Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 448

On June 21st, Larry and I headed to Narita Airport to fly home to NYC for about a week for his brother Terry's wedding. I was able to leave because, luckily, I was on a two-week vacation due to renovations of the theatre that my show takes place. Larry had to get work a few 7-day weeks to get the time off, but after our short visit, we both knew that it was a trip well worth our time - Not only for the beautiful wedding that we got to attend, but also to be able to see some of our friends and family. On our second night in New York, we decided it would be fun to go out with a bunch of our friends to the restaurant Larry used to work in - the ... read more

A week from today I will be in Vermont to show my boyfriend, Jorge (AKA George), where I grew up. Next Wednesday I will be on my way to Mexico City with him, and from there we will take a bus to Puebla - the city he grew up in. I'll start blogging soon. I just bought a replacement digital camera for my HP 733 that broke. I'll be sure to post plenty of pictures! Here's my route to Vermont: http://www.travelblog.org/gmaps/map_1q9.html ... read more

Well we hit the ground running, straight off the red eye, taxi to hotel to drop off bags, then first to the Rockefeller Centre at around 8.30. With my mouth feeling like it had been hoovered and my legs trying to buckle and my brain screaming don’t get in the lift (I don’t mind being in them its the overriding fear it’s gonna break down) forward I went. The first lift is just two floors to the exhibition floor, and then a cheery person greets you, one hit on the button and you get whooshed up 67 floors! With a glass ceiling so you can see all the workings and pretty flashing lights. Great views from the top, but the lift back down seemed much slower. Still then it was off to the Staten Island Ferry ... read more

We slept in a bit and headed out to sightsee after the morning rush. We were staying in a place off Park Ave set up a bit like a hostel so it was nice to wake up and not have to fight for the bathroom or see people in the hallway while I was in my glasses and boxers. We walked a few blocks, got some breakfast food at a local deli and headed to the closest subway station. We had purchased a day pass for each of us from the hotel lobby for the metro system and planned to use it to the max. We took the train (a couple of them) to the southern part of the Central Park and explored a while, taking lots of pictures and even getting a geocache under out ... read more

We spent the last two weeks of our travels in Miami, Florida Keys, Orlando, Niagara Falls and NYC. First we flew into Miami and stayed at an art deco hotel called The Tropics on Collins Ave, just behind the famous Ocean Drive, South Beach. The first thing we realised about Florida was it was extremely humid. We hadn't had heat like that since leaving Bangkok. The sweating started there and then!!! The second thing we noticed was the unbelievable amount of gorgeous people, tanned, svelte and sexy walking around with their designer pooch, dressed in matching clothes and accessories, wow! Being near the end of our travels and we were looking more and more scruffy. Well in Miami we stood out like sore thumbs! We went for a walk down Lincoln and all the beautiful ... read more