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8. BROADWAY SHOWS ARE<br />
AWESOME. True. I’ve now seen<br />
both Billy Elliot the movie and<br />
Billy Elliot the Broadway show<br />
and, believe me, the Broadway<br />
show is better. You’ll laugh,<br />
you’ll cry, you’ll clutch at your<br />
heart as it bursts with love and<br />
wonder at the talented cast,<br />
and you’ll leave a complete<br />
live-theater convert. Period.<br />
9. RESTAURANTS ARE<br />
EXPENSIVE. Depends on who<br />
you are. Me? My father was<br />
a traveling trailer salesman<br />
and my mother was a missile<br />
scientist. I’m at home with<br />
nearly any level of hoity-toityness<br />
(though the espresso<br />
machine in my suite did<br />
illicit some unseemly shrieks<br />
of excitement). But still the<br />
menu at Colicchio & Sons<br />
in the Meatpacking District<br />
intimidated me because the<br />
menu did not show prices<br />
for the entrées, at least not<br />
on the afternoon I visited.<br />
I’m sure a New Yorker would<br />
have just fl at-out asked the<br />
waiter, but I stayed true to<br />
my passive Southern self<br />
and avoided confrontation<br />
by texting a friend in Atlanta<br />
to look up the lunch menu<br />
on the restaurant’s website,<br />
which, oddly, does include<br />
the prices. And yeah, it was<br />
expensive. The cost was close<br />
to what people probably pay<br />
for fresh human organs on the<br />
black market. On the other<br />
hand, Locanda Verde was<br />
surprisingly reasonably priced,<br />
and I’m pretty sure the food<br />
was fabulous—but in truth I<br />
was too busy being surrounded<br />
by movie stars to pay attention<br />
to my taste buds. I also had<br />
breakfast at Ai Fiori at The<br />
Setai, the tab for which was<br />
staggering, but it was lobster<br />
benedict. I would gladly forgo<br />
my electric bill for lobster<br />
benedict every once in a while.<br />
I also made sure to<br />
wander into other, cheaper<br />
eateries typical of NYC,<br />
such as the Moonstruck<br />
Diner on Madison Avenue.<br />
I immediately forgave its<br />
touristy name (after the<br />
famous movie that starred<br />
Cher and Nicolas Cage before<br />
his long mission to make us<br />
“I didn’t get all the exhibits at the New Museum, such as the one by Lynda Benglis where<br />
it looks like the walls are vomiting plaster, but I do have to say I love a place that loosens<br />
up the boundaries of your brain a bit. Plus, the artsy on-site café has an exclusive ‘New<br />
Museum’ cookie, with quinoa, mango and chocolate<br />
chunks among the ingredients (no plaster). I tasted it and,<br />
like the museum itself, it’s really good, but a little out there.”<br />
newmuseum.org<br />
MAY <strong>2011</strong> 47<br />
GO MAGAZINE<br />
forget he could actually act),<br />
when the waiter brought me<br />
an entire bottle of homemade<br />
blue-cheese dressing to go<br />
with my salad. I could soak<br />
my head in a bucket of blue<br />
cheese if given the chance, as<br />
this diner practically did. A<br />
restaurant in Little Italy was<br />
less impressive in terms of<br />
fl avor, but at least I got to hear<br />
a bunch of Italians arguing<br />
loudly, and that was almost<br />
worth the price of penne that<br />
tasted store-bought.<br />
Later, I had to brandish<br />
my map 11 times in order to<br />
traverse the 20 or so blocks to<br />
my hotel. It took me half the<br />
night to make it back, mainly<br />
because I discovered I really<br />
like being lost in Manhattan.<br />
I especially enjoy letting the<br />
people push me around.<br />
THE SETAI<br />
FIFTH AVENUE<br />
400 Fifth Ave<br />
212-695-4005<br />
setaififth<br />
avenue.com<br />
THE LOBSTER<br />
PLACE<br />
75 Ninth Ave<br />
212-255-5672<br />
lobsterplace.com<br />
LOCANDA<br />
VERDE<br />
377 Greenwich St<br />
212-925-3797<br />
locandaverde<br />
nyc.com<br />
GANSEVOORT<br />
MEATPACKING<br />
NYC HOTEL<br />
18 Ninth Ave<br />
212-206-6700<br />
hotelgan<br />
sevoort.com<br />
CAROLINES ON<br />
BROADWAY<br />
1626 Broadway<br />
212-757-4100<br />
carolines.com<br />
HA! COMEDY<br />
CLUB NYC<br />
163 W 46th St<br />
212-977-3884<br />
hanyc.com<br />
BILLY ELLIOT<br />
At Imperial<br />
Theatre<br />
249 W 45th St<br />
212-239-6200<br />
billyelliotbroad<br />
way.com<br />
COLICCHIO &<br />
SONS<br />
85 10th Ave<br />
212-400-6699<br />
colicchioand<br />
sons.com<br />
AI FIORI<br />
400 Fifth Ave<br />
212-613-8660<br />
aifiorinyc.com<br />
MOONSTRUCK<br />
DINER<br />
244 Madison<br />
Ave; 212-<br />
867-2545<br />
moonstruck<br />
midtown.com<br />
AirTran Airways provides<br />
daily, low-fare flights to New<br />
York City. Visit airtran.com<br />
for more information.
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