CastlevaniaNut18

NES to both. First handheld I played was my younger brother's GBC and the first system I ever bought with my own money was the original DS. First home console I bought with my own money was the Wii at launch. My parents had always bought me(later they were shared with my brother) systems for Christmas. I'd had NES, Genesis, PS1, N64, and PS2 that way.

That’s cool.

Well, that’s crazy.

Here we go.

Beards are always better.

87 for me, but I also just have a morbid interest in plane crashes so I’ve read a lot over the years. But, yeah, that was a big fucking deal.

Do people get excited about this?

Thanks for the tips on the airport, though I have no idea what you're talking about with some of this stuff. But I'll look it up. It's good to know, because I don't want to get stuck in horrible traffic for hours. I was looking up some game stores and that was the first result. We'll definitely check it out.

Wait, you'd really never heard of this?

That was hard to read, @SaysWho?

And gahhh, as much as I'd love to see Hamilton(assuming I could even get tickets, is that show still selling out way in advance?), those ticket prices seem nuts, at least when I'm comparing them to other shows. I'm not a huge musical fan, but if the source material is something I'm into, then I'm all for it. Maybe I should just try out To Kill a Mockingbird instead...

Oh, god, how'd I forget the Nintendo Store? That's a must. I'd like to visit the Natural History Museum. We went to those in DC and Chicago and had a great time. Duh derp, forgot to mention Mexican. Yes, we both love Mexican, so those would be great. I won't do anymore drinking other than maybe a beer or two. He's a teetotaler. Is it okay that I kinda just wanna stop at some food stand on the street and get a falafel or something? A lot of good stuff so far, guys, thanks. I'm getting pretty excited now that I'm getting down to the planning. Also, does it really matter which airport we fly into? Looking at pricing and stuff right now and there doesn't seem to be much difference that way, so which one would be most convenient to fly into?

I never said all pizza is created equal, I'm just not a huge pizza snob. I do look forward to trying real NY style pizza, though. Yeah, not much into comics, outside of reading a few of the big graphic novels from Batman, Deadpool, Daredevil, Punisher. But there's at least one big bookstore I want to visit, since I'm a book addict. Strand Bookstore, I think it's called. Thanks. I guess I haven't been super adventurous with my foods, but I want to try out some new stuff on this trip. Love the typical American foods, typical Italian, any seafood, stuff like that. I'm sure we'll eat some stuff like that, but I'd like to try some new things while I'm there. Like, I've never eaten Thai or Vietnamese. Not really tried much Mediterranean or Middle Eastern or Indian foods.

Thanks. Any eating recommendations? This is pretty much going to be a casual dress trip.

Just woke up and holy shit, the Saints lost?

I think we've settled on July, because I want to see the Red Sox play at Yankee stadium. Never been to NYC before, so I'm probably going to feel really overwhelmed. I know I want to hit some of the main spots, like Central Park, Ground Zero, take the Staten Island Ferry, go to the Met, etc. I'm open to other suggestions, too. One thing I'd like to do is see a show on Broadway. What's the proper attire, without having to be super fancy? Plan on mostly sticking to the subway, as that's what we've done in other big cities and I don't want to constantly be shelling out money for taxis and Ubers. Is that fine? Plan is to stay in Manhattan, renting a VRBO. We did that in Chicago last year and it was cheaper than a hotel and worked out well. Basically, do my plans sounds okay and I'll take any other advice. I know @Jose lives there, @Jason used to and anyone else very familiar with the city feel free to chime in. I'm excited, but also rather intimidated.

That is a good one. First comprehensive history I read on WWI and it's a great place to start.

I've known most of the year I was gonna have to be happy with 6 championships for now. That's still a lot of happiness.

Finished Song of Achilles last night. Next up is Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris.

Pro-birth. I refuse to actually call them pro-life, because they're anything but.

The Republican "pro-life" way.

Too bad you condemn countless women to risking their lives to obtain the procedure.

It’s in my Top Three.

People who want to ban abortion are so fucking stupid and cruel.

Wonder how this is gonna go. I feel like it'll amount to nothing.