amazing city! the musts of the modern part: apple store near central park, hudson hotel (58th street), "designed" by philip starck, is worth to stay there! in lower east side/east village, visit the "forbidden planet comic store" if you´re addicted to comix and stuff..! take lunch/dinner at the eatery (9th ave?), rent a bike for one day (go to 8th ave, pay not more than 25 dollars!), take a ride through central park to the hudson river, down to downtown and through greenwich village, go back uptown in the middle of rush hour on broadway or so, thats fun! avoid the abercrombie store, it´s just loud and employees are just good looking models without any clue.... WALK through new york as much as you can, but take the opportunity once or twice to go by subway-trains. if you are a jazz fan, don´t expect too much of the birdland.... the food is good but the glory days are gone....! visit ground zero and think about it one minute, how it looked before 2001. avoid starbucks and take the opportunity to try better ones like europan e.g.. take a romantic dinner at the boathouse in centralpark, if you want to get married, ask right there...:-) !