The Modern will keep most mothers happy: great food, great service, beautiful decor and scenery, and it's worth the $48 for the prix fixe lunch menu.
Make a booking, 212.333.1220, a week in advance, for the restaurant (the bar room is more casual and great for drinks and light stuff. They'll call you back to confirm.
Show up on time, they may put you in the lounge area for a drink while they get your table ready.
The waiters serve beautifully, so sit back and enjoy the service. Everything on the menu is superb, the award winning chef, Gabriel Kreuther a native of Alsace, is imaginative and quite brilliant.
Chocolates made on the premises are served after desert. Mmmm.
The Modern Restaurant
(next to the Museum of Modern Art ) 9 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019-5401
New York City on New Year's Eve?
Why would you do it?
If you like crowd scenes, this is for you...
Also: 2010 line up is:
Chris Daughtry
J-Lo
"Hair"
Confetti and pyrotechnics
There are a few things you should know before heading there all full of booze: Prepare:
No bags or backpacks.
Hide alcohol from police: plastic water bottles work..
Dress really friggin warm or you'll freeze ya tits off.
Time and place:
The ball is raised at 6pm so:
If you are going to commit yourself, just get there too early (ie soon after noon) to ensure best views and to be close to the action.
The sound system is set up in the Bowtie area (where Broadway and 7th Ave), and the video screens at One Times Square (where the Ball is lowered) are visible.
Also: additional screens are at Broadway and 50th, Broadway and 52nd, Broadway and 54th and Broadway and 58th.
To find answers to frequently asked questions such as:
Small rink, but classic scenario...
Price: up to $20, rates vary a lot
Hours: Call 212 332 7654
Time your arrival to fit the strict skate session times:
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m. - noon
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
8:30 - 10:00 p.m.
10:30 - midnight
Early morning during holiday periods and weekdays before 4 p.m. are quieter times.
F, B, D or Q trains to 47-50 Streets-Rockefeller Center stop;
6 to 51st Street;
1 to 50th Street
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Quieter and cheaper: Bryant Park info: 866-221-5157
Price: free! (just pay your $12 skate rental, $9 locker.. and hospital bills ) ONline Reservations!
Daily from 8 a.m. til 10 p.m.
Open til Midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. (Weather permitting.)
Getting there: 7 or B/D/F/V trains to 42nd Street/Bryant Park stop.
If you are stuck there with skaters but hate skating, skaters and everything about skating, find shelter at the holiday market or The Pond Snack Shop or.. Celsius: A Canadian Lounge, both located adjacent to the skating rink.
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Lasker Rink and Pool
call (917) 492-3857 or (917) 492-3856
Central Park between 106th and 108th Streets
Entrance just south of park entrance at 110th Street &; Lenox Avenue
Admission $4.50, skate rental $5
Open Saturday, October 24, 2009 through Sunday, March 28, 2010.
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Big and loud: Wollman Rink: call 212-439-6900
Central Park between 62nd and 63rd Streets
Skate Rental and Lockers available
Price: $11, skate rental $4.75, locker rental $10 ($6.75 refundable on lock return)
Finally a manufacturer has designed a portable HD video camera with a microphone in jack.
This camera is available for $159 if you search. Bigger SD card is necessary than the included one, but they are cheap.
This guy has a nice video about it:
Here's some interesting footage taken with the kodak zi8: Subway Riders
