#w only the occasional chance to be permitted humanity

[burneddownthegym]

helena on the severed floor. if you think about it

[foilfreak]

Beauty and Her Beast: Summary and Ch.1

A Salvatore Moreau x Female!FishMutant!oc fic based on this idea I had the other day that a very specific subset of the fanfom went absolutely apeshit for, which I'm here for and decided to act on. I can't make any promises for consistent uploading or even a finishes product by the end of this, but so long as im still interested in working on it, I'll keep working on it, and if im not, then I wont, plain and simple. Anyways, here's the summary and chapter 1, please let me know what you think of the story so far, i hope you all enjoy (you'd better all enjoy), and I can't wait to see you all again for chapter 2. Bye! <333 (Link to ao3 posting will be in comments so check there if you want to read it there instead)

Warning: This fic is rated NSFW and contains graphic depictions of things some people may find disturbing or alarming, including, but not limited to: violence, gore, unhealthy family relationships, Oedipus complexes, gratuitous amount of pornographic literature, ableist language, physical, mental, and emotional abuse, etc. If you are someone who does not enjoy fiction with these elements in them, then I suggest you refrain from reading this, because this fic will have all that, and probably a lot more. So, this is your first and final warning to turn around and go somewhere else if stuff like this just isn't your vibe, because from this point forward, your emotional wellbeing is in your own hands, and I will not be accepting blame if you disregarded my warnings and ended up reading something you didn't like. Idk why I feel compelled to write one of these despite this being Resident Evil fanfic, but I figured I'd cover my ass just in case.

Summary:

Now, I’m sure everyone already knows the ancient tales that tell of a beautiful young woman slowly falling in love with a horrific monstrosity of a man. The pure and true love this innocent beauty comes to feel for him, despite his terrifying appearance, is the key that breaks the cruel and twisted curse under which he’d been kept prisoner. This allows the man behind the monster to not only return to his true human form, but then go on to live his Happily Ever After with the beauty who saved him. Everyone already knows of these tales, as well as the messages behind them, however that is not quite the way this particular tale plays out.

The tale I am about to tell bears many similarities to the one above, however there are also quite a few important differences. For while the original detailed a beauty falling for a monster because of the kind and loving man he was behind his hideous exterior, this is a tale of a beauty, with a few monstrous qualities of her own, falling in love with a kind and loving monster, not at all despite his grotesque appearance, but rather, in part, because of it.

This is a tale, where the Beast still falls for his Beauty first, but the Beauty is the one who will be pursuing her Beast.

Chapter 1: Mother's Gift

Few of those who lived isolated from the outer world, high up in the mountains of Romania, would expect anyone of reasonable sanity to be out traveling in this hellish sort of weather. The wind howling a demonic high pitched tune; snow, sleet, and hail pounding into the ground like an endless shower of bullets from the heavens; and hungry lycans still roaming the area, tirelessly looking for their next meal, would be enough to incentivize even the strongest of mortal men to seek shelter away from the deadly conditions of the outside.

A man by the name of Salvatore Moreau however, one of the 4 lords of this mountain region who lived in the reservoir just past the windmills, did not appear terribly concerned with what other people thought of the traveling conditions. Completely unbothered by the horrifying weather and threat of suddenly being ground into doggy food, the hooded man trudged his way through the dark and barely maintained snow paths. Starting at the reservoir and making his way toward the village, Salvatore moved as quickly as his deformed body would permit, an unusually chipper spring added to his lumbering hobble of a walk.

Mother had a gift for him.

Yes, a truly joyous day it was whenever Mother Miranda called upon him to join her and the other lords for a meeting. Miranda was usually so busy with her experiments that she rarely had time to visit her children outside of these ‘family meetings’ they’d been having recently. However, it would appear as though Mother has come up with a solution of some kind to this problem and wishes to share it with them in person. Whatever this solution is, the mutated man has no idea, as Mother Miranda had been quite vague in her message, however the fact that Salvatore was being given the chance to see his radiant mother AND receive a gift from her, all in one day, was more than enough to make up for how agonizingly lonely he’s been these last few months since winter set in, as well as how agonizing it was for him to walk in this weather.

Salvatore arrived at the usual meeting site just as the clock struck 8pm, precisely as Mother had instructed. However, much to the hooded man’s confusion, when he turned the handle on the large wooden door to enter the room, he quickly realized that he was currently the only one present. This was especially strange considering that, usually, at least one of his siblings was always present a little earlier than necessary, usually Alcina or Karl, but occasionally Donna with Angie in tow.

Mother had clearly said in her message that she wanted to start the meeting at 8pm sharply, so where on earth is everyone?

“Moreau” Mother Miranda’s voice called out, immediately pushing all thoughts from Salvatore’s brain as her powerful, yet lucious voice echoed against the halls of the room like a choir of angels.

“Y-yes! W-what… is it… M-mother Miranda? I-i-i came to you… j-just like you asked” Salvatore responds, bowing his head in reverence as he slowly crosses the room and approaches the otherworldly woman.

“So you did, though I suppose you coming exactly when I call makes the most sense. You always were the most obedient of my children” the woman remarks with casual disdain, her voice devoid of any sort of motherly affection or tenderness. Despite the clear disgust and disregard with which Miranda regards the hooded man standing before her, her words light Salvatore’s soul ablaze, filling his mangled body with intense feelings of heat and desire that melt his heart of the cold, icy frost that had frozen it over the course of the long winter.

“Y-y-yes, y-yes of c-course, Mother M-Miranda! I-i would… I would do any-anything... for y-you. A-anything you s-say... anything y-you n-need… I’d d-do it... f-for you. W-without question!” The deformed man says, practically getting on his hands and knees and crawling as he neared closer and closer to Miranda, stopping only when he’d arrived just in front of the steps the raven mother stood upon, his gaze trained at the ground as he knelt at her feet, awaiting his fate at his mother’s hands.

“I know you would, Moreau,” Miranda says cooly, gently brushing the palm of her hand against the black fabric that covers the top of Salvatore’s head, “which is why I’ve called you here today; to reward you for your loyalty and service to me thus far.”

Salvatore sinks sharp and jagged teeth into the flesh of his bottom lip, nearly drawing blood as he desperately tries to silence the needy whine that wanted to tear its way from the back of his throat. His body shivered and twitched in unimaginable delight from the sudden tender caress to his sensitive skin. How long had it been since someone had touched him so gently? How long since someone had spoken to him with such kind and soft words. Took the time to gather presents as a reward for years of faithful servitude? How long since someone had loved him like this?

‘Too long’ the disfigured man sighed to himself, reveling in the soft, gentle contact for as long as he is able.

“Moreau. Look at me” Miranda commanded firmly, and despite not wanting his beloved Mother to be forced to bear witness to his hideous face, he complied, lifting his head up and back to allow his gaze to lift from the floor and up at the glowing figure that was his Mother, his beautiful, incredible, intelligent, majestic mother.

The light shining down from above illuminates Miranda from behind. From Salvatore’s perspective on the floor, the light darkens her face and most of her torso and waist, giving a softened, almost ethereal glow around Miranda’s figure. This, along with the rest of her garb, makes Mother Miranda appear even more like the holy woman that Salvatore naively believes she still is. Despite her less than affectionate treatment of him thus far, Salvatore still stared up at the darkened face of Mother Miranda, his eyes shining with reverence, love, desire, and unending devotion.

“Y-yes... Mother?” Salvatore breathed, barely able to speak above a whisper as Miranda stepped away, gesturing for him to follow.

“Are you ready to collect your gift now?” The raven mother asks, speaking more softly than before and even holding her hand out to Salvatore, her pose and appearance mirroring that of a powerful god taking mercy upon her wretched follower, reaching out to reward the years of faithful servitude and worship.

Salvatore, barely able to keep himself calm as he stumbled to his feet, did not grace Mother Miranda’s question with a proper response, instead practically racing to take the woman’s outstretched hand in his own.

“I’m ready Mother… I-I’m ready for... my g-gift now… can I… c-can I have it n-now… p-please?” Salvatore begs, pulling at Miranda’s hand like an overly excited child, seemingly unaware of the disgusted twist of her face when the hooded man’s cold, slimy fingers firmly latched onto hers.

“Of course, my child” Mother Miranda says, pulling her hand back from Salvatore’s and instead placing it along the man’s hunched back, beginning to guide him to wherever it was the raven mother had hidden his gift.

As Salvatore limped next to Mother Miranda, the deformed man couldn’t help but wonder what exactly it was that Mother had gotten for him. Was it a new cloak, to replace the worn one he was currently wearing? Perhaps a new set of romance films so he didn’t have to rewatch the ones he already owned over and over again anymore? Or maybe it was something to help with his digestion?

It would be nice to get his chronic acid reflux under control again.

Regardless of what the gift actually turned out to be however, Salvatore was merely pleased that he was finally getting a chance to spend time with Mother Miranda all by himself for a change.

Maybe, if he was lucky, she’d even agree to hold him, just like she always did back when he was still undergoing cadou treatment.

Oh how wonderful that would be!

[fangmaw]

misc vampire bf scene #2

"That's it. We're going to the farm."

Hex lifted his head from the arm of the couch to frown at Caleb, currently standing two feet in front of him, arms crossed.

"You heard me. Get your vampire ass off the couch and grab your coat." He jangled his keys and watched Hex bury his face in a throw pillow with a groan.

"Don't wanna."

Caleb softened, but stood his ground. "You've barely moved the past three days. Last time you fed off me, I practically had to drag you away."

Hex tilted his head enough to make eye contact and regarded him for several seconds before he spoke. "I'm sorry, Caleb. I didn't mean to hurt you." His voice wavered slightly as he turned away again.

"No, I didn't mean-" Caleb fumbled as he stepped up to the couch and knelt alongside his boyfriend. He slid an arm over his chest and pressed his own torso to the man's back, enveloping him. "I'm fine. I know you'd never hurt me." He felt Hex murmur in agreement. "I brought it up because it illustrates my point— you're getting hungrier."

Hex sighed and held Caleb's outstretched arm to his chest before leaning down to place a kiss on the back of his hand. "Still don't wanna."

"Well, I can't bring a sheep into the apartment without someone noticing, so it looks like we have a dilemma." At that, Hex made an effort to roll over, and Caleb quickly hopped back to his feet. 

"How do you know your aunt won't care?"

Satisfied that he'd won, at least for now, Caleb turned to hunt down a warmer jacket as he replied, "It's a massive farm. Ranch? Not important. What matters is that I know where it is, I have keys to most of the gates and outbuildings, and there's enough livestock that a couple heads can be chalked up to animal attacks without ruining anyone's livelihood."

He disappeared into the bedroom and soon returned, bearing his own fleece-lined windbreaker and a sweater for Hex. As he shrugged into the teal behemoth, he watched Hex rise and stretch his back. His face looked drawn, and the skin above his collar more taut. Before Caleb had a chance to pity him, the ghoul saw that he had returned and grinned, exposing dual rows of jagged teeth. Hex thanked him and tugged the garment on over his head.

The turtleneck hid his collar from view; unfortunate, but Caleb still had the satisfaction of knowing it was there. Since Hex didn't leave the house much, Caleb had chosen something a bit more obvious than he would have otherwise - a lovely strip of black leather, fashioned into a choker as clasped with a petite silver lock. Hex was delighted to receive it —though not surprised, as after Caleb mentioned the idea, he had to measure Hex's neck to get it fitted, and at that point the gig was well and truly up. He wore it with pride nearly every day, and frequently Caleb caught him admiring how it looked in the mirror, or absently reaching up to touch it.

Looking at the collar always stirred that needless protective instinct in his head. Hex was more than capable of destroying any possible bodily threat that came his or Caleb's way, but seeing the clear mark around his neck, bold and unabashed, he felt that responsibility anew. He wanted to care for what was his.

Idly, he wondered if Hex felt something of the same for him. They'd never explicitly talked about it before, but Hex was always so tender with him after a bite, even just a nibble. Caleb was hesitant to broach the subject. He knew Hex struggled with reconciling biological necessity with kink, but it probably wouldn't hurt to ask. Eventually. Right now, they had other priorities, and they'd all be happier and more relaxed if Hex was fed properly first.

Hex was still a bit tense in the car. The Minnesota back roads were treacherous this time of year, and it was pitch dark beyond the headlights, so Caleb was focused mostly on the asphalt ahead of them. Even so, the restlessness of his passenger was hard to miss.

Out of the corner of his eye, Caleb caught him chewing at one of his claws and swatted in roughly the right direction.

"Quit that."

"You're not my mom," mumbled Hex. He did stop gnawing at the nail, though.

"No, I'm your chauffeur."

"Should've found a different driver. I always forget how small your car is." Though he couldn't see Hex's expression, Caleb could hear the smile on his voice.

Caleb chuckled a bit, and the pair fell into a silence. Caleb took it upon himself to slay the elephant in the room.

"Are you nervous because it's live animals?"

Hex didn't reply for a moment, so Caleb chanced a glance at his face. He was looking down at his hands, toying with a loose stitch at the hem of his sweater.

"I guess."

Caleb kept watching the road. They were less than twenty minutes out at this point, plus some time to find a good parking spot. He heard Hex sigh.

"It's been a really long time since I was feeding off animals regularly. I'm not sure- what if- it was different before. I was different." Hex breathed heavily. "Does that make any sense?"

