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==Interesting things to do== | ==Interesting things to do== | ||
;Belle Sherman Elementary Playground | ;Belle Sherman Elementary Playground:Lots of spinning things. | ||
; | ;[http://www.cinemapolis.org/ Cinemapolis] | ||
;[http://hort.cals.cornell.edu/cals/hort/about/cornell_orchards.cfm Cornell Orchard Store]:Fruits, cider, and local produce, free samples | ;[http://hort.cals.cornell.edu/cals/hort/about/cornell_orchards.cfm Cornell Orchard Store]:Fruits, cider, and local produce, free samples | ||
[[File:Barnes And Sage Halls.jpg|300px|thumb|Barnes and Sage Halls, Cornell campus]] | |||
;Cornell campus | ;Cornell campus | ||
:Apple Vending Machine | :Apple Vending Machine in Plant Science | ||
:Beebe Lake | :Beebe Lake | ||
:[http://cinema.cornell.edu/ Cornell Cinema] | :[http://cinema.cornell.edu/ Cornell Cinema] | ||
:Cornell Plantations | :Cornell Plantations | ||
:Dairy Bar | :Dairy Bar (Closed for renovations, 2011) | ||
:[http://museum.cornell.edu/ Johnson Art Museum] | :[http://museum.cornell.edu/ Johnson Art Museum] | ||
:Mann Library | :Mann Library | ||
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:Sola Gallery:Japanese and other art | :Sola Gallery:Japanese and other art | ||
;Farmers' Market | ;Farmers' Market | ||
:Saturday and Sunday | :Saturday and Sunday at Steamboat Landing. Great vietnamese, sri lankan, other food. Honey, quilts, clothing, vegetables, and friendly faces. | ||
[[File:FloatingClassroom1.jpg|right|thumb]] | |||
;Floating Classroom:Thursdays & Sundays, 4:00-6:00pm, from Steamboat Landing. Ecotours open to the public, just show up or call ahead and reserve. http://floatingclassroom.blogspot.com/ | |||
;[http://www.ithaca.edu/handwerker/ Handwerker Gallery at Ithaca College] | ;[http://www.ithaca.edu/handwerker/ Handwerker Gallery at Ithaca College] | ||
;Hiking the gorges | ;Hiking the gorges | ||
:Ithaca Falls | :Ithaca Falls | ||
:Cascadilla Gorge | [[File:Upper Cascadilla Bridge.jpg|300px|thumb|Footbridge over Cascadilla gorge near Elmwood Ave.]] | ||
:Buttermilk Falls:[http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/151/details.aspx official web site] | :Cascadilla Gorge. As of 2011, you can hike much of the way up from the bottom, but not down from College Ave. | ||
:Ludlowville Falls | :Buttermilk Falls:Tied with Treman for best hike. Nice little campground. [http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/151/details.aspx official web site] | ||
:Ludlowville Falls:One big fall, nice and laid back, near the playground. | |||
:Six Mile Creek:Wildflower Preserve | :Six Mile Creek:Wildflower Preserve | ||
:Taughannock Falls:[http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/62/details.aspx official web site] | :Taughannock Falls:[http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/62/details.aspx official web site] | ||
:Robert Treman State Park:Enfield Glen, [http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/135/details.aspx official web site] | :Robert Treman State Park:Enfield Glen. Awesome hike, campsites, swimming at bottom is allowed, very cold. [http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/135/details.aspx official web site] | ||
;History Center | ;History Center | ||
;The Commons:Shopping, dining, events, and services | ;The Commons:Shopping, dining, events, and services | ||
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==Dining== | ==Dining== | ||
;Agava:381 Pine Tree Rd. Inventive dishes, a bit smug about how good they are. | |||
;Alladin's Natural Eatery | ;Alladin's Natural Eatery:Consistently good mediterranean. Awesome (trucked in) desserts. Best felafel in town by far. | ||
;Asia Cuisine | ;Asia Cuisine:Korean and Sushi. | ||
;Asian Noodle House:Shares a kitchen with Little Thai House, but bigger menu | ;Asian Noodle House:Shares a kitchen with Little Thai House, but bigger menu | ||
