :wink:
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3 ---> well you have to be 21 to go in a bar where they serve alcoholic drinks (they're probably gonna ask for your ID before you get in...)
Maybe people from NY have a trick to get in! :wink:
Old Navy is a big ugly chain. I'm sure there are cooler smaller stores in NYC that some of the locals can tell you about.
As for the Bar thing... well, usually you can get in before like 9 at any Bar/Pub/Grill if you are under. but after 9 they are almost always 21+ only. So sorry, Rosie.
As for a trick to get in, there are ways to sneak around a bouncer.... but not for a 16 year old.
I litteraly fly out of NYC 1 hour before you arrive Rosie. Bummer.
---Andrew
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I litteraly fly out of NYC 1 hour before you arrive Rosie. Bummer.
---Andrew
You absoloute FOOL!
Oh and i think thats so silly with Bars! Mind you, i doubt we'll be able to overcome jetlag enough to even stay out beyond 9- lol. In the whole of Europe you can always get into bars (in france they barely have a drinking age- sorry ghis, LOL) and just have a casual drink- ugh how insulting!
P.S- i must go to a 'pub' just to get very angry, like i did at the fake disneyworld one. lol, perhaps i could take all of the NESSAholics and complain about how bad they are. You must all come to shite 'American Diners' here too!!
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Old Navy is a big ugly chain.
Ok it's a chain but it's not ugly!!!
They do have cool stuff there.
In the whole of Europe you can always get into bars (in france they barely have a drinking age- sorry ghis, LOL) and just have a casual drink- ugh how insulting!
HAHA I know Rosie!!!
France is not a very moral country I guess :lol:
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Well...I always go shopping at little vintage places. Anywhere that looks different you know?
I'm totally bummed that I won't be able to see you...I'll be in Boston on the 10th. :P
The weather is supposed to be hot, humid, with the chance of occiasional thunderstorms.
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I'm totally bummed that I won't be able to see you...I'll be in Boston on the 10th. :P
ANOTHER FOOL! Oh this is bloody awful, i've been so excited about meeting you this past week!!
I heard there are good vintage places in Lower East Side? Am i right? Ooh and any recommendations for concerts from the 10th-14th?
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P.S- i must go to a 'pub' just to get very angry, like i did at the fake disneyworld one. lol, perhaps i could take all of the NESSAholics and complain about how bad they are. You must all come to shite 'American Diners' here too!!
lol!
I had a friend of mine who just got back from Switzerland and he was telling me that all of the "american diners" seemed to have failed to read american history PAST the civil war. He said they all server fried chicken, biscuits, mashed potatoes and gravy and other very SOUTHERN food and had the confederate flag flying all over the place! I live in the south and I NEVER see the confederate flag anywhere!
It's so hard to try and have "american" food, just like I'm sure its hard to do English or Spanish food, because we have VERY different foods and atmospheres depending on what part of the US you are in. Southern US food is not at all like western or northern food.
---Andrew
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In American Diners here we have hamburgers, milkshakes and women dressed up in really hideously stupid 50s skirts.
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In American Diners here we have hamburgers, milkshakes and women dressed up in really hideously stupid 50s skirts.
lol. We have those here... but they are like theme throwback type places. Johnny Rockets is like that...... mmmm.... that food is sooooooooo tasty.
---Andrew
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yeah, like 50s diners. My dad wants to go to one in New York, we are also going to Nantucket- its near Martha's Vineyard apparently?
So how much would you expect to pay for a normal t-shirt or sth?
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I had a friend of mine who just got back from Switzerland and he was telling me that all of the "american diners" seemed to have failed to read american history PAST the civil war. He said they all server fried chicken, biscuits, mashed potatoes and gravy and other very SOUTHERN food and had the confederate flag flying all over the place! I live in the south and I NEVER see the confederate flag anywhere!
haha, actually i see the confederate flag a lot around where i live....
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yeah, like 50s diners. My dad wants to go to one in New York, we are also going to Nantucket- its near Martha's Vineyard apparently?
So how much would you expect to pay for a normal t-shirt or sth?
Eh. Depends on where you go and what is on it. Normal touristy stuff in the cities I travel in are like 15 dollars. But you figure everything in NYC is gonna be atleast 20% more expensive right off the top. so figure between 15-20 bucks for an "i love new york" t-shirt.
I mean, i'm gonna be a tourist there myself. I've been to a LOT of the big cities in the US, but this will be my first time In NYC.
Next up is San Francisco in late September!
---Andrew
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I'm not getting a stupid 'I love NY' t-shirt! Ugh, can you say 'cliche'!? bwhaha
Oh and what is the confederate flag? Is it where not all of the states had joined? argh i don't know!!