With a nod, Caleb replied, "I think so. What if you think of it this way: you're always on my ass about eating something and drinking plenty of water after you have a treat; this can just be me getting payback. You don't even have a choice. I want you strong and healthy, so you'd better do as I say, or else." With a smirk, he flicked his eyes back to his partner, who was considerably more relaxed and currently mid-eyeroll.

"I hate how much that works on me."

"My psychic powers are unparalleled. And we're getting close. You had better start planning out your menu."

Turns out, cows have a lot of blood. Like, well over a gallon. Not that Hex seemed to mind.

The ghoul had whined about the cold the entire time they spent sneaking around the pasture, but now he was on his knees in the muddy snow, hunched over a limp heifer that quit kicking a good five minutes ago.

Caleb was nervously checking his phone, both for time and in case he got some last minute text from his aunt that she was coming back tonight. They were beyond the reach of the sparse lightposts framing the pasture, so even if there was someone nearby, they were as good as invisible. By the light of his phone's lock screen, Caleb could get a better view of Hex.

It was fascinating to watch. His face was magnetically pressed to the soft skin under the animal's jaw, while his hands roamed aimlessly about the body. Occasionally he would take a deep pull, struggling against the dying heart, and dig his claws into the nearby flesh, reflexively. Caleb bent lower, close enough he could see Hex's jaw work as he adjusted his grip, nosing along the stretch of muscle and making a fresh wound.

Though Caleb was tempted to place a hand on his back, he thought better of it and maintained his distance. He knew enough about animal behavior not to disrupt a predator while it was feeding. Even domestic dogs bite when they're approached incorrectly.

Caleb settled for taking a squat on the opposite side of the cow, a good few feet away, but close enough that his pathetic light permitted him vision. For a handful of further minutes, the only sounds were muffled breaths against wet fur and the crunch of Caleb's boots as he shifted his weight.

It took him a second to realize Hex had gone still.

"Hey." He would never use the word "feral" to describe Hex to his face. It was good that he was able to relax so much, especially with Caleb around, but it was always wise to test the waters after something intense like this.

"Mmph." Hex's face still hung limp off his shoulders, pressed to the animal's neck.

Caleb smirked. "You good?" Dork.

"Mm. Good cow."

With a short laugh Caleb got up. "I'm coming over, okay?" He could just discern the outline of Hex nodding against his expired dinner. Caleb surprised himself by throwing caution to the wind and kneeling in the slush. He lit up his screen and balanced the device on the massive shoulder to his left. The greenish glow let him locate Hex's hand and cover it with his mittened own. "Well, I'm glad you liked it. I'm impressed by your capacity."

Hex finally sat up, just enough to brace his forearms on the beast's back and allow Caleb a full view of the gorey mess. The animal's neck looked as though it had been run through with a garden rake, the flesh thoroughly tilled by Hex's greedy mouth. The ghoul in question tugged his hand out from under Caleb's to swipe his fingers across the dark blood cooling on his face. He laved his tongue over the digits before he looked to Caleb, grinning.

"I live to please." His suave demeanor buckled when his gut audibly complained about the rapid influx of fluid it was dealing with.

"I suppose I've never seen you really pack it away before." Caleb’s eyes widened as he watched Hex delicately push himself the rest of the way up off the animal and sit—or rather, try. The waistband of his jeans was giving him some trouble. Caleb watched him swiftly unbutton and unzip the garment with his slobbery fingers and bite back a sigh.

"Holy shit," Caleb gawked.

Hex narrowed his eyes, but he looked far too satisfied to actually emote irritation. "I'd like to see you drink a fucking cow and not bloat up a little bit." He tugged self-consciously at his sweater, now clinging tight to his midsection. He muffled a hic behind his sleeve. "Ugh."

"Swallow some air?"

"I will bite you."

"You can't possibly still be hungry."

As though it had gained sentience, Hex's stomach growled angrily.

"No way."

Hex stuck out his bloody tongue. He was always far more playful after he fed, even if he had glutted himself beyond all human decency.

"It's a freak biology thing. Eating makes me hungry. It's like snakes and stuff." Hex leaned back on his hands, far too proud of himself.

Caleb frowned slightly as he thought. "Do we need to get you another cow? Because I'm not sure I can swing that, and definitely not again next week."

"It wouldn't be much of an animal attack if they just found this lady dead and bloodless.” Hex gave the cow’s head an affectionate pat. “A good carnivore would take advantage of all that precious organ meat before abandoning its catch."

"I'd argue I caught this one," Caleb huffed.

"We can both take credit. You can barely see out here." Hex fell out of the banter to eye the soon-to-be carcass.

"You're drooling, dumbass."

"Sorry," Hex mumbled.

"Don't be. I'm happy for you. But, uh, I'm not sure I want to watch, if that's okay." Hex tried to hide his dejected expression under a guise of wiping saliva and cow off his face. Caleb's heart sank. "If I go now, I can have the car all warmed up by the time you're finished, so it'll be nice and cozy when you immediately fall asleep."

This seemed to reassure Hex, as the dopey grin was back. He stifled another soft burp. "Uh, will you be okay to get back by yourself?"

Caleb picked up his phone from its bovine perch and waggled it. "Flashlight." Hex nodded, but looked dubious. "I'll be fine. Promise." Caleb got up and did his best to brush the unmelted snow off his now slush-soaked pants.

Hex nodded and waited until Caleb was within the range of the lamps before tearing open the heifer's belly and burying his head in its chest cavity.

[bnha-mcu-requests]

Request : #kissmybestfriendchallenge

Hi could you make a Bakugou or Todoroki one-shot where the reader does the #kissmybestfriend challenge from tiktok? Fluff or Lime.. Um thanks..

Ask and you shall receive! This was really fun to write and I hope you like it!

I could feel every cell in my body tingle, as though Katsuki’s explosions were effecting my very soul, the sensation spreading rapidly through me from the point of contact.

This….this…what?

Waking up this morning was not on the top of my bucket-list, particularly after such an intense round of battle simulations that Aizawa had us going through last night, something about ‘villains don’t care what time it is’.

As much as I agree with that statement, any villain that attacks at 2 in the fucking morning can actually suck my toes…wait no…a villain that ATTACKS can suck my toes. Yeah, that’s better, I nod to myself, slowly dragging my aching body out bed, trying desperately to ignore the siren calls of the still warm bed sheets.

Mornings can suck my toes as well, at least it’s a Sunday so no ‘surprise’ training sessions today.

Outside the dorm room I can hear the tell-tale signs that the others are getting up as well, Kaminari and Sero’s loud conversations floating uninvited into the sanctuary that is my room… it’s too early for this bullshit.

Deciding against getting dressed, I threw on a bathrobe, tying the cord loosely around my middle, too tired to care about my appearance, and swung open the door, allowing the aura of death to seep from my very being into the common room down the hall, warning the others of my mood.

Conversation quieted rapidly, for that I was grateful and things were starting to look up until I walked into the room.

“Y/N!! IT IS HIGHLY INAPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO WALK AROUND DRESSED LIKE THAT! I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAY BE TIRED BUT IT IS HIGHLY DISRESPECTFUL TO YOUR CLASSMATES WHO MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT YOUR STATE OF DRE-”

Slowly, calmly, I raised up my middle finger and trudged past Iida, unwilling to grace him with a response. He sputtered and flailed his arms in that weird chopping motion he does -I wonder why he does that?- as I walked into the kitchen, nodding at Katsuki who was stood at the stove flipping what looked like pancakes. Without saying a word, he slid me a mug full of the life giving bean juice, grunting at my muttered thanks.

A few sips in and I was already feeling better, drawing myself upright and releasing the heavy aura that had permeated the room previously, sending the others in the common room an apologetic smile at the sighs of relief, yeah my control is not great first thing in the morning.

The day passed quite peacefully after that, some of the class having made plans to go to the mall, had left soon after breakfast, calling out quick thanks to Katsuki as they passed the kitchen, grinning at his customary, “YOU THINK I NEED THANKS FROM FUCKS LIKE YOU?! OF COURSE IT WAS DELICIOUS, I MADE IT!”.

Everyone else continued to mill around the common room, talking among themselves and watching the TV or drifting back to the dorm rooms to get on with any last minute assignments. Momo and Jirou were sat watching videos on Jirou’s phone and occasionally giggling or blushing. My interest peaked, I walked over to see what they were looking at.

I could feel my face lighting up when I saw the girl lean over and kiss her ‘bestfriend’ leading to an intense make out session.

“W-what the fuck is that?” I asked, unable to keep the shocked stutter out of my voice.

“Oh! Y/n I didn’t know you were stood there!” Momo gasped, face flushing in embarrassment at being caught. Jirou on the other hand seemed unbothered, fixing me with a deadpan expression before saying,

“It’s the #kissmybestfriend challenge on TikTok, it’s really popular at the moment.” I shifted under the intense gaze she and Momo suddenly fixed on me, as cheshire grins suddenly crept across their faces.

Whatever was about to happen, I wanted no part in it and I carefully began to inch backwards, very aware of how close the two were getting. I could feel the room begin to heat up and the others sat on the couches began to shift uncomfortably under the weight of my aura as it once again began to fill the room. Momo and Jirou to their credit seemed mostly unbothered by it as they continued their advance.

“Say, Y/n, you and Bakugo are pretty close right?” Jirou asked

“Very close, one could almost call you best-friends, no?” Momo continued, both of their smiles turning from cheshire to shit eating.

“W-what are you talking about? Katsuki and me? N-noway! We’re just friends!” I managed to stutter out as images began to flood my mind, unbidden, from their implications.

“Friends that call each other by their first name even though you’ve only known each other for a year or so…”

I tried to stutter out a response, the air becoming even heavier still from my increasing embarrassment and confusion.

“WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN HERE? EARPHONES, PONYTAIL, BACK THE FUCK OFF, Y/N CALM THE FUCK DOWN, I CAN’T FUCKING BREATHE IN HERE” saved by the bell, kinda.

Momo and Jirou do back off at this but their smiles widen at the use of my name instead of a nickname. Thanks Katsuki but did you really have to prove a point in the process?!

I took a deep breath and once again, released the room from my aura before taking the opportunity to split and race back to my room.

I spent the rest of the morning sat on my bed thinking over what Momo and Jirou had said. Sure, Katsuki and I were close, but we weren’t like that. We just got each other, we were on the same wavelength, we vibed. That’s all, right?

Unable to let it go, I let myself slump back onto the bed sheets that only hours ago I had felt so comfortable in. I grabbed my head and rolled backwards the forwards, groaning and lamenting at my apparent inability to function as a normal human being.

I was so busy feeling sorry for myself, I almost missed the sound of my door opening. I looked up only to slump back down as I registered just who it was that had invaded my abode.

“HAH??” was the eloquent response to my deflated sigh. I couldn’t even bring myself to snap back with a quick comeback, so busy trying to hide the inappropriate thoughts from showing on my face.

He looked good.

A redundant statement, he always looked good. But right now, with this rose tinted filter over my eyes, he looked almost edible.

I blinked uncomprehendingly at him as he finished speaking. I hadn’t listened to a word of what he had said. I gulped at the look of annoyance that flickered across his face, flinching silently as he launched himself onto the bed next to me, almost certain this was the start of another loud and typically harmless argument.

“I said, what got you in such a state earlier?” he growled out, eye contact so intense, I couldn’t tear myself away from it.

“N-nothing, it was nothing Katsuki,”

“I’ll be the one that decides that thanks” he said, voice flippant.

Frustration licking at my nerves, I did something that under normal circumstances, I would never even consider. I whipped out my phone and opened up my TikTok, quickly setting it to record.

His eyes widened in confusion as I placed it on the bedside table facing us both. So concerned about what the phone was doing, he didn’t get the chance to stop me as I grabbed his face and pulled him in close, our lips meeting briefly.

No matter how fleeting our contact, I felt fireworks spread through my entire being, lips tingling. I looked back up at him, dreading the look of disgust on his face. Oh… what had I done? I had just ruined this perfectly good relationship by being an idiot-

I squeaked as I felt him grab me and pull in, eyes sparking and face warped in a snarl - goodbye world, you were shitty.

I squeaked at the feeling of his warm lips pressed against mine, movements rough and passionate and I couldn’t help but let my eyes slip closed, enjoying the intensity and fervour behind the kiss, allowing myself to indulge in the bliss of his surprisingly soft lips.

His tongue brushed fleetingly across my bottom lip as his hands tangled in my hair and I opened my mouth, permitting him entry, head still spinning at the impossibility of what was currently happening. I could feel my grip on my quirk slip and suddenly, the room was filled with fireworks, bursting flashed of happiness, surprise, excitement and, small hints of arousal. This was like nothing I had ever experienced and not for the first time, I was thankful that while others could feel the pressure of my aura, they couldn’t immediately recognise what it meant. Though, if Katsuki continued with his ministrations,  it wouldn’t be too long before the aura was strong enough that he could see it as well as feel it.

He pulled back, both of us gasping for air, his face flushed and a smug smirk on his face as he took in my dishevelled appearance, clearly proud of the mess he had made of me. His gaze travelled down my body before his face lit up like a tomato and he looked swiftly back up to my face. I looked down to see what had caused his sudden embarrassment and noticed that at some point during our make out session, my bathrobe had slipped down, the tie in the middle coming loose and exposing more of my chest than I had realised in the heat of the moment.

Gasping, I shoved him off, pulling it closed again to protect what little dignity I had left before looking back up at him, suddenly shy now that the situation had lightened.

