Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 3

March 16th - 9:00 AM seemed like a reasonable time to roll off of the couch, still fully dressed from the flight down. Sometime during the night Thomas had been compelled by his roommate to remove himself from the bathroom floor where he had passed out blocking the toilet. (I had made sure he had a pillow and a blanket - poor bastard. There was a picture of this awesomeness, but the embarrassed fellow deleted it from my phone when I wasn’t looking.) I completed the three S’s in record time and tried to rally the brothers. Andy wasn’t in bad shape, having peeled himself off the couch sometime during the night and gotten a good night’s sleep in a bed. Thomas was nothing short of death incarnate. Andy told us that when Thomas awoke in ... read more

We learned our lesson after Friday's disastrous drive through Manhattan from LaGuardia. To catch our flight, we took the slightly longer route and drove through Staten Island and into Brooklyn. We gave ourselves extra time and left our hotel six hours before our departure time--just in case. The drive went much smoother with very little traffic. When we were just a few miles from LaGuardia Airport, we still had hours before takeoff, so we decided to stop for pizza. I'd heard Grimaldi's in Brooklyn (not far off from the highway) is a good place to try, so we decided to give it a whirl. It was lunch time, and there was a line of people standing outside Grimaldi's, waiting for seats to open up. While we really wanted to try some good New York pizza, we ... read more

Sipping champagne in business class on the last leg of a marathon trip around the world, on my way back from surprising my best friend on his wedding day, I can't help but giggle! First allow me to quickly clarify - The free upgrade to business class was by no means expected! I can only imagine that the kind Cathay Pacific agent checking me in must have genuinely felt sorry for me (or most likely thought I was insane) given the ridiculous amount of traveling for less than 24 hours in New York... Whatever the reason, I'll take it! Let this also be an official disc... read more

Originally posted on Tourism Daily tips. There are so many things to do when you visit a big city. Chicago, New York, San Fransisco; they each have unique attractions and there is always so much to see and so many ways to see it. If you are struggling to decide which way you want to view the attractions here are a few tips to get you started. Bus Tours Bus tours get you down on street level and they let you see all of the major sights in just a day. Plus you don't have to wear yourself out walking or miss something you wanted to see because you are busy driving. These tours are also fast lasting only an hour or two. Plus you get the benefit of having a knowledgeable guide feeding you ... read more

Only a second: the span separating a drink from a sip. It slipped into that space effortlessly. Just an innocent question. The kind you ask a memory that has disappeared into an incomprehensible life elsewhere. “How is NYC? How is it to be back in the USA?” The Question. The returnee’s kōan, the sound of one hand clapping. Sooner or later, it always comes, but no one really wants the complicated answer. Much more preferred is something pleasantly trite, reassuringly vapid, and decidedly unambiguous. “Great” with a little humorous anecdote about fat America on the side. Chuckle. Check conversation topic box. Move on. Easy like Sunday morning. That is how it is supposed to go. Instead, a Jackson Pollock splattering of disjointed, rambling, hemming and hawing, caveat-peppered babble spilled forth. This is the complicated answer. We ... read more

No place to go tonight at least - but tomorrow we are off! To the exotic land of... New Jersey! From there, we head off on our adventure to... Queens, NY! From LaGuardia at 6am, we'll really start the first leg of our journey southbound to Guatemala! What do I have to say now, then? Why are you reading a blog post from Millerton NY? I don't know - I have a silly tradition of writing a pre-trip blog post, so here we are. Okay, enough fluff - here's the plan: 5 weeks in Central America. First three weeks we'll be headquartered in San Pedro la Laguna, Guatemala. Monday through Thursday, I'll be working remotely for my US clients and Sara will take spanish classes in town. On weekends, we'll take trips - you know, hike ... read more