Jan: best pizza ever. expect a line, but WORTH IT (there's Brooklyn Promenade right next to it) (make sure you go to Julianna's, not Grimaldi's; they're right next to each other)
Jan: use the free staten island ferry to see the statue of liberty, don't waste money on the dedicated one
Jan: for the times in your life when you think "what i need right now is a MOUNTAIN of pastrami on rye". after leaving go down Houston St, turn right on Broadway and take a walk down Broadway and 5th Ave to burn it off.
Jan: great down-to-earth, mexican restaurant in bronx, the opposite of posh, but mindbogglingly good