A random list of fun stuff we discovered in 10 years inna Apple. Plus odd survival hints. And some food, here and there. For more hints, see ElopeNewYork.com which has a few touristy links. Cheers!

Tuesday

Places I hide out

When it's all too crowded...
Met Museum. Pay what you wish. Peace in the Astor Court, the Cypriot Galleries, the Modern Art gallery, the period rooms, the music gallery, the Greek study collection.  Or the Cloisters, any time.
Morgan Museum on Friday nights (free)
FIT museum(always free. Open late)
Roosevelt Island - and over the bridge to the Noguchi museum
New York public library reading room at 42nd street (the lions), and Bryant Park - great washrooms
Ferry to Red Hook
Wagner Park - near battery park.  Also Carl Schurtz park, near Gracie Mansion. The NORTH end of Central Park.
Churches. Everywhere (except st Pats - try St Thomas). Grace, the Actors Church (little church around the corner), St Mary the Virgin in midtown, etc.
Small art galleries, the Bard gallery, top floor of the Museum of Folk Arts, Grolier gallery, Mechanics library reading room, 
"Quiet 42nd street" idea: Breakfast in Bryant Park. Tour the NYPublic Library. (possible lunch St Andrews pub ) or in the Met Life building restaurants. Wander up to the Onassis Gallery in midtown (nobody ever there) and sit in the atrium cafe.
Break in coffee shop area in front of the Pershing Restaurant, under the bridge across from Grand Central station. They let you hang out there and nurse a coffee. Use the lovely washrooms in the 2nd floor of the Crown Plaza across the street (private wooden cubicles - always nice and empty), and go down and enjoy the dark art deco lobby of the Crysler building.

and walk along the beach at the eastern end of Coney Island (Manhattan Beach, Brighton Beach) in winter - or to Staten Island to the Tibetan garden or Snug Harbour...

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