[sheps]

Hello from 'across pond' guys,
Apologies for the very non-BMW thread....
It was my birthday last weekend and my wife has surprised me with a 5 day trip to New York in January.
Needless to say we're both very excited as neither of us has visited NY before.
We plan on doing the typical touristy stuff - Empire State, Chrysler building, Statue of liberty, see a broadway show etc.
We also plan to visit to Ground Zero to pay our respects.
We're looking to do some less traditional tourist type stuff as well (I'm very excited that we have already managed to source some Knicks tickets for the game against Toronto Raptors!!!)
We're staying at the Library hotel on Madisson Av which has some great reviews - looks like a fantastic base for our explorations.
I'm looking to you guys to suggest anything else we can do - anything you think we should visit/see whilst there, as well as some nice restaurants and bars to visit, especially those that don't need reservations weeks in advance.
Hoping you guys (as the specialists) can offer some quality recommendations.

Thanks for your time,

Simon