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The Confederate Flag is the flag the southern states chose during the Civil War.
And boo to you not being in NYC until the 10th...what's the matter with you?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? ;)
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(http://www.usflags.com/images/products/confed.jpg)
^^^ confederate flag.
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That's what bad people who support slavery wear. Curse you!
(I am partially kidding, do not get offended)
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well the part of you that isn't partially kidding...actually it's not...
i'm not offended, i don't own one.
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Well, my history teacher is boring, so I'm blaming her.
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Hi Rosie... unlike all the lame people I will be around to hang out with you! I am going to PM you my number. SEE you soon! :)
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In Reno you can get shirts 3 for $10 downtown....at least the last time I noticed. But that doesn't help you much......does it......ah.....
tylor
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I'm not getting a stupid 'I love NY' t-shirt! Ugh, can you say 'cliche'!? bwhaha
lol...I want an "I Love NY" t-shirt.
Im lazy tho and still havent gotten around to getting one in the last...22years. hehe
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there are a lot of vintage/non-chain stores in NYC that you can go to that have really orginional clothing....some of it may be expensive (my friend just got back from seeing Gypsy and she pain 35$ for a tshirt) but it may not...it depends on the store. oh and when you go you have to get a hotdog from the hotdog stands.....those things are the best
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I want to go to NYC so bad, but I will wait I guess.
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I want an I loveee NY shirt, tooooooo.
New York is great fun ;D
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I....think I have an "I love NY" t-shirt :oops:
I got it in 1999 when I first went there, it was like 3 for $10!! 8)
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We hope that you will take some pictures, Rosie... and them show it to us. :wink:
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And boo to you not being in NYC until the 10th...what's the matter with you?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? ;)
Tricia there is a lot wrong with me, but thats ermm beside the point! I am gonna be near boston (i think...) for 6 days after the 14th, will u be anywhere near?
there are a lot of vintage/non-chain stores in NYC that you can go to that have really orginional clothing....some of it may be expensive (my friend just got back from seeing Gypsy and she pain 35$ for a tshirt) but it may not...it depends on the store.
Oh and can you give me any reccommendations for shops!? Because i am completely clueless about where i would find those shops. thanks so much!
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Nope...I come home on the 13th.
I'm leaving tonight.
:(
I'm sad now.
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Oh Tricia you are such a fool, i was so looking forward to meeting you!
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*pouts*
She just called me a fool!
I was looking forward to meeting you as well. Now I am really sad. :( :( :cry: :cry:
Someday Rosie...I'm planning a trip to Europe for the summer of 2005...maybe then. :)
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Well if your not 21 then....well, I'm not either, yet then again, I'm not going...
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Oh and i nikkee: i just realised if i take my i am doubtful that it will actually work, because you need a Tri-Band phone and mine is well...not. What i would techinically have to do if i phoned you is phone england and then phone you, which is why it wouldn't work- hmm we can still try?
and DAMN YOU TRICIA! 2005 will be cool, i will've finished sixth form college and be going to university! *gasp* That is so weird!
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2005... I will be halfway through uni and waiting to meet Trish during her stop in Spain (cos, she's obviously gonna stop in Spain, aren't you Trish, aren't you??)
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Definitely stopping in Spain. ;)
For those of you who are wondering why I chose 2005...that's the year I graduate from college. lol
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At the Mmmmmraz concert there were these two american girls and they were right next to me (they were such sweetheearts to me, we shouted out songs for him to play together!) and they were like 'omg, and omg Paris is like soooo expensive, like $4 dollars for a sandwich on the street!' and the other girl was like 'oh heellll no'. ah chuckles.
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At the Mmmmmraz concert there were these two american girls and they were right next to me (they were such sweetheearts to me, we shouted out songs for him to play together!) and they were like 'omg, and omg Paris is like soooo expensive, like $4 dollars for a sandwich on the street!' and the other girl was like 'oh heellll no'. ah chuckles.
LMAO!
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Oh and can you give me any reccommendations for shops!? Because i am completely clueless about where i would find those shops. thanks so much!
ummm not personally because the only times i've been in NYC were for school trips and we didn't have time to look around and shop, but i can ask one of my friends that goes there every year just to visit. she always comes back with cool clothes! for our school trips we usually go to manhatten, and i've seen a lot of tourist-y kind of shops, so unless that's the kind of stuff you're looking for i can only say don't go there. :)
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uhmm the 5th ave shops . . .duh! you probably won't but anything (the most I ever got from SAKS is a purse, prices ahhhhhh!) but, they're still THE place to go . . .
