ITT: NYC bros talk about how great NYC is and how great they are for living there

Tried to tell you... Benjamin absolutely destroys Keens.

 

Average Weekday Ridership, Q4 2015:

1.New York City Subway- 9,144,700

[Lexington Line (IRT) - 1,289,338]

2.Washington Metro- 836,800

3.Chicago 'L' - 772,900

4.Boston MBTA Subway ("The T") - 569,200

5. SFBay Area Rapid Transit (BART) - 452,600

6.Philly SEPTA - 343,800

 

Did anyone brave Times Square on NYE? I would assume most locals avoid it like the plague.

 

Went to a house party 3 blocks from my apt

I hate large crowds, times square, and you can't drink openly. Fuck all that

 

Tanoshi. It's BYOB so you can bring some nice wine too without breaking the bank. It's amazing.

 

Can anyone recommend a good one time cleaning service in Manhattan?

 

I just use handy with a new email

 

For a 1 off: Wizard of Homes

 

Interesting. Do you like Handy? I found them to be kinda incompetent

 

I haven't had a bad experience with them but I've heard horror stories of not having cleaning materials and all that. There's some real idiot operations going though. I got a random service through living social once and had to buy materials, then she was spraying cleaning shit on our toothbrushes/not wiping it up. And when I called the service he ended up cursing me out and telling me to "go back to my country" bc of my ethnic name. Ended up getting a refund plus a voucher

Def gonna use wizard for when I move out though

 

Was also looking at Luxury Cleaning but my apartment isn't as swanky as the pictures on their website

 

Got two floor tickets to the xx on 5/20 at Forest Hills for sale. Got them but then realized I'm going to be out of town then

Also I have an extra ticket for My Morning Jacket on 7/15 at Forest Hills

 

Nakazawa

 

Had this for lunch a few weeks ago. Loved it. Imagine that will have a really good V-Day atmosphere as well.

I made a reservation at Rafele in West Village. Have never been but it looks like it's tasty and has a good intimate vibe.

 

What's up with this snow storm Thursday?
AKA: will my flight get cancelled out of LGA on Friday afternoon?

 

Enjoy your Blizzard and thundersnow peeps.
But for serious, be safe TMB fam

 

I work In the business and so far the airlines arent ruling it out. i can check tomorrow and see what they say if you want.

 

These bands are really good and fun shows for those of you who hang out in Brooklyn

http://www.brooklynbowl.com/event/1422783-susto-atlas-road-crew-stop-brooklyn/

 

I seldom post but this inspired me. 15 East is one of my favorite restaurants in the city. Do whatever you can to sit at the sushi bar - it's almost as if its two different restaurants. If you guys love tuna, I suggest each getting the basic omakase and then splitting the tuna flight (which is tuna 5 different ways/cuts x 2).

 

I hope it's like that time De Blasio shut down the subway and then like half an inch fell

 

Already got the email from my boss that those outside of the 5 boroughs can work from home tomorrow.

 

I highly recommend Handy because then you can be like me and tell your fiancé you "booked a handy" and watch as her loathing of you intensifies

 

Snow news coverage is easily the most insufferable news coverage by a large margin.

 

A few I took this morning

Spoiler

 

One of the things I've been surprised about since moving to the city is that I thought they would be much better about clearing roads and sidewalks after snowstorms. Granted, it's a huge job to undertake, but I just expected better.

 

Coming from Seattle, this was fantastic effort so.

 

My Scandinavia round trip for next month was $325

It's getting so cheap

 

I'm going in late May. Will share recs in the travel thread when we get back.

 

i thoroughly enjoy visiting new york but couldnt live there generally i dont think. on the contrary, the access to constant cheap international flights could probably sway me if the job was cool. i think about that all the time and about applying in the city

 

Have you been to the Sacré-Coeur? Outside the Louvre, it's my favorite attraction in Paris. Nice uphill hike through windy neighborhood roads to the top of a beautiful church with great views of Paris.

 

SO JEALOUS!

Manhattan is definitely not for everyone, but I think there are neighborhoods that can suit anyones preferences. Though I think the only thing you'd have to grow accustomed to is public transportation. We had a car the 7 years we lived in the city, but really only used it when traveling.

I was going to give you suggestions but it seems like you guys have it set! I did love Gerard Depardieu's restaurant when we went, highly recommend. I think our favorite night in Paris was going to eat there, taking a bottle of wine to go and sitting on the lawn outside the Eiffel Tower, drinking and eating macarons. I want to go back so bad.

 

Most of my recs are wine/champagne focused as our friend was a sommelier and leading the charge, not all in Paris but close enough here are the notes I took:

Maison Ruinart (very old champagne house)
Aux Crieurs de vin (Troyes, France)
Au Passage (wine tapas)
Le Dauphin (Le Chateubriand's wine bar)
Willi's Wine Bar
Chez Michel

 

The restaurant was called Le Bien Decide, not too far from the Eiffel Tower (we walked). Not super fancy or pricey but the food and wine were both fantastic.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/le-bien-décidé-paris-2

There was another place that KJROD20 also loved that I forget the name of, hopefully he can help with that!

 

I found it! Chez Gabrielle, near the Arc de Triomphe. We ate here our last night in Paris and absolutely would have eaten there again had we had more time.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/chez-gabrielle-paris

 

Homies if you are looking for a place to stay in Paris let me know. We have about 100 homes there. And the team there is awesome for recs too.