Archive for September, 2011
Where to Find the Best NYC Night Clubs
There are many things that jump into your head when you think about NYC. One, the shopping is amazing in this town and two the nightlife is to die for, the envy of the rest of the country. New York has an energy and excitement that attracts people from all over the world. With over 12 million people living in greater NYC, the city has people from every corner of the world. With the wide diversity of people comes a large selection of nightlife to choose from, including night clubs, bars and lounges to suit every taste and requirement. NYC is a true 24 hour city, a city that allows you to do anything at anytime of the day or night.
The 5 boroughs of New York are Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island. Manhattan has the largest concentrations of people and with that comes the largest selection of bars and night clubs. Manhattan is full of choices to suit every need from expensive bars and night clubs around midtown to grungy style clubs in the lower east side. Times Square is one of the most famous landmarks in NYC every new visitor to the city will make at least one trip to the area. The area is full of entertainment options from night clubs to bars and Broadway shows. The people that tend to frequent venues in midtown are mainly tourists, so it’s a great place to meet people from all over the world. Many people who live outside NYC will make the trip into midtown on the weekends to party it up at one of the many night clubs and bars. A popular area for locals and tourists who are looking for some class is the meat packing district, which is located in the West Side of Manhattan. The area is full of ritzy restaurants, bars and night clubs. The area is also home to a large number of trendy art galleries, boutique stores, fashion and beauty salons.
Visit New York City Movie Locations
New York City has seen many T.V. shows and movies filmed on locations throughout the Big Apple. Friends, Seinfeld, Sex and the City, and Gossip Girls are just the beginning of a long list of New York T.V. shows. Spiderman, Ghostbusters, Home Alone 2, Coyote Ugly, and tons more add to the list of movies that saw Big Apple production time. How does one go about finding these locations?
There is a company, appropriately named Tour New York TV and Movie Sites. The company provides around three hour tours of various movies and T.V. show filming locations. They take you by some in a luxury coach and stop at certain locations so that you can have a bite where the Friends Show (perhaps) did, or sit at the Huxtabul house’s steps. They provide for a wonderful tour that points out many locations for several shows.
Central park saw its share of production time also. A plethora of movies has been filmed in the park and it goes on to this very day. On the Central Park tour, you will enjoy a stroll through the park. You will see the band shell of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “Kramer vs. Kramer”, take photos at “Tavern on the Green” that was used when filming “Ghostbusters”, feed pigeons where McCaulay Culkin did on “Home Alone 2″. Then take a water break at Serendipity Fountain from “Ransom” and “One Fine Day”, and stop at Wollman Rink, which saw airtime in “Love Story” and “Serendipity”, to name just a few locations.
Some of the T.V. shows have there own tour. Sex and the City is one of those shows. You will visit Jimmy Choo’s boutique, the Soho gallery where Charlotte worked, and even a bar used by the cast during filming. Memorable moments from the show will be revisited as you see where Samantha met the friar or have a cupcake where Miranda stuffed cupcakes into her mouth.
I could speak of many more locations. Over 60 movie locations and 40 television show locations are part of these tours. These are all real places where memorable films were made. Some are true classics and others will be. It is the history of the Big Apple; the legacy of New York City is as a costar often with the world biggest, best, and funniest actors and actresses of our time. Visit the locations on your next New York visit; complete that memorable vacation by being able to look at a movie and say, “I’ve been there.”