Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 415

New York, here I come!Liz Toms I feel like Kerouac in a way, and I love it. A month ago I was on the west coast in LA, and now here I am in a hotel on Wall Street in the Financial District of Manhattan. It's almost surreal, and definitely not good for my wanderlust (or maybe just what I need; a quick fix). An aside: just in case you don't know... I'm currently reading On The Road, and I have three things to say about that. 1) I feel like I'm living the book in a modern 2007 kind of way. I literally was driving from Baltimore to NYC today as I was reading how Kerouac drives to NYC via Baltimore with Dean, Ed, and Marylou in Part I. Plus, his trip to San Fran/LA ... read more

Well we have arrived in New York (well 2 days ago), the weather has been fantastic here. It was sunny all day. We have found most New Yorkers to be quiet friendly and humourous. Yesterday we started our 2 day hop on - hop off bus tours and saw lots of the key attractions, Madison Square gardens, Macys (MMMmm.... Shopping), Rockerfellar Centre and went for a trip up the Empire State Building. Oh and Daniel got to see his "Soup Kitchen" from Seinfield. Today we are going to see the Statue of Liberty and Ground Zero and what other attractions we come across, and will be finishing our last night in New York with a Broadway show tonight. We will be going to see either the Producers or Lion King - not sure yet. We sampled ... read more

Attempting to work on Apple Mac on third floor of hostel Apologies for my last entry - we were having a hellish time with the internet in the last hostel. Cost $1 for 10 minutes - but these were no ordinary 10 minutes. I think time went double. And we were trying to sort out Washington at the same time, so there was no proper time to write in blogs. Tonight won't be much better, cos I'm writing on an Apple Mac which I can never seem to get right and I have had mucho free German beer. We were so lucky with that! The bar opposite h ad some issue about losing the lease and the owner of the hostel signed a petition to save them so they had a free-for-all thing. I really ... read more

OD New boots for CC today. We drove to Syracuse and found new boots that are lighter and fit much better than her old ones. I swapped out my heavy boots for much lighter ones also. The average person takes about 2,000 paces per mile. 1 extra pound per leg means you lift a ton or more unnecessarly per mile per leg and 10+ tons per day lifted. It has also been calculated that one pound one your foot equals five pounds on your back. So by going to lighter boots we should be able to cover the same miles with less effort. We also ordered a different jacket set after returning the one we got from LL Bean. We have swapped out her light sleeping bag for my gore-tex shelled down bag, it is good ... read more

My first stop has brought me here to sunny, tropical, exotic New York City. For those who have never heard of it, it's a small regional trading outpost in the province of New York of the United States. Faneuil is still the same animal you know and love. I miss that little fucker. Sklar has transformed from a smooth-talking, panty-dropping english major to wall street yuppie in front of my very eyes. I saw the suit and tie with my own two eyes! Maybe he has given up his dreams of becoming a dog in hopes of making it to white collar prison. Tonight is going to get sloppy I fear, as we're meeting up with Beck, Kosegarten, C-Balls and Kissling. Pray for us. - I promise my next entry will be from a real destination...... ... read more