Native New Yorker pens bucket list of cool NYC sights
BY TAMMY SCILEPPI
Whether you believe the world
will be ending in a decade or not, you
should pick up a copy of “100 Things
to Do in NYC Before You Die” (Reedy
Press) just in case.
While it ain’t perfect, there’s still
no place like home!
So, bring your bucket list and explore
Spidey’s hometown and discover
or re-discover those iconic must-sees
and hidden gems, foodie offerings, off
the beaten path spots, and so much
more, across every borough.
Conquering New York in one visit
is impossible, so native New Yorker
and seasoned, world-traveling journalist
and author Evelyn Kanter
has put together a helpful insider’s
guide to 100 astounding adventures,
off-beat treats, and memorable historic
sights, so locals and visitors
alike can experience the best that
Gotham and, of course, “The World’s
Borough,” have to offer.
Kanter made an appearance at
Hunters Point Library — located at
47-40 Center Blvd. — on Nov. 9, where
she shared some of the unexpected
delights of the city we call home.
“There are many New York City
guidebooks. ‘100 Things to do in NYC
Before You Die’ is unique because it
cuts through the clutter and gives
everybody something new to experience
through the eyes of a native
who has been there and done that,”
Kanter said. “Hopefully, I’ve written
each entry in a way that will inspire
even jaded native New Yorkers to become
tourists in their own city.”
One of the entries, “Find Your
Seventh Heaven,” is about eating
your way around the world on the
No. 7 train.
“Each subway stop is home to a
different community, with small
family-owned restaurants offering
delicious, low-cost, home-cooked
meals. It’s more fun and less expensive
than an airline ticket,” she
noted.
Other fun stuff: Brooklyn’s Royal
Palms Shuffleboard Court is like a
bowling alley, but with shuffleboard
lanes instead of bowling lanes; Staten
Island’s Jacques Marais Museum
of Tibetan Art is one of the city’s
best small and little-known museums;
and one of the most unique
carousels on the planet is the Sea-
Glass Carousel in Manhattan’s Battery
Park, where you ride inside
plexiglass fishes, instead of on top of
horses or other animals.
Kanter said her Queens favorites
include: “The Museum of the Moving
Image, probably the best museum
of its kind on the planet; and who
doesn’t love ‘The Muppets?’ Socrates
Park, and the new Domino Park, are
also gems. And, there are the worldclass
white sand beaches of Rockaway
and Riis Park,” she shared.
After starting out as a network
news writer and producer, Kanter
became an investigative consumer
reporter for WCBS NewsRadio 88 and
then WABC-TV Eyewitness News.
“It’s been 20 years since I left
broadcast news, but I’m still writing
about those things, along with the
happier subjects of the best travel
destinations and deals, including
what to see and do in my hometown,”
she said.
So, what makes the city that
never sleeps, a hot vacation destination?
“NYC is one of the world’s top
tourism destinations every year,
and it always irks me that visitors
tend to stay in Manhattan and miss
what the rest of the city offers, including
Queens,” Kanter said. “I
love that you can take the subway
to the beach! I love that Queens is
an integral part of the Gateway National
Recreation Area, part of the
national park system, and that you
can walk along rustic trails and
see egrets and herons. Only in New
York. Only in Queens.”
Kanter writes regularly for airline
and AAA magazines, other publications,
and for her own websites:
www.nyconthecheap.com and www.
ecoxplorer.com.
Visit www.nyconthecheap.com
for information on purchasing the
guide online or in various bookstores
and museum gift shops.
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