So - day 7 already! The difference of staying with a new yorker rather than in a backpackers, is (as i am finding out) a strange feeling of being a 'new' new yorker. Am i making sense? I am certainly following the tourist trail by day, and taking in the sights and sounds as all visitors do. But i am also finding myself doing normal everyday things, like dropping of laundry, watching truly awful morning chat shows, visiting blockbusters, and having to navigate this quite daunting city solo certainly seems to help you cope with it alot quicker - i have [View Full Entry]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6xFFksxnOk This is some nice footage. I like the way they have Times Square just for foot-traffic. With the stage ready to go. I'll go to see Memphis on November 3rd. then stay at the Chelsea Spot Hostel on 30th St. The next morning I'll walk to Penn Station and go to JFK. Flying to Madrid and beyond for 3 weeks. Stay tuned. Memphis is new to Broadway, but it sounds cool... I never had seen a Broadway show until 2009. It's weird. I was born in NY but never lived there. I won a front row seat vis a vis [View Full Entry]

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NYC pt 1 [View Full Entry]

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Finally in New york! We have already done so much here. After landing i was whisked away from the airport in a massive black private car, leather interior etc and delivered home with Rachel!! It was very welcome after having spent 2 hours getting through airport security, which for the record i think is utterly ridiculous! The fingerprints and retina things i can understand, but the angry chinese guy who basically iterrogated me was a little unnecessary! Once back, we went for dinner at a very old school pizza parlour called Patsy's. An old dude on the table next to us [View Full Entry]

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I am not in Manhattan. If I was I'd probably be watching a Broadway show. I have a SYSTEM for seeing shows on Broadway. I have a Amtrak credit card. I trade the Amtrak points 1 for 1 for Audience Rewards points. I see what they are offering for trades usually some cash too but not much. I get a ticket for a Tuesday evening performance or a Wednesday matinee. (Most shows have two performances on Weds.) Then I get a Greyound bus ticket @ least 3 weeks in advance. Leaves Portland ME @ 10A and arrives right in the Port [View Full Entry]

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Fui dormir ontem decidida a acordar cedo. E acordei. Pouco depois das 8h00 já estava na rua, a caminho do Harlem. Queria assistir à famosa missa gospel na Abyssinian Baptist Church, na 138th street. Aos domingos, as missas são às 9h00 e às 11h00. Nos guias sobre Nova York, a recomendação é chegar ao menos uma hora antes. Mas essas dicas são sempre voltadas para quem viaja em períodos de alta estação. Foi o pensei, mas estava redondamente e longamente errada. Assim que me aproximei do endereço, vi uma fila que virava o quarteirão. A prioridade [View Full Entry]

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New York, 28th-30th September Arrived at Port Authority Bus Terminal in Central New York after going through suburb of Harlem. Hotel was great, only a couple of blocks from Times Square and right on Broadway. Eager to see the sights we left the hotel stopped for lunch Subway who we found were doing foot long subways for $5-bargain! First stop the giant M&M store in Times Square, 3 floors of everything M&M. We then walked to Grand Central Station. It’s a very impressive building; we got a Frostys drink and people watched for a little while. After that we walked to [View Full Entry]

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Since our first blog documenting our Egypt/Italy trip was an overwhelming success by all critics, we thought we'd continue on and do one for our trip to NY and Washington, DC with Melissa's mom and dad. The trip got off to a bit of a slow start with a combination of an early snow storm and Air Canada computer problems, delaying our original flight to Ottawa by about 5 hours. On the plus side it did allow us time to have our first, and unfortunately only celebrity sightings of the trip, Doc Walker and liberal leader Jon Gerrard, very exciting... After [View Full Entry]

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Moinmoin! Da der gute alte Jaja so beschäftigt ist, hat er mich damit beauftragt, unseren Besuch etwas näher zu schildern! Hehe, jetzt kommen die ganzen wahren Geschichten ans Licht ;-) Freitag sehr früh gings los nach NY, dank derZeitverschiebung waren wir schon vormittags da in Newark, in der Nähe von New York. Da hat Jaja uns abgeholt, mit einem kleinen Begrüßungsbierchen. Bier zu trinken in der Öffentlichkeit ist natürlich verboten, also haben wir uns aufs Klo verkrochen (ist natürlich überhaupt nicht öffentlich:-)) Da standen wir ziemlich den Leuten im Weg mit unserem Riesenge [View Full Entry]

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Today was bound to be a good one when I woke up to the whiff of burnt giant pretzels. I love that smell ... It's so New York! And judging by the latest breaking news in the city, it's a blessing to be smelling something so good when the stench of rabid skunk is loose in Manhattan. Who even knew the skunk population was normally kept under control in the Bronx thanks to the bobcat and coyote presence? (WTF is a bobcat?? I could've sworn it was some sort of heavy machinery). And who would've guessed that the skunks have pioneered [View Full Entry]

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