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uhmm the 5th ave shops . . .duh! you probably won't but anything (the most I ever got from SAKS is a purse, prices ahhhhhh!) but, they're still THE place to go . . .
lol the last time i was in NYC we were in Rockefeller center and we had 10 minutes to shop, so as a joke we decided to go into SAKS. we went upstairs to look at the clothes, and the looks we got from the workers.....and there was this 'dress', that was more like a small piece of see-through fabric, for 1100$. it was quite interesting
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2005...
in 2005
i'll be 25!!!
OMG HOW SCARY!!!
I wonder what I'll be doing?
:-)
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Ooh yes, expensive stuff- just the kind i love! One of my life ambitions is to own a piece of Marc Jacobs clothing- i got a powder puff at the weekend from a lady we know who works at british Vogue but i think that is all i may ever own!!
Do you recommend Bloomingdales and Macy's? Cos i heard they are pretty boring department stores...
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MACY'S! BLOOMINGDALES! just the mention of their names gets me excited.....if you lived in NYC or a town where those stores are then you probably wouldn't get too excited, but to the small-town folk like me those stores are the best! theres SO much to buy there. I'm not sure how expensive they would be. I've been to a Macy's in Connecticut before, and i didn't think it was too expensive. and despite what the nay-sayers say, i would stop by Old Navy as well. I was there yesterday and they just got in a new fall-line that's really really cool.
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You think? A lady we know in conneticuit told me they were the equivalent of Debenhams and Selfridges here, and those are pretty dreary- is Bloomingdales the more expensive one? Because Selfridges is the more expensive one here and far better.
Any recommendations for more shops? Chain or not, i don't mind!!!
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I'd say that they're about the same. Old Navy is much cheaper. i think they're fun just because there's so much to look at and try on.... :)
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here you go, i found a webpage with all different shopping places in New York: http://www.cityguidemagazine.com/nycshopping.html
hope it helps!
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oh wow!! Thats so sweet of you, thankyou very much!!
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lol no problem! if you don't find anything on that site then just do what i did and go to yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com) and type in NYC Shopping
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And if you wanna see what kind of clothes Old Navy sells, just go there: http://www.oldnavy.com/asp/dept.asp?wdid=200 :wink:
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Rosie are you going to see any broadways? If so, i suggest you see: Phantom of the Opera, Aida, Miss Saigon, Rent, Hairspray, Mamma Mia, and 42nd Street (i think it's still running). There are much much more but these are my favorites.
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rosie, few clothes to look out for that are my personal favorite: tommy hilfiger, american eagle, sean john, fubu, ralph lauren polo, and old navy
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Rosie are you going to see any broadways? If so, i suggest you see: Phantom of the Opera, Aida, Miss Saigon, Rent, Hairspray, Mamma Mia, and 42nd Street (i think it's still running). There are much much more but these are my favorites.
oh yes,aida has toni braxton playing the role of aida right now, and the cast for rent (aside from the chick playing mimi) is one of the best i've seen currently!!!
=)
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Well the thing is we get nearly all of those shows on the West End here so i'm not sure if we will. We are going to see a baseball game though- lol, i am wondering how similar it will be to a football match here.
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(...) i am wondering how similar it will be to a football match here.
You mean "soccer" there... :wink: :wink:
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rosie, few clothes to look out for that are my personal favorite: tommy hilfiger, american eagle, sean john, fubu, ralph lauren polo, and old navy
Aiiiight corey, i shall get my brother all blinged up for you. bwhahaha
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Rosie! We can go to Marc Jacobs on Sunday! I will see if my cousin is working that day! He is the manager! :)
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Rosie! We can go to Marc Jacobs on Sunday! I will see if my cousin is working that day! He is the manager! :)
OMG! It is one of my life ambitions to own a Marc Jacobs piece! Someone got me a Marc Jacobs powder puff for my birthday *drooooools* and i had a dream about it last night! I dreamt i had to know about diamonds, or he wouldn't sell me anything. lmao
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and the cast for rent (aside from the chick playing mimi) is one of the best i've seen currently!!!
Hehe. Worse than Caprice as Maureen?
-Kev
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Who needs to go to stores to buy anything in NYC? Everything you need you can buy from countless people aimlessly walking the streets. :razz: :lol:
I'm in a weird mood.
tylor
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oh yes,aida has toni braxton playing the role of aida right now, and the cast for rent (aside from the chick playing mimi) is one of the best i've seen currently!!!
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yeah i saw Aida when Heather Headley was the lead. she was so good! Another good one is Les Miserables.
There's also a new Billy Joel musical that looks really good. they did a scene from it on the Tony Awards and it was amazing!
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i saw heather headley too - in the original atlanta cast - pre pre pre broadway --- i actually was an intern at the theatre and got to work on the show some - it F***ing ruled!
xoxoxo