catching up

[canadiandiamond]

Today is officially my catch up on stuff day. I've been trying to watch / get all the shows I've missed in the last several months, starting with The Office and Supernatural. I picked up s3 of Supernatural earlier this week and now I'm getting the first two of this season so I can watch those in real time. I'm tempted to get Fringe too, not sure if that's any good or not but I'm willing to give it a shot.

I'm also trying to work out some plans for my trip to NYC which is in less than 2 weeks from now omg. Does anyone familiar with the area know of any good restaurants for a nice, half-fancy-yet-not-super-expensive meal? I'm hoping to have a good place for all of us to go when we get there to celebrate the trip, my friend Joni's recent job promotion, and of course being with believeitup again. I've also been trying to find a schedule for whatever Broadway shows will be playing when we're there because I know at least a few of my friends want to go and see something. Any thoughts and comments would be greatly appreciated!

Back to trying to track down all of my missing shows, hmmm.

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[beanarie.livejournal.com]

Opentable.com!

[beanarie.livejournal.com]

Also it'd be much easier on your wallet to wait on line at the ticket counter for the half price slots. They have Off Broadway as well, so you could find something slightly off the beaten path for a lot cheaper.

[canadiandiamond.livejournal.com]

That too sounds like a good idea! From looking at what's there now there's not really anything I'm dying to see so I'm ok with waiting to see.

[canadiandiamond.livejournal.com]

Oooh, cool! Thanks buddy! :D

[girlyduck.livejournal.com]

There's always Broadway.com for getting times for shows, if you want a schedule. Twin and I did the waiting thing (she knows the name of the square; I am terrible with such things) and we got balcony seats to see The Boy From Oz with Hugh Jackman the last time we were there, so I definitely recommend it if you don't have a burning need to sit in the first 10 rows.

When I was there with Duck and Duck's boss a few years ago we went to Tir Na Nog, an Irish pub-like place in NYC (there's apparently also one in Philly!!) and I thought it was nice. Not fancy fancy, but nice. Somewhere around the area of Lexington Ave (neither Duck nor I recall the address or name of the place) there's a nice, not too swanky steakhouse that we were really impressed with, and the bill, with drinks, was about $100 for three people, IIRC. White linens, nice menu, but not snobby. Sorry I can't be more help.

Also, before Twin gets in and tells you about it: Chinatown Ice Cream Factory at 65 Bayard St. If you like ice cream and are keen on new flavors, this is the place to go. We visited it once on a class trip and it was soooo good. Pumpkin pie, green tea, lychee... wow.

[canadiandiamond.livejournal.com]

That's a good site, I think I might've found that through Google but I'm not sure. And heee, she told me the place before too when I went there last year but I too forget it. I don't think either of us are dead set on being that close either, it's just the experience itself more than anything.

Oooh, that does sound nice! I'm going to send out an e-mail to everyone who's going to bounce the idea off of them and see what we can figure out. It's not a huge deal if we can't get out anywhere nice but it'd be nice to do just the same, I think.

Mmmmmm, ice cream. That does sound like an awesome place to go indeed, thanks for the heads up! :D