New York

[seaboy4hire]

Well it is almost time to start my tour this summer around the country and I'll be heading to NY at the end of June for opening night of the Conffessions tour at the Garden. Any suggestions on some good coffee shops, diners and maybe some oddities to see? I've never been to NY so this will definately be an experience of a life time I'm sure.

 

Hugs,

Greg

 

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Palm Springs April 28th and 29th.

[SAdler]

>Well it is almost time to start my tour this summer around

>the country and I'll be heading to NY at the end of June for

>opening night of the Conffessions tour at the Garden.

 

Didja forget that that was going to be pride season? As if Mad' didn't PLAN it that way. Maybe I'll look into tickets since I'll definitely be going for Pride

 

>Any

>suggestions on some good coffee shops, diners and maybe some

>oddities to see? I've never been to NY so this will definately

>be an experience of a life time I'm sure.

 

I'll chat with you later about the specifics but good luck and I really hope you have an awesome first experience there if I don't meet up with you there

[CT Dick]

Greg, I hope you enjoy your trip.

 

Aside from the obvious museums, there is a little gem: The Forbes Gallery, 5th Ave @12th Street. It is in the ground floor of the Forbes Magazine building. Admission is free Tues-Saturday, 10:00 to 4:pm (Thursday requires group reservations). They have Malcolm Forbes' collection of toy soldiers and boats as well as a rotating collection of amazing stuff. They used to own several Fabergé eggs but they were sold recently.

 

Dick

[JT Brooklyn]

Checkout.. NEXT-HX Mags...They List everything also of Gay Interest!

Mucho Restaurants etc.... :P

[+ Tom Isern]

Some good news and some bad news, Seaboy. Bad first: The last real gay coffee shop in the city closed last year. Today three gay bars and perhaps the only real gay gym are in court facing a city determined to shut them down. As we continue to pave the city over with fast food joints, banks, Starbucks, and appliance stores, every year a little of what used to make this a dynamic and great place is pushed into its grave, never to return. (Some people call this "progress"!) Manhattan appears, more so with each successive year, like a gigantic strip-mall with bridges and a subway system. And the yuppies and the heterosexuals are loving it! Hell, it's "just like home--there's Disney and TGI Friday's and a Virgin MegaStore!"

 

The good news: The fact that gay life in the city has been reduced to the kind of squeaky-clean, bleached-out and boring routine you can find in ANY American suburb hasn't had an adverse effect on escorting. The millions of horny guys in this city just have fewer options. If Joe Client doesn't want to go to a bar, and he doesn't want to cruise around on Manhunt, well, he may just pick up the phone and call you. Those were, the last time I checked, about his three options. I guess it's also true that Joe Client is less likely to get mugged coming to your hotel room. But hey, given a choice between good old NYC before the Fascist Giuliani administration and its current state--give me the time machine!

 

So, if you want to make some money, come to New York. If you're looking for fun, I'd suggest Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, or South America. On the other hand, if you never knew New York in its glory, your expectations will be low enough that you'll probably have a great time. Start with Next or HX magazine, which you can pick up free in any gay establishment on 8th Avenue between 14th and 23rd Streets.

[Guest Jesse Dane]

Have coffee at Alt Cafe on Ave A.

 

Eat at Yaffa on St. Marks.

 

Go see the Shasta Cola show at Barracuda on wed night.

 

Walk through central park.

 

Have a drink at Eastern Bloc on E. 6th st.

 

Those are just a few of my favorite things in NYC. Overall I say head to the east village if you want unique and interesting things. Chelsea has some hot guys, but that's about it.

[Rick Munroe]

>As we continue to

>pave the city over with fast food joints, banks, Starbucks,

>and appliance stores, every year a little of what used to make

>this a dynamic and great place is pushed into its grave, never

>to return. (Some people call this "progress"!) Manhattan

>appears, more so with each successive year, like a gigantic

>strip-mall with bridges and a subway system.

 

Tom, that was very depressing to read, but you're right. Maybe Derek and I will move to LA after all...but I hate to drive, so maybe not. OK, thanks for making me even more confused than I already was. :o

[Karl-G]

New York and Mr. Munroe

 

Mr. Isern:

 

You apparently have not seen much of the rest of the country. You may be unhappy with what is happening to YOUR NYC, but the incredible cultural, cuisinal, architectural, etc. riches amidst which you live cannot be matched in the U.S. or probably anyplace else in the world and are still quite extraordinary. You sound like someone who is becoming an Old Curmudgeon. :-) Try a positive approach: what can you enjoy in NYC?