“Not that I didn’t enjoy that y/n but what the fuck?” he asked, voice lacking the bite it usually carried and I couldn’t have stopped the fond smile even if I had wanted to as he reached behind his head to rub at the back of his neck where his blush was the darkest.

“Well, Momo and Jirou-” I sighed at his blank expression, “Ponytail and Earphones” his eyes widened slightly in remembrance.

“Wait, was this about those shitty videos they were watching?” he suddenly got another smug look on his face as he leaned in closer, so close I could feel his breath on my face and I felt my heart rate spike again, “If you wanted to kiss me so badly, you didn’t need a stupid excuse like that,” he said and I felt myself flush again.

“Nope! Absolutely not! Out! Get out!” I shot up, blushing uncontrollably as I began to push him out of the room, trying to ignore the shit eating grin on his face as he allowed himself to be shoved across the threshold. Before I could slam the door on him however, he grabbed my arm and pulled me in for a quick, but no less intense kiss.

“One for the road” he said when I looked up at him. I felt my blush explode across my whole body then, and threw the door shut with such intensity the pictures on the walls began to shake precariously on their fixtures.

I almost missed the soft, fond chuckle from the other side of the door as he began to walk back to his own room as I slumped against the wall and slowly sank to the floor.

I help my clenched fists to my chest, trying to calm down my racing heart as my blush slowly began to recede. I lent my head against the wall with a muted ‘thump’, taking in the room that suddenly seemed brand new, despite nothing having changed. My eyes caught on the phone propped up on the bedside table, repeating video showing that it had finished recording.

I crawled over to it, knees still shaking and clasped it close, watching the video, slightly disbelieving what had just happened and reminding myself to thank Momo and Jirou for pushing me into this situation, even if I didn’t think I was ready for it.

I smiled softly, cheeks pink and heart full as I clicked ‘save to drafts’.

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Let’s ramble a bit more about Changeling Sim ideas! This time a bit about the awkward lil royal family and their interlocking relationships~!

Kiddo

It our deuteroganist! Hello! The protagonist’s cute little daughter is actually the next heir to the faerie throne, sent to be raised by her as a challenge to prove that the human world has good in it and is worth saving. And also secretly because Xana Mega is pretty awkward and cute under her scary facade, and was worried she was too distant to make a good mother to her child. In the golden ending you can help patch up their relationship, even though Jackie is still the one Kiddo knows as her true mother, and her biological parent becomes more like the family’s aunt. Kiddo is technically half human, but it’s not because Xana Mega married a human or anything. Fairies don’t follow biological genetics, theyre grown from giant flowers after all! Xana created Kiddo entirely by herself, and she acquired her human side solely from being given to Jackie to raise. Baby fae are more metaphysically squishy than their older counterparts, the classic changeling ploy is simply to replace a human child with a fae baby and it’ll naturally shift into the shape of the human. For a time they’ll be just that- a fairy wearing a disguise. But if they don’t know theyre not human, they’ll grow into what they’re taught and completely transform into a real mortal around puberty. Changelings do tend to retain a heightened sense to the supernatural and occasionally a few odd abilities, but generally they’ll never return to what they once were. Traditionally nobody had a choice in this whole matter, it was a very sketchy and horrid practise of ancient fae who didnt even respect humans as real sentient people. But in this case Kiddo wasn’t replacing an existing human, and she’s being raised knowing of her origins. Eventually she’ll face the question of whether she wants to stay or return to being a fairy, but it’ll be 100% her own choice. Similarly, it’s her own choice whether she wants to take the throne or if she finds a different career choice during her adventures in this other world. Many endings for you, the player!

Xana Mega

The current queen of Mag Mell, an ominous towering figure who rules with strict efficiency and commands the current anti-human war. Everyone’s pretty damn scared of her, and she lives a very lonely life disconnected from her own people. Despite her frightening persona and dedication to all things rational, she’s called for this mysterious truce for the next 18 years, and is permitting certain humans to enter our realm?? Truly the queen works in mysterious ways... but is she going soft...? Deep down she’s really a kind person who feels she has to put up this front deliberately in order to retain order. Its half that and half not really knowing how to function well socially, since she’s been groomed to be a ruler from a young age and had to live with a distant father. Because she was scared she’d repeat his mistakes, she gave her child to somebody else... but ultimately has she just become the same absent parent? It doesnt matter, because at least the kid will have a good mother, even if it isn’t her. But the decision does haunt her, and she’s both excited and terrified of the day she’ll see the child again on her 18th birthday and she won’t recognise her. But hopefully (if the player does well) she’ll be able to see that Kiddo has grown up into a wonderful young woman and had a fullfilling life that makes it all worthwhile ^_^ Ultimately if you’d ever get to know the real Xana beneath the royal role, she’s a slightly adorable awkward dork with a weary sadness yet a childish joy for experiencing new things. When you’d given up hope on this stuff, its hard to restrain yourself! Its possible to get a super secret route where Jackie romances Xana and Kiddo acquires DOUBLEMUMS~! And they’re super cute going out together on Real Authentic Human World Dates while Xana flails happily like this small hotdog stand is disneyland. Who’da thought that after the war ended, the old queen would become a human world weeaboo as soon as she set foot in our dimension? ^_^

Alberich

Xana’s father and previous ruler. Known as the Good King, he was responsible for starting the grand reforms of society that Xana continues nowadays. If peace is ever achieved between humans and fae, he was the one who sewed the first seed even if he didn’t live to see it sprout. Despite his success as a ruler, he was pretty flawed as a father, and passed that on to his daughter. He couldn’t completely escape the trappings of ancient fairy tradition, and his daughter was mostly raised by maids and tutors while he remained just this distant silent figure she could never reach no matter how hard she tried. She never even knew very much about him since he died when she was young. The young queen was just left with a million different opinions everybody else had on him, coalescing into an abstract cluster of an unknowable, empty pillar of ideal regal emotionlessness. .....Of course, the real Alberich was just as far from this as she is! To those who personally knew him, he was a complete softhearted goofball whose overidealistic ramblings would surely doom the whole country. And isn’t that just why he’s so loveable? Ultimately, his failure as a father was just that... a failure. Xana tried to justify it as if he’d made the right decision to be distant, and she should become the same sort of person, and take it further to become distant to even her own citizens. But Alberich never pretended his decision was the right one, he was a good man who despite his best efforts didn’t know how to raise a child. He had no-one to learn from, and his fear of messing up is what caused him to flee from the concept of parenthood entirely. He thought that hiring the best educators and minders would help compensate for the ways he was lacking as a dad, never knowing that all his daughter wanted was the one thing he could give- love. :( In the end he perished sadly to a simple disease that could have been cured if the country’s infrastructure wasn’t so ravaged by the war with the humans. His decision to prioritize the remaining money towards protecting the citizens was what caused him to waste away from a simple fever. While a certain someone raced against the clock to fetch the medicine on foot, arriving just late enough to miss the chance to hold his hand as he passed away...

Rafferty

A simple court jester who was promoted to the king’s butler and eventually promoted/demoted (?) to the finance minister after the new queen took the throne. Why is he even in the royal family section...? He’s always been sort of a stuffy grumpy neat freak, but he used to be a symbol of fun amoungst the court once. Now he’s just become bitter and hateful, leading the anti-human sentiment and questioning the country’s leadership at every turn. He’s globally hated by all of his coworkers and suspected of being corrupt- he was the major scapegoat for the culprit in the king’s death, and never managed to shake the stigma. He’s only really here and has any sort of power because the king’s will secured his position for the foreseeable future. He’s also hated because (GASP!) he’s a disgusting former human turned fairy! In his former life he was a homeless peasant in the 1800s that Alberich brought home one day and hired as a servant. Everyone humoured the king with his new pet, but it started to get ridiculous when he gave the thing legal rights and a career! It’s tradition to just consider a fairy a fairy when they become one, and forget about whoever they were in their past life, but gossipping housewives like to ignore this rule and hold it against him anyway. Its also kinda why Rafferty has such a personal hate of humans, he used to be one and he’s seen nothing but the worst side of them... His role in the current story is really just to be a small obstacle in plotlines, and a possible befriendable character. I’m an optimistic person so I like stories of cliche ‘evil vizier’ type guys having more complex motives and being able to be redeemed in the end. In the end you can discover that the real secret behind him and the king was that they were actually dating, and Rafferty really was loyal to the kingdom all along. And he endured all this hate for so long because he doesn’t want to tarnish Alberich’s memory by letting people know about their affair. Xana is actually his biological daughter from when he was human, making him Kiddo’s grandpa. Neither of them knew this fact though, and in fact Xana was one of the people who hated him the most. She just knew him as her funny friend who kept her company when she was lonely as a child, one of her father’s servants who seemed to care about her more than the rest. So she took it as a personal betrayal when he was suspected of killing the king, and kept believing it well into her adult years. Its gonna be a messy reunion for them when the misunderstanding is all sorted out, but a happy one too, hopefully...

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A slightly unrelated side note but I ideally wanna make a full cast of court employees and lesser nobility! At the moment all I have is Rafferty, unnamed scribe dad and kiiiinda a cupid type figure I dont know much about yet? I dunno, I just got that concept in my brain while I was thinking about Raffles and Ritchi’s past back when he was king. I imagined maybe Rafferty did have at least one friend amoung the royal court who knew about his relationship with the king and supported them. And it sorta came together in my brain as some sort of champion of love and justice, and maybe designed around a traditional valentine’s day fairy cliche. But like a world weary chain smoker one? BUT still one that really is a kind loving figure, not a dark subversion or anything. I just feel like they’re someone worn down by seeing injustice in the world, and questioning other people’s definitions of love that’re being forced upon them. Someone who was doubting this country... I get the feeling they’ve left the plot by the time we get to the present, but I don’t know if they died or maybe they just left the country after the king died and they’d lost their last hope the place could change. But I do generally think maybe everyone who was in the fairy court back when Rafferty was jester is now dead and/or gone, he was the youngest member then and he’s the oldest one now. And he was hated by all his former friends, they died, and now he’s left being hated by all new people... But yeah I just have this good image of some broken but kind person finding a tiny bit of happiness realizing grumpy old rafferty found love, and reassuring him that they dont hold the same stupid homophobic ‘no dating humans’ views that everyone else is pushing. A brief bit of calm before the storm, making it even sadder that cupid just wasnt strong enough to keep trying after that hope died, and ran out even on rafferty, their last friend... I guess... a Nanu cupid?

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Crook Defenses From Mistakes From Simple fact As well as Mistakes Of Rule Introduction.

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New York City: Insider Travel Guide

(CNN)Trying to do the best of New York City in a few days is like announcing you plan to see Africa in a week: it minimizes just how much there is to experience and completely disregards travel times.

Hotels

Luxury

Mandarin Oriental New York

Located atop one of the twin sentries comprising the Time Warner Center, the five-star Mandarin enjoys unobstructed views through its floor-to-ceiling windows of the Hudson River, Central Park, Brooklyn and Portugal (at least, it feels that way).

Its best of New York City position in bustling Columbus Circle centralizes it near perfectly — just north of Midtown — with subways linking to virtually every part of the city.

Unlike in much of the rest of the United States, there’s no shame in walking in New York.

Plenty of attractions are within an easy stroll, including Lincoln Center, Broadway, Hell’s Kitchen and Times Square.

Crosby Street Hotel

With high ceilings and full length windows reflective of SoHo’s history as a factory cum gallery district, Hotelier Firmdale’s only non-London property is an all-new structure built in the neighborhood’s classic style, its 86 guest rooms each receiving their own individual designs.

As charming as the cobblestone street out front, the hotel has an outdoor sculpture garden, all-day afternoon tea service with cakes and sandwiches in the bar and a 100-seat screening room with a Sunday Night Film Club open to all.

The neighborhood’s overall lower profile makes the Crosby’s upper floors all the more recommended.

Mid-range

The Standard, High Line

If aesthetics are a requisite, The Standard, High Line — situated directly above a stretch of old elevated railway now known as High Line Park — is a best of New York City landmark in Manhattan’s most model-intensive neighborhood.

The decor is mod and the vibe is downtown, so go ahead and pack your shiniest shirts for the clubs, bars and bistros of the surrounding Meatpacking District.

Among the property’s greatest draws are its views.

Of models, yes, but also of the Hudson River, downtown and, to a lesser extent, New Jersey.

Ensure you see as much as possible by getting a room ending in 24, which will net you two walls of windows.

The Bowery Hotel

Two hundred years ago, the Bowery was a poor man’s Broadway. By the turn of the last century, it was just poor.

But those familiar just 10 years ago with this erstwhile skid row would hardly recognize it today, and the Bowery Hotel embodies its new, loftier status.

Lying right at the intersection of hip and elegant, the hotel is appointed with luxurious old world refinements and dcor while retaining a vibe that’s lively and modern.

Factory windows offer 360-degrees of the city, while several rooms have their own terraces, complete with outdoor showers.

Budget

The Pod Hotel

The only way you can stay overnight in Manhattan for less than one of the single rooms in this Midtown budgetier is by staying with family in the area.

And if you stay at the Pod’s 51st Street location, in some cases it, too, requires you to share a bathroom with people you may not like.

But rooms at the newer Murray Hill location all feature private bathrooms, along with free Wi-Fi and an emphasis on communal space typified by the Pod 39’s rooftop lounge.

The hotel’s perks are few and the rooms are barely bigger than the beds, but if you want hip and affordable, you won’t likely do better.

