Blogs from Queens, New York, New York, United States, North America - page 8

Hello All! This is what we will be using as our travel blog. It will send you emails when we have added a new blog entry and pictures. Here is the link: http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Good-Times-Girls/111899-rss.xml You can also send us messages and comments on it. Or, the email address we will be using is Peaceout420gmail.com. Please also send us your phone numbers and address so we can update our address books. We miss already...and we're off to travel the world! Love, Stacy & Brooklyn ... read more

Dear Friends, Family, Casual acquaintances, and Strangers who might be reading this, In 5 days I am taking a 13-hour flight to Buenos Aires, Argentina by myself. I'll be there for three months doing volunteer work with LIFE Argentina, an organization that works with children in socially marginalized and impoverished areas of Buenos Aires. I've never traveled alone before. I've never been to South America before. I've never been out of the country for more than two weeks at a time, and I've certainly never worked in a Spanish-speaking country before. It's a lot of firsts for me, but I'm feeling beyond ready for this experience and I can't wait to completely immerse myself in something totally different from everything I am used to. I have a lot of goals for the trip, and I thought ... read more

I just ran across the street for my first NYC dinner experience! Daisy's Restaurant‎ 3941 Queens Blvd I had a few dinner drinks and "house ravioli bolognese" (basically ravioli in a meat sauce). It was delicious! Plus the staff was AWESOME! The bartender (George Chavez (half italian/hispanic)) was the coolest bartender. He gave me the low down on what to see and what to do(pretty much all of the NYC basic landmarks).... the rest of the wait stuff was also nice and friendly. I spent some time just talking with all of them and enjoyed a wonderful meal. Apparently, George was a "road manager" for the Shirelle's back in the day.. told me a few stories over my after dinner sippage. After George threw in the last drink on the house, I tabbed out from "Daisy's" ... read more

90 minutes until the cab comes to bring us to flying machines. Rock Band was the order of the day. Meg brought Bagels and played a mean bass. Manny talked about loving Scott's mother. Scott cried. Derek secluded himself in the hopes of shaking off his jitters. I made the rounds. Checking the integrity of our crew. Stay tuned, there is a possible report from the airport in your future. Exciting, hardly a good enough word for sitting in a rank terminal for 2 and a half hours. ... read more

Day One Or Welcome to America! Or No Money, No Honey! It was a Sunday the 1st of June when four very tired Irish girls, me, Denise, Caitríona and Nettie, gathered in Dublin airport to start the summer of a lifetime. I won't bore everyone with the details of the flight as nothing interesting really happened (although one air-hostess did call me 'Sir'...) and we arrived in New York without much panic. Everything that has happened since we stepped off the plane have been absolutely amazing. Caitríona's uncle, Dave, collected us from the airport, a man of unfailing energy and helpfulness. He welcomed us to America, then took all our luggage, piled it onto one of those trolley yokes (remember, this is 4 girls worth of trans-Atlantic luggage - A LOT) powered out of JFK ... read more