“We search the internet looking for the very best of What’s Happening, primarily on Manhattan’s WestSide, so that you don’t have to.” We make it as easy as1-2-3.
Check the tab above: “NYC Events-October” for the most detailed, comprehensive list of top events this month that you will find anywhere.
Carefully curated from “Only the Best” NYC event info on the the web, it’s a simply superb resource that will help you plan your NYC visit all over town, all through the month.
Only a few days left experimenting with the different format – on some days we went visual and offered a selection of the very best NYCity Instagram photos, YouTube videos, or Pinterest Pins. On other days we offered info on the Best NYC Restaurants, Top Online Travel Forums with NYC info, or Essential New York City films. We hope you have found this useful and enjoyable. Please let us know in the comments what you thought. Thanks. Today it’s Instagram Photos.
NYCity Instagram Photos > SATURDAY / OCTOBER 13, 2018
We hope you enjoy this change of pace, then please return here October 18, and every day for our daily, hot off the presses event guide with “Only the Best” NYCity event info.
“We search the internet looking for the very best of What’s Happening, primarily on Manhattan’s WestSide, so that you don’t have to.” We make it as easy as1-2-3.
Check the tab above: “NYC Events-October” for the most detailed, comprehensive list of top events this month that you will find anywhere.
Carefully curated from “Only the Best” NYC event info on the the web, it’s a simply superb resource that will help you plan your NYC visit all over town, all through the month.
Only a week left experimenting with the different format – on some days we went visual and offered a selection of the very best NYCity Instagram photos, YouTube videos, or Pinterest Pins. On other days we offered info on the Best NYC Restaurants, Top Online Travel Forums with NYC info, or Essential New York City films. We hope you have found this useful and enjoyable. Please let us know in the comments what you thought. Thanks. Today it’s Classic and Essential NYCity Films.
If you want to get in the mood for your visit to NYCity, then make yourself some popcorn and pick up a copy of one of these great films at your local Netflix.
(and if you have seen any of these before, remember Director Robert Altman’s advice:
“It’s better to see a great movie again than an average one the first time. Because even though the movie hasn’t changed, you have. And you’ll see something new.”)
Sweet Smell Of Success(1957) — “I love this dirty town!”, says Burt Lancaster — and so do we, in one of his signature films — a sour, caustic tale about a twisted gossip columnist, partly modeled on the legendary Walter Winchell. Lancaster is superb, and guess what, so is Tony Curtis.
mm
West Side Story (1961)
mm
Midnight Cowboy(1969) — Two drifters meet in a mutual attempt to survive in, then escape from, Manhattan’s grimy underbelly. Hoffman is incredible as Ratso. The kind they don’t make anymore, this “Cowboy” still packs a hefty wallop.
mm
The French Connection(1971) — Maybe the best cop movie ever, portraying one of the city’s bigger drug busts back in the day. Gene Hackman won as Oscar and became a bankable star with this movie — and it’s easy to see why.
mm
The Godfather (1972)
mm
Mean Streets (1973) — Scorsese’s breakthrough about a conflicted small-time crook and his wacko, self-destructive cousin in Little Italy. Rich in emotion, immediacy, and atmosphere, this film set the pungent, propulsive Scorsese style we’d see again in movies like 1990′s Goodfellas.
mm
The Godfather, Part 2 (1974) — Coppola managed to improve on a masterpiece with this one, which paints on a broader canvas and offers even richer period flavor. And for the price of Brando, we get a young Robert De Niro, who’s equally brilliant.
mm
Annie Hall (1977) — Inveterate New Yorker Woody Allen’s best film ever, with some hilariously dead-on insights about the bi-coastal dilemma: New York vs. Los Angeles. I’m with Woody: give me Gotham every time. This turned Diane Keaton into a star, and it’s still her signature role.
mm
Manhattan (1979)
mm
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Three Woody Allen films in a row may seem a bit much, but for me Woody is the quintessential NYCity film auteur. Heck, I could have added “Hannah and Her Sisters” (1986), “Crimes and Misdemeanors” (1989), and “Bullets Over Broadway” (1994).
mm
Moonstruck(1987) — This love letter to Brooklyn is full of charm and humanity, though some disagree… worth the price of admission for Vincent Gardenia and Olympia Dukakis alone. And look for an unusual early turn from Nic Cage as a mooning, eccentric baker.
mm
A Bronx Tale (1993)
mm
Half of this list, the ones with comments, is from the wonderful film critic John Farr.
The other half (films without the write up’s) are my additional personal faves.