Insider tips for more American cities: Chicago | Los Angeles | San Francisco

Dining

Per Se

With its modern decor and swanky address at the tip of Central Park, Per Se strives to turn your dinner into “a journey that returns you to sources of pleasure you may have forgotten,” which would seem pretentious if that wasn’t precisely what it accomplishes with nearly every dish.

Hailed by food critics ever since its doors opened, Per Se is the brainchild of Thomas Keller, the only American chef to have been awarded three Michelin stars for two different restaurants (including Per Se).

Per Se is the East Coast version of his flagship French Laundry in California, having since far surpassed it on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.

While the chef’s tasting menu changes daily, there are mainstays, such as Keller’s well-known twist on “oysters and pearls,” which combines succulent oysters, tapioca pearls and caviar.

Keens Steakhouse

Americans tend to value massive portions; fine dining is inevitably about small but perfect items.

Keens earns best of New York City marks by seeking to combine the best of both philosophies.

While up against worthy steakhouse competitors including Peter Luger, Old Homestead and The Strip House, Keens has an edge by serving the city’s top mutton chop.

The chop comes flanked by pieces of lamb bacon.

Keens also has the edge in decor. Its ceiling is stippled with thousands of clay pipes that represent an erstwhile club membership including American icons Theodore Roosevelt, Babe Ruth and General Douglas MacArthur.

Atera

With novelty as a guiding, but not solitary, principle, chef Matthew Lightner is dazzling diners at his tiny new tasting room in Tribeca.

Foraged ingredients and innovative ideas drive a constantly changing 22-course menu that’s designed as much to stir emotions as it is taste buds, which can go unrewarded in any given moment in favor of a gastro-narrative revelation four courses later.

Modernist creations like gin-cured scallops, cedar-oil-drizzled lamb and a baguette colored with squid ink to resemble a razor clam are served on flat rocks, hay and driftwood in the naturist style pioneered in Portland, OR.

The award of two stars by Michelin isn’t doing anything to ease accessibility to an already modest space, so reservations are vital.

Osteria Morini

“New York” magazine recently called Michael White “the city’s hottest Italian chef,” and “Esquire” put his bustling new Osteria Morini on its list of best restaurants in the city.

So why shouldn’t we put it on our best of New York City list?

White has earned praise with his knack for taking home-style fare and providing a gourmet twist, like tortellini with a duck-liver cream sauce.

Of course, man cannot live on food alone, and Osteria Morini’s cocktails are also superb.

The Dutch

Dress code at The Dutch?

“This ain’t no country club, but it’s no ball game either,” states the American bar/restaurant’s website.

“This is New York. Do what you feel, but keep it fresh.”

That casual but earnest logic lies at the heart of Andrew Carmellini’s latest offering in New York.

Inspired by a mix of cafs, country inns and seaside shacks, diners get reinterpretations of American classics like the good old porterhouse steak and fried chicken served with biscuits.

Just remember to look up from your food occasionally, or else you’ll miss the celebrities meandering through the dining room.

Caf Nougatine

Jean-Georges Vongerichten is one of the most celebrated chefs in New York.

If you want to experience his creations at reasonable prices, try the lunch deal at Jean-Georges’ Caf Nougatine in the Trump Building.

The French haute cuisine goes for around $25 every lunch hour at the acclaimed restaurant.

Miss Lily’s Cakes

While the name promises cakes, this hip diner in downtown Manhattan serves remarkable Jamaican dishes.

The most revered item at this best of New York City diner is jerk chicken.

The decor is simple, but you won’t care as you watch leggy servers carry hearty platefuls of curry goat, oxtail stew and, yes, even cakes if you so desire.

Warning to anyone looking for a relaxed island vibe: the atmosphere of Miss Lily’s tends to get clubbier and the music louder as the night goes on.

Joe’s Pizza

For a best of New York City experience, there’s no more quintessential fast food than a slice of pizza.

Joe’s modest storefront unloads exceptional slices to an uninterrupted queue of patrons nearly 20 hours of every day.

Stand in line, point, pay, apply Parmesan and chili flakes from the public shakers, fold, eat and hustle back to work.

Hey, now you’re practically a local.

Best rooftop and sky-high restaurants in the world

Nightlife

Campbell Apartment

Step back in time and behold fully restored glasswork, furnishings and architectural appointments of a cavernous lounge that was once the massive private office of 1920s magnate John W. Campbell.

Now a swanky club, Campbell Apartment evokes images reminiscent of the more elegant side of “The Great Gatsby.”

(For Gatsby-esque smoking ruins, you’ll have to look elsewhere.)

Having a cocktail amid such elegance comes at a price: no jeans or sneakers allowed.

The Breslin Bar & Dining Room

In the lobby of the Ace Hotel, The Breslin is separated into small rooms for eating, drinking and generally feeling good about rubbing shoulders with trendy New Yorkers.

There’s a good chance you won’t even get a table in the bar, which has dark wood, antique pendant light fixtures and the feel of a private British club — but the buzz and people scenery will make up for it.

The Breslin’s lamb burger draws raves from regulars.

The dining room is the place for pork in all its marrow and other modern guises.

The Breslin Bar & Dining Room, 16 W. 29th St. (between Broadway and Fifth Avenue); +1 212 679 1939

GoldBar

Anyone who feels every New York nightclub is the same should hit this NoLita (North of Little Italy) establishment with an interior every bit as eclectic as its playlist, which includes new wave, rap, rock and pop.

How eclectic? For one, the entire space is swathed in gold.

For another, it includes a wall studded with gilded human skulls. (That’s right, skulls.)

Be advised that while you’ll likely want to capture an evening here for posterity — it’s pricy enough that it’s less a night out than an investment — photography is not permitted.

McSorley’s Old Ale House

As at Campbell Apartment, you feel like you’re stepping back in time. McSorley’s, however, is the sort of place that would welcome those traveling steerage as warmly as those in first class.

Rough-hewn wood floors, workmanlike bartenders and assorted memorabilia said to have been in the building since 1910 make you feel like you’re in a simpler age.

There are only two options for sale here: dark beer and light beer, the latter being called “light” not for its caloric value, but because it’s not the former.

Since beers here must be ordered in pairs, try one of each.

ReVision Lounge

ReVision’s theme is reclamation, with a front room furnished in bar stools made of recycled snow skis and a countertop of shredded, outdated U.S. currency glazed to a smooth finish.

But it’s the best of New York City back room you’ll remember.

Filled with couches fashioned from old coffins, porcelain bath tubs and the back ends of 1970s American luxury cars, it’s got a DJ table formed by the front end of an old Cadillac.

If you get in early in the evening you might be able to dodge the often unbearable late crowds.

Just be sure not to show up wearing real fur. (Seriously.)

World’s best cities for nightlife (and yeah, NYC is on the list)

Shopping/Attractions

Bergdorf Goodman department store

All high-fashion roads lead to this city institution, where the merchandise, layout and presentation are first-class, the staff is renowned for obsessive courteousness and historic New York department store shopping is still a dignified experience.

Bergdorf’s offers some impressive sales, though half off a US$1,000 sweater is still 500 bucks

BG’s four on-site restaurants are surprisingly good, a find for anyone who normally wouldn’t dream of eating in a store.

Century 21

For expensive stuff cheap and cheap stuff even cheaper, there’s no more beloved and simultaneously bemoaned retailer in New York City than Century 21.

Shoppers ascend C21’s five floors, slipping through the hordes searching for deeply discounted designer fashions, mainstream basics and mall-brand overstock, as well as items including luggage, watches and handbags.

If you’re willing to brave masses of consumers, C21 probably has a version of whatever clothing item you desire at every level of the economic spectrum, whether it’s a $1,200 coat for $400 or a $25 pack of socks for $10.

B&H Photo Video

B&H does a healthy amount of Internet business, making it known to many planet-wide, but the brick-and-mortar version is a hive of retail wonderment that really must be observed offline.

Thousands of daily customers seek counsel and competitive prices from hundreds of employees on photo and video cameras, computers, audio and lighting equipment, TVs, portable media devices and all of their associated accessories.

It’s worth it alone to buy something just to watch it travel via the store’s overhead rail delivery system.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum

Finally opened on September 12, 2011, after years of legal and architectural haggling, the 9/11 Memorial replaces the footprints of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers with reflecting pools fed by gargantuan ground-level waterfalls.

While the scale is massive, the aesthetic is in many ways quite personal, making the experience imposing yet touching all at once.

As long as construction continues around the site, visits require advance reservations; go to the official site to secure your visit time.

Top of The Rock observation deck

Like Meg Ryan and King Kong, you may be filled with a yen to rush to the top of the Empire State Building.

Unfortunately, this is an impulse shared by a zillion or so other tourists.

Instead, check out the observation deck at Rockefeller Center, which offers 360-degree views that are nearly as stunning and can be seen after a fraction of the wait.

Central Park

The expanse of green in the middle of Manhattan is your chance to do everything from seeing Shakespeare in the Park (there’s also a Marionette Theater at the Swedish Cottage if your little ones aren’t ready for Titus Andronicus) to challenging old Italian men to a game of bocce on the green near Sheep’s Meadow.

In the summer, Conservatory Water is filled with model boats. For even bigger kids, rental rowboats are available.

In winter, you can ice-skate at either Wollman or Lasker Rink.

Seasonal attractions

Visitors might experience completely different New Yorks depending on the time of year.

Here are some seasonal suggestions.

Winter

Madison Square Garden

Hopes are high again at the Garden as the resurgent New York Knicks NBA franchise has emerged from one of the bleaker stretches in its proud history to contention for the top seed in the Eastern Conference.

If you prefer your athletes with fewer teeth, the Garden is also home to the New York Rangers, one of six original members of the National Hockey League.

Citi Pond at Bryant Park

Ice-skating at Rockefeller Center may be the most iconic activity available for any winter visit to New York City.

Unfortunately, every other visitor willing to lace on skates knows this, as well.

If lines prove too horrific, consider heading south to the seasonal Citi Pond at Bryant Park.

The park also fills up in winter with holiday shops to amuse those who choose to stay off the ice.

Admission free, skate rentals US$14.

Spring

Hudson River Park

New York’s west side waterfront has undergone wholesale improvements over the last decade, including the installation of an eight-kilometer bike and walking path, tennis and basketball courts, soccer fields, batting cages, playgrounds, skate park, trapeze school, open lawns and free kayaking at Piers 96, 40 and 72nd Street.

Yes, that’s right, trapeze school.

Good burgers and beers can be found at the Frying Pan, a wartime barge turned bar and grill at 26th Street.

Yankee Stadium

From April through September, the Bronx comes alive for the most successful sports franchise in North America, which supplies New York with a good chunk of its swagger — it’s easier to call yourself “the greatest city in the world” when you’ve won 27 World Series, not to mention those two by the Mets.

Take the B, D or 4 subway trains to 161st Street for a game, including time to stroll the team’s new billion-dollar stadium.

Beware purchasing tickets from street scalpers: counterfeiters here are among the best in the world.

Summer

Brooklyn Bridge

Ironically, one of the best ways to appreciate Manhattan is to leave it.

Get off the F train at York Street in Brooklyn and enjoy the two-and-a-half kilometer walk back to the city via its most historic gateway, enjoying a remarkable view of Manhattan that will make you feel like you’re living a particularly charming moment from a Woody Allen film.

Before making the journey, spend some time in Brooklyn.

Check out Brooklyn’s bridge-side DUMBO neighborhood, which offers a waterfront view and features warehouses converted into an array of residences and businesses.

If you enjoy waiting in line for food that you eat with your hands, check out Grimaldi’s, one of New York’s best-rated brick oven pizzas.

Fall

The Cloisters

If you’re looking for a museum missed by most tourists (and a surprising number of New Yorkers), make time for the Cloisters, located in Fort Tryon Park.

A reassembled French building houses the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s medieval Europe collection, but for many visitors the best part of the visit occurs when you step outside and see gardens patterned faithfully after medieval designs for landscaping and architecture.

You’ll be going far further north than most visitors, but when you witness an attraction unlike anything else in New York you’ll know it’s worth the journey.

source http://allofbeer.com/2017/12/12/new-york-city-insider-travel-guide/ from All of Beer http://allofbeer.blogspot.com/2017/12/new-york-city-insider-travel-guide.html

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New York City: Insider Travel Guide

(CNN)Trying to do the best of New York City in a few days is like announcing you plan to see Africa in a week: it minimizes just how much there is to experience and completely disregards travel times.

Hotels

Luxury

Mandarin Oriental New York

Located atop one of the twin sentries comprising the Time Warner Center, the five-star Mandarin enjoys unobstructed views through its floor-to-ceiling windows of the Hudson River, Central Park, Brooklyn and Portugal (at least, it feels that way).

Its best of New York City position in bustling Columbus Circle centralizes it near perfectly — just north of Midtown — with subways linking to virtually every part of the city.

Unlike in much of the rest of the United States, there’s no shame in walking in New York.

Plenty of attractions are within an easy stroll, including Lincoln Center, Broadway, Hell’s Kitchen and Times Square.

Crosby Street Hotel

With high ceilings and full length windows reflective of SoHo’s history as a factory cum gallery district, Hotelier Firmdale’s only non-London property is an all-new structure built in the neighborhood’s classic style, its 86 guest rooms each receiving their own individual designs.

