New York - view from hotel room
Back on the road again - after 7 weeks in Leeds getting under our respective parents´ feet, we headed to New York. Our time in NY was slightly reduced as we found out that Ben Folds was playing in Atlantic CIty (a mere 120 miles away) on the day we landed. So as a special treat for Carrie I decided to take her.
Despite the long flight, five hours jet lag, an unintended stopover in the scariest place in New Jersey to check our route (if you´re ever in the area, Hillside is not the place to pore over a map in a rental car) and dreary supporting acts it was an amazing concert (or in Carrie´s words, just about bearable).
The next morning was 8 August, our birthday, and we woke to drive as quickly as possible to the Big Apple (and more importantly, out of Atlantic City - the poorest man´s Vegas we have ever seen). With birthdays as an excuse boy did we stay in style. We stayed in a new hotel in downtown NY with floor to ceiling windows and views over Manhatten´s skyscrapers. The reception clerk obviously liked my smile as he upgraded us to a suite with electric curtains(which we spent the majority of our time playing with).
Aside from the curtains the rest of the trip was a blur - we ate in delis, met family and friends, went to a Broadway show, walked all over Manhatten and then ate some more.
Despite the long flight, five hours jet lag, an unintended stopover in the scariest place in New Jersey to check our route (if you´re ever in the area, Hillside is not the place to pore over a map in a rental car) and dreary supporting acts it was an amazing concert (or in Carrie´s words, just about bearable).
The next morning was 8 August, our birthday, and we woke to drive as quickly as possible to the Big Apple (and more importantly, out of Atlantic City - the poorest man´s Vegas we have ever seen). With birthdays as an excuse boy did we stay in style. We stayed in a new hotel in downtown NY with floor to ceiling windows and views over Manhatten´s skyscrapers. The reception clerk obviously liked my smile as he upgraded us to a suite with electric curtains(which we spent the majority of our time playing with).
Aside from the curtains the rest of the trip was a blur - we ate in delis, met family and friends, went to a Broadway show, walked all over Manhatten and then ate some more.
posted by Carrie at
8/24/2005 10:08:00 PM
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