But this is EVEN HOTTER

Its official name is "Mehanata". Great place.

Another weird annual event that just happened is "Union square pillow fight". Bring your own pillows. I never went, but those who did say it's quite a lot of fun.

Best Fries in the City

POMMES FRITES!

www.pommesfrites.ws
123 2nd Ave
New York, NY 10003

1 - Wo-Hop: 15 Mott Street, 24hr. Westernized Chinese at its finest. Had roast duck, general tso's and scallion/ginger lo mein last night for 25 bucks, and it was amongst the best meals I've ever had.

2 - MO Bar - after picking up a tourist or 2 in Times Square, 1 drink here for a little stop-and-go, and, well, you get the picture. Creative drinks, great view. The Stone Rose next door in the Time Warner building is chill too.

3 - Cellar Bar - "Soft and sexy," great beats, international flavors...

4 - Caravan of Dreams - for healthy, remarkably tasty eats in the East Village, this is a great spot. Eclectic live music (folk) complements the hot yoga bods well.

5 - Bowery Ballroom - if its live, hot, and touring the country, it'll stop through here if it hasn't blown up yet. Head upstairs for the elevated view, chill at the bar, and nestle up in the closed curtain velvet couches at both corners of the upstairs. Good luck on getting a seat up there at the few tables tho...

7 - Rubin Museum of Art - dedicated to the art, culture, and history of deep mysticism from the region of the Himalayas.

8 - Chapel of Sacred Mirrors - the museum like brain-child of Alex Grey. Fun on mushrooms or not.

A hell of a day if you can run 'em all.

I recommend a membership to MoMA to everyone interested that sort of thing. The exhibits are worth it alone but to also get free admission to their film exhibitions paid for itself inside of like a month for me. You're not going to find standard cineplex fare here. And hey, tax deductable.

Also Arthur's Tavern around 7th and W 4th in the Village is a pretty chill dive jazz bar to hang out at after you've done most of your drinking on the weekends. Live music until like 4am or so. Good stuff.

Also Bowery Ballroom pretty much rules if you're seeing a decent show. Saw Clap Your Hands Say Yeah there last month.

I hope so...I'm seeing Bright Eyes there Friday night.

I'm going to put some NYC simple pleasures that I love.

Central Park in the summer for a walk with a joint or 2, I know not all you smoke but I srsly have spent just hours walking. Central park is MASSIVE. There's a lake, a zoo, a garden, a castle a carousel... I've only tipped the iceberg.You obv. don't need teh weed for this.

Being a bronx boy I will give you 2 things to do there.

Hunts Point - market in the way way early AM.let alone the good cheap fruit you can get but the spectical of it all is fun to to watch too.

Arthur Avenue - Ok so Little Italy is POS tourist trap next to this place. Its really one the last Italian sections in the Bronx [Belmont] (the other being morris park where I live) the food is unreal the area is nice too (think of "A Bronx tale") On the weekend the shops are always full of fresh baked breads and pasta's. Espresso drinking on the streets in little cafe's etc.

Pommes Frites are middle of the road IMO. B. Frites, formerly in midtown and now closed was substantially better. Les Halles, however, is the gold standard. Perfect size and when they are good the center is slightly steamed and fluffy like cotton. In 3-5 minutes they go from hot and ethereal to very good, and the difference is stark.

One place I like to go is the cart on 53rd and 6th. If anybody likes street meat, he is the best in the city. The line can get long, but its well worth the wait. For $5 you can't really go wrong. Only catch is that he isn't around until after 7PM most nights.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/xEnNFXtMLDF5kZDxfaCJgA

NY Magazine released their "Best of NY 2007" a few days. Some good suggestions in there ....

http://nymag.com/bestofny/

This post is going to be totally vague, and probably useless, but if would be awesome if someone knows the place I'm talking about.

Best burger/bar experience I have ever had in my life was in New York a couple years ago. I want to say that it's in the Village, but I really don't know, only that it's on that end of the island. It's a small place, and the wait was LONG, but it was ok because the waiting line wrapped around a bar where pitchers flowed. Only other detail I remember is that the register was old-school, and they didn't take plastic. Known for their burgers.

Like I said, vague vague vague, but if someone knows what I might be talking about, it's worth announcing as a damn good place to go. I'm probably describing 100s of bars in the area, though.

Corner Bistro?

that's what i was thinking. the place has changed within the last year. i think they raised their prices. the burgers were never anything special. just big and juicy. prices were reasonable for nyc too. i used to go there a lot a few years ago. i liked the atmosphere, and would go with a few buddies of mine and pound a bunch of brews and have a burger. good times.

Snackalicious fallafall on 8th and 3rd. Freaking amazing.

Take a train ride from Manhattan to Flushing to see a Mets or Jets game, or even some tennis during the US Open.

Take a film class at NYU at least once - or pretend to! It's awesome to walk around Washington Sq. Park and the University, and hang out like a student.

Tavern on the Green on Easter Sunday. It reminds me of the way it must've been like 100 years ago.

used Record and book browsing on the sidewalks of SoHo

Going to a concert at the Met

Go to the NY Public Library and do some serious research into anything! Especially if it entails getting a book that only a Library staff member can bring you. In this day of instant access online, we're missing the tactile experience of actually browsing through old books, looking for what you need. It's awesome.

Music, food, shopping...so much to do...I miss New York.