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Grooch

Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 06:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Square, tell D.H. that you have a million dollar life insurance policy from your job.

I bet he will be real quick to say it is ok to go to NY.

Squaredsc

Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 06:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
juju, he says it was a joke 'cause you posted the msg about everyone being friendly, as in friendly enemies like caesar. he was only being funny.

Fruitbat

Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 08:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ahhhhhhhhhh, I had not gotton that either.

You can tell him that I do not believe Rogue either. We are on the same team.

Cyn

Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 08:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
...Neko and Zmom around the world trip sounds intriguing...

Here's a good site to use for looking at listings of museums by location, name or subject matter: nymuseums.com/#reviews ))scroll to the bottom of the page((

this one's a listing for theaters: playbill.com

It hasn't been confirmed yet, but I am being told that the Tony's will go on the first Sunday of June, so any and all tickets will be at their most expensive and hardest to purchase.

Also, maybe some want to do some site seeing too.

When we get closer to the date, we can do a little survey to see what each of us wants to do most, then add and divide and compromise, perhaps as a whole or as smaller groups. But, let's at least try to plan as much time as we possibly can together. It'll be like a summer camp weekend, only in New York City. Maybe?

Note: Sleep is not going to be scheduled into this trip. and, i'll eat a slice of Ray's for you right now. it's what i had for dinner, and half of it's remaining.

Bob2112

Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 09:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Spy, if Juju makes it out for your trip, you may be able to use her to get on Letterman as part of Stupid Pet Tricks.

Neko

Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 09:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Stupid?!?!
The tricks Juju, Birdie, and I do are ANYTHING but stupid!

*Huffs and walks out*

Twiggyish

Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 09:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Pretending I DID NOT see that reduced rate from Florida.

On a side note, I can vouch for Bat and Grooch. They are very NICE! I've spoken to Juju on the phone and she doesn't bark..LOL

Mssilhouette

Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 10:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It's great reading all these tips and advice. My trip is planned for beginning of July! So y'all will be back by then. But it is nice to have everyone scrounging for fares.

Fruitbat

Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 10:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Twiggy said >>>>>Pretending I DID NOT see that reduced rate from Florida. <<<<

What do you mean. That is not good?

Webkitty

Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 10:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Awww, well now I'm disapointed. I wanted to hear Juju bark, and not only that, I want to see that big swishy tail she keeps fluffing in the chess thread!

Fruitbat

Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 11:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Juju............sit........SPEAK!.............good girl, tosses weinnie. :)

There Webkitty..........satisfied?

Phatcat

Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 11:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I haven't read all the posts on here yet, but I just had a thought. (First one this year...NOT)

Ok, what if we all write to Arnold, tell him our plans ('cause my daughter is in Syracuse and her baby is due June 8...AND I AIN'T PASSIN' UP A CHANCE TO MEET MY BEST BUDS!!!!) Letterman could have the entire audience one night be all TVCH members. Wouldn't that be GREAT!!!! Arnold could probably swing it...or we could just all bombard Letterman and CBS to let us all in the show one of the nights. Maybe he would give us all a free meal at the Hello Deli...and tickets to a broadway show...or a canned ham!!

Come on gang...let's get these great minds working together... to get promotion for Big Brother, for the fan club, and especially for ALL the wonderful people here.

Man, I needed this tonight....I am SOOOOOOOOOOO excited.

Squaredsc

Friday, January 03, 2003 - 06:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
that sounds like a great idea phatcat. maybe they could even have some of our fav reality people on also. ms. bat, he knows and still thinks its bogus.

Squaredsc

Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 06:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
little nudge. i just printed some stuff about hotels and made this mistake of looking at some of the comments from former guests. think i will stick with holiday inn, lol. oh mom is not going to go.

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 05:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Here is a great article for planning a New York trip:

Frommers New York tips

If the link doesn't work, go to www.frommers.com and scroll down the page a bit. Not sure where to tell you to find it if it is gone from the page by the time you look.

Schoolmarm

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 06:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Great article!!

I'm trying to figure out where to park my car for my February and June trips. There is a good lot in Hell's Kitchen, but I'm not sure I want to park that far away. It doesn't make any sense for me to take public transportation to get to NYC...the train routes through Philly and takes 8-10 hours, to fly, I have to drive two hours to an airport...I can drive to Manhattan in about 6 hours, maybe less.

