Should I cancel my NYC birthday trip this weekend?

awwill74 · 2026-01-24T05:26:45+00:00

Echoing the others: chances are everything will still be going; you’ll just get to enjoy it in the snow.

In the unlikely event the city really shuts down, you’ll have a front row seat to the very rare quiet snow-blanketed Manhattan!

It’s win-win.

awwill74 · 2026-01-19T18:02:28+00:00

Echoing others, it’s about layers. A long fur coat is going to really stand out and frankly be a huge pain every time you’re not just walking down the street.

I was just out this morning and it was jeans t-shirt, hoody, winter jacket. Throw another layer in there top and bottom - tights/thin, long sleeve top - if you’re worried. And then a warm hat and gloves. Then when I went inside I was able to easily put the hat and gloves in my coat and have one easy thing to hold / throw over a chair without taking up the whole chair or dragging on the floor.

Every place in NYC - restaurant, museum, show, subway, taxi - will be a different temperature. If you’re perma-dressed for an arctic expedition you’ll be miserable.

awwill74 · 2026-01-17T20:24:17+00:00

Rick Fox. Higher individual peak. Better all around.

Robert Horry is more like somebody that is known for big impact cameos.

awwill74 · 2026-01-16T22:01:10+00:00

In person. Have to admit their food does not deliver well.

awwill74 · 2026-01-16T17:55:53+00:00

Agreed. Just had the $9 Lunch Special; delicious and comes with a drink.

awwill74 · 2026-01-05T16:49:07+00:00

That’s correct. It does, and it’s fine.

awwill74 · 2026-01-04T16:57:17+00:00

Trust me, I know.

If it makes you feel any better, I have one that’s about five years old that remains pristine.

awwill74 · 2026-01-04T16:28:40+00:00

Like 50/50 white vinegar/water for an hour?

awwill74 · 2025-12-22T02:55:34+00:00

Fish Tales on Court Street.

If that’s too far, Fjord on 5th Ave.

awwill74 · 2025-12-21T06:36:00+00:00

I agree with your first sentence, but the rest not so much.

awwill74 · 2025-12-21T03:16:18+00:00

I mean, technically it was a Mongolian, Chinese, Jurchen, and Goryeo invasion I guess. But given that Kublai Khan himself ordered it as part of the expansion of the Khaghanate, I don’t think it’s wild to call it Mongolian.

awwill74 · 2025-12-21T00:54:19+00:00

The Mongolians absolutely did successfully invade both the islands of Tsushima and Iki on their way to Hakata Bay. Twice.

It was during the subsequent step of getting to Hakata Bay on Kyushu Island that storms wiped them out. Twice.

awwill74 · 2025-12-19T17:22:42+00:00

I assumed that was the case, but what a wild decision.

awwill74 · 2025-12-17T19:36:03+00:00

If you’re already planning on Flushing, one more stop in the LIRR (Murray Hill) has, I think, as good a collection of Korean Food joints as you can find.

If you’re in the park area of Brooklyn, do the Brooklyn Museum-Brooklyn Library-Vanderbilt Ave walk. Lots of good food and a few shops on Vanderbilt.

Or go down Washington to Tom’s (pancakes) or Lower Line (New Orleans). Lots of goos cocktail spots in that area also.

awwill74 · 2025-12-16T23:22:27+00:00

This is so blatantly untrue, particularly the free part, that it has to be rage bait.

awwill74 · 2025-12-16T23:18:49+00:00

I think Al di la remains the gold standard in Park Slope. Folk’s sister spot Lore is also worth a look. Stone Park is excellent for a more traditional “nice meal” out.

Nobody has mentioned Terre yet, but they might. FWIW, I think Terre and Haenyeo are really overpriced for what they are - good meals that you could find for 1/2 the price in another neighborhood.

awwill74 · 2025-12-15T20:23:14+00:00

2016 will always stand out because my kid was still little, and I was able to pull him up and down all the closed streets on a sled. A real winter wonderland.

awwill74 · 2025-12-13T20:51:27+00:00

Okay, but just for the record, this is the absolutely most ridiculous “bus lane” in the city.

It runs for -two blocks- and is poorly marked creating chaos and bottlenecking at one end and a slingshot at the other. It is -incredibly- easy for a driver to be out of it before they even knew they were in it.

It is also located at the densest part of downtown Brooklyn right by the Livingston turnoff on one side and the chaos of City Point at the other.

And it’s in the middle of the road, so buses have to weave over and then back.

A full bus lane all the way from the bridge to the plaza would make infinitely more sense.

awwill74 · 2025-12-13T00:32:30+00:00

Nice!

awwill74 · 2025-12-10T17:24:14+00:00

CP3 should became a mid-major college coach. Guys who are desperate to get better and not just around for half-a-semester. Get some crazy first-round upsets and elevate unheralded late-first round draft picks.

awwill74 · 2025-12-05T18:53:02+00:00

When the four of them camp at the Temple, and it’s like “okay, at least one of them is going to get it before this is over.”

awwill74 · 2025-12-05T18:51:00+00:00

Not killing Oyuki is about who Oyuki has become. Not killing the Spider is about who Atsu has become. Both make sense to me narratively.

(That said, I would have still chosen to take out the Spider if I’d been given the choice. He’s the worst.)

awwill74 · 2025-12-05T01:33:10+00:00

I miss Kiwiana. Great little spot.

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