Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 461

After a bout of freezing-get-your-coats-out-folks-we're-snowed-in-til-March weather, it's suddenly turned really warm again. I can wander freely around the city wearing a jumper and still be warm (note: yes, this is in addition to other clothes. No silly comments please!). This was of course remarkably handy when it was decided that Saturday was going to be a night out on the town, venturing out to 40-40, the favourite haunt of my flatmate Lydia. I'd heard rumours of ghetto-like suuroundings and that I would be the whitest person there, but after having survived the Kings Pharmacy Ball earlier on this year, I thought I'd give it my best shot (after all, I did learn how to dance to bhangra). That didn't really happed though. The plan was that Kate, Jenny, myself, Kate's friend Cecily from school (she was ... read more

Ok, so it was a round-trip of Manhattan island, but considering all of the communities and the ethnic microcosoms crammed into that 23 square miles, it's almost a trip round the world. I decided sometime in the middle of last week that I'd been spending far too much time piddling around New Jersey and not enough time actually seeing Manhattan itself. Sure, I spend every single day traveling in and out of the place, walking past the Empire State and the Chrysler buildings, but for some reason I just don't feel like sightseeing at 8:15 in the morning. Or 6pm for that matter (it's dark by 4pm now anyway, boo!). Instead I decided to dedicate my precious weekend to the pursuit of looking like a geeky tourist and seeing a bit more of this infamous city. ... read more

Dear All, We left DC on the morning of the 4th November with Jeff and met Julian at the halfway point to Hershey PA. From there we drove through some of the most beautiful countryside we have seen so far. The autumnal colours were out in full force and the Appalcians looked amazing. Pennsylvania has some of the most wonderful countryside and is the perfect place to view the Fall in all its glory. We arrived at Julian and Jeanettes' beautiful house in Hummelstown and had a quick lunch before Jeanette took us on a drive of the local area. One of the most impressive things we saw was the school run by the Hershey Foundation. They have set up housing, and a fully comprehensive education for children from troubled backgrounds. That evening we were surprised ... read more

So decided to go to New York for Halloween since I've been for Summer, 4th of July and Christmas!!! Now only thing left is to go during Thanksgiving.... This time I decided to spend as much time with Leyla, who lives in New York, as I could to see other parts of New York I hadn't seen before and also see Ingerith, who lives in London but I don't get to see her often in London. First off we went to Downtown Brooklyn to see the bridge and area and also to take some jumping shots. It was quite different, more residential and cultural then busy like the city. A lot of mothers and babies, which to me was great because I love kids!!! Secondly went to Central Park Zoo. I finally got to see the ... read more

Oh my. I'm so so sorry I haven't written anything in so long, but then I always was hopeless at keeping a diary of any sort. In my defence (with a C, not an S), I've barely had time to sit down and call people, not to mention e-mail or blog, and I kind of wanted to wait until I had some pretty pictures to show you and exciting stuff to say. Now I have both and I can hear the roars of appreciation from you all, so here goes. Over the next few days, I'm going to try and write a couple of blogs on a variety of different topics, rather than just bombard you all now with one momma-sized entry. These will hopefully cover my job, my apartment and NYC/NJ life in general. I'd ... read more