New York

Pros: It's all here. Culture, entertainment, great food, shopping, history, etc.
Cons: Your feet won't thank you for all the walking. Some parts kind of dirty.

New York City is a magical place. There is just something about it that gets inside of you once you look out the window while you are landing. The tall skyscrapers, the statue of liberty, it just gets inside of you once you look out the window. This IS ...

Pros: So much to see and do!
Cons: A bit frantic-paced at times, crowded.

I just returned from a week in NYC, my very first visit. I’ll be honest, it wasn’t my choice of destination, my mother wanted to go to celebrate turning 70, and I wanted to go with her, so off we went. Left hubby home to fend for himself. I had a ...

Pros: Plan on spending a week at least. There is so much to do.
Cons: The buses

When my kids suggested we go to New York for vacation I was thinking of up-state New York where the lakes and the mountains are breathtaking. When they mentioned they wanted to go to New York City, I was against it. I was worried about crime, traffic, ...

Pros: exciting, diverse, vibrant, eclectic, cosmopolitan
Cons: brutally urban, summers are hot & humid

Forget Nepal. Skip Alaska. For a truly adrenalin-pumping experience, pack your gear and head for NYC. I don’t just mean enduring the hotel prices, holding onto your cab seat, or slipping through a closing subway door; though locals claim these are ...

Pros: East and West Villages, midtown and Fifth Avenue. Most things are good value.
Cons: Empire state building. Otherwise, Less to see than i had anticipated.

I flew over to New York recently with my folks. We tried to cram in as much as possible into 5 days, and took in all the sights (Liberty, Met museum, central park, Rockefeller Centre, Times sq etc). We also did a bit of shopping, although i didn't think ...

Pros: Extremely diverse in scenery, culture, and history.
Cons: Hey, to some it's New York. To me it's home.

I have lived all my life in NY. I have been fortunate to travel around the state quite a bit. There is so much to say and so much to tell. LONG ISLAND Living on Long Island I'll first mention it's shoreline. We have over a hundred miles of ...

Pros: So good they did indeed name it twice!
Cons: Taxi drivers can be unaware that they named it at all!

Why did I wait so long to get to New York? And why did I have to come home so soon? I've just returned from taking a Nibble Out of the Big Apple where (and I whisper this to you because I didn't actually have the "right" visa) I went to make a film for...

Pros: Appeals to everybody, hard to get lost, center of the world!!
Cons: too crowded

Many people look at New York as a race track: people always working and running around from building to building only trying to make as much money as they can, New York is no place for fun.

Ha! I bet whoever said that dosen't live anywhere...

Pros: See review.
Cons: See review.

It’s been almost a year since I’ve written for Epinions and in a touch of bitter irony, the last critique I wrote was the companion piece to this review: TOP TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT NEW YORK CITY: A NATIVE NEW YORKER’S RANT. I wrote it ...

Pros: Excellent service and desserts. Very good fresh ingredients. A classy place.
Cons: A little expensive, but worth it for the quality. There is smoking inside.

*Note: as I've already used up my Albany and Hudson Valley spaces, I put this review under the general New York heading.*

Hey, New York's a state? Yes, believe it or not, there's more to New York than the infamous city. In fact, the state of...

Pros: Lots to do, friendly people, less claustrophobic than the city
Cons: unjustly exists in the shadow of New York City

I made up half of that statistic, but seriously, there is so much more to New York State than just the city. In fact, since there are already 450 opinions on it, I won’t even mention it here. But I will mention some of the nicer places to visit in the...

Pros: You can have a good time in Manhattan and not go home broke.
Cons: You have to do some homework first.

This review is dedicated to 4-1-1, as he inspired me with his comment on my last review. Some buddies and I did some serious and expensive pampering and partying in Manhattan, and 4-1-1 observed that his experience of New York is that it...

Pros: new places, new sights, new surroundings
Cons: leopard thongs

Warning number 1: This is an actual travel diary, of sorts, so don’t expect the history of Ithaca, or Cornell University, or even Chai, as I don’t know anything about that stuff.

Warning number 2: As this is an actual travel...

Pros: Provides a view of genuine neighborhood life in Manhattan.
Cons: Some may find the area intimidating.

(Please note that although the beginning of this review is verbose, there IS more specific information about West Harlem below...)

I recently moved to NYC, and it worked out that an available(!) apartment in good condition presented...

Pros: Takes you virtually anywhere in New York City for $1.50.
Cons: Crosstown options aren't as plentiful as down/uptown options, at least within Manhattan.

For those who may be recent arrivals in NYC, as well as for tourists, I am going to do my best to unravel the mysteries of the NYC subway lines so that you will be less apt to get lost, and so you will also be able to reach your destination more quickly....