#Queens legends (i.e., recreate Dan's childhood)
- Check out the surprisingly nice Queens Botanical garden: http://www.queensbotanical.org/
- Beat the midday sun at Lemon Ice King of Corona (a Queens legend) http://thelemonicekingofcorona.com/; afterwards, watch bocce the way it was meant to be played at William F Moore Park
- Go on a food crawl of the best Chinese food & dumplings in NYC (and, some would argue, in America): http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/10/where-to-eat-chinese-best-restaurants-flushing-queens-chinatown-nyc.html
- Cool off with a late beer in Astoria: http://bohemianhall.com
#Brooklyn-Manhattan afternoon
- Get pizza at Grimaldi's: https://www.yelp.com/biz/grimaldis-brooklyn-4
- Have a cone at Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/brooklyn-ice-cream-factory-brooklyn-2
- Hang out in Brooklyn Bridge Park: http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/
- Walk over the Brooklyn bridge into Manhattan
- Stroll around City Hall Park
- Walk downtown and see Freedom Tower if you haven't before
#Modern Brooklyn at night
- Walk around Williamsburg
- Shop around at the Bedford cheese shop: http://bedfordcheeseshop.com/
- Get crazy good Thai food & great drinks at Sea: https://www.yelp.com/biz/sea-brooklyn-2
- Get dessert at The Chocolate Room: http://www.thechocolateroombrooklyn.com/
#Manhattan, top to bottom
- Walk the cosmic pathway at the Rose Science Center: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/rose-center-for-earth-and-space/harriet-and-robert-heilbrunn-cosmic-pathway
- Check out MoMA, the Met, or any of our other fantastic museums
- If you feel like a long walk, walk south through Central Park to Columbus Circle, then south through Times Square
- Shop around at Chelsea Market: http://www.chelseamarket.com/ (Fun fact: This is near where Food Network shoots a lot of shows, so you used to see Bobby Flay poking around doing shopping occasionally)
- Pick up the universe's best donuts from Doughnut Plant on 23rd st for dessert: http://doughnutplant.com/ (note: you can eat the donuts later, but buy them now – this place ofren runs out/closes early)
- Have dinner somewhere in midtown/Little Italy (El Quijote is a sentimental favorite of mine https://www.yelp.com/biz/el-quijote-new-york-3, but you can probably do better)
- Walk west to the http://www.thehighline.org/, get some fresh air, and eat your donuts