If you were me: NYC on a tight budget

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<p>My teenage boys like the NYU/Cooper Union neighborhoods–because there are so many college age kids. Great people watching. S2 likes to play speed chess in Wash Square.</p>

<p>My favorite East Village restaurant is Cafe Orlin on 2nd street. </p>

<p>2nd Avenue deli has something for everyone…<a href=“http://www.newyorkmetro.com/pages/details/2353.htm[/url]”>http://www.newyorkmetro.com/pages/details/2353.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I like the Streetwise Manhattan Map. Small enough for coat pocket, plasticized-- and it has a subway map on the back. (Avail most bookstores or Amazon)</p>