It is almost a year now since I posted something on this blog.
Not because I had no time, but becasue I had nothing to say. YES that is right: I, Hasufrau Róisín, had nothing to share with the world.
But now I do. So I will!
Someone asked if I could put the following article together. I did, and enjoyed doing it. I hope you, dear blog reader will enjoy reading the blog posting, as much as I writing it.
New York on
a budget
Accommodation: New York is not cheap. You have to budget that in. Sorry!
Check out this website. Good luck!
Transport Options in NYC
Personally
I think it is worth buying unlimited Metro Card for seven days for subways and
buses. Costing $32.00 as of Jan. 2019. More info. below.
Eating in
N.Y. See
info. below.
My favorite things to do/see in New York City.
As of January 2019 all my favorites mentioned here below are free or
cheap unless otherwise stated.
A walk in
the Botanic Gardens Brooklyn
(Free on Friday mornings-)
A walk in Central
Park
A walk on
the High Line. More info on all three below.
Watch the
sun setting from Gantry Park in Long
Island City. (Near my friends´ apartment.)
Just
relaxing in Washington Square Park.
Take your
time on the visits above; New Yorkers visit and enjoy these places too, so you
are enjoying New York, just like the locals.
Metropolitan
Art Museum. Not free or cheap.
Suggested donation is $25.00 but you can pay any amount you wish or can afford.
Frick Gallery a small
but super art gallery. Like several
other museums i.e. Museum of Modern Art
etc. The Frick is free on certain days and times. See more info. on same
below.
Check out
the Art Work at Subway stations.
Really
lovely mosaics to be seen in many stations. My favorite are the subway
stop for Bloomingdales. And the stop for the Metropolitan Opera
House.
And while
you are at it, check out Grand Central Station.
Beautiful. And walk about Times Square. The buzz in the early
evening is just great.
Enjoy free street
entertainment.
New York
does it right regarding street entertainment. NYC´s policy is that they don´t mind what you
do for entertainment, as long as what you do is legal and that you are
good! The entertainers receive a banner
from NYC if they have been approved.
And they are all good.
Attend a concert, ballet
opera, or Broadway show.
Not free,
but read up on same in links below, you may be able to get tickets well below
cost price.
Kayaking: Can you believe that! Very reasonable too. I mean free
or $5.00 reasonable!
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/free-kayaking-in-new-york-where-to-kayak-on-the-nyc-waterways
I am not
trying to convert. This is a church you have likely never heard of,
except I told you about it, because they ´do Christianity right´ in my opinion,
and that generally does not make news.
Millionaires,
bad people, mad people and paupers attend Mass in this church, and we all are
welcomed. Always. That´s why I love it.
( I once
visited the church for a moment one Saturday afternoon There was a
wedding ceremony taking place... it was clearly a Mafia wedding.. just like in
the films. I spoke to one of the priests afterwards about it. Yes,
he explained, it was likely a Mafia family. But if they see no badness,
they don´t make judgments on any people
who come in to the church.)
More Detailed Info. on New
York.
Eating in New York City.
Eat Street Food.
To
many good ones to mention: I suggest you see where locals are lining up for
breakfast or lunch, and then go back a few hours later when the queue is
gone.
Same
tip for restaurants and bakeries where
you see lines at lunch time on work days.
Visit a Coffee House. There are
100´s of them. My favorite is Café
Reggio near Washington Square.
See link below to suggestions for good and cheap places to eat in N.Y. C. https://www.tripsavvy.com/best-cheap-eats-in-new-york-city-1612861
Cheap and free things to see and do
in New York City.
From
Time Out Magazine Cheap
things to do in NYC
Top Museums in New York.
