You, sir, are very much on the right track. Rare in a potential tourist to our fair city. Welcome, and bring layers! Pho: Turtle Tower, the Geary St. location Chinese: Mission Chinese Food Sushi: Tataki (very SF in that all the fish is sustainable, trust me you won't miss the ahi and salmon) or Zushi Puzzle (they always have butterfish/walu which is delicious) You MUST go to Tacolicious. Make a reservation, there will be a giant line. Like oysters? I love Hog Island (perfect lunch: split a salad, their killer grilled cheese, a bottle of white, and a couple dozen oysters), my husband loves Swan Oyster Depot for sheer old school attitude. Both lunch only, get there early and be prepared to wait. Dude, I'm just warming up here, there's so many directions to go with this. Throw out more categories and I'll happily keep going!
So I am in an undisclosed location near Dusseldorf (and I guess Frankfurt) for the next few weeks. The weekends should be full of Berlin, Prague, Amsterdam, etc. Anybody spend much time near here and have suggestions?
A somewhat unusual request: I am looking for a nice restaurant in NYC in which to have a business dinner for a party of 6 people. The closer to the corner of West 52nd Street and 7th Ave in Manhattan, the better. (Conference in the Sheraton Hotel and the old geezers don't want to traipse around New York too much... Well, their loss I suppose) I am also using my Google-Fu, but you guys seem to have bloody good culinary senses, so I thought I'd ask here. Thanks a lot!
If your expense account can handle it and you can get a reservation, Le Bernadin. 4 stars every time it's been reviewed by the NY Times. All seafood, and simply one of the best culinary experiences NY has to offer. If meat and potatoes are more apropos, there's Ben Benson's, but I've heard it's closing and may have already. Gallagher's steakhouse is in the area and offers some of the finest dry-aged beef in the city (you'll see it as soon as you walk in).
Alright I need some all inclusive resort advice, I have to book the honeymoon this week. Anyone have any suggestions? Old lady wants to hit the Dominican Republic, I don't give a shit as long as it has a beach and unlimited amounts of included booze that is available whenever my glass is empty. I would like to keep it to 3K for 6 nights including airfare from Charlotte. Seems doable but I would like to hear from anyone that has actually been down there before I drop 3K on something non refundable.
I'm headed down to the Bahamas for a friend's bachelor party in about two months - we'll be there for a long weekend, about 12 of us total. Hotel is already booked (the Cove, which is on Paradise Island) but I'm gathering that no activities have been planned. Anyone have any suggestions for particular things to do / places to eat / things to see?
I also would love some advice on the inclusive resort vacation. I'm looking to go to Mexico, however. Any feedback would be appreciated.
I am going to Park City, Utah in a couple of weeks because my wife has a convention there. I am looking for nearby golf recommendations. It doesn't necessarily have to be in Park City, as I have most of the 2 days to myself while my wife is sitting through her convention. So far it looks like the Park City Golf Course is the only public course in the area. Thanks in advance.
I'll be spending approx 2 months in the States during late November to early January. The trip will be spent with 2 or 3 other mates, all of us 21-24 years old, so the main focus is drinking/partying, although we obviously want to see all the main sites. Our itiniery is: LA, Houston (visit friends), Cancun, LA, San Fran, New Orleans, Chicago, New York (Xmas) Washington, New York (NYE), Vegas, LA, Winnipeg (visit friends), LA. The reason for so many stops in LA is that my friends fly over and land their at various times, so we though it would be easiest to meet there before moving on. Any general tips, or any cities I have missed that could be pointed out. Generally this is a rough itiniery, and nothing is booked other than the New York accommodation. Ideas on how to go about NYE would be good (we're watching basketball on Xmas Day). I enjoyed the reading in the weekly drunk thread regarding Parker and Vegas, that sort of stuff was very helpful. I got told Houston in November is good for College football/frat parties. Cheers
I did NYE in Times Square. It was... interesting. It was definitely a fun experience to try once, but I probably won't ever do it again. People are packed in like cattle (the area where you can watch the ball is gated off), and when you leave, it's a crush of humanity. You move forward towards the exit when the pressure against the person in front of you is less than the person behind you. You need to get there at LEAST 6 hours in advance if you want to actually be anywhere near the ball (even more if you want to be close, or on the edges where the cameras are), and for those 6 hours, you won't really be able to move around/leave. That means no bathroom trips. You either hold it, or piss in a bottle. Some of the local pizza joints were doing delivery to people waiting inside the gated area, which was great. You also give up the ability to check out the parties at the bars and stuff. So it's a tradeoff - if you want to be in times square, that's all you're going to be doing for 8 hours or so. It's a spectacle, for sure, and you can turn the waiting into a pretty good party with a bunch of friends.
