Spring Break NYC Style

Who says New York City isn’t a top spring break destination?  Forget the palm trees, flip flops, and crowded beaches! Here are some things to get you partying in style:

1. Be Your Own Tour Guide – At tailoredtours.com, you can book yourself on some wild scavenger hunts or take a variety of pub crawls.  All of it is mapped out for you at just $3 per tour. This way you don’t have to haul around a guidebook and folding map which just screams “tourist!”  Take your pick from the Irish pubs of the East Side, Murray Hill, or Gramercy.  Discover answers to some 30 questions like “what restaurant serves up giant shish kebab footballs” or “what bistro is 2 letters away from being owned by a fish” on the Times Square scavenger hunt.

Get on Down to the Big Easy

2. The Big Easy – Here, it’s Mardi Gras every day!  Step inside and you’ll see signs like “Danger Men Drinking”.  More like a real party, beer pong tables are open nightly, kill a keg sessions crop up sporadically, and monster bomb shots go for $6 a piece.  Trust me, you won’t need many of these to get obliterated.  Against a rough backdrop of unfinished wood, construction tape, and loads of tacky décor, it’s the perfect place to hook up while double fisting it with your plastic cups of Bud sloshing on the floor.

3. Head to Coney Island – …during March or April?  I can hear the chorus now: “You must be crazy!” Well bundle up and hit the boardwalk heading east to west maximizing the sun’s rays.  Through the occasional blast of wind, Coney’s hushed and deserted charm, untrammeled by the hordes of late spring and summer, make it one of the most peaceful walks in town. And at two and a half miles, you can walk off that binge drinking/eating from the night before.  If you suddenly need to hang over the rail, nobody’s watching!

4. Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art – Chances are you’ve had your fill of highbrow art and culture in your classes.  If you want goofy and  irreverent, steer clear of the Met or taking in an opera.  Over on 594

Hit These Lanes at Bowlmor

Broadway, you can check out MoCCA’s large collection.  From Ritchie Rich to Wendy the Good Witch.  Relive or discover anew characters like Hot Stuff, Joe Palooka, and Sad Sack.  These are the originals who thumbed their noses at convention!

5. Bowlmor – This ain’t anything like the drab bowling alleys back home with uninspiring lanes, stinky shoes, and subpar food like stale oversalty popcorn and hotdogs that have been rotating under the heat lamp all day.  Here you can party with lane side service ordering up some full blown cocktails, and food starting with nibbles like quesadillas all the way up to grilled rack of lamb. The lanes resemble more of a dance floor setting with neon and bright colored lights while giant screen TVs are never further than ahead of you above the 10 pins.

photos courtesy of Big NYC and Bowlmor