And if you want another very worthy list, try Thrillist:
“We search the internet looking for the very best of What’s Happening, primarily on Manhattan’s WestSide, so that you don’t have to.” We make it as easy as1-2-3.
Check the tab above: “NYC Events-October” for the most detailed, comprehensive list of top events this month that you will find anywhere.
Carefully curated from “Only the Best” NYC event info on the the web, it’s a simply superb resource that will help you plan your NYC visit all over town, all through the month.
Only a week left experimenting with the different format – on some days we went visual and offered a selection of the very best NYCity Instagram photos, YouTube videos, or Pinterest Pins. On other days we offered info on the Best NYC Restaurants, Top Online Travel Forums with NYC info, or Essential New York City films. We hope you have found this useful and enjoyable. Please let us know in the comments what you thought. Thanks. Today it’s Instagram Photos.
NYCity Instagram Photos > THURSDAY / OCTOBER 11, 2018
We hope you enjoy this change of pace, then please return here October 18, and every day for our daily, hot off the presses event guide with “Only the Best” NYCity event info.
“We search the internet looking for the very best of What’s Happening, primarily on Manhattan’s WestSide, so that you don’t have to.” We make it as easy as1-2-3.
Check the tab above: “NYC Events-October” for the most detailed, comprehensive list of top events this month that you will find anywhere.
Carefully curated from “Only the Best” NYC event info on the the web, it’s a simply superb resource that will help you plan your NYC visit all over town, all through the month.
For the next three weeks we are going to try a different format – on some days we will go visual and offer a selection of the very best NYCity Instagram photos, YouTube videos, or Pinterest Pins. On other days you will find info on the Best NYC Restaurants, Top Online Travel Forums with NYC info, or Essential New York City films. We hope you will come back often to see what’s cooking here. Today it’s Online Travel Forums.
Traditional travel guides and blogs, whether online or in paper format, give you a lot of content but still have their limitations. Chances are you’ll have specific questions and concerns that they didn’t cover.
Online travel forums (the original social media) are one of the best ways to find information you can’t find elsewhere, and to find answers to specific questions. These online communities of travelers are ready and willing to offer their insights and first-hand knowledge.
Which are the best travel forums – the forums with many informed and active members who will answer your questions promptly and accurately? with moderators who will ensure that discussions stay relevant and civil?
> Trip Advisor’s Travel Board
Their motto: ”Get the truth.Then go” Search by destination or interest. The New York City Travel Forum has 189K topics and the sidebar “Top questions about New York City” is very helpful. Search here for New York City
> Fodor’s Travel Talk Forums
This is a big one with 2.1M posts for the USA and 3.9M posts for Europe and can be difficult to find what you are looking for. In order to use all the features of the forum, you will need to register. Search here for New York City
> Flyer Talk Forums
Been around a long time. Heavy, of course, on air travel and airports. But the destinations section has a New York City forum with many posts. Unfortunately, browsing through the threads is time consuming, and the search engine is not very helpful. Search here for New York City
> Rick Steve’s Travel Forum
This is a Euro-centric Forum, so it won’t be much help for NYCity. But Rick Steves and his travelers have so much good information on the site I just had to list it. Be sure to use it when you travel to Europe. Search here for technology tips
Of course, your FaceBook friends and Twitter world may be helpful too.
“We search the internet looking for the very best of What’s Happening, primarily on Manhattan’s WestSide, so that you don’t have to.” We make it as easy as1-2-3.
Check the tab above: “NYC Events-October” for the most detailed, comprehensive list of top events this month that you will find anywhere.
Carefully curated from “Only the Best” NYC event info on the the web, it’s a simply superb resource that will help you plan your NYC visit all over town, all through the month.
For the next three weeks we are going to try a different format – on some days we will go visual and offer a selection of the very best NYCity Instagram photos, YouTube videos, or Pinterest Pins. On other days you will find info on the Best NYC Restaurants, Top Online Travel Forums with NYC info, or Essential New York City films. We hope you will come back often to see what’s cooking here. Today it’s NYCity on YouTube and Pinterest.
There are some very fine YouTube videos and Pinterest Pins that cover New York City and are endlessly fascinating. Here are some of my faves:
“We search the internet looking for the very best of What’s Happening, primarily on Manhattan’s WestSide, so that you don’t have to.” We make it as easy as1-2-3.
Check the tab above: “NYC Events-October” for the most detailed, comprehensive list of top events this month that you will find anywhere.
Carefully curated from “Only the Best” NYC event info on the the web, it’s a simply superb resource that will help you plan your NYC visit all over town, all through the month.
