- Go with your mom - the best sightseeing, eating, shopping, etcetera partner. Just the best travel partner.
- Don't get your hopes up that you will meet a celebrity… there are maybe 249 people on each block.
- In the winter, pack warmer than you would expect to. Seriously. I'm talking ski mask.
- Wear walking shoes. It's all you do.
- Charge your camera.
- Walk into NBC News and have the chance to watch Seth Myers' monologue, for free.
- Shop at Rockefeller Center. Shop on 5th Ave. Shop at SoHo. Shop anywhere.
- If you are a huge Gossip Girl, Friends or HIMYM fan, google the famous places and go see them. Kind of overrated, but that's okay.
- See Jimmy Fallon and tell me all about it.
- See the Rockettes.
- Go to the Top of the Rock and see the WHOLE city from the 70th floor. Plus, freeze up there in the wind.
- Eat anywhere.
- Go to China Town.
- If necessary, buy a ticket for a Hop On Hop Off tour bus, the tour guides can be pretty entertaining. Plus, it's better than the Subway or a taxi.
- Be prepared to witness a protest (or five).
- Go to Times Square, like once. That is all.
- Eat Italian food.
- Apparently all of the restaurants are on 9th Ave. Go there.
- GO TO THE 9/11 MEMORIAL. Seriously. Go. It's amazing.
- Go to the 9/11 Tribute Museum.
- Don't eat breakfast in your hotel buffet ($90 later…)
- Take as many pictures as you can. I'm sure you'll find the perfect Instagram.
- The Statue of Liberty is far, but I guess it would be cool to see.
- Go to the holiday markets, ice skating rinks and see the trees during Christmastime.
- Go to the minus 5 ice bar at the Hilton in Midtown. (You can get in underage and drink water/soda - it's a cool experience.)
- See the Empire State Building.
- Go to the Urban Outfitters near Rockefeller Center - best one I've been to.
- Pedicab through Central Park.
- Get a hotdog at one of the 30,000 stands they have at every corner.
- See a Broadway play.
- Have a map and know how to read it.
- Go to small cafes and have awesome coffee and dessert.
- Find our country's Debt Clock. Lol.
- Be ready to drop some serious cash.
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