one of the great things about NYC is the varied, and sometimes random, amounts of things there are to do here. you have your typical tourist things, restuarants to gorge yourself at, bars to get drunk and make bad decisions in, and parades to cheer on. but one thing I like to do (maybe it's because I'm a huge fan of art) is go on these architectural walking tours (architecture is art too). this one guy does tours every Sunday, they have a different theme every month (except for January, February, and August - all months that are totally understandable to skip), and all you have to do is show up and pay your $15. then for the next two and a half hours he takes you around showing the different buildings and such. I think the best part about it though is that he also has a binder that he brings with him with pictures of what everything looked like back in the day. so you get to see how everything looks now (obviously, since you are standing in front of the building right now) and then you can also see how everything used to look. the tour I took was the Gargoyles in Manhattan. apparently there are a lot more than you think. we were around the Flatiron area for most of the tour, though I couldn't stay for the whole thing as I had a prior engagement. but what little I did see made for some cool pictures. :)
(these were actually legit dragons on the top of this building)
p.s. - if you are interested in taking a tour it's called New York City Cultural Walking Tours (http://www.nycwalk.com/)
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