For the next three weeks we are going to try a different format – on some days we will go visual and offer a selection of the very best NYCity Instagram photos, YouTube videos, or Pinterest Pins. On other days you will find info on the Best NYC Restaurants, Top Online Travel Forums with NYC info, or Essential New York City films. We hope you will come back often to see what’s cooking here. Today it’s NYCity Restaurants.
Best NYCity Restaurants
It’s not difficult to find a place to eat in Manhattan. Seems like there is at least one restaurant on every block. The New York City health department inspected over 10,000 eating establishments in Manhattan alone last year. And the selection of restaurants includes cuisines from all over the world.
Finding a good place to eat is a bit harder. We could start with New York City’s 72 Michelin-Starred Restaurants, but they are more suitable for those on expense accounts or celebrating a special event. No worries. There are many guides to good eating available, if you know where to look.
Here are a few of my favorite guides to the best restaurants in various neighborhoods:
“We search the internet looking for the very best of What’s Happening, primarily on Manhattan’s WestSide, so that you don’t have to.” We make it as easy as1-2-3.
Check the tab above: “NYC Events-October” for the most detailed, comprehensive list of top events this month that you will find anywhere.
Carefully curated from “Only the Best” NYC event info on the the web, it’s a simply superb resource that will help you plan your NYC visit all over town, all through the month.
For the next three weeks we are going to try a different format – on some days we will go visual and offer a selection of the very best NYCity Instagram photos, YouTube videos, or Pinterest Pins. On other days you will find info on the Best NYC Restaurants, Top Online Travel Forums with NYC info, or Essential New York City films. We hope you will come back often to see what’s cooking here. Today it’s Instagram Photos.
NYCity Instagram Photos > SUNDAY / OCTOBER 7, 2018
We hope you enjoy this change of pace, then please return here October 18, and every day for our daily, hot off the presses event guide with “Only the Best” NYCity event info.
“We search the internet looking for the very best of What’s Happening, primarily on Manhattan’s WestSide, so that you don’t have to.” We make it as easy as 1-2-3.
These are the Top 10 NYC Events in October 2018
Φ Archtober all month, all over town
Φ NY Film Festival 9/28-10/14
Φ Fall for Dance @ City Center 10/01-10/13
Φ New York Comic Con 10/04-10/07
Φ New Yorker Festival 10/05-10/07
Φ Cabaret Convention @ Town Hall 10/9-10/12
Φ NYCity Wine & Food Festival 10/11-10/14
Φ Open House NY Weekend 10/12-10/14
Φ Dutch Masterpieces at The Metropolitan Museum opens 0/16
Φ Photo Plus Expo @ Javits Center 10/25-10/27
Φ the other Oktoberfest, the one with beer
Check the tab above: “NYC Events-October” for the most detailed, comprehensive list of top events this month that you will find anywhere.
Carefully curated from “Only the Best” NYC event info on the the web, it’s a simply superb resource that will help you plan your NYC visit all over town, all through the month.
For the next three weeks we are going to try a different format – on some days we will go visual and offer a selection of the very best NYCity Instagram photos, YouTube videos, or Pinterest Pins. On other days you will find info on the Best NYC Restaurants, Top Online Travel Forums with NYC info, or Essential New York City films. We hope you will come back often to see what’s cooking here. Today it’s Classic and Essential NYCity Films.
If you want to get in the mood for your visit to NYCity, then make yourself some popcorn and pick up a copy of one of these great films at your local Netflix.
(and if you have seen any of these before, remember Director Robert Altman’s advice:
“It’s better to see a great movie again than an average one the first time. Because even though the movie hasn’t changed, you have. And you’ll see something new.”)
Sweet Smell Of Success(1957) — “I love this dirty town!”, says Burt Lancaster — and so do we, in one of his signature films — a sour, caustic tale about a twisted gossip columnist, partly modeled on the legendary Walter Winchell. Lancaster is superb, and guess what, so is Tony Curtis.
mm
West Side Story (1961)
mm
Midnight Cowboy(1969) — Two drifters meet in a mutual attempt to survive in, then escape from, Manhattan’s grimy underbelly. Hoffman is incredible as Ratso. The kind they don’t make anymore, this “Cowboy” still packs a hefty wallop.
mm
The French Connection(1971) — Maybe the best cop movie ever, portraying one of the city’s bigger drug busts back in the day. Gene Hackman won as Oscar and became a bankable star with this movie — and it’s easy to see why.
mm
The Godfather (1972)
mm
Mean Streets (1973) — Scorsese’s breakthrough about a conflicted small-time crook and his wacko, self-destructive cousin in Little Italy. Rich in emotion, immediacy, and atmosphere, this film set the pungent, propulsive Scorsese style we’d see again in movies like 1990′s Goodfellas.
