Blogs from Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, North America - page 20

“May I present to you: heaven!” dit is wat de ober in Morton’s steakhouse zei waarna hij het stuk vlees dat ik besteld had voor me op tafel zette. Hij had gelijk, deze steak was de beste die ik ooit gegeten heb. Mals en enorm veel smaak. Over de prijs ga ik het niet hebben, want daar ben ik zelf al vaak genoeg van geschrokken. Een collega had mij op vrijdagmiddag getipt om bij Morton’s te gaan eten, maar dan moest ik wel van tevoren reserveren. Ik had eerst op de menukaart op internet gekeken en die zag er goed uit. Er stonden geen prijzen bij de gerechten, dat had ik echter al vaker meegemaakt dus ik boekte vol vertrouwen mijn eenpersoonstafel voor die avond. Bij het restaurant aangekomen parkeerde ik zelf mijn auto (geen valet ... read more

Nothing new to report. The last time I posted here was I think January 2008. Since then I have traveled again to the UK twice (for business), the Philippines in February 2011, and Iceland in January 2013. My next trip is Copenhagen for New Year's Eve December 2014. I booked my flight but not my rooms yet. Will probably do AirBnB. Will post soon!... read more

A visit to Coney Island - which used to be an island but is no more - makes for a long tiring day which was made all the more exhausting by the fact that it was quite hot. Situated on the Southwestern part of Brooklyn bordering on the Atlantic Ocean it was partially joined to the mainland by landfill. Following European settlement, when it was originally a Dutch colony and settlement, the Dutch name for the island was Conyne Eylandt which translates as "Rabbit Island". As on other Long Island barrier islands, Coney Island had many rabbits, and rabbit hunting prospered until resort development eliminated their habitat. If only that worked in Australia to get rid of rabbits! Rabbits or no rabbits, the kids had a ball there so...mission accomplished! Kerrii bought Grace, Lucy and Rupert ... read more

With Lucy now sleeping in Rupert's bed, Rupert became our house guest for a couple of nights. Day one of this new arrangement saw Kev and Rupert heading off to the Intrepid Air & Space Museum while I went on a Dickens rampage. Kev forgot to take his camera but I didn't of course; they don't call me 'snappy tom' for nothing. Nevertheless Kev said it hasn't changed since last year when we paid the museum a visit. And the boys thoroughly enjoyed it! J Pierpont Morgan was at the pinnacle of US finances and following his father 's death he emerged as the dominant capitalist of the Gilded Age. Pierpont Morgan was a philanthropist and avid art collector building a house specifically to display his collection. In 1924 J. P. Morgan, Jr. gave his father's ... read more

Fran and I went shopping on Saturday morning. Lipsticks and the like were first and then we were going for a cup of coffee but somehow we ended up in another shop..surprise, surprise! Anyway I had to leave Fran to the shopping and head off to put the glad rags on for another theatre visit. This time Kerrii, Grace, Rupert, Kev and I were heading off to see "Newsies", the 2pm matinee at the Nederlander Theatre on 41st Street. The musical told the story of the 1899 newspaper boys strike for better pay and conditions. Most of those who sold newspapers were kids who lived on the streets; in1875 it was reported that "There are 10,000 children living on the streets of New York....The newsboys constitute an important division of this army of homeless children. You ... read more