As charming as the cobblestone street out front, the hotel has an outdoor sculpture garden, all-day afternoon tea service with cakes and sandwiches in the bar and a 100-seat screening room with a Sunday Night Film Club open to all.

The neighborhood’s overall lower profile makes the Crosby’s upper floors all the more recommended.

Mid-range

The Standard, High Line

If aesthetics are a requisite, The Standard, High Line — situated directly above a stretch of old elevated railway now known as High Line Park — is a best of New York City landmark in Manhattan’s most model-intensive neighborhood.

The decor is mod and the vibe is downtown, so go ahead and pack your shiniest shirts for the clubs, bars and bistros of the surrounding Meatpacking District.

Among the property’s greatest draws are its views.

Of models, yes, but also of the Hudson River, downtown and, to a lesser extent, New Jersey.

Ensure you see as much as possible by getting a room ending in 24, which will net you two walls of windows.

The Bowery Hotel

Two hundred years ago, the Bowery was a poor man’s Broadway. By the turn of the last century, it was just poor.

But those familiar just 10 years ago with this erstwhile skid row would hardly recognize it today, and the Bowery Hotel embodies its new, loftier status.

Lying right at the intersection of hip and elegant, the hotel is appointed with luxurious old world refinements and dcor while retaining a vibe that’s lively and modern.

Factory windows offer 360-degrees of the city, while several rooms have their own terraces, complete with outdoor showers.

Budget

The Pod Hotel

The only way you can stay overnight in Manhattan for less than one of the single rooms in this Midtown budgetier is by staying with family in the area.

And if you stay at the Pod’s 51st Street location, in some cases it, too, requires you to share a bathroom with people you may not like.

But rooms at the newer Murray Hill location all feature private bathrooms, along with free Wi-Fi and an emphasis on communal space typified by the Pod 39’s rooftop lounge.

The hotel’s perks are few and the rooms are barely bigger than the beds, but if you want hip and affordable, you won’t likely do better.

Insider tips for more American cities: Chicago | Los Angeles | San Francisco

Dining

Per Se

With its modern decor and swanky address at the tip of Central Park, Per Se strives to turn your dinner into “a journey that returns you to sources of pleasure you may have forgotten,” which would seem pretentious if that wasn’t precisely what it accomplishes with nearly every dish.

Hailed by food critics ever since its doors opened, Per Se is the brainchild of Thomas Keller, the only American chef to have been awarded three Michelin stars for two different restaurants (including Per Se).

Per Se is the East Coast version of his flagship French Laundry in California, having since far surpassed it on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.

While the chef’s tasting menu changes daily, there are mainstays, such as Keller’s well-known twist on “oysters and pearls,” which combines succulent oysters, tapioca pearls and caviar.

Keens Steakhouse

Americans tend to value massive portions; fine dining is inevitably about small but perfect items.

Keens earns best of New York City marks by seeking to combine the best of both philosophies.

While up against worthy steakhouse competitors including Peter Luger, Old Homestead and The Strip House, Keens has an edge by serving the city’s top mutton chop.

The chop comes flanked by pieces of lamb bacon.

Keens also has the edge in decor. Its ceiling is stippled with thousands of clay pipes that represent an erstwhile club membership including American icons Theodore Roosevelt, Babe Ruth and General Douglas MacArthur.

Atera

With novelty as a guiding, but not solitary, principle, chef Matthew Lightner is dazzling diners at his tiny new tasting room in Tribeca.

Foraged ingredients and innovative ideas drive a constantly changing 22-course menu that’s designed as much to stir emotions as it is taste buds, which can go unrewarded in any given moment in favor of a gastro-narrative revelation four courses later.

Modernist creations like gin-cured scallops, cedar-oil-drizzled lamb and a baguette colored with squid ink to resemble a razor clam are served on flat rocks, hay and driftwood in the naturist style pioneered in Portland, OR.

The award of two stars by Michelin isn’t doing anything to ease accessibility to an already modest space, so reservations are vital.

Osteria Morini

“New York” magazine recently called Michael White “the city’s hottest Italian chef,” and “Esquire” put his bustling new Osteria Morini on its list of best restaurants in the city.

So why shouldn’t we put it on our best of New York City list?

White has earned praise with his knack for taking home-style fare and providing a gourmet twist, like tortellini with a duck-liver cream sauce.

Of course, man cannot live on food alone, and Osteria Morini’s cocktails are also superb.

The Dutch

Dress code at The Dutch?

“This ain’t no country club, but it’s no ball game either,” states the American bar/restaurant’s website.

“This is New York. Do what you feel, but keep it fresh.”

That casual but earnest logic lies at the heart of Andrew Carmellini’s latest offering in New York.

Inspired by a mix of cafs, country inns and seaside shacks, diners get reinterpretations of American classics like the good old porterhouse steak and fried chicken served with biscuits.

Just remember to look up from your food occasionally, or else you’ll miss the celebrities meandering through the dining room.

Caf Nougatine

Jean-Georges Vongerichten is one of the most celebrated chefs in New York.

If you want to experience his creations at reasonable prices, try the lunch deal at Jean-Georges’ Caf Nougatine in the Trump Building.

The French haute cuisine goes for around $25 every lunch hour at the acclaimed restaurant.

Miss Lily’s Cakes

While the name promises cakes, this hip diner in downtown Manhattan serves remarkable Jamaican dishes.

The most revered item at this best of New York City diner is jerk chicken.

The decor is simple, but you won’t care as you watch leggy servers carry hearty platefuls of curry goat, oxtail stew and, yes, even cakes if you so desire.

Warning to anyone looking for a relaxed island vibe: the atmosphere of Miss Lily’s tends to get clubbier and the music louder as the night goes on.

Joe’s Pizza

For a best of New York City experience, there’s no more quintessential fast food than a slice of pizza.

Joe’s modest storefront unloads exceptional slices to an uninterrupted queue of patrons nearly 20 hours of every day.

Stand in line, point, pay, apply Parmesan and chili flakes from the public shakers, fold, eat and hustle back to work.

Hey, now you’re practically a local.

Best rooftop and sky-high restaurants in the world

Nightlife

Campbell Apartment

Step back in time and behold fully restored glasswork, furnishings and architectural appointments of a cavernous lounge that was once the massive private office of 1920s magnate John W. Campbell.

Now a swanky club, Campbell Apartment evokes images reminiscent of the more elegant side of “The Great Gatsby.”

(For Gatsby-esque smoking ruins, you’ll have to look elsewhere.)

Having a cocktail amid such elegance comes at a price: no jeans or sneakers allowed.

The Breslin Bar & Dining Room

In the lobby of the Ace Hotel, The Breslin is separated into small rooms for eating, drinking and generally feeling good about rubbing shoulders with trendy New Yorkers.

There’s a good chance you won’t even get a table in the bar, which has dark wood, antique pendant light fixtures and the feel of a private British club — but the buzz and people scenery will make up for it.

The Breslin’s lamb burger draws raves from regulars.

The dining room is the place for pork in all its marrow and other modern guises.

The Breslin Bar & Dining Room, 16 W. 29th St. (between Broadway and Fifth Avenue); +1 212 679 1939

GoldBar

Anyone who feels every New York nightclub is the same should hit this NoLita (North of Little Italy) establishment with an interior every bit as eclectic as its playlist, which includes new wave, rap, rock and pop.

How eclectic? For one, the entire space is swathed in gold.

For another, it includes a wall studded with gilded human skulls. (That’s right, skulls.)

Be advised that while you’ll likely want to capture an evening here for posterity — it’s pricy enough that it’s less a night out than an investment — photography is not permitted.

McSorley’s Old Ale House

As at Campbell Apartment, you feel like you’re stepping back in time. McSorley’s, however, is the sort of place that would welcome those traveling steerage as warmly as those in first class.

Rough-hewn wood floors, workmanlike bartenders and assorted memorabilia said to have been in the building since 1910 make you feel like you’re in a simpler age.

There are only two options for sale here: dark beer and light beer, the latter being called “light” not for its caloric value, but because it’s not the former.

Since beers here must be ordered in pairs, try one of each.

ReVision Lounge

ReVision’s theme is reclamation, with a front room furnished in bar stools made of recycled snow skis and a countertop of shredded, outdated U.S. currency glazed to a smooth finish.

But it’s the best of New York City back room you’ll remember.

Filled with couches fashioned from old coffins, porcelain bath tubs and the back ends of 1970s American luxury cars, it’s got a DJ table formed by the front end of an old Cadillac.

If you get in early in the evening you might be able to dodge the often unbearable late crowds.

Just be sure not to show up wearing real fur. (Seriously.)

World’s best cities for nightlife (and yeah, NYC is on the list)

Shopping/Attractions

Bergdorf Goodman department store

All high-fashion roads lead to this city institution, where the merchandise, layout and presentation are first-class, the staff is renowned for obsessive courteousness and historic New York department store shopping is still a dignified experience.

Bergdorf’s offers some impressive sales, though half off a US$1,000 sweater is still 500 bucks

BG’s four on-site restaurants are surprisingly good, a find for anyone who normally wouldn’t dream of eating in a store.

Century 21

For expensive stuff cheap and cheap stuff even cheaper, there’s no more beloved and simultaneously bemoaned retailer in New York City than Century 21.

Shoppers ascend C21’s five floors, slipping through the hordes searching for deeply discounted designer fashions, mainstream basics and mall-brand overstock, as well as items including luggage, watches and handbags.

If you’re willing to brave masses of consumers, C21 probably has a version of whatever clothing item you desire at every level of the economic spectrum, whether it’s a $1,200 coat for $400 or a $25 pack of socks for $10.

B&H Photo Video

B&H does a healthy amount of Internet business, making it known to many planet-wide, but the brick-and-mortar version is a hive of retail wonderment that really must be observed offline.

Thousands of daily customers seek counsel and competitive prices from hundreds of employees on photo and video cameras, computers, audio and lighting equipment, TVs, portable media devices and all of their associated accessories.

It’s worth it alone to buy something just to watch it travel via the store’s overhead rail delivery system.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum

Finally opened on September 12, 2011, after years of legal and architectural haggling, the 9/11 Memorial replaces the footprints of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers with reflecting pools fed by gargantuan ground-level waterfalls.

While the scale is massive, the aesthetic is in many ways quite personal, making the experience imposing yet touching all at once.

As long as construction continues around the site, visits require advance reservations; go to the official site to secure your visit time.

Top of The Rock observation deck

Like Meg Ryan and King Kong, you may be filled with a yen to rush to the top of the Empire State Building.

Unfortunately, this is an impulse shared by a zillion or so other tourists.

Instead, check out the observation deck at Rockefeller Center, which offers 360-degree views that are nearly as stunning and can be seen after a fraction of the wait.

Central Park

The expanse of green in the middle of Manhattan is your chance to do everything from seeing Shakespeare in the Park (there’s also a Marionette Theater at the Swedish Cottage if your little ones aren’t ready for Titus Andronicus) to challenging old Italian men to a game of bocce on the green near Sheep’s Meadow.

In the summer, Conservatory Water is filled with model boats. For even bigger kids, rental rowboats are available.

In winter, you can ice-skate at either Wollman or Lasker Rink.

Seasonal attractions

Visitors might experience completely different New Yorks depending on the time of year.

Here are some seasonal suggestions.

Winter

Madison Square Garden

Hopes are high again at the Garden as the resurgent New York Knicks NBA franchise has emerged from one of the bleaker stretches in its proud history to contention for the top seed in the Eastern Conference.

If you prefer your athletes with fewer teeth, the Garden is also home to the New York Rangers, one of six original members of the National Hockey League.

Citi Pond at Bryant Park

Ice-skating at Rockefeller Center may be the most iconic activity available for any winter visit to New York City.

Unfortunately, every other visitor willing to lace on skates knows this, as well.

If lines prove too horrific, consider heading south to the seasonal Citi Pond at Bryant Park.

The park also fills up in winter with holiday shops to amuse those who choose to stay off the ice.

Admission free, skate rentals US$14.

Spring

Hudson River Park

New York’s west side waterfront has undergone wholesale improvements over the last decade, including the installation of an eight-kilometer bike and walking path, tennis and basketball courts, soccer fields, batting cages, playgrounds, skate park, trapeze school, open lawns and free kayaking at Piers 96, 40 and 72nd Street.

Yes, that’s right, trapeze school.

Good burgers and beers can be found at the Frying Pan, a wartime barge turned bar and grill at 26th Street.

Yankee Stadium

From April through September, the Bronx comes alive for the most successful sports franchise in North America, which supplies New York with a good chunk of its swagger — it’s easier to call yourself “the greatest city in the world” when you’ve won 27 World Series, not to mention those two by the Mets.

Take the B, D or 4 subway trains to 161st Street for a game, including time to stroll the team’s new billion-dollar stadium.

Beware purchasing tickets from street scalpers: counterfeiters here are among the best in the world.

Summer

Brooklyn Bridge

Ironically, one of the best ways to appreciate Manhattan is to leave it.

Get off the F train at York Street in Brooklyn and enjoy the two-and-a-half kilometer walk back to the city via its most historic gateway, enjoying a remarkable view of Manhattan that will make you feel like you’re living a particularly charming moment from a Woody Allen film.

Before making the journey, spend some time in Brooklyn.

Check out Brooklyn’s bridge-side DUMBO neighborhood, which offers a waterfront view and features warehouses converted into an array of residences and businesses.

