[m i a o w] the cat

I suppose this all depends on what you’re into. But, just say you’re going to New York for a month, and you’re into bars, fashion, art, music - all the fun stuff. Which of the following addresses would it be best to have? (And no, sadly this is not me - it’s Small Brother.) When I write “High 300’s” I’m talking about the street numbers, btw.

a) Chelsea - in the high 700’s on 6th Avenue
b) Flatiron district - low on West 31st Street
c) Midtown West - low 300’s West 58th Street
d) Upper East Side - low 300’s East 63rd Street
e) Gramercy - high 200’s 3rd Avenue
f) None of the above, Small Brother sucks. He is spoilt for choice.

My vote is for Gramercy (because I liked that Ben Lee song from a million years ago) and I’ve always wanted to go to Gramercy Park and Small Brother is arsey enough to befriend someone with a key. My other pick is Flatiron district - because somewhere, packed away, I have an excellent print of the Flatiron Building which is pining to be framed.

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I got excited cos I thought you were talking about the Dewey system…sigh. Greetings from Canberra.

Mr H typed this on Apr 21 08 at 9:11 pm

Hi, I would chose Gramercy as well. It’s about a half hour walk to the other districts mentioned save for The Upper East side -Manhattan is big but not as big as it looks and a bus, taxi or the subway are always available. There seem to be cool bars, etc… everywhere but on my Manhattan travels I mostly end up in The East Village and Lower East Side. The Bars/Music places I frequent are Mercury Lounge, The Living Room, Pianos, Cake Shop, Club Midway, The Sidewalk Cafe, Rockwood Music Hall, etc…. Near Gramercy are The Blender Theater, Irving Plaza/Fillmore, Otto’s Shrunken Head and others. So yea, Gramercy with the “key” as a major plus in the choice.. Brooklyn is not to far off too. I fancy the Williamsburg section.

See http://www.thedelimagazine.com/ for a massive list of NYC bands to maybe see.

Take care.

joão typed this on Apr 22 08 at 4:54 pm

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