One of our favorite museums - this just reopened after five years. Make sure to book your tickets in advance!
Head up to Washington Heights and check out this stunning art & history museum located in an old stone monastery.
It's the Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden. The garden turns their Conservatory into a miniature replica of New York City with a festive holiday toy train that runs through the tiny city.
Fulfill your Home Alone dreams with a walk through Central Park followed by High Tea (need a res!) or a drink at the Palm Court in The Plaza. It's decked out for Christmas and maybe, just maybe, you'll see Kevin McCallister and hopefully not a disgraced NY real estate tycoon.
This is one of our favorite date spots - a quirky, indie movie theater that offers food&drink service right to your seats!
We love seeing any city we visit by water and one of our favorite tourist things to do is to take people on the East River Ferry ($4.50) from Brooklyn to Wall Street with a stop at the Dead Rabbit for their Irish Coffees. We love their Irish Coffees so much we even made a pilgrimage to the Merchant Hotel in Belfast where Dead Rabbit got their start.
Our favorite bagel place in NYC. The lox is incredible. This is the original location in the Lower East Side, which is fun to visit but note that there's no seating. Bundle up and eat at "First Park" across the street. Other pro-tip is to visit the Brooklyn location in the Navy Yards. (Shorter lines!)
A nearly perfect diner for your hungover Saturday or Sunday!
Our favorite deli and we're not just saying that because they're invited to our wedding (Hi, Charlie!). This bodega's got everything you need if you're staying in Brooklyn - breakfast sandwiches, hot chocolate for your kids, or shots with the owners behind the counter.
This is a very fun old-New York establishment with excellent martinis and burgers!
Another old-world New York spot for you with martinis and burgers but this one is located on a small street in the West Village.
In a nod to Kate & Eric's Polish Ancestry, this is our favorite authentic Polish place located in the heart of Greenpoint which has the largest concentration of Polish people outside of Poland! (Hopefully Szymon agrees with our Karczma assessment!
Our local. This place usually has a wait, but put your name in and grab one of their incredible dirty gin martinis.
If you're staying anywhere near Times Square this is THE ONLY bar to go to. It's a popular spot for Broadway attendees, was featured in the film "Birdman" and boasts a live jazz band every night.
Obviously, we had to include a metal bar. This unassuming place located in the basement of a weird apartment building will blow your mind when you walk inside.
If you're in Williamsburg or Greenpoint and want to take a tour of our early days - this cozy cocktail bar was the scene of our first date!
In a nod to Eric's pinball work & love - visit this speakeasy bar. Enter the laundromat and walk through a literal washing machine into a backroom that's full of pinball machines.