I'm The Tour Guide

[jazzy_dave]

You have an out of town guest for 24 hours and you have the day off. They've never visited you before. Where do you take them? What do you do and what sights do you see?

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[vysila.livejournal.com]

Funny you should ask this, because now that my holiday travel plans were dashed because of massive fires in my destination area, I decided to explore my own home town. I've lived in this town for 30 years, but haven't visited many of its famous sites. My town was the site of a large Civil War battle (the US War Between the States in the 1860's) and so I've decided to sign up for some of the tours offered and see those sites.

Sadly, I was too late to sign up for the special Holiday Trolley tour, but I am on the waiting list!

[penpusher.livejournal.com]

Contingent on weather, the places would have to include Central Park* and maybe Riverside Park if it isn't too cold and windy... parts of Broadway - possibly Times Square if it's not ridiculously overrun... we'd have to ride the Subway of course, get down to the Brooklyn Bridge, maybe walk across it... Then down to the Battery for a look at the Statue of Liberty. If there's an interest, we could ferry over, or take a tour of Ellis Island... are we stopping for lunch? Chinatown, Little Italy, maybe some Indian on 6th Street? Back up to Grand Central Terminal, swinging past the Empire State/Chrysler on the way, And then it depends on budget and interest... we might see a play at the Public Theater... or some live music at a Soho venue... or see the Knicks play at Madison Square Garden... or the Yankees play at Yankee Stadium... or catch one of the late night talk shows at 30 Rockefeller Plaza or over at the Ed Sullivan Theater... Then dining - if we went to a sporting event, we'd likely eat there - otherwise we'd find another place to wrap up.

*Central Park really could take the entire day, if we covered the whole of it. Between the various gardens, the Metropolitan Museum of Art situated right in the park, we could spend hours in that venue alone... and The Museum of Natural History/Hayden Planetarium, The Guggenheim Museum just across the street from the park, well, that really would be three days worth of tour. There's also the Great Lawn/Delacorte Theater where Shakespeare in the Park happens each summer, Free entertainment! There's the Sheep Meadow, the Imagine Mosaic in Strawberry Fields - and the Dakota, where Yoko Ono still lives...

Obviously, 24 hours would not include sleep time as you know, it's the city that never sleeps!

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I guess I'd make them hike to the top of our hill, so they could see a 360 view of the mountains and lake. That's magnificent; there are no other sights to see unless they ski or fish; it's a rural area!

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

If they were up for a hike, I'd take them to Japanese Gulch in Mukilteo, or maybe a long walk at Spencer Island. I'd also want to do lunch at Terracotta Red and dinner at Arnie's in Mukilteo.

[everville340.livejournal.com]

Meaningful things, crossing boundaries of tourist but with respect for the other human(s). Fly through the Redwoods on a line. See the Golden Gate Bridge emerge through the (literal) tunnel-vision approach of Southbound 101. Experience the ascent and descent of Divisadero (Street) since you're going in that direction. And if you quite possibly can - (this would take a lot of time traveling back and forth, with little to spare in between) - experience the reality of the very earth we inhabit by standing in Point Reyes, specifically the spot of the fault line a side of a fence jumped sixteen feet in less than sixty seconds.

[ba1126.livejournal.com]

Well, In the center of Boston is Boston Common (where 'in the beginning', townspeople brought their cows to graze!) There are lovely paths and benches, a shallow man-made pond where you can ice skate in Winter (or in other seasons you can splash in the 4 to 5 in. deep water and walk through the fountain spray!). Nearby is the State House, Paul Revere's House,the Black History Museum, Boston's first church, the original Burying Ground where people like John Hancock are buried. On the OTHER side of the State House is Boston's oldest (still serving) tavern and City Hall and Fanuiel Hall, Boston's first meeting House!! You could spend DAYS just checking out all the places where history was made!!

[deborahw37.livejournal.com]

I cook a good meal, we go to Lavenham and Bury St Edmunds , see the Abbey and cathedral and theatre and Lavenham Guildhall. We take a walk down the old line and talk a lot.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...maybe just drive around. We have so much going on here, it would be hard to settle on one thing. I would definitely take them to one of our better restaurants!

*HUGS*

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

The Minnesota Zoo, preferably not in the Winter time.
The Mall of America. Maybe the Science Museum.
Hugs, Jon