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[quote=Anonymous]My 15yr old son is working on talking me into taking him on a trip to NY (we currently live in a suburb of Minneapolis). Even though I lived in NY 20yrs ago for a few years, I’m pretty much starting from scratch. No idea where to stay, what different neighborhoods are like in the last handful of years, which restaurants are worth a stop, etc. Please help!

We’d plan to go in either later August (most likely) or December closer to holidays. Thinking trip of five, maybe six days.

His priorities are (1) food; (2) parks and views outdoors (he loves taking photos and loves scenic stuff); (3) all of the arts - music, museums, theater; (4) wants to visit other boroughs not just Manhattan; (5) wants to see “the famous stuff”. He’d be happy to walk through Times Square with the lights but would be more excited about finding a hole-in-the-wall restaurant with really good food. He prefers to live in athletic shorts & a tshirt but knows how to get dressed up for more formal events.

Trip would be mom/son bonding and I think his preference is to just book flights and leave, but I’m way too Type A and need to have at least a rough agenda so we can use our time well!

So - please fire away with suggestions for where to stay, where to eat, what to do! Budget is mid-range for hotel and restaurants. As long as hotel is clean and safe we’re happy. Food can be on paper plates if it’s good, can be higher-end if not pretentious, but he wouldn’t be interested in truly “fine dining”. We would be fine taking subway and walking all day so no restrictions on either of those.

Thanks in advance!!![/quote]

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