Blogs from New York, United States, North America - page 471

The time has come... To dance down 5th avenue. Rob and I had planned on going to watch the parade, and as we stood on the footpath watching the parade go past two of Rob's mates spotted us and before we knew we were in it, dancing with some the sexiest men I have ever seen, in some of the best dresses. There is something very liberating and entirely surreal about dancing through the streets of New York to the beat of the Brasilian drums surrounded by the fanfare of mardi gra. It was brilliant. ... the photos tell the story. ... read more

I've now arrived at the New York hostel, after an epic 17 hour journey, to find my road trip compadres are all missing presumed lost! Unless they turn up soon I'm going to have to brave the dodgy looking pizza restaurant over the road alone. New York is exactly how you'd expect. Yellow cabs, apartment buildings with fire escapes bolted on the side, fat people... I expected this but I am still surprised at just how familiar it all feels - as if I've lived here half my life. Tomorrow the sight-seeing begins in earnest.... read more

Just an introductory post. I have some great Albany area pictures at home. I'll have to post a few from my home computer. I should also mention that I have my own blog about life in Albany, and as an Albany lawyer.... read more

Geo: 38.8921, -77.0241I never thought I'd visit central America. However, when I heard that my Canadian friend Mathieu was going to be spending New Year there, i was very tempted. I decided New York was one of those places that had to be visited in a lifetime and now was as good a time as any. Rebecca (my annoying little sister) decided to seize the opportunity as well. The New York toy stores didn't know what was coming at them! It was quite something actually being in New York, the city that is just everywhere all over the world. I didn't fall in love with it, like I seem to do with everywhere else but it was really great to see. Just a bit too big, developed and materialistic for my liking. It wasn't dramatically different ... read more

So much time has passed and what a change from Costa Rica!!! After the flights and delays I finally got to La Guardia at around 2.30am, by then a pretty deserted airport. With luck not really on my side, my backpack lost somewhere between Atlanta and New York, the SuperShuttle not turning up for another 2 hours I decided I would rather pay 40 dollars for a cab than wait! I wanted to get to my sister's place ASAP so that I would FINALLY be able to get some sleep. It was great to see my sister and her boyfriend Floris who had been visiting that week. The much-needed sleep was great and I felt a whole lot better the next morning. We had a tasty brunch near to Columbia University, and I was enjoying people ... read more