 

Mr.Munroe:

 

Are we not going to be treated to your travel diary from Out West and Down South? Surely you had lots of amusing and amazing adventures, met cute and chiseled clients, to say nothing perhaps of a weirdo or two. Even learned a few things about areas of our country you did not know. Please share.

[Rick Munroe]

RE: New York and Mr. Munroe

 

>Are we not going to be treated to your travel diary from Out

>West and Down South?

 

First, I have a date with Turbo Tax all day today (I love leaving it to the last minute...keeps the blood flowing to my brain) and then I plan to do exactly what you just suggested. I wanted to do it while we were in CA but we still have no laptop (we like to check cnet, etc., to find the perfect one before we buy anything electronic, but haven't had time to do the research). Hey Karl, would you like to get me a laptop? I promise I'd blog everyday if you did! ;-)

[Karl-G]

RE: New York and Mr. Munroe

 

I've heard your promises before, Mr. Munroe! :-)

 

(I've spent part of my refund already on several very cute escorts and more to come and cum; big refund this year).

 

You can always apply for an extension until November, as long as you pay whatever is due now. As long as you are going to procrastinate, you might as well do it on a grand scale.

[+ Tom Isern]

RE: New York and Mr. Munroe

 

You're partially right, Mr. Karl-G. I have traveled quite extensively around this depressing country, and with each successive year NYC becomes more like the rest of those less-than-thrilling places (Let's exclude San Francisco). I now find little to distinguish Times Square from Edina, Minnesota. Well maybe the crowds, the noise, the pollution. Oh no, they are there too. Yikes!

 

If you have a lot of $$, NYC will still cater to you. But if you value, for instance, the kind of unique, authentic, and rich foods that were found in genuine immigrant and bohemian-style joints all over this city 10 years ago--like the fantastic platter of Cuban-style roast pork with rice and beans that I used to buy for $3.50 on 8th Avenue in Chelsea--you now have to travel to Queens. There are, however, no less than THREE Starbucks on the 8th Avenue strip between 14th Street and 23rd Street, just as I'm sure there are at least three Starbucks in the Mega-Moron-Mall in Minnesota.

 

Sorry to sound like a curmudgeon. I used to love this city. I moved here BECAUSE it was different. And being told that the rest of the country is, indeed, still worse...well, that's small consolation. New Yorkers have a condescending phrase for that "red" space between here and California: FLY-OVER LAND. The problem is, with each successive year, and with each Republican mayor, we become more and more and more like them!

[Rod Hagen]

Tom, you are depressingly accurate.

[Candyman]

RE: New York and Mr. Munroe

 

"Hey Karl do you want to give me a lap top" I don't know about Karl but if you ever get back to NYC I'd love to give you my kind of "LAP TOP" }(

[Rick Munroe]

RE: New York and Mr. Munroe

 

>if you ever get back to NYC I'd love to give

>you my kind of "LAP TOP"

 

I'm in NYC right now, Mister Candyman, so put your candy where my mouth is. :9

[Rick Munroe]

RE: New York and Mr. Munroe

 

>if you ever get back to NYC I'd love to give

>you my kind of "LAP TOP"

 

I'm in NYC right now, Mister Candyman, so put your candy where my mouth is. :9

[Rick Munroe]

RE: New York and Mr. Munroe

 

>like

>the fantastic platter of Cuban-style roast pork with rice and

>beans that I used to buy for $3.50 on 8th Avenue in

>Chelsea

 

That never did appeal to me but just like Scott Adler's donuts, I did like knowing it was there. Tom, you're right...to quote Phyllis Lindstom at Rhoda's wedding, "This isn't my Gotham."

[Rick Munroe]

RE: New York and Mr. Munroe

 

>like

>the fantastic platter of Cuban-style roast pork with rice and

>beans that I used to buy for $3.50 on 8th Avenue in

>Chelsea

 

That never did appeal to me but just like Scott Adler's donuts, I did like knowing it was there. Tom, you're right...to quote Phyllis Lindstom at Rhoda's wedding, "This isn't my Gotham."