;Carriage House Cafe | ;Carriage House Cafe:Fancy food | ||
;Collegetown Bagels | ;Collegetown Bagels:Fast, best bagels and breads. | ||
;Diamond's:Diner-style | ;Diamond's:Diner-style Indian. | ||
;Garcia's Mexican Restaurant | ;Garcia's Mexican Restaurant:Traditional American-Mexican dishes, friendly. | ||
;Gimme | ;Gimme Coffee:The best coffee in town, in state according to some. | ||
;Ithaca Bakery | ;Ithaca Bakery:Same as Collegetown Bagels, more room. | ||
;Koko | ;Koko:Home style Korean. Make your own cotton candy for free after your meal. | ||
;Little Thai House:Cheapest place to get a giant plate of food:pad thai, yellow curry tofu, sweet eggplant, string beans | ;Little Thai House:Cheapest place to get a giant plate of food:pad thai, yellow curry tofu, sweet eggplant, string beans | ||
;Manndible Cafe | ;Manndible Cafe:Excellent quality and flavor. Fun being in Mann Library. | ||
;Moosewood Cafe | ;Mehak:410 Eddy St, well-executed indian dishes. Shawn always has kashmiri naan. | ||
;Moosewood Cafe:Ithaca's most famous restaurant, be prepared to wait 10-30 minutes. http://www.moosewoodrestaurant.com/ | |||
;Purity Ice Cream | ;Pizza Aroma:Corner of Cayuga and Green. Unique, flatbread pizzas and salvadoran specialties, like tamales, vegetarian and not. | ||
;Risley Dining | ;Purity Ice Cream:Home of the Apple Stix Sundae. | ||
;Sangam:Punjabi Indian | ;Risley Dining:Looks like Hogwarts, convivial. | ||
;Souvlaki House | ;Saigon Kitchen:A very busy Phö and all-around vietnamese sit-down. | ||
;Taste of Thai | ;Sangam:Punjabi Indian. | ||
;Taste of Thai Express | ;Souvlaki House:Inexpensive. | ||
;The Nines | ;Stella's:Fancy-pants. | ||
;Viva Taqueria | ;Taste of Thai (not affiliated with ToTE!):Fresh ingredients. | ||
;ZaZa's | ;Taste of Thai Express (not affiliated with ToT!):Delicious soups; mock chicken available for most dishes. | ||
;Tellez' Catering:Mexican food in Center Ithaca, open Monday to Saturday for lunch. Fixings bar is nice. Mexican candies. | |||
;Temple of Zeus:A lunch joint in Goldwyn Smith Hall, Cornell U. Awesome soups; a sublime tofu sandwich called BLTease. Get there before 12:30, when the soup runs out. | |||
;Tibetan Mo Mo bar:In Center Ithaca. | |||
;The Nines:Deep dish pizza excellent, a slice, preferably with several toppings, is a meal. | |||
;Viva Taqueria:Best flavor, mucho culantro. Sit down service or fast bar. | |||
;ZaZa's. Fancy italian. | |||
==Day Trips== | ==Day Trips== | ||
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;Corning | ;Corning | ||
:[http://cmog.org/ Corning Museum of Glass] | :[http://cmog.org/ Corning Museum of Glass] | ||
: | :Thali—buttery Indian fare. 28 E. Market St. | ||
===Northwest=== | ===Northwest=== | ||
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===Northeast=== | ===Northeast=== | ||
;Auburn | |||
:Case Research Lab Museum, the birthplace of sound on film. http://www.cayuganet.org/cayugamuseum/researchlab.htm | |||
;Skaneateles | ;Skaneateles | ||
;Syracuse | ;Syracuse | ||
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[[Category:Living]] | [[Category:Living]] | ||
[[Category:Travel]] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:57, 21 January 2014
Interesting things to do
- Belle Sherman Elementary Playground
- Lots of spinning things.
- Cinemapolis
- Cornell Orchard Store
- Fruits, cider, and local produce, free samples
- Cornell campus
- Apple Vending Machine in Plant Science
- Beebe Lake
- Cornell Cinema
- Cornell Plantations
- Dairy Bar (Closed for renovations, 2011)
- Johnson Art Museum
- Mann Library
- Olin Library
- Snee Hall (Geological Science and Engineering)
- McGraw Tower, bell concerts
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Dewitt Mall
- Sew Green's Rescued for Re-use
- Pastimes:Antiques
- Sola Gallery:Japanese and other art
- Farmers' Market
- Saturday and Sunday at Steamboat Landing. Great vietnamese, sri lankan, other food. Honey, quilts, clothing, vegetables, and friendly faces.
