Brenda, do you like Martinis? I know an Italian place on 48th and 3rd that has free Martini's for ladies on Wednesdays. Take a look at the Venue section; there's very nice outdoor seating.
http://www.ribotnyc.com/
Choosing a place to eat in NYC is an almost an impossible feat with all the choices. There are at least 20 restaurants within 2 blocks either way from your hotel!
There's another, more quaint restaurant, serving Turkish food, called Sip Sak, on 48th and 2nd. It's not as upscale as Ribo, but the food is great. The chef is very well-known here in the city.
http://www.sip-sak.com/menu_rol.html
One more, great for celebrity-spotting (Hugh Jackman and Glenn Close were there yesterday), open 24 hrs, and is a really popular place is Cafeteria on 7th and 17th. The prices are reasonable and it doesn't look like much, but that's what makes it cool. They have outdoor sidewalk seating, inside, and a downstairs lounge.
Ok, only one more, I promise. If you're feeling naughty, you can go to LIPS, which is a drag restaurant with a floorshow and GREAT food. But if you blush easily, well... We took Chad there for his surprise 21st birthday last year, and OMG we had a blast. Thank God my dad didn't come, as he would have walked right out of the place with it's, um. adult humor. No nudity, though!
Here's a pic of Mel being, uh, bothered by a "lady". That kind of humor isn't his cup of tea, but even he had to laugh at the innanity of it all. Notice my hand, saying I'm not getting involved!
Chad and our server.
At the table. It wasn't too "adult", as we were able to bring Jesse and my 13 year old nephew.
Also, on 53rd street, on the way to your hotel (about 3 blocks away), we'll pass by a dress shop that has gorgeous gowns in the window, mostly gold, which by coincidence is very "in" here. It'll be fun to look, even in passing.
You're going to have a ball...you have to look for the naked cowboy standing in the street on 42nd and Broadway, playing a guitar. He's not actually naked, but wears boots, a cowboy hat, and tighty whities!
And one quick thing about WOD: It'd big, but there's not much adult stuff there. The cool thing is that "Capt. Jack" makes daily appearances, as well as other characters. The prices are just like at WDW, with a few special deals, mostly for kids items, but the atmosphere will warm your heart as if you really were in WDW! There's even a photo op session. I almost cry whenever I go in. AND the GUCCI store is right across the street! (5th and 55th). It's a short walk from your hotel.
If you want to see John Lennon's building, the Dakota, where he was shot right outside, and also it's the building that Rosemary's baby was filmed in, it's on 72nd and Central Park West, easy to get there by subway, unless you would like me to drive you by there. Yoko Ono still lives there. Down the block from that is McCourt's, a bar/restaurant owned by Malachy McCourt, brother of Frank McCourt who wrote Angela's Ashes. Malachy wrote a few books himself, ran for NYS governor in the last election, and is a real NYC CHARACTER. I LOVE that guy, a real off-the-boat Irishman with a wit to match. He's often sitting at his own bar with a pint of Guinness under hand, and he's someone who'd be a memorable man to meet, who'll have you laughing and have you falling in love with him at the same time.
Ground Zero is a site to see, downtown. (You're hotel is mid-town.) You'll be able to see the Empire State Building from many places just walking around the city. The statue of Liberty you'll also be able to see as we drive into midtown. What else? You can see Central Park from 7th ave., and it's walking distance from your hotel. You'll basically be on Broadway, since Broadway and 7th Ave. converge, so you're right smack in the theater district with all the lights at night. St. Partick's Cathedral, Rockefeller Center, Radio City, and the NBC and MTV studios are also right there.
If you had more time, I can show you John Gotti's house (the famous Mafia boss), who's family home is a few blocks away from my house. I could show you the studio where As The World Turns is shot, as well as the Cosbys when it used to be on, also near my house. Brenda, you have to make another trip to NYC in the future! There's just so doggone much to see and do here. And you have to take a subway ride, even if it's just for a few blocks! The subways are safe, trust me, ever since Mayor Guiliani cleaned up the city 10 years ago.
OMG I just remembered all the museums, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, the Hayden Planetarium, the Post Office, which is the biggest post office in the world and open 24/7. And Coney Island for a REAL Nathan's frank. (We don't call them hot dogs here in NYC, they're franks! LOL)
I'm sorry, you must be exhausted from all this reading, I'll stop now!!!!!!!
~LY Nanette Skjerven! MI~ 
Thank you~
guess i still have a few more lbs for that one.....
But not too bad...
Hope I make it to NYC soon to take advantage of your superior local knowledge... 
