Quoted: Take a daytrip and go up to see West Point, especially it's museums.
It's great. Nothing like seeing a Tokarev with a bullet hole right through it
I'd call ahead to make sure they're allowing civilians on base...I think they're letting them in in one of the gates, but the rest check for DoD stickers.
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You're allowed on base. Just say you're going to see the museums or if that fails, tell them you're going to visit your buddy, Matthew Wilcoxen, who's a 3rd year (cow?). He's a friend of my bro's.
It shouldn't get that far anyway. If you do go up there, once you get through the checkpoint and to the stop sign, if you go straight, there's a great area to picnic on the Hudson. VERY nice day if you bring a lady along!
As far as places in NYC, I'd suggest a long walk through Central Park, starting in Columbus Circle, through the park to the east side and all the way up to the Met (thanks for correcting me!). After the MET, you can also head back into the park, go uptown a little more and walk around the resevoir. I'D STRONGLY RECOMMEND THIS!!! There's nothing like the resevoir to put the city in perspective! Looking from the north side towards downtown is really a nice view!
Its the same place that was in "Devil's Advocate" when the two crackhead homeless guys killed the lawyer.
I'd also recommend Battery Park, where you catch the Statue of Liberty Ferry. You can walk down Wall St. catch a bite to eat and bring it to the park for lunch, which was my favorite part of working down there.
Basically, nothing beats a walk/carriage ride through the park and a day at the MET when you're with a chick. Then hit a restaurant on the upper west side in the 82nd/columbus neighborhood.