- Floating Classroom
- Thursdays & Sundays, 4:00-6:00pm, from Steamboat Landing. Ecotours open to the public, just show up or call ahead and reserve. http://floatingclassroom.blogspot.com/
- Handwerker Gallery at Ithaca College
- Hiking the gorges
- Ithaca Falls
- Cascadilla Gorge. As of 2011, you can hike much of the way up from the bottom, but not down from College Ave.
- Buttermilk Falls:Tied with Treman for best hike. Nice little campground. official web site
- Ludlowville Falls:One big fall, nice and laid back, near the playground.
- Six Mile Creek:Wildflower Preserve
- Taughannock Falls:official web site
- Robert Treman State Park:Enfield Glen. Awesome hike, campsites, swimming at bottom is allowed, very cold. official web site
- History Center
- The Commons
- Shopping, dining, events, and services
- The Sciencenter
- Museum of the Earth
- Stewart Park
- Picnics on the lake, tennis, soccer, frisbee, and events
- Cross Country Skiing
- Hammond Hill
- Connecticut Hill
- Cornell Plantations
Dining
- Agava
- 381 Pine Tree Rd. Inventive dishes, a bit smug about how good they are.
- Alladin's Natural Eatery
- Consistently good mediterranean. Awesome (trucked in) desserts. Best felafel in town by far.
- Asia Cuisine
- Korean and Sushi.
- Asian Noodle House
- Shares a kitchen with Little Thai House, but bigger menu
- Carriage House Cafe
- Fancy food
- Collegetown Bagels
- Fast, best bagels and breads.
- Diamond's
- Diner-style Indian.
- Garcia's Mexican Restaurant
- Traditional American-Mexican dishes, friendly.
- Gimme Coffee
- The best coffee in town, in state according to some.
- Ithaca Bakery
- Same as Collegetown Bagels, more room.
- Koko
- Home style Korean. Make your own cotton candy for free after your meal.
- Little Thai House
- Cheapest place to get a giant plate of food:pad thai, yellow curry tofu, sweet eggplant, string beans
- Manndible Cafe
- Excellent quality and flavor. Fun being in Mann Library.
- Mehak
- 410 Eddy St, well-executed indian dishes. Shawn always has kashmiri naan.
- Moosewood Cafe
- Ithaca's most famous restaurant, be prepared to wait 10-30 minutes. http://www.moosewoodrestaurant.com/
- Pizza Aroma
- Corner of Cayuga and Green. Unique, flatbread pizzas and salvadoran specialties, like tamales, vegetarian and not.
- Purity Ice Cream
- Home of the Apple Stix Sundae.
- Risley Dining
- Looks like Hogwarts, convivial.
- Saigon Kitchen
- A very busy Phö and all-around vietnamese sit-down.
- Sangam
- Punjabi Indian.
- Souvlaki House
- Inexpensive.
- Stella's
- Fancy-pants.
- Taste of Thai (not affiliated with ToTE!)
- Fresh ingredients.
- Taste of Thai Express (not affiliated with ToT!)
- Delicious soups; mock chicken available for most dishes.
- Tellez' Catering
- Mexican food in Center Ithaca, open Monday to Saturday for lunch. Fixings bar is nice. Mexican candies.
- Temple of Zeus
- A lunch joint in Goldwyn Smith Hall, Cornell U. Awesome soups; a sublime tofu sandwich called BLTease. Get there before 12:30, when the soup runs out.
- Tibetan Mo Mo bar
- In Center Ithaca.
- The Nines
- Deep dish pizza excellent, a slice, preferably with several toppings, is a meal.
- Viva Taqueria
- Best flavor, mucho culantro. Sit down service or fast bar.
- ZaZa's. Fancy italian.
Day Trips
Southwest
- Corning
- Corning Museum of Glass
- Thali—buttery Indian fare. 28 E. Market St.
Northwest
- Trumansburg
- Sampson State Park
- WWII Army and Navy Base
- Rochester
- Geneva
- Small college town
Northeast
- Auburn
- Case Research Lab Museum, the birthplace of sound on film. http://www.cayuganet.org/cayugamuseum/researchlab.htm
- Skaneateles
- Syracuse
- Westcott area:Alternative college-town, vintage clothing, cheap eateries
- Marshall Street:Collegetown-like atmosphere, Alladin's Eatery, etc.
- Carousel Mall
- Armory Square
- NY State Fair
- Two weeks around Labor Day