I skipped Times Square for the reasons stated above. Arriving at 2pm and staying there until paast midnight just wasn't appealing (and that was with unseasonably warm weather). Me, I just met people from the hostel and the next thing I knew I was in a bodega at 9 am getting beer to fill the fridge at the strangers' place I crashed in. If you have friends there and an option of parties to go to, you're pretty much set.
Our thoughts are to avoid Times Square. NYE is for drinking excessively, and guess hitting up bars will bring us more luck in achieving our goals. However, should I presume costs/crowds at the bars will be significantly greater than your usual weekend?
I did times square just to say I did it but I am glad I wore old boots, it was a lake of piss. Piss in bottles, jugs, Chinese takeout boxes, it was almost comical the way some people pissed. Everything else was great, they need to get a handle on the bathroom situation, to the cops credit I didn't see anyone get arrested for public urination.
Planning a five day road trip in California. We'd hoping to start in LA and end up in San Diego and beach bum it (and surf, or at least attempt to) the entire way. We're going to spend a night/day in LA (in an actual hotel) and then we want to beach camp every night until we hit San Diego. What I'd like to have is a list of camp spots where we can stop to crash, but stay away from a serious schedule of needing to be anywhere specific along the way. Camping suggestions? Bars and hot spots along the way you think we need to see? Any information will help!
I don't think that's quite a roadtrip... it's like 2 hours of driving. If you drive slow. And the PCH ends in LA - so the stretch of I-5 that will take you down to SD only hugs the coastline for about 60 miles (and most of that belongs to the Marine Corp). If you're going for beaches, just call it a 5-day trip to San Diego. And I don't know about camping. There's literally a place in San Diego called "Campland" - which, in my mind, is to camping what Buck Hunter is to hunting. There's South Carlsbad, Torrey and Point Loma I guess. If you're really going for a beach holiday though, I'd just get a hotel in SD, lounge all day and bum around town at night.
Yeah, I know it's all close. I don't want to blow $200 on a hotel that I'm probably not going to spend much time in. I'd rather be off doing shit all day, and then crash somewhere in a tent at night. When I say "camp" I don't mean rough it. I'm not going to California to rough it. The camping we do here is often cold and wet, so my goal is to camp near a beach and be able to drive anywhere we want the next day. We considered driving to San Francisco instead, but ultimately decided on San Diego for no particular reason at all. Would you suggest that route instead? Again, I know it's not very far from LA.
The route from LA to SF along the Pacific Coast Highway is gorgeous. But again... about half a day driving. The power move would be to drive from LA to SF via Yosemite or Death Valley. Then take the PCH on the way back. That whole loop might be on the high end of how much you'd want to drive, though (~15 hours all together?). There are probably people better suited than I to fill you in on specific activities (I'm an Oregonian). But here's this, too: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p903438" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p903438</a> It's the travel site that I've been using since I tax bracket-ed out of CouchSurfing.org (which is also good if you happen to like staying places for free). That was just a cursory search of San Diego properties, though -- beachbum studio for $63/night.
Flying to Honolulu for a week in November... Looking for any suggestions for must-see and less obvious attractions. Also likely to fly to one other island for 3 nights, so advice is appreciated.
We're trying to find someplace to go for Mardi Gras. Somewhere warm, nice beaches, good diving/snorkeling, etc. (A complete and utter lack of Noland's older brother and sister in law is a must.) I'm not averse to all inclusive, but I'd rather find something smaller and not the half-step-removed-from-Disney World resorts like Beaches. Of course we are dragging 3 children with us so that poses its own difficulties. If anyone has a thought, experience, heard good things from a friend, or any sort of recommendation or any places to avoid entirely, I'd appreciate it.
I know there are quite a few Canadians on this board, so I figure this is the best place to ask. I just booked a pair of hotel rooms for the weekend before US Thanksgiving (Nov. 23rd and 24th) in Niagra Falls and Toronto. Looking for some fun ideas for the missus and I in both places, seeing as neither one of us has ever been to either place. Any must visit tourist places (aside from the actual falls, as our hotel is overlooking the falls, and the missus wants to spend the $250 on the helicopter tour) or great restaurants? We've got a wine tour that's included in the Niagra Falls stay and since I don't drink, I'm sure we can work something out if someone on the board wants to take our place.