Blogs from Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, North America - page 200

For those of you who don't know me, I am an avid 'Southerner/American girl' traveller, wishing, hoping, for a RTW trip, but in the meantime I'm doing what I can, when I can. Here are my stories: Ever wonder what its like in a New York City snow storm? This moment, the snow is stinging me in the face, and sticking to my overcoat as I walk down the deserted 19th Street at 12:45am. In New York, the wind tunnel effect is in full force, down the avenue and east to west, though it really must be only around freezing, not much below, because it really isn’t but so cold. The street ahead is coated in white, the air is full of snowy fog, falling in whirls around the street lights. The building windows go dark-dark-light, ... read more

New York City Hotels - Conan O’Brien Back in 2003 we were up late watching some Conan O’Brien and saw the ad for ordering tickets to the show. I went to the Web site and ordered the tickets. This was in the spring of 2003 and the closest date we could get was December of 2003. We were excited about going to the show and booked a stay at a budget New York hotel called Riverside Tower Hotel. The price was cheap and the hotel was not loaded with amenities or luxury accommodations, but it was clean and safe. The day of the show we headed down to Rockefeller Center to get to the NBC Studios. We heard from someone that you should get there at 2 even... read more

Last weekend Kory and I went to Yale (in Connecticut) by train to visit our friend Jen and check out the campus. Jen was visiting some friends of hers from school and invited us up for the night. We went to a Yale basketball game and went out to a few local bars. The town actually had a lot going on - just like any college town. The next day we toured the campus a bit and checked out some of the major buildings. The architecture and history of the campus is really interesting. It looked just like it does in the movies - the way you imagine college to be when you are a kid. We only stayed for a day but it was a nice break from the city. Earlier this week we walked ... read more

Highlights: *Harlem Walking Tour (Apollo) *Lagree Baptist Church *Dive inn Bar Sov over mig men naaede heldigvis lige op til den tour jeg havde planlagt - en "Harlem walking tour" sammen med Gareth og Adrian. Det var ret koldt i vejret men en sjov maade at se en del af NY som jeg nok ellers ikke ville faa set. Saa rigtig mange spaendende steder og fik en masse historie (om jazz, poeter og historien) men det ultimative hoejdepunkt var helt klart 'Lagree Baptist Church' hvor vi hoerte gospel. Det var noget af det vildeste jeg laenge har oplevet. Vi var de eneste "hvide" der (naesten i Harlem) og damerne der havde rigtig fundet soendagstoejet fram, de sindsygste hatte, smykker m.m. Da 'the peacher' skulle laese op fra biblen fik vi ikke bare lov at se paa, ... read more

Highligts: *Macys *Forever 21 *Empire state Building *DR.JAYS *Subway (spisested) Pyha mine ben er ved at vaere godt brugte! Jeg stod rimlig sent op og startede dagen med at faa oploaded nogle billeder. Det regnede lidt idag saa orkede ikke det helt store. Det eneste jeg havde planlagt var at se 'Empire State Building' - men p.g.a. vejret kunne man desvaerre ikke se saerlig langt saa det var ikke helt optimalt. Ellers saa skal jeg lige love for at mit laenge forsoemte shopping-gen blev tilgodeset idag. Tog foerst i 'Macys' (minder lidt om Magasin - bare MEGET stoerre). Her fik jeg brugt en del penge paa kosmetik fra 'MAC' (taenkte paa Theresa:). Ellers var jeg ikke synderlig begejstret for stedet, det skulle maaske da lige vaere den kaempe afdeling de har med de vildelste festkjoler - ... read more