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[readytoignite]

Basically, I am an artist, I do want to be in a "hip" area.

trust me, williamsburg will be perfect for you - you will find many people who will share your exact same non-conformist attitude.

i am curious as to why proximity / ease of commute to your school did not enter into your search criteria - that and price are most normal people's starting points.

[jeepster]

^probably because the dude is an idiot, as proven by this thread.

[DaBestSpoona]

Wait people from outside of NY actually apply to Hunter?

[herpsky]

Woodbury commons has a burberry outlet store.

Those brands you mentioned have totally different aesthetics.

Barney's, IF, Atelier, Aloha rag, odin

[herpsky]

Anyone who buys non-prosum burberry is neg rep worthy

[ILLuminate]

for all of the shit that it gets, williamsburg is actually an OK neighborhood. i suspect that the sorry state of economy coupled with the fact that developers are having trouble filling the crapload of new apts/condos will bring the area's prices (somewhat) back to earth

[Bendrix]

Williamsburg's okay if you can stand riding the L-Train.

[Bendrix]

Jersey City. PATH Train to glory.

[Caps Lock]

Wait people from outside of NY actually apply to Hunter?

Hunter has dorms too. Queens college has dorms now, But question is, why would he actually wanna apply to a city school? And couldnt he just dorm at the school?

[herpsky]

im thinking of driving down to the city

if i were to go on a weekend, do you guys know of any covered parking lots that offer reasonable rates?

[DaBestSpoona]

sunday has lots of free parking, you dont have to pay for meters. Just get there before noon.

I remember Baruch has some wierd arrangement with SVA to share dorm facilities. but this was 98.

[darkanimal]

im thinking of driving down to the city

if i were to go on a weekend, do you guys know of any covered parking lots that offer reasonable rates?

Just park in front of Atelier and bring a car cover.

[seafinch]

Heading to NYC for 4 days in about 6 weeks. Looking for a cheap but decent hotel. Any Ideas?

[poly800rock]

i have some friends doing the timeshare thing, probably better deal than hotel

[herpsky]

I'm fucking wired as fuck on NOS energy drink studying for an exam so I'll drop some serious knowledge.

Pod hotel has been a popular sufu option. I think they've hiked up the prices recently and it no longer appears to be a "budget" hotel.

Your best bet is hotwire or priceline "name your price."

The bottom line is that you choose an area in the city you feel like staying in and put the maximum price you would pay. The catch here is that you never know what hotel you will be assigned to.

e.g. midtown east and 150 per night

You are basically bidding for a hotel room.

May not sound like a great idea but I've stayed at 4 and 5 stars for like 125 per night during the off seasons.

There are several strategies to prevent yourself from getting fucked over.

http://www.betterbidding.com/

is one example. People post the results of priceline bidding (dates, area, $) so you can PREDICT exactly what you are gonna land on.

If you are using hotwire, you can predict which hotel you'll be staying at by looking at their amenities, star rating, and area.

On hotwire, raddison midtown east is a gem.

You usually get assigned this super-small one bed only POS room. BUT, they have a shit load of vacancies all the fucking time.

at the check in, you ask for a complimentary upgrade. Just say you got an upgrade before. This always fucking works.

I've stayed at their suite room (60 inch LCD, king size bed and all that bullshit) for like 100 per night.

[PigeonHustle]

I've had good luck getting deals at the Hudson.

Small rooms, but quite nice for what you pay, and a decent bar/lounge scene to boot.

I like the library.

[herpsky]

Hudson?

are you fucking kidding?

[shwanger]

the jane hotel in mpd

[seafinch]

The jane looks cool. I should have mentioned I need a room for 4 people though. That's why Priceline is a bit sketchy cause you can't specify a number of beds.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Keep em coming.

[todesengel]

any chinese food recommendations? dim sum, sichuan, yunnan, noodle/dumpling shops, or whatever's good.

[Acid-Bitter&Sad]

Just got into nyc couple days ago from tokyo...will be spending about 2-3 weeks here doing basically nothing...

Nways, i'd like to ask for recommendations for cafes/coffee places where i can go for good coffee and maybe some cakes, and be able to stay and read/write for several hours without having the waiters/waitresses shoot eye darts at me. Ideally downtown locations...

Am planning to checkout Think Coffee.

Any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers..

[pragmatics]

Central Perk (10)

[mydenvermax]

9th street espresso in east village. there is seating and tons of people on their little macbooks checking facebook and whatnot. it's pretty far east though, don't know where you're staying. i have gone there to write before.

[DaBestSpoona]

Stumptown just opened up.

[american_hearts]

in the city

9th street espresso

everyman espresso

bklyn

gorilla coffee

gimme coffee

true that stumptown's opened? i'd check it out.

[Acid-Bitter&Sad]

Thanks all!!

[kiya]

This place is quite good, especially for NYC which seems to be quite behind the west coast in terms of coffee.

http://www.roastingplant.com/

[culturalmulatto]

La Colombe. Thread over.

- Best location is at the corner of Church and Lispenard, just south of Canal in Tribeca/Chinatown

- The other location is right next to Supreme on Lafayette

[hommedeguerre]

Hey guys, I am coming to NYC on Nov 3-8 to look at photo schools, and I am hoping to get a lot of photos for my blog: 21arrondissement.com Would anyone be interested, you should PM me or email me! My email is [email protected] . I hope you guys are down, I know you all have a ton of steeze up your sleeve.

a.s.

[Leonard Leroy]

Been to all the places mentioned in this thread, my favs are:

-Roasting Plant in LES

-Gimme Coffee in Soho

-Sit, Wonder (Shitty name, wonderful place, brews Stumptown Coffee) in Prospect Heights

Love em all for coffee, location, people who patronize and work there

All have good prices, Roasting Plant has french pressed coffee for 2 bucks

Gimme Coffee has rotating selections of coffee everyday, you serve yourself

Sit, Wonder, just a nice walk out, lovely location/place, 1 dollar for quality coffee.

People that come and go, and work there are lovely.

Good chance you'd run into me at any of these places on any given day.