NYC To Do List

Events

Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island

See the circus elephants march down 34th Street

Celebrity-watch at a red carpet event

See Shakespeare in the Park

Broadway (and off-Broadway) shows

Tribeca film festival (April 2013)

Sports

Giants vs. Packers game at Meadowlands Stadium (November 25, 2012)

Giants vs. Jets game

Yankees game
Mets game

Rangers game
Devils game

Knicks game at Madison Square Garden (November 2, 2012)

Bethpage State Park

Museums, Parks & Zoos

Guggenheim Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Natural History

Cloisters

Madame Tussaud’s

The Frick Collection

Bronx Zoo 

Rent boats at the Boathouse in Central Park

Central Park Zoo 
City Reliquary

Holiday Traditions

Halloween Parade in the Village

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade balloon inflation

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting

Rockettes (Radio City Christmas Spectacular)

The Nutcracker at Lincoln Center

Walk through Central Park in the snow (February 2013)

Ice skate at Rockefeller Center
Ice skate in Central Park

Food

Katz's Deli

Eat takeout on the High Line
Have frozen chocolate at Serendipity 3 (June 2011)

Cipriani

Gray’s Papaya

The River Café
Carnegie Deli 

Dans Le Noir  
Ninja New York

Peter Lugar (October 6, 2012)

Bagels at Russ & Daughters

Brunch at The Dutch

Eat a meal in all 5 boroughs 
Frying Pan (June 28, 2012)

Do

Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge

Kayak in the Hudson River

Walk the entire loop of Central Park

Take a ride on the Staten Island Ferry

Horse and carriage ride through Central Park

Check out a book at the Public Library
Visit the 9/11 memorial

Trapeze lessons

Spend the day on Governor's Island 
Circle Line cruise 
Buy a book at Strand Book Store 

See

Movie on the Bryant Park Lawn 
Sleep No More at The McKindrick Hotel

Taping of The Daily Show

Show at Carnegie Hall 
Comedy show at Caroline's on Broadway 
Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center

Movie at the Ziegfeld Theater

Comedy show

Governor’s Mansion
Fort Washington
Improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade

Trips & Weekenders

New England & Canada Cruise
Nantucket, MA (April 2013)

Boston, MA (April 2013)
Martha's Vineyard, MA (April 2013)

Philadelphia, PA (September 2012)
Poconos, PA
Providence, RI

Maine (Rockport, Portland)

Vermont
Hershey, PA
Niagara Falls

New Hampshire

Washington D.C.

Atlantic City, NJ

Baltimore, MD