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help! my mom is visiting--fun ideas?? — Brooklynian

help! my mom is visiting--fun ideas??

fpgirl
fpgirl
edited November -1 in Park Slope
Hey! My mom is visiting and I'm trying to think of something fun for us to do tonight. Just looking for something fun and different in Brooklyn or NYC. Maybe a coffee house or a really fun icecream place? Or really just ANYTHING(something different that you wouldn't find in the midwest where she's from!)! I just don't know where the good spots are since I'm relatively new to the area, so let me know if you do!! THANK YOU!!! :)

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  • MOD
    MOD
    I'm trying but can't think of anything real good at night for moms.
    If you have the funds, take her to a nice dinner. Convivium, Al Di La, Sushi -Blue Ribbon?
    There is real good italian in Carrol Gardens? Lucali's, Savoia...
  • stacey
    stacey
    Maybe head over to BAM cafe for some nice jazz, pick up a slice of Junior's strawberry cheesecake and then head for some burlesque at Barette on Vandy. Hope you guys have a fun evening together!
  • chance
    chance
    go out to dinner, get her a little tipsy and walk around the neighborhood. north slope on 5th ave can get a little lively on the weekends. the neighborhood is so charming I love just walking around and taking in the architecture sometimes.
  • ljnd
    ljnd
    When my mom visited, my daughter (who is 9) and I took her to the Brooklyn Museum to see the Judy Chicago exhibit - The Dinner Party. It's permanently housed there now, and it's a great mother-daughter experience. I took my little girl there as a Mommy-Livvie thing, and then we went with Grandma and it was amazing, because by that point Livvie had memorized all the place settings and could tell Grandma who Isis was. (My mom has a doctorate in theology from Harvard, so you can imagine how touched she was.)

    The Emily Dickinson plate is my favorite. But I love pink.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    if she's into shopping take her to century 21 or some other places.

    but definitely take her around the area for dinner and walk around. to show her your surroundings. where you like to go and do.
  • cheech
    cheech
    My mom and I like going to Chinatown for dim sum. You can do either the Manhattan or Bklyn Chinatown.
  • bookistan
    bookistan
    Things I've done with my mom in Brooklyn:
    Century 21
    Bedford St. in Williamsburg - look at shops, have coffee and pastries in one of the cafes
    Walk around DUMBO, shop and eat, look at galleries (she liked the ABC warehouse although we saw a HUGE RAT walking over the $100 pillows!, but no longer there)
    Walk along Montague St. and the Promenade (also went to the Rotunda Gallery on Clinton)
    Brooklyn Museum
    Shopping at Fairway - she LOVED this.

    Have fun!
  • MOD
    MOD
    My mom would love Grand st. -all those cheap handbags! Grab some dumplings and scallion pancakes.
    Then a walk up Broadway to all the girly shops (H&M!). Then maybe a skip over to SOHO for a slice of vodka-sauce pizza at that pizza parlor across from the bar Shark (can't remember the name, it's famous for it's sauce).
  • jj12456
    jj12456
    I guess your mom wouldn't be into bringing you stuff from places like TJs, Costco and Target....cooking you a home-cooked meal and then being disgusted with your apartment so cleaning it better herself, huh?

    Eh, my mom doesn't like it either, but that's what happens sometimes :-)

    We also go to movies (especially stuff she can't see in suburbia), walk around the 'hood, try restaurants, botanical gardens....
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    bookistan wrote: Things I've done with my mom in Brooklyn:
    Century 21
    Bedford St. in Williamsburg - look at shops, have coffee and pastries in one of the cafes
    Walk around DUMBO, shop and eat, look at galleries (she liked the ABC warehouse although we saw a HUGE RAT walking over the $100 pillows!, but no longer there)
    Walk along Montague St. and the Promenade (also went to the Rotunda Gallery on Clinton)
    Brooklyn Museum
    Shopping at Fairway - she LOVED this.

    Have fun!
    If you're doing the DUMBO thing with your mom, you've got to stop into Jacques Torres.
  • fpgirl
    fpgirl
    thanks for all the ideas!! she's here til monday so i think we'll try and do some more of your suggestions by then. thanks!!!!!
  • karl the druid
    karl the druid
    paintball

    am i too late?
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    Forget about shopping,eating out and museums, give some her real bklyn experiences,try.
    car jacking.
    a drive by.
    a tour of crack houses.
    mug someone.
    I'm sure on her next visit she will bring all her friends
  • sprite
    sprite
    Carnivore wrote: If you're doing the DUMBO thing with your mom, you've got to stop into Jacques Torres.
    Forget waiting for my mom to visit - I'm definitely checking that place out soon! Mmm, chocolate...
  • pyros44
    pyros44
    Partly depends on where you're from and what she likes to do. There are so many good restaurants, the park is beautiful, and things not in Park Slope such as heading up into Manhattan, that's not much of an inconvenience.

    Also, someone said paintball? *I*'d be interested in that! ^^
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    Karl the Druid wrote: paintball

    am i too late?
    ****************************
    Karl.
    Thats a great idea, let me come along and we can paintball Natalie [ the chalk terrorist]Shea's neighbor,I think Mom's would love that
  • apollonia666
    apollonia666
    So fpgirl, how was your mom's visit, and what did you end up doing while she was here? :)
  • karl the druid
    karl the druid
    Hamilton wrote: [quote=Karl the Druid]paintball

    am i too late?
    ****************************
    Karl.
    Thats a great idea, let me come along and we can paintball Natalie [ the chalk terrorist]Shea's neighbor,I think Mom's would love that

    but first you must shoot natalie (the) merchant

    everyone will love you
  • chelsea
    chelsea
    In Manhattan, the Tenement Museum

    http://www.tenement.org/

    It will give you a real sense of NY history. It's on the lower east side on Orchard Street. Great gelato place next door. Pickleman across the street.
  • apollonia666
    apollonia666
    chelsea wrote: In Manhattan, the Tenement Museum

    http://www.tenement.org/

    It will give you a real sense of NY history. It's on the lower east side on Orchard Street. Great gelato place next door. Pickleman across the street.
    Oooh, I second that! I always take out-of-towners there; it's fascinating. And they have several different tours, so you can take something new each time and not get bored with it yourself.

    Plus when your tour ends you exit onto Allen right next to Congee Village, which is a great place to take a visitor for a bite.
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    chelsea wrote: In Manhattan, the Tenement Museum

    http://www.tenement.org/

    It will give you a real sense of NY history. It's on the lower east side on Orchard Street. Great gelato place next door. Pickleman across the street.
    ****************************
    That sounds great,gelato in the
    ghetto,did Tony Bennet record that?
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    Karl the Druid wrote: [quote=Hamilton][quote=Karl the Druid]paintball

    am i too late?
    ****************************
    Karl.
    Thats a great idea, let me come along and we can paintball Natalie [ the chalk terrorist]Shea's neighbor,I think Mom's would love that

    but first you must shoot natalie (the) merchant

    everyone will love you

    ****************************I'd be better off shooting Sally Fields, then everone would "Really like me.really like me"
    ***************************
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