Ever since Sephora opended, my wife never needed a place to spend a few hours in Time Square anymore.
Go over to the Chophouse and grab a couple of beers. A couple of their summer brews are pretty good, their Mother's Milk Maibock has a good taste and is 7% (to make the play go by better), and the people I was there with last week loved the Summertime Apricot Ale.
Books, Beer, same thing.