If you enjoy waiting in line for food that you eat with your hands, check out Grimaldi’s, one of New York’s best-rated brick oven pizzas.

Fall

The Cloisters

If you’re looking for a museum missed by most tourists (and a surprising number of New Yorkers), make time for the Cloisters, located in Fort Tryon Park.

A reassembled French building houses the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s medieval Europe collection, but for many visitors the best part of the visit occurs when you step outside and see gardens patterned faithfully after medieval designs for landscaping and architecture.

You’ll be going far further north than most visitors, but when you witness an attraction unlike anything else in New York you’ll know it’s worth the journey.

Source: http://allofbeer.com/2017/12/12/new-york-city-insider-travel-guide/

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New York City: Insider Travel Guide

(CNN)Trying to do the best of New York City in a few days is like announcing you plan to see Africa in a week: it minimizes just how much there is to experience and completely disregards travel times.

Hotels

Luxury

Mandarin Oriental New York

Located atop one of the twin sentries comprising the Time Warner Center, the five-star Mandarin enjoys unobstructed views through its floor-to-ceiling windows of the Hudson River, Central Park, Brooklyn and Portugal (at least, it feels that way).

Its best of New York City position in bustling Columbus Circle centralizes it near perfectly — just north of Midtown — with subways linking to virtually every part of the city.

Unlike in much of the rest of the United States, there’s no shame in walking in New York.

Plenty of attractions are within an easy stroll, including Lincoln Center, Broadway, Hell’s Kitchen and Times Square.

Crosby Street Hotel

With high ceilings and full length windows reflective of SoHo’s history as a factory cum gallery district, Hotelier Firmdale’s only non-London property is an all-new structure built in the neighborhood’s classic style, its 86 guest rooms each receiving their own individual designs.

As charming as the cobblestone street out front, the hotel has an outdoor sculpture garden, all-day afternoon tea service with cakes and sandwiches in the bar and a 100-seat screening room with a Sunday Night Film Club open to all.

The neighborhood’s overall lower profile makes the Crosby’s upper floors all the more recommended.

Mid-range

The Standard, High Line

If aesthetics are a requisite, The Standard, High Line — situated directly above a stretch of old elevated railway now known as High Line Park — is a best of New York City landmark in Manhattan’s most model-intensive neighborhood.

The decor is mod and the vibe is downtown, so go ahead and pack your shiniest shirts for the clubs, bars and bistros of the surrounding Meatpacking District.

Among the property’s greatest draws are its views.

Of models, yes, but also of the Hudson River, downtown and, to a lesser extent, New Jersey.

Ensure you see as much as possible by getting a room ending in 24, which will net you two walls of windows.

The Bowery Hotel

Two hundred years ago, the Bowery was a poor man’s Broadway. By the turn of the last century, it was just poor.

But those familiar just 10 years ago with this erstwhile skid row would hardly recognize it today, and the Bowery Hotel embodies its new, loftier status.

Lying right at the intersection of hip and elegant, the hotel is appointed with luxurious old world refinements and dcor while retaining a vibe that’s lively and modern.

Factory windows offer 360-degrees of the city, while several rooms have their own terraces, complete with outdoor showers.

Budget

The Pod Hotel

The only way you can stay overnight in Manhattan for less than one of the single rooms in this Midtown budgetier is by staying with family in the area.

And if you stay at the Pod’s 51st Street location, in some cases it, too, requires you to share a bathroom with people you may not like.

But rooms at the newer Murray Hill location all feature private bathrooms, along with free Wi-Fi and an emphasis on communal space typified by the Pod 39’s rooftop lounge.

The hotel’s perks are few and the rooms are barely bigger than the beds, but if you want hip and affordable, you won’t likely do better.

Insider tips for more American cities: Chicago | Los Angeles | San Francisco

Dining

Per Se

With its modern decor and swanky address at the tip of Central Park, Per Se strives to turn your dinner into “a journey that returns you to sources of pleasure you may have forgotten,” which would seem pretentious if that wasn’t precisely what it accomplishes with nearly every dish.

Hailed by food critics ever since its doors opened, Per Se is the brainchild of Thomas Keller, the only American chef to have been awarded three Michelin stars for two different restaurants (including Per Se).

Per Se is the East Coast version of his flagship French Laundry in California, having since far surpassed it on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.

While the chef’s tasting menu changes daily, there are mainstays, such as Keller’s well-known twist on “oysters and pearls,” which combines succulent oysters, tapioca pearls and caviar.

Keens Steakhouse

Americans tend to value massive portions; fine dining is inevitably about small but perfect items.

Keens earns best of New York City marks by seeking to combine the best of both philosophies.

While up against worthy steakhouse competitors including Peter Luger, Old Homestead and The Strip House, Keens has an edge by serving the city’s top mutton chop.

The chop comes flanked by pieces of lamb bacon.

Keens also has the edge in decor. Its ceiling is stippled with thousands of clay pipes that represent an erstwhile club membership including American icons Theodore Roosevelt, Babe Ruth and General Douglas MacArthur.

Atera

With novelty as a guiding, but not solitary, principle, chef Matthew Lightner is dazzling diners at his tiny new tasting room in Tribeca.

Foraged ingredients and innovative ideas drive a constantly changing 22-course menu that’s designed as much to stir emotions as it is taste buds, which can go unrewarded in any given moment in favor of a gastro-narrative revelation four courses later.

Modernist creations like gin-cured scallops, cedar-oil-drizzled lamb and a baguette colored with squid ink to resemble a razor clam are served on flat rocks, hay and driftwood in the naturist style pioneered in Portland, OR.

The award of two stars by Michelin isn’t doing anything to ease accessibility to an already modest space, so reservations are vital.

Osteria Morini

“New York” magazine recently called Michael White “the city’s hottest Italian chef,” and “Esquire” put his bustling new Osteria Morini on its list of best restaurants in the city.

So why shouldn’t we put it on our best of New York City list?

White has earned praise with his knack for taking home-style fare and providing a gourmet twist, like tortellini with a duck-liver cream sauce.

Of course, man cannot live on food alone, and Osteria Morini’s cocktails are also superb.

The Dutch

Dress code at The Dutch?

“This ain’t no country club, but it’s no ball game either,” states the American bar/restaurant’s website.

“This is New York. Do what you feel, but keep it fresh.”

That casual but earnest logic lies at the heart of Andrew Carmellini’s latest offering in New York.

Inspired by a mix of cafs, country inns and seaside shacks, diners get reinterpretations of American classics like the good old porterhouse steak and fried chicken served with biscuits.

Just remember to look up from your food occasionally, or else you’ll miss the celebrities meandering through the dining room.

Caf Nougatine

Jean-Georges Vongerichten is one of the most celebrated chefs in New York.

If you want to experience his creations at reasonable prices, try the lunch deal at Jean-Georges’ Caf Nougatine in the Trump Building.

The French haute cuisine goes for around $25 every lunch hour at the acclaimed restaurant.

Miss Lily’s Cakes

While the name promises cakes, this hip diner in downtown Manhattan serves remarkable Jamaican dishes.

The most revered item at this best of New York City diner is jerk chicken.

The decor is simple, but you won’t care as you watch leggy servers carry hearty platefuls of curry goat, oxtail stew and, yes, even cakes if you so desire.

Warning to anyone looking for a relaxed island vibe: the atmosphere of Miss Lily’s tends to get clubbier and the music louder as the night goes on.

Joe’s Pizza

For a best of New York City experience, there’s no more quintessential fast food than a slice of pizza.

Joe’s modest storefront unloads exceptional slices to an uninterrupted queue of patrons nearly 20 hours of every day.

Stand in line, point, pay, apply Parmesan and chili flakes from the public shakers, fold, eat and hustle back to work.

Hey, now you’re practically a local.

Best rooftop and sky-high restaurants in the world

Nightlife

Campbell Apartment

Step back in time and behold fully restored glasswork, furnishings and architectural appointments of a cavernous lounge that was once the massive private office of 1920s magnate John W. Campbell.

Now a swanky club, Campbell Apartment evokes images reminiscent of the more elegant side of “The Great Gatsby.”

(For Gatsby-esque smoking ruins, you’ll have to look elsewhere.)

Having a cocktail amid such elegance comes at a price: no jeans or sneakers allowed.

The Breslin Bar & Dining Room

In the lobby of the Ace Hotel, The Breslin is separated into small rooms for eating, drinking and generally feeling good about rubbing shoulders with trendy New Yorkers.

There’s a good chance you won’t even get a table in the bar, which has dark wood, antique pendant light fixtures and the feel of a private British club — but the buzz and people scenery will make up for it.

The Breslin’s lamb burger draws raves from regulars.

The dining room is the place for pork in all its marrow and other modern guises.

The Breslin Bar & Dining Room, 16 W. 29th St. (between Broadway and Fifth Avenue); +1 212 679 1939

GoldBar

Anyone who feels every New York nightclub is the same should hit this NoLita (North of Little Italy) establishment with an interior every bit as eclectic as its playlist, which includes new wave, rap, rock and pop.

How eclectic? For one, the entire space is swathed in gold.

For another, it includes a wall studded with gilded human skulls. (That’s right, skulls.)

Be advised that while you’ll likely want to capture an evening here for posterity — it’s pricy enough that it’s less a night out than an investment — photography is not permitted.

McSorley’s Old Ale House

As at Campbell Apartment, you feel like you’re stepping back in time. McSorley’s, however, is the sort of place that would welcome those traveling steerage as warmly as those in first class.

Rough-hewn wood floors, workmanlike bartenders and assorted memorabilia said to have been in the building since 1910 make you feel like you’re in a simpler age.

There are only two options for sale here: dark beer and light beer, the latter being called “light” not for its caloric value, but because it’s not the former.

Since beers here must be ordered in pairs, try one of each.

ReVision Lounge

ReVision’s theme is reclamation, with a front room furnished in bar stools made of recycled snow skis and a countertop of shredded, outdated U.S. currency glazed to a smooth finish.

But it’s the best of New York City back room you’ll remember.

Filled with couches fashioned from old coffins, porcelain bath tubs and the back ends of 1970s American luxury cars, it’s got a DJ table formed by the front end of an old Cadillac.

If you get in early in the evening you might be able to dodge the often unbearable late crowds.

Just be sure not to show up wearing real fur. (Seriously.)

World’s best cities for nightlife (and yeah, NYC is on the list)

Shopping/Attractions

Bergdorf Goodman department store

All high-fashion roads lead to this city institution, where the merchandise, layout and presentation are first-class, the staff is renowned for obsessive courteousness and historic New York department store shopping is still a dignified experience.

Bergdorf’s offers some impressive sales, though half off a US$1,000 sweater is still 500 bucks

BG’s four on-site restaurants are surprisingly good, a find for anyone who normally wouldn’t dream of eating in a store.

Century 21

For expensive stuff cheap and cheap stuff even cheaper, there’s no more beloved and simultaneously bemoaned retailer in New York City than Century 21.

Shoppers ascend C21’s five floors, slipping through the hordes searching for deeply discounted designer fashions, mainstream basics and mall-brand overstock, as well as items including luggage, watches and handbags.

If you’re willing to brave masses of consumers, C21 probably has a version of whatever clothing item you desire at every level of the economic spectrum, whether it’s a $1,200 coat for $400 or a $25 pack of socks for $10.

B&H Photo Video

B&H does a healthy amount of Internet business, making it known to many planet-wide, but the brick-and-mortar version is a hive of retail wonderment that really must be observed offline.

Thousands of daily customers seek counsel and competitive prices from hundreds of employees on photo and video cameras, computers, audio and lighting equipment, TVs, portable media devices and all of their associated accessories.

It’s worth it alone to buy something just to watch it travel via the store’s overhead rail delivery system.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum

Finally opened on September 12, 2011, after years of legal and architectural haggling, the 9/11 Memorial replaces the footprints of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers with reflecting pools fed by gargantuan ground-level waterfalls.

While the scale is massive, the aesthetic is in many ways quite personal, making the experience imposing yet touching all at once.

As long as construction continues around the site, visits require advance reservations; go to the official site to secure your visit time.

Top of The Rock observation deck

Like Meg Ryan and King Kong, you may be filled with a yen to rush to the top of the Empire State Building.

Unfortunately, this is an impulse shared by a zillion or so other tourists.

Instead, check out the observation deck at Rockefeller Center, which offers 360-degree views that are nearly as stunning and can be seen after a fraction of the wait.

Central Park

The expanse of green in the middle of Manhattan is your chance to do everything from seeing Shakespeare in the Park (there’s also a Marionette Theater at the Swedish Cottage if your little ones aren’t ready for Titus Andronicus) to challenging old Italian men to a game of bocce on the green near Sheep’s Meadow.

In the summer, Conservatory Water is filled with model boats. For even bigger kids, rental rowboats are available.

In winter, you can ice-skate at either Wollman or Lasker Rink.

Seasonal attractions

Visitors might experience completely different New Yorks depending on the time of year.

Here are some seasonal suggestions.

Winter

Madison Square Garden

Hopes are high again at the Garden as the resurgent New York Knicks NBA franchise has emerged from one of the bleaker stretches in its proud history to contention for the top seed in the Eastern Conference.

If you prefer your athletes with fewer teeth, the Garden is also home to the New York Rangers, one of six original members of the National Hockey League.

Citi Pond at Bryant Park

Ice-skating at Rockefeller Center may be the most iconic activity available for any winter visit to New York City.

