Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 434

After spending an amazing week in marrakech Bridie and i flew to New York via dublin for a few days giving me time to see my freinds who i hadnt seen for nearly a year! We arrived in NYC on the 22nd of june for another summer at frenchwoods camp, i havent had time to write a full blog on what ive been up to in the past 2 months so ive just sumarised my summer so far with some pics and just a few of the highlights as it would be impossible to include all of them summer at frenchwoods 2006: some of the best bits -arriving at camp spaced out and in a state of surrealness at actually being back and being pushed straight into our fisrt staff meeting of the summer!! -seeing all ... read more

Alas, Chris and I had come to the end of our stay in New York, New York, so good they named it twice (much like Cameroon soccer ace Djemba-Djemba...and Lorna - that's right el jay, I totally zinged you on my blog! What now?!). Such a proverbial kaleidoscope of cross-culture Americana is this fine City, you could basically stay there and get a taste of the whole world without leaving. However, we only had 9 days and are going around the world anyway (what's the point going to Chinatown when you can go to China? We came to see America, dagnammit!) and so we set about doing all the things unique to the Big Apple. As mentioned in a previous blog, we had been sold comedy club tickets on our first day while wondering around Times ... read more

According to a diminutive Manhattan local who tried to flog us tickets to a comedy show in Times Square, there are 2 things you have to do when visiting New York City; 1 is catch a show on Broadway (The Wedding Singer - check) and the other is go and visit the Statue of Liberty (check - see previous blog). Presumably, watching a comedy show comes in third, explaining why we fell for his subtle sales techniques and bought the tickets. He did, however, fail to mention one of New York's most iconic attractions - the Empire State Building. Leading world building for broadcasting duties, climbing post for amorous monkeys, even a rhyming couplet on the now legendary Frosties advert (one of the many things I miss from back home...they're gonna taste grrr-eat!!). Yep, I don't ... read more

Do you know how sexy I find you, just from you opening your mouth? Not my words, the words of a very very drunk female New Yorker who about 5mis before saying this was falling off her stall and insanely cheering for Agassi on the T.V. This is mine and Liam’s first night on the tiles in New York The name of the bar is PJ Clarks and the location, upper eastside Manhattan. Picture the scene: Myself and fellow traveler/met Liam are sat at the bar. Its our 1st night out and we’re confused about tipping. Surrounding us are loud over the top Americans fresh from a hard days grind on Wall Street. It’s a bit weird, the women are drinking beer, and the men (decked out with white collar and cuffs) are sipping drinks like ... read more

Last day The very last day. We got up @ 9 ish and as the hotel doesn't have a restaurant we went for a walk along Broadway to look for somewhere to eat. The Manhattan Diner (review at http://www.hiddenboston.com/NewYorkRestaurants.html) was packed and we had to queue outside. For about $4 you got Orange Juice, a cooked breakfast, toast and as much coffee as you could drink. Come on London why can't you do this? After breakfast we packed out bags and left them in storage. As our flight was at 21:25 we booked a taxi for 17:30 which would allow us an hour to get to JFK (should take 40 minutes) and 3 hours to check-in (Virgin were opening the check-in desk 4 hours before the flight so that everyone could clear security). The kids ... read more