About Jim's Deli
Welcome to Jim's Deli New York City Guide!
Whether you're a home-grown New Yorker or a
tourist planning a first-time visit to NYC we hope you find some
good information that you can use to enjoy the best city in the
world. And here we'll try to answer a few of the questions we get
from time to time
Who the heck are you guys?
We're Susie and Jim, just a couple of working
stiffs who, a few years ago got excited about all this World Wide
Web stuff and decided to take a shot at it. We threw around a few
ideas and went with what we know best -- New York City
Susie's a transplanted California girl. She came
to New York many years ago and enjoyed a long career in
broadcasting. Jim is Brooklyn born and raised, did a long stint in
the army followed by editorial and writing work. We're both
card-carrying members of AARP and, as such, we look at the City
through somewhat different eyes than many of the other guides. We
both love the City and, though we try to take advantage of all it
has to offer, we find that one of the most enjoyable things to do is
just taking a walk. Anywhere. You never know what you'll discover
Where do you live?
We live on the East Side of Manhattan, close by
the United Nations in a neighborhood called Turtle Bay. Basically
from 1st Avenue to almost the office building strip on 3rd Avenue in
the east 40s, Turtle Bay is mostly apartment buildings and for the
time being is still a real neighborhood. Both 1st and 2nd Avenues
are populated by small retail shops, produce stands, dry cleaners,
neighborhood restaurants and the like. And, unlike other Midtown
areas we don't have to walk 10 blocks to find a shoemaker, there are
two of them across the street
The location is great. We can walk to just about
anywhere we want to go. Depending on how our legs feel that day
walking distance can be from 14th to 86th Streets and across town to
the Javits Center. Our extended neighborhood includes the Empire
State Building, 5th Avenue shopping, Broadway, Rockefeller Center,
Times Square, on and on...
Why the name Jim's Deli?
It doesn't make much sense, does it? Well, we
both love food. We both love New York City food. Our initial idea
for the website was for it to be a guide to NYC restaurants and
markets. The 'Deli' part of the name was very New York foodie and
the 'Jim' part came about because that was a domain name that was
available
So we spent our time researching markets and
restaurants and developing the site. And then we had to pay the
rent. We took a sharp turn, started visiting hotels and affiliated
with another company to sell NYC hotel reservations
We're basically stuck with the name. As we like
to think of it now, in a delicatessen of old one would find a lot of
appetizing things under one roof. We're kind of trying to do the
same here, a lot of appetizing things about New York at one web
site. Yeah, we know it's a stretch
What type of things do you list?
Basically, whatever the heck we want to. Either
we have to have an interest in it or it must appeal to what we think
is a large audience. We tend to shy away from one-time hooplas with
no real significance and those that are too overtly commercial
We hate to say that we're a bit jaded, but we've
seen a lot come and a lot go -- it's hard to impress us. We try not
to waste too much time on 'of the moment' type things because
chances are they won't be around tomorrow
Besides the major attractions that bring people
to NYC -- Broadway theater, world-class museums, music and dance
institutions, nightlife -- we try to look for things that are more
the fabric of City life, the street fairs, the carnivals, the
parades, walking through a park. And there's always something going
on that celebrates City life, the history of the City and the people
of the City. Those we especially try to include
And we can't list everything. The City is just
too big and it constantly changes. We have to limit ourselves to
what we can try to do well
We hope you enjoy your visit to Jim's Deli
New York City Guide!
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