Unfortunately, every other visitor willing to lace on skates knows this, as well.

If lines prove too horrific, consider heading south to the seasonal Citi Pond at Bryant Park.

The park also fills up in winter with holiday shops to amuse those who choose to stay off the ice.

Admission free, skate rentals US$14.

Spring

Hudson River Park

New York’s west side waterfront has undergone wholesale improvements over the last decade, including the installation of an eight-kilometer bike and walking path, tennis and basketball courts, soccer fields, batting cages, playgrounds, skate park, trapeze school, open lawns and free kayaking at Piers 96, 40 and 72nd Street.

Yes, that’s right, trapeze school.

Good burgers and beers can be found at the Frying Pan, a wartime barge turned bar and grill at 26th Street.

Yankee Stadium

From April through September, the Bronx comes alive for the most successful sports franchise in North America, which supplies New York with a good chunk of its swagger — it’s easier to call yourself “the greatest city in the world” when you’ve won 27 World Series, not to mention those two by the Mets.

Take the B, D or 4 subway trains to 161st Street for a game, including time to stroll the team’s new billion-dollar stadium.

Beware purchasing tickets from street scalpers: counterfeiters here are among the best in the world.

Summer

Brooklyn Bridge

Ironically, one of the best ways to appreciate Manhattan is to leave it.

Get off the F train at York Street in Brooklyn and enjoy the two-and-a-half kilometer walk back to the city via its most historic gateway, enjoying a remarkable view of Manhattan that will make you feel like you’re living a particularly charming moment from a Woody Allen film.

Before making the journey, spend some time in Brooklyn.

Check out Brooklyn’s bridge-side DUMBO neighborhood, which offers a waterfront view and features warehouses converted into an array of residences and businesses.

If you enjoy waiting in line for food that you eat with your hands, check out Grimaldi’s, one of New York’s best-rated brick oven pizzas.

Fall

The Cloisters

If you’re looking for a museum missed by most tourists (and a surprising number of New Yorkers), make time for the Cloisters, located in Fort Tryon Park.

A reassembled French building houses the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s medieval Europe collection, but for many visitors the best part of the visit occurs when you step outside and see gardens patterned faithfully after medieval designs for landscaping and architecture.

You’ll be going far further north than most visitors, but when you witness an attraction unlike anything else in New York you’ll know it’s worth the journey.

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New York City: Insider Travel Guide

(CNN)Trying to do the best of New York City in a few days is like announcing you plan to see Africa in a week: it minimizes just how much there is to experience and completely disregards travel times.

Hotels

Luxury

Mandarin Oriental New York

Located atop one of the twin sentries comprising the Time Warner Center, the five-star Mandarin enjoys unobstructed views through its floor-to-ceiling windows of the Hudson River, Central Park, Brooklyn and Portugal (at least, it feels that way).

Its best of New York City position in bustling Columbus Circle centralizes it near perfectly — just north of Midtown — with subways linking to virtually every part of the city.

Unlike in much of the rest of the United States, there’s no shame in walking in New York.

Plenty of attractions are within an easy stroll, including Lincoln Center, Broadway, Hell’s Kitchen and Times Square.

Crosby Street Hotel

With high ceilings and full length windows reflective of SoHo’s history as a factory cum gallery district, Hotelier Firmdale’s only non-London property is an all-new structure built in the neighborhood’s classic style, its 86 guest rooms each receiving their own individual designs.

As charming as the cobblestone street out front, the hotel has an outdoor sculpture garden, all-day afternoon tea service with cakes and sandwiches in the bar and a 100-seat screening room with a Sunday Night Film Club open to all.

The neighborhood’s overall lower profile makes the Crosby’s upper floors all the more recommended.

Mid-range

The Standard, High Line

If aesthetics are a requisite, The Standard, High Line — situated directly above a stretch of old elevated railway now known as High Line Park — is a best of New York City landmark in Manhattan’s most model-intensive neighborhood.

The decor is mod and the vibe is downtown, so go ahead and pack your shiniest shirts for the clubs, bars and bistros of the surrounding Meatpacking District.

Among the property’s greatest draws are its views.

Of models, yes, but also of the Hudson River, downtown and, to a lesser extent, New Jersey.

Ensure you see as much as possible by getting a room ending in 24, which will net you two walls of windows.

The Bowery Hotel

Two hundred years ago, the Bowery was a poor man’s Broadway. By the turn of the last century, it was just poor.

But those familiar just 10 years ago with this erstwhile skid row would hardly recognize it today, and the Bowery Hotel embodies its new, loftier status.

Lying right at the intersection of hip and elegant, the hotel is appointed with luxurious old world refinements and dcor while retaining a vibe that’s lively and modern.

Factory windows offer 360-degrees of the city, while several rooms have their own terraces, complete with outdoor showers.

Budget

The Pod Hotel

The only way you can stay overnight in Manhattan for less than one of the single rooms in this Midtown budgetier is by staying with family in the area.

And if you stay at the Pod’s 51st Street location, in some cases it, too, requires you to share a bathroom with people you may not like.

But rooms at the newer Murray Hill location all feature private bathrooms, along with free Wi-Fi and an emphasis on communal space typified by the Pod 39’s rooftop lounge.

The hotel’s perks are few and the rooms are barely bigger than the beds, but if you want hip and affordable, you won’t likely do better.

Insider tips for more American cities: Chicago | Los Angeles | San Francisco

Dining

Per Se

With its modern decor and swanky address at the tip of Central Park, Per Se strives to turn your dinner into “a journey that returns you to sources of pleasure you may have forgotten,” which would seem pretentious if that wasn’t precisely what it accomplishes with nearly every dish.

Hailed by food critics ever since its doors opened, Per Se is the brainchild of Thomas Keller, the only American chef to have been awarded three Michelin stars for two different restaurants (including Per Se).

Per Se is the East Coast version of his flagship French Laundry in California, having since far surpassed it on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.

While the chef’s tasting menu changes daily, there are mainstays, such as Keller’s well-known twist on “oysters and pearls,” which combines succulent oysters, tapioca pearls and caviar.

Keens Steakhouse

Americans tend to value massive portions; fine dining is inevitably about small but perfect items.

Keens earns best of New York City marks by seeking to combine the best of both philosophies.

While up against worthy steakhouse competitors including Peter Luger, Old Homestead and The Strip House, Keens has an edge by serving the city’s top mutton chop.

The chop comes flanked by pieces of lamb bacon.

Keens also has the edge in decor. Its ceiling is stippled with thousands of clay pipes that represent an erstwhile club membership including American icons Theodore Roosevelt, Babe Ruth and General Douglas MacArthur.

Atera

With novelty as a guiding, but not solitary, principle, chef Matthew Lightner is dazzling diners at his tiny new tasting room in Tribeca.

Foraged ingredients and innovative ideas drive a constantly changing 22-course menu that’s designed as much to stir emotions as it is taste buds, which can go unrewarded in any given moment in favor of a gastro-narrative revelation four courses later.

Modernist creations like gin-cured scallops, cedar-oil-drizzled lamb and a baguette colored with squid ink to resemble a razor clam are served on flat rocks, hay and driftwood in the naturist style pioneered in Portland, OR.

The award of two stars by Michelin isn’t doing anything to ease accessibility to an already modest space, so reservations are vital.

Osteria Morini

“New York” magazine recently called Michael White “the city’s hottest Italian chef,” and “Esquire” put his bustling new Osteria Morini on its list of best restaurants in the city.

So why shouldn’t we put it on our best of New York City list?

White has earned praise with his knack for taking home-style fare and providing a gourmet twist, like tortellini with a duck-liver cream sauce.

Of course, man cannot live on food alone, and Osteria Morini’s cocktails are also superb.

The Dutch

Dress code at The Dutch?

“This ain’t no country club, but it’s no ball game either,” states the American bar/restaurant’s website.

“This is New York. Do what you feel, but keep it fresh.”

That casual but earnest logic lies at the heart of Andrew Carmellini’s latest offering in New York.

Inspired by a mix of cafs, country inns and seaside shacks, diners get reinterpretations of American classics like the good old porterhouse steak and fried chicken served with biscuits.

Just remember to look up from your food occasionally, or else you’ll miss the celebrities meandering through the dining room.

Caf Nougatine

Jean-Georges Vongerichten is one of the most celebrated chefs in New York.

If you want to experience his creations at reasonable prices, try the lunch deal at Jean-Georges’ Caf Nougatine in the Trump Building.

The French haute cuisine goes for around $25 every lunch hour at the acclaimed restaurant.

Miss Lily’s Cakes

While the name promises cakes, this hip diner in downtown Manhattan serves remarkable Jamaican dishes.

The most revered item at this best of New York City diner is jerk chicken.

The decor is simple, but you won’t care as you watch leggy servers carry hearty platefuls of curry goat, oxtail stew and, yes, even cakes if you so desire.

Warning to anyone looking for a relaxed island vibe: the atmosphere of Miss Lily’s tends to get clubbier and the music louder as the night goes on.

Joe’s Pizza

For a best of New York City experience, there’s no more quintessential fast food than a slice of pizza.

Joe’s modest storefront unloads exceptional slices to an uninterrupted queue of patrons nearly 20 hours of every day.

Stand in line, point, pay, apply Parmesan and chili flakes from the public shakers, fold, eat and hustle back to work.

Hey, now you’re practically a local.

Best rooftop and sky-high restaurants in the world

Nightlife

Campbell Apartment

Step back in time and behold fully restored glasswork, furnishings and architectural appointments of a cavernous lounge that was once the massive private office of 1920s magnate John W. Campbell.

Now a swanky club, Campbell Apartment evokes images reminiscent of the more elegant side of “The Great Gatsby.”

(For Gatsby-esque smoking ruins, you’ll have to look elsewhere.)

Having a cocktail amid such elegance comes at a price: no jeans or sneakers allowed.

The Breslin Bar & Dining Room

In the lobby of the Ace Hotel, The Breslin is separated into small rooms for eating, drinking and generally feeling good about rubbing shoulders with trendy New Yorkers.

There’s a good chance you won’t even get a table in the bar, which has dark wood, antique pendant light fixtures and the feel of a private British club — but the buzz and people scenery will make up for it.

The Breslin’s lamb burger draws raves from regulars.

The dining room is the place for pork in all its marrow and other modern guises.

The Breslin Bar & Dining Room, 16 W. 29th St. (between Broadway and Fifth Avenue); +1 212 679 1939

GoldBar

Anyone who feels every New York nightclub is the same should hit this NoLita (North of Little Italy) establishment with an interior every bit as eclectic as its playlist, which includes new wave, rap, rock and pop.

How eclectic? For one, the entire space is swathed in gold.

For another, it includes a wall studded with gilded human skulls. (That’s right, skulls.)

Be advised that while you’ll likely want to capture an evening here for posterity — it’s pricy enough that it’s less a night out than an investment — photography is not permitted.

McSorley’s Old Ale House

As at Campbell Apartment, you feel like you’re stepping back in time. McSorley’s, however, is the sort of place that would welcome those traveling steerage as warmly as those in first class.

Rough-hewn wood floors, workmanlike bartenders and assorted memorabilia said to have been in the building since 1910 make you feel like you’re in a simpler age.

There are only two options for sale here: dark beer and light beer, the latter being called “light” not for its caloric value, but because it’s not the former.

Since beers here must be ordered in pairs, try one of each.

ReVision Lounge

ReVision’s theme is reclamation, with a front room furnished in bar stools made of recycled snow skis and a countertop of shredded, outdated U.S. currency glazed to a smooth finish.

But it’s the best of New York City back room you’ll remember.

Filled with couches fashioned from old coffins, porcelain bath tubs and the back ends of 1970s American luxury cars, it’s got a DJ table formed by the front end of an old Cadillac.

If you get in early in the evening you might be able to dodge the often unbearable late crowds.

Just be sure not to show up wearing real fur. (Seriously.)

World’s best cities for nightlife (and yeah, NYC is on the list)

Shopping/Attractions

Bergdorf Goodman department store

All high-fashion roads lead to this city institution, where the merchandise, layout and presentation are first-class, the staff is renowned for obsessive courteousness and historic New York department store shopping is still a dignified experience.

Bergdorf’s offers some impressive sales, though half off a US$1,000 sweater is still 500 bucks

BG’s four on-site restaurants are surprisingly good, a find for anyone who normally wouldn’t dream of eating in a store.

Century 21

For expensive stuff cheap and cheap stuff even cheaper, there’s no more beloved and simultaneously bemoaned retailer in New York City than Century 21.

Shoppers ascend C21’s five floors, slipping through the hordes searching for deeply discounted designer fashions, mainstream basics and mall-brand overstock, as well as items including luggage, watches and handbags.

If you’re willing to brave masses of consumers, C21 probably has a version of whatever clothing item you desire at every level of the economic spectrum, whether it’s a $1,200 coat for $400 or a $25 pack of socks for $10.

B&H Photo Video

B&H does a healthy amount of Internet business, making it known to many planet-wide, but the brick-and-mortar version is a hive of retail wonderment that really must be observed offline.

Thousands of daily customers seek counsel and competitive prices from hundreds of employees on photo and video cameras, computers, audio and lighting equipment, TVs, portable media devices and all of their associated accessories.

It’s worth it alone to buy something just to watch it travel via the store’s overhead rail delivery system.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum

Finally opened on September 12, 2011, after years of legal and architectural haggling, the 9/11 Memorial replaces the footprints of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers with reflecting pools fed by gargantuan ground-level waterfalls.

