THE TOURIST REPORT
Ah, the things you learn when you have tourists in town.
» After much research, my brother has declared Little Italy's Lombardi's the best pizza in New York.
» Tickets to The Producers can be obtained daily with much effort. Every night, 18 standing room tickets are sold at 6 p.m. But people start lining up early - sometimes at 6 a.m. - meaning to get tickets you'll need to wait in line about five hours. Your chances improve when the weather is bad, and for the Wednesday night show (because the matinee that same day accommodates some of the competition.) In addition to the standing room tickets, there are usually some cancellations as well as a few tickets the theater holds (for VIPs?) that are sometimes available for sale near performance time.
» And here's an efficient/disturbing one, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has a new all-in-one transit map out, with an effective date of Sept. 19. They have already edited out all 1/9 subway stops below Franklin Street. Oddly, it even excludes Chambers Street, which has been open most days even though it abuts the no-access zone. At the map's big vacant spot in lower Manhattan, "World Trade Center" is printed in light blue.
- posted by Amy @ 10/18/2001 10:07:00 AM