And so I’m back in Blighty, carried on wing and ash. Much has been packed into the last 10 days – my first visit to New York and indeed America – and some of it has been documented here. I wanted to get a feel for the place and not just to rush headlong through [...]
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Reflections on the water
Posted in New York 2010, Posts, tagged Manhattan, New York on 18 May 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Sky’s the limit
Posted in New York 2010, Posts, tagged Bryant Park, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, McSorleys, Rockefella Centre, Shopping, Skyscraper Museum, Top Of The Rock, Union Square on 16 May 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hooray for the weekend! Is it really? Every day here has felt a little bit like a weekend and now it’s here for real. A quick pit stop at my 108th corner deli for tea, WiFi and fruit and I’m city bound. Top Of The Rock is the name given to the observation desk atop [...]
Retail heaven and hell
Posted in New York 2010, Posts, tagged Chinatown, Guantanamo, Hollister house of horrors, Manhattan, Shopping, Soho on 15 May 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve gritted my teeth, the day has arrived. I’m going shopping. Hopefully I will be mugged on the way and I can spend a relaxing day in casualty being looked after by nurses. In case you haven’t guessed I’m not usually a good shopper. I’m hoping that the week long mental run-up will set me [...]
Dumbo – it makes perfect sense
Posted in New York 2010, Posts, tagged Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge, Bud Light, Dumbo, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, Manhattan Bridge, Michael Jackson, Williamsburg on 14 May 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The sun returns. I have to pop my head outside to gauge the temperature because the repeating weather forecast on the NY1 channel quotes in Fahrenheit and I’m used to Celcius now. It has been a roller coaster of weather extremes this week and the confusion is evident on the street with some people in [...]
A walk on the wild side
Posted in New York 2010, Posts, tagged CogMachine, East Village, Katz Deli, Lower East Side, Manhattan, McSorleys Tavern, Thomas Truax on 13 May 2010 | 3 Comments »
Why doesn’t my head hurt more? I’m not complaining. That said, I am a little run down and the rain is steadily dampening my enthusiasm to go anywhere. Tea and a bagel at what is a populous Amrita this morning. The usual eclectic bunch of souls are here meeting up, working or breakfasting. I’m earwigging [...]
Drinking to Liberty
Posted in New York 2010, Posts, tagged Beer, Clowns, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York University, Staten Island Ferry on 12 May 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Breakfast tea at Amrita on a cloudy but dry morning. There’s a young bohemian mum sat opposite feeding her two little impossibly sweet pony-tailed girls sat in plastic seats atop the table. It’s that kind of place. The subway to aptly named South Ferry at the southern tip of Manhattan takes 30 minutes including a [...]
Easy like Monday morning
Posted in New York 2010, Posts, tagged Café Amrita, Central Park, City Of New York Museum, HummousPlace, Manhattan on 11 May 2010 | 4 Comments »
I did say that I wouldn’t be able to sustain this pace. My legs are telling me to ease back today. Manhattan is big. I mean really big. I have walked a disproportionately large amount of it so far without even consuming the medically recommended level of beer for such distances and as such I’m [...]
