Going to NYC, new to the city Options

[freeridefight]

I'm going to NYC March 10-17 for a Model UN convention and I have no idea what to do. How much money to bring for a week, where to eat, where to shop, what to wear, little tips and tricks, hot parts of thw town, what to do. I'm staying in the hilton hotel, and wanna have a great time. You New Yorkers, tell me some things.

[tokyo-rose]

Eh, Serendipity. In my opinion, it's really too much of a tourist spot and the line is much too long to be worth a frozen hot chocolate. You'd have a much better time at Max Brenner's down in Union Square, and the chocolate there is absolutely incredible.

Haha, but freeridefight is a tourist. :P

-Madame Tussuad's wax museum
-Chinatown for sure! You'll be able to bargain for things there.
-Jackyl and Hyde (sp?)

Yes to Chinatown, but look beyond Canal Street! That'll be the one you see right after exiting the 6 subway station. There are a bunch of people hawking bootleg stuff to tourists. I don't think tourists know that there's much of a Chinatown beyond Canal.

Yesss, Jekyll and Hyde. That restaurant is so awesome.

I'd recommend bringing a few hundred dollars, $200 minimum. Then again, I don't do expensive tourist places, so I can't accurately say.

As for March cold, hm...yeah, just bring a down jacket like I said to before. Here's a chart of monthly average temps in NYC: http://www.ny.com/general/weather.html.