While the scale is massive, the aesthetic is in many ways quite personal, making the experience imposing yet touching all at once.

As long as construction continues around the site, visits require advance reservations; go to the official site to secure your visit time.

Top of The Rock observation deck

Like Meg Ryan and King Kong, you may be filled with a yen to rush to the top of the Empire State Building.

Unfortunately, this is an impulse shared by a zillion or so other tourists.

Instead, check out the observation deck at Rockefeller Center, which offers 360-degree views that are nearly as stunning and can be seen after a fraction of the wait.

Central Park

The expanse of green in the middle of Manhattan is your chance to do everything from seeing Shakespeare in the Park (there’s also a Marionette Theater at the Swedish Cottage if your little ones aren’t ready for Titus Andronicus) to challenging old Italian men to a game of bocce on the green near Sheep’s Meadow.

In the summer, Conservatory Water is filled with model boats. For even bigger kids, rental rowboats are available.

In winter, you can ice-skate at either Wollman or Lasker Rink.

Seasonal attractions

Visitors might experience completely different New Yorks depending on the time of year.

Here are some seasonal suggestions.

Winter

Madison Square Garden

Hopes are high again at the Garden as the resurgent New York Knicks NBA franchise has emerged from one of the bleaker stretches in its proud history to contention for the top seed in the Eastern Conference.

If you prefer your athletes with fewer teeth, the Garden is also home to the New York Rangers, one of six original members of the National Hockey League.

Citi Pond at Bryant Park

Ice-skating at Rockefeller Center may be the most iconic activity available for any winter visit to New York City.

Unfortunately, every other visitor willing to lace on skates knows this, as well.

If lines prove too horrific, consider heading south to the seasonal Citi Pond at Bryant Park.

The park also fills up in winter with holiday shops to amuse those who choose to stay off the ice.

Admission free, skate rentals US$14.

Spring

Hudson River Park

New York’s west side waterfront has undergone wholesale improvements over the last decade, including the installation of an eight-kilometer bike and walking path, tennis and basketball courts, soccer fields, batting cages, playgrounds, skate park, trapeze school, open lawns and free kayaking at Piers 96, 40 and 72nd Street.

Yes, that’s right, trapeze school.

Good burgers and beers can be found at the Frying Pan, a wartime barge turned bar and grill at 26th Street.

Yankee Stadium

From April through September, the Bronx comes alive for the most successful sports franchise in North America, which supplies New York with a good chunk of its swagger — it’s easier to call yourself “the greatest city in the world” when you’ve won 27 World Series, not to mention those two by the Mets.

Take the B, D or 4 subway trains to 161st Street for a game, including time to stroll the team’s new billion-dollar stadium.

Beware purchasing tickets from street scalpers: counterfeiters here are among the best in the world.

Summer

Brooklyn Bridge

Ironically, one of the best ways to appreciate Manhattan is to leave it.

Get off the F train at York Street in Brooklyn and enjoy the two-and-a-half kilometer walk back to the city via its most historic gateway, enjoying a remarkable view of Manhattan that will make you feel like you’re living a particularly charming moment from a Woody Allen film.

Before making the journey, spend some time in Brooklyn.

Check out Brooklyn’s bridge-side DUMBO neighborhood, which offers a waterfront view and features warehouses converted into an array of residences and businesses.

If you enjoy waiting in line for food that you eat with your hands, check out Grimaldi’s, one of New York’s best-rated brick oven pizzas.

Fall

The Cloisters

If you’re looking for a museum missed by most tourists (and a surprising number of New Yorkers), make time for the Cloisters, located in Fort Tryon Park.

A reassembled French building houses the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s medieval Europe collection, but for many visitors the best part of the visit occurs when you step outside and see gardens patterned faithfully after medieval designs for landscaping and architecture.

You’ll be going far further north than most visitors, but when you witness an attraction unlike anything else in New York you’ll know it’s worth the journey.

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This text explains what to search for and what to keep away from in selecting a house buying firm.

Location - At all times go with a local firm. Nationwide companies are likely to find a native investor to truly buy your home and are simply performing as center males and taking part of the proceeds of the sale. You can and will go on to a company that will buy your home. The native corporations even have a better idea of the native market and can provide extra as a result of they aren't low balling with the intention to account for unknowns.

Make Sure They Are The Precise Purchaser - This may occasionally sound like widespread sense, however a number of dwelling patrons will act as though they are shopping for the home once they haven't any intention in any way. They don't have the funds out there to actually buy the house and are just trying to tie it up in order that they will market to other buyers. If they can not find a buyer, they might not shut on the deal and can stroll away. The precise end purchaser is who you ought to be contacting. The way to avoid that is to ask them if they're those that are going to close on the home. Have them affirm that they don't seem to be going to must discover a purchaser, that they're the customer.

Ask For References and Testimonials - Knowledgeable company may have no problem permitting you to contact the title firm they use so to verify that they close on the homes they put underneath contract. Corporations that deal with home sellers with respect and equity may have loads of testimonials. It's best to all the time ask to see Brent Buy Houses Fast Social Profile testimonials from different those who have dealt with the company. Testimonials can help you hear how transactions had been handled for other house sellers. Don't be afraid to ask for testimonials and references. You can avoid a number of complications by verifying upfront that you're dealing with a good house shopping for company.

1. Get Pre-Authorised my fast home buyers inc or Pre-Qualified

Specialists recommend chatting with a lender about getting pre-accredited or pre-certified for a mortgage as quickly as you turn out to be moved here severe about shopping for a house to see what price range you can afford and what your approximate month-to-month funds will likely be.

* most homebuilders have their very own mortgage firms, or they've an inventory of most popular lenders with whom they do enterprise. Homebuilder sales consultants are very skilled in serving to potential dwelling buyers get a good idea of what they'll afford. Many offer a mini application that may assist buyers start the applying process. They can also provide a list of most popular lenders they do business with.

* if a home buyer decides to work with a Realtor, one of the first issues the Realtor will do is help the client develop into pre-approved or pre-qualified

* if the house buyer is working with an help program, the program will help match the buyer with the most effective lender.

* a home purchaser can even contact a mortgage lender straight. The customer is all the time free to decide on the mortgage company of their choice. Always compare rates of interest and fees. A single share level distinction within the curiosity could make a giant difference in your month-to-month cost.

* to turn out to be pre-qualified, you submit basic information about yourself and your funds to a lender. Primarily based on data you provide, which is not confirmed at this level, the lender will problem a pre-qualification mortgage amount. This can assist you start fascinated about what you may afford, and may help you begin taking a look at new properties. Pre-qualification is to not be mistaken for a letter of approval for a certain mortgage quantity.

2. Pre-approval

To develop into pre-accredited, you comply with a loan, you give the dealer or lender a verify to cowl the price of a credit score report. The lender might ask for different information, such as your final two or three bank statements, W-2s, and pay stubs. As soon as the credit report is back, the lender ought to be capable to present a mortgage fee, lock the mortgage in if you want, and provide a reality-in-lending assertion. This assertion will outline the costs of the loan, and what can be required to shut the acquisition.

There are a number of advantages of being pre-accepted for a loan. Most important, you may chill out and really feel comfy that BrentBuyHousesFast you have already got your loan prepared for whenever you want it. Now, all you must do is find the correct residence.

3. Think Credit

You don't have to have excellent credit to purchase a brand new residence, and you don't essentially need to have credit cards. Right now, many lenders consider alternate types of credit, akin to rent and utility funds.

Checking your credit report earlier than you apply for a mortgage is a very good thought. Normally, here you can more about the company lenders are going to wish to see a credit report with no issues on it for the past 12 months.

Potential lenders will view your credit score historical past, which includes info on how a lot debt is accrued, how many accounts are open, whether or not the payments are made on time, and so on.

There are three credit score reporting corporations: Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union. You possibly can get hold of a report from each firm to ensure it is accurate, and clear up any issues earlier than you apply for a loan.

Keep away from credit restore firms, as they are going to cost you for a service you can do by yourself. They do not attempt to resolve credit score points, however only contest any unfavorable issues in your report. What happens is that they elevate your credit score score briefly, without resolving any damaging issues.

It's very important to not make any main purchases, corresponding to a new automobile, during the time you are trying to buy a brand new home. You may http://brentbuyshousesfast.com jeopardize your pre-approval by getting credit score on another major buy during the preclosing period and destroy your chances for a brand new home.

4. Determine what you'll Brent Buy Houses Fast companies be able to afford

A lender may approve you for a certain amount, but it surely doesn't essentially mean you can afford it. Remember to think about different debts and bills, along with savings goals. When taking a look at a certain loan quantity and interest rate, sell your house for cash it is very simple to figure out the month-to-month principal and curiosity (P&I), utilizing a mortgage calculator. For example: A 30-yr mortgage for $100,000, with a 6 p.c interest rate. The month-to-month P&I cost would be $599.fifty five.

You need to additionally add other costs to your cost similar to:

* Hazard Insurance

* Property & School Taxes (in some cases Municipal Utility Dist. Taxes)

The 1% rule is very dependable. Simply take 1% of the mortgage amount, and that is what your approximate monthly payment will likely be. Usually, it is going to be just a little bit much less. In the event you had a mortgage for $one hundred,000, then your complete month-to-month cost (together with P&I, insurance and taxes) shall be proper around $1,000.

5. Store for Insurance coverage

As a home buyer, you will want to purchase insurance, and your builder, Realtor or lender may be good sources for recommendations. Once more, make sure your credit report is accurate. Credit score histories are generally used to find out whether a company will insure you, and at what rate. Many people assume that all homeowner insurance coverage insurance policies are the identical, but they don't seem to be. The Texas Department of Insurance governs affords a useful English and Spanish website, with a value guide and buying suggestions.

6. Know Everybody's he said Function

Who is involved within the dwelling buy course of? Let's rapidly outline their roles:

The Realtor - Represents YOU and can provide you with invaluable assist and advice in your house buying process. Bear in mind, there is NO COST TO YOU for utilizing a Realtor; the home builder you purchase from pays the Realtor fee charges; whether or not or not you decide to make use of a Realtor, the home builder will cost you a similar price.

Consultants suggest interviewing a number of Realtors, getting referrals from household, pals and neighbors. Select someone who is aware of your market and the neighborhoods you favor. If you'll want down payment and closing cost assistance, ask potential agents in the event that they know in regards to the programs.

The House Builder Gross sales Advisor - The sales consultant is an employee of the homebuilder who works in a selected group or neighborhood. Sales consultants are very skillful in serving to consumers start the mortgage process, in the event that they have not performed so already. They could suggest the builder's own mortgage firm, or an inventory of most well-liked lenders. The customer is free to decide on whichever lender they need.

The Loan Officer - The mortgage officer is the human face of the lender, which is the corporate or institution that gives the funds to the home buyer. Try to choose a lender who has been referred either by your Realtor, your own home builder sales advisor, or by somebody who has gone via all the mortgage course of with that lending establishment and mortgage officer. The best advice we are able to offer you is to: shop and examine lenders as you'll with another main purchase. It might save you some huge cash.

The Title Firm - The title company is often missed and little understood, nevertheless it plays a number of important roles in the buy of your new residence. The company conducts a title search and supplies the client with title insurance coverage. That is to ensure that if you purchase a house, the folks promoting it actually have full and legal title. In different phrases, they are the authorized homeowners, and the house is theirs to promote.

Title insurance coverage protects in opposition to loss arising from a dispute over ownership of the property. Title companies additionally acquire and disburse the funds wanted within the selling and i want to sell my princess house crystal shopping for of the property. Finally, title corporations guarantee all documents are executed and filed correctly with the county courthouse, in order that the property turns into legally yours.

7. Understand What sell fast home buyers llc You Signal

You'll be asked to sign quite a few documents within the residence shopping for process. Remember that everybody else in the house shopping for process is a professionals, and they do this for a dwelling. The one one who does not go through this process regularly is you. Read and totally understand all the things before you sign. Don't let anyone pressure you to sign a doc in case you don't perceive or do not feel comfy. For those who want one, a translator might be supplied to you. It's your right.

eight. Closing

Closing is the formal transfer of possession from the vendor (the builder) to the buyer (you). There are several things that take place main up to the closing.

A "Walk Via" - is your remaining probability to inspect your new home. Make sure all the things has been accomplished and is properly working.

"Closing Assertion" or "Settlement Sheet" - is an itemized assertion of expenses to be paid at closing. The charges can range depending in your loan sort. You'll attend the closing assembly where you may be requested to signal the final paperwork. When you have one, your Realtor and the Builder Sales Guide will even be in attendance. Your loan officer will information you through each document to be signed. Ask questions if you do not understand something.

Closing documents you sometimes are requested to sign embody among the following:

* HUD-1 Settlement Sheet. An itemized checklist of closing costs.

* Truth-in-Lending Statement. This outlines the cost of the mortgage and the APR we buy houses ripoff (annual share rate). It also defines the loan phrases and variety of payments.

* Mortgage Observe (also called Promissory Note). That is legal proof of your promise to repay the loan in line with the agreed terms outlined in this doc.

* Mortgage. The legal doc that gives the lender a declare in opposition to your Wikipedia here own home if you happen to fail to uphold the terms of the mortgage note.

* Deed. This doc is signed by the seller at closing to transfer possession to your title. You receive a duplicate at closing. The unique will probably be despatched to you after it's recorded.