By the way, I found the perfect broadway show for the chat group last night....Menupause: the Musical. Gaurenteed hot flashes! LOL

Ginger1218

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 09:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Schoolmarm, check the hotel you are staying at, a lot of them have parking.

I love the Hot Flashes LOL

What date are you going to be in NY in February? Let me know if you want to meet for lunch or something.

Schoolmarm

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 09:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'll be in NYC Feb 12-16th for a conference. I'm booked all day on Wed, Thurs, Fri and Sat...maybe we could meet on Sun? OR I could check the conference schedule once I get it. Some days we have a really long time for lunch! They have three tracks to split us up, as we are too big of a group for Carnegie Hall. I don't know which track I'll be in. I'll let you know when it gets closer!

Parking for this convo will be easier, as my hotel has discounted parking. WHEW!

My head is still spinning with getting this presentation ready at such a short notice, CRIPES, I already know that I'm presenting on another national conference in November 2003...now that's more like it! SHEESH, one month to get my act together!

I booked my room for under $120 per night; what a deal!

I'm looking forward to both trips to NYC! Especially getting to know some more tvch'ers!

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 12:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Did you use Priceline, Marm?

Schoolmarm

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 01:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nope, It was a "regional thank you--we love New York" deal on Expedia. They usually run these a couple months ahead, so if you book too early, you have to pay full rate. I didn't want to use priceline because with priceline in NYC, you often only get one bed, and I'm sharing my room with another teacher. I might priceline for June, and according to biddingfortravel.com, I will probably end up with the Radisson for $70 per night.

Whit4you

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 04:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I hope you guys have a good time - I have so many awesome memories of the online parties I went to in NYC - :) It's not in my budget to go this year but if you guys have a party the following year I'll definately be there - )

It's really not necissary to plan alot of activities if this is your first trip to NYC - I mean the place ITSELF is an activity.. Just going to Time Square and watching the people. Watching true gridlock. Going to the top of one of the taller buildings and looking at NYC. I was planning to go to the Ricky Lake show on my last visit but I got so caught up in just running around checking out all the amazing things there that we never made it to the show LOL. I did go to the "Mother Love" show though.

Ya'all will want to plan ahead in case you get seperated. Hopefully you can find someone with a local # and an answering machine that you can use for that.

Check out the McDonalds on um... (not sure but it's close to Battery park??)

I agree about the Deli's in NYC - wow some of the food there is awesome.. and the prices are reasonable. There's at least 3 deli's on every block I think LOL.

What I'd suggest is you guys find out what movies are being filmed at the time you will be there and go watch some of the filming. There's always a few movies being filmed in NYC at any given time lol.

Bring a camera and LOTS of film... there's so much to take pics of there.

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, January 09, 2003 - 06:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Big promotion on Amtrak right now. Buy one, get one free. Must purchase ticket by Feb. 15.

Wiseolowl

Thursday, January 09, 2003 - 08:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I could be wrong about this - but it looks like most of the conspirators on this board who are gonna meet in NY are lady posters. I'm thinking that I might just show up at the Today Show window with my own TVCH sign and crash the party - I know that most of you will be too polite to boot me out and some of you will feel sorry enough for me to make me welcome - typical male plotting.LOL Just a few suggestions - try showing up at the Regis- Kelly studio at 7 am - there are often seats available on standby. Or that G-awful show :The View -if you're of that persuasion - whatever the show it would be interesting to see how the shows are produced
Lots in NY to see for free - the NY city library is worth visiting - just for the architecture - the Statten Is. Ferry - cheap and a great view of the skyline - go to an off Broadway play -tickets are relatively cheap and often better than the high price ones that will come to your town anyways. Not sure the Met Opera is performing in June - but you'll never see anything like it anywhere else - or Carnegie Hall for that matter - I always like to see the things in a city that are unique - even the Empire State Bldg. =- there is only one of them - and who knows - King Kong might make an unscheduled visit.The Gugenheim Museum - worth a visit just to check out Frank Lloyd's architecture.( you can see how interesting I would be to drag along!!) Check out the official visit NY website - as good as any to get good bargains and an overviev of all that's available in NYC

Spygirl

Thursday, January 09, 2003 - 04:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great input Wise!! And don't be frightened by the number of women going on this trip. I have no doubts that you would be welcome if you decided to join. :)

P.S. I will not be going to see The View

Squaredsc

Thursday, January 09, 2003 - 04:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
will you be brining some of that pork roast?