1. The Abbey Pub - Happy Hour
2. Falafel at Jerusalem
3. Urban Hike to check out the neighborhood architecture
4. Smoke Jazz Club
5. Amsterdam 106
6. Central Park
7. Columbia University Film Festival
8. Restaurants on Amsterdam (take your pick)
9. Morningside Park run or bike
It's not the world's most exciting neighborhood but some of it is really pretty and there is a ton of green -- which is a luxury in Manhattan.