mm
The Godfather, Part 2 (1974) — Coppola managed to improve on a masterpiece with this one, which paints on a broader canvas and offers even richer period flavor. And for the price of Brando, we get a young Robert De Niro, who’s equally brilliant.
mm
Annie Hall (1977) — Inveterate New Yorker Woody Allen’s best film ever, with some hilariously dead-on insights about the bi-coastal dilemma: New York vs. Los Angeles. I’m with Woody: give me Gotham every time. This turned Diane Keaton into a star, and it’s still her signature role.
mm
Manhattan (1979)
mm
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Three Woody Allen films in a row may seem a bit much, but for me Woody is the quintessential NYCity film auteur. Heck, I could have added “Hannah and Her Sisters” (1986), “Crimes and Misdemeanors” (1989), and “Bullets Over Broadway” (1994).
mm
Moonstruck(1987) — This love letter to Brooklyn is full of charm and humanity, though some disagree… worth the price of admission for Vincent Gardenia and Olympia Dukakis alone. And look for an unusual early turn from Nic Cage as a mooning, eccentric baker.
mm
A Bronx Tale (1993)
mm
Half of this list, the ones with comments, is from the wonderful film critic John Farr.
The other half (films without the write up’s) are my additional personal faves.
And if you want another very worthy list, try Thrillist:
“We search the internet looking for the very best of What’s Happening, primarily on Manhattan’s WestSide, so that you don’t have to.” We make it as easy as1-2-3.
Check the tab above: “NYC Events-October” for the most detailed, comprehensive list of top events this month that you will find anywhere.
Carefully curated from “Only the Best” NYC event info on the the web, it’s a simply superb resource that will help you plan your NYC visit all over town, all through the month.
For the next three weeks we are going to try a different format – on some days we will go visual and offer a selection of the very best NYCity Instagram photos, YouTube videos, or Pinterest Pins. On other days you will find info on the Best NYC Restaurants, Top Online Travel Forums with NYC info, or Essential New York City films. We hope you will come back often to see what’s cooking here. Today it’s Instagram Photos.
NYCity Instagram Photos > FRIDAY / OCTOBER 5, 2018
We hope you enjoy this change of pace, then please return here October 18, and every day for our daily, hot off the presses event guide with “Only the Best” NYCity event info.
“We search the internet looking for the very best of What’s Happening, primarily on Manhattan’s WestSide, so that you don’t have to.” We make it as easy as1-2-3.
Check the tab above: “NYC Events-October” for the most detailed, comprehensive list of top events this month that you will find anywhere.
Carefully curated from “Only the Best” NYC event info on the the web, it’s a simply superb resource that will help you plan your NYC visit all over town, all through the month.
For the next three weeks we are going to try a different format – on some days we will go visual and offer a selection of the very best NYCity Instagram photos, YouTube videos, or Pinterest Pins. On other days you will find info on the Best NYC Restaurants, Top Online Travel Forums with NYC info, or Essential New York City films. We hope you will come back often to see what’s cooking here. Today it’s Online Travel Forums.
Traditional travel guides and blogs, whether online or in paper format, give you a lot of content but still have their limitations. Chances are you’ll have specific questions and concerns that they didn’t cover.
Online travel forums (the original social media) are one of the best ways to find information you can’t find elsewhere, and to find answers to specific questions. These online communities of travelers are ready and willing to offer their insights and first-hand knowledge.
Which are the best travel forums – the forums with many informed and active members who will answer your questions promptly and accurately? with moderators who will ensure that discussions stay relevant and civil?
> Trip Advisor’s Travel Board
Their motto: ”Get the truth.Then go” Search by destination or interest. The New York City Travel Forum has 189K topics and the sidebar “Top questions about New York City” is very helpful. Search here for New York City
> Fodor’s Travel Talk Forums
This is a big one with 2.1M posts for the USA and 3.9M posts for Europe and can be difficult to find what you are looking for. In order to use all the features of the forum, you will need to register. Search here for New York City
> Flyer Talk Forums
Been around a long time. Heavy, of course, on air travel and airports. But the destinations section has a New York City forum with many posts. Unfortunately, browsing through the threads is time consuming, and the search engine is not very helpful. Search here for New York City
> Rick Steve’s Travel Forum
This is a Euro-centric Forum, so it won’t be much help for NYCity. But Rick Steves and his travelers have so much good information on the site I just had to list it. Be sure to use it when you travel to Europe. Search here for technology tips
Of course, your FaceBook friends and Twitter world may be helpful too.
NYCity 1-2-3 : What's Happening / Manhattan's WestSide 