There's a New York for every decade
Living in New York
- At 20 you arrive in New York wanting to eat New York.
- At 30 you already come with a fuller stomach, but still eager to peck.
Budget
- At 20 you arrive with little money, but you won't skimp on an alcoholic brunch.
- At 30 (in an ideal world, of course) you arrive with more money, and you search only among the best brunches . Although, of course, better if at least include a free bloody mary.
to fill the schedule
- At 20 you are looking for ONLY free plans : MoMA on Friday afternoons; you take the suggested entrance of the Metropolitan as free, you walk through Central Park, for Hudson River Park , along the High Line, you will take the Staten Island Ferry to see the Statue of Liberty…
- At 30 you pay for MoMA, but you keep looking for OTHER free plans: like a tour of the brooklyn brewery , the most famous local beer in the city; You walk through Prospect Park , you jump from gallery to gallery through Chelsea; you sign up for a gastro tour of Chinatown…
Apotheke: pure cocktail chemistry
How fantastic, fantastic...
- At 20 you come for the party active Tinder and you go to the East Village to drink beers and shots of whiskey for $6.
- At 30 you're still looking for a party: you activate Tinder and you go to the speakeasy with the best cocktails : Apotheke, Bathtub Gin …
to be up to date
- At 20 you follow her at the Williamsburg Input or at the I wash in Manhattan (* Plans authorized only for people over 21, of course).
- At 30 you try to enter the Top of the Standard (former Boom Boom Room).
your inalienable
- At 20 you go crazy for the flea markets of Williamsburg, for the bars of East Williamsburg, for the parties, if you catch them, of Bushwick and for the cool tranquility of Greenpoint (already when you are close to 30).
- At 30 you go crazy for the houses of Brooklyn Heights, for Cobble Hill restaurants, for the cool tranquility of Prospect Park and for the bam at Fort Greene.
Top of The Standard in New York
If we talk about burgers...
- At 20 you savor the greasy and delicious hamburger of the Burger Joint . - At 30 taste the Black Label of Minetta's Tavern .
your cultural events
- At 20 you're going to a concert in Central Park. - At 30 you go to a concert in Madison Square Garden (and, if it falls, also to Central Park) .
your sport
- At 20 you watch a match street basketball on the street. - At 30 Plus you watch the Knicks or, At least to the Nets.
gastro route
- At 20 you eat the whole menu sushi for ONE DOLLAR! in sushi-park . - at 30 you pay attention to New York Magazine critics and you go to the new Japanese sensation: Nakazawa Sushi.
New York Knicks or BA LON CES TO
The fried chicken
- At 20 you swell to fried chicken and chicken wings somewhere _ sports bar _. - At 30 tests THE roast chicken at the NoMad hotel restaurant .
when you go on an excursion
- At 20 you're leaving rockaway beach in the subway. - At 30 you go to Montauk (the tip of the Hamptons) by bus or car.
or getaway
- At 20 you make an escape to bronx zoo (if it can be on Wednesday that entry is voluntary). - At 30 you make a gastronomic getaway outside the city, Upstate .
The roast chicken at the NoMad hotel restaurant in New York
All that jazz...
- At 20 monday night you're going to listen to free jazz in the Arthur's Tavern in the West Village. Dixieland has been playing that night every week for 35 years.
- At 30 you go to carlyle-hotel , you pay your ticket and expect to hear Woody Allen on his clarinet and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band. They have been playing there every Monday for more than a decade.
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With 20, you will listen to free jazz at Arthur's Tavern in New York