Back home now, thanks everyone for the pre-trip tips! Here's some stuff I managed to do during the two weeks there:
-see a Rangers game vs the Jets at MSG
-enjoy plenty of very good local and non-local beers (and amuse local people by the fact that we have Brooklyn Lager and other Brooklyn Brewery stuff commonly available in Finland!)
-check out St. Patrick's Cathedral
-hang out at a crowded Times Square (and generally walk on Broadway and the avenues, mainly in Midtown) late in the evening
-go to Bareburger for an awesome burger, they need to expand to Finland!
-do bar hopping in Brooklyn and be impressed by the beer selections at the bars there and also enjoy wonderful pre-bar hopping dinner at Fette Sau (
http://www.fettesaubbq.com/)
-walk around the southern parts of Central Park on a gorgeous sunny day
-go to Grand Central Station, where unfortunately I was right after the market had closed, cool place anyway
-enjoy most delicious steaks at Ipanema and finally try several of those worldclass caipirinhas
-see a very impressive Tool live show at the Izod Center, NJ
-take a 3 hour cruise around Manhattan to fully realize how big that island actually is
-meet up with some familiar faces in the area (Milton sucks you didn't make it, but we'll see each other eventually again!)
Put some trip photos up
in Picasa if anyone's interested.