When we woke up, Phoenix had left the apartment, leaving her bags with the hotel. We didn't really have a plan for the day, but we knew we had to check out and then make use of eight hours or so.
I got up before Debbie, showered and dressed, then went out to buy a suitcase. […]
Today Debbie and I left Phoenix to it, and made straight for the Lower East Side and its Tenement Museum. Finding it was slightly trickier than it needed to be. On Orchard Street I spotted a large "Tenement Museum" sign. When we got to that building, it was an antique shop. On its counter was […]
Valentine's Day! I woke with a mild hangover, and found some cold pizza in the bedroom. I ate it. I put on some dirty clothes, looked in the mirror, realised my hair looked ridiculous, splashed it with some water, then went across the road to buy some Alka Seltzer.
The Alka Seltzer put me in a […]
I had done some bargaining, and so all three of us took the subway to Christopher St. to follow the Lonely Planet guide's Greenwich Village walking tour, with the understanding that it would be relaxed, involve plenty of stops for snacks and drinks, and that it would lead to the East Village for its vintage […]
The news in the morning revealed that many New Yorkers had been woken in the night by thunder, just like I was. Otherwise we slept very well indeed because the snow had kept a lot of traffic off the roads, and our intersection was much quieter than usual.
By ten in the morning, the snow was […]
After a light breakfast, for once, at an arbitrary 58th St. cafe, we decided that today's most important task was to get to the top of the Empire State Building. We walked towards it. I had to rein in Debbie's instincts to shop, but I nonetheless we popped into a few shops to get a […]
It looks as if we've fended off jetlag. By rights we should have woken up five hours early and struggled to sleep til a reasonable time, but instead we slept in until past ten.
The weather channel is talking about heavy snow tomorrow. Sincewe're in central Manhattan, we're not really worrying too much about being […]
Here we are again, setting off to the USA. I know I keep saying we should go to a different country, but the circumstances are a little different this time. The main difference is that it’s winter — we have no experience of America in the cold. The other difference is that we’re not hiring […]