Norman, Arizona (US)

My name is Norman and I am 67 years old. I am from Scottsdale, Michigan. I am staying 6 days with my wife in New York. But, it’s not my first time in New York! I am retired, so I have plenty of time to travel. We come to New York once a year and I also travel a lot to Europe (Sicily, Amsterdam, Barcelona…).

During those last 6 days, we’ve walked a lot: we’ve been to Greenwich Village, Central Park, Battery Park…We also love Chinatown. My wife is shop-addicted, and you have every shop you want here in New York! There are Street Fairs everywhere in town on Saturdays or Sundays, and you can have nice bargains and buy some nice jewels for Christmas. We also love to go to the restaurant, but above all, we love going to the theatre!

We’ve been to two excellent restaurants: Brazil Brazil, located at 330 West 46th St, has Happy Hours and you’ll pay only $4 for a Mojito; the Bangkok House, located at 360 W 46th St, serves Thai food. I would recommend both of them.

Every time we come to New York, we try to go to the theatre as much as possible. We’ve seen The Color Purple, Wicked and The Drowsy Chaperone. Wicked was phenomenal and we saw The Drowsy Chaperone twice! You can win the chance to pay only $25 for front row tickets for about half of the Broadway shows: just go to the theaters 2 hours before the show and enter you name for the lottery! It’s really worth it.

Of course, we’ll come back again next year!

If you want to ask any question to Norman, you can contact him at nhelber@cox.net.