Ithaca

Interesting things to do

Belle Sherman Elementary Playground
Cinemopolis
Cornell Orchard Store: Fruits, cider, and local produce, free samples
Cornell campus: Apple Vending Machine; Beebe Lake; Cornell Cinema; Cornell Plantations; Dairy Bar; 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
Handwerker Gallery at Ithaca College
Hiking the gorges: Ithaca Falls; Cascadilla Gorge; Buttermilk Falls:official web site; Ludlowville Falls; Six Mile Creek:Wildflower Preserve; Taughannock Falls:official web site; Robert Treman State Park:Enfield Glen, 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

Alladin's Natural Eatery
Asia Cuisine
Asian Noodle House: Shares a kitchen with Little Thai House, but bigger menu
Carriage House Cafe
Collegetown Bagels
Diamond's: Diner-style, Indian
Garcia's Mexican Restaurant
Gimme Coffee–Green Street Station
Ithaca Bakery
Koko
Little Thai House: Cheapest place to get a giant plate of food:pad thai, yellow curry tofu, sweet eggplant, string beans
Manndible Cafe
Moosewood Cafe
Moosewood Restaurant
Purity Ice Cream
Risley Dining
Sangam: Punjabi Indian
Souvlaki House
Taste of Thai
Taste of Thai Express
The Nines
Viva Taqueria
ZaZa's

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