Really, I've just written this so that Hitler's not the first thing people see when looking at my blog...
1. Eat Pizza from a non-chain pizza place: It makes no sense to visit the city and blow all your money on a 5 star meal--fancy food can be bought (almost) anywhere, but the foods that New York is famous for, it turns out, are actually unique to the place. There's nothing like a New York pizza--every New Yorker has a favorite slice. Mine happens to be Sal and Carmine's on Broadway at 102nd street--my first and favorite taste of NYC pizza.
2.Don't waste your time in stores (except for H&M, which is worth a detour). Go see the parks, and pick up coffee while you're at it. No trip to the city is complete without an afternoon in central park (from which you can get cool cityscapes from the heart of the beast). Washington square has some of the best people watching in the world. Riverside park is a good place to see inhabitants making good use of public space.
3. Walk through times square, but do it at night, and leave promptly.
4. Take the subways, they don't bite.
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From grad school to the classroom, with a big break in between.
