Cash has lost the wager and his forfeit is to pay for all our food and drink today!
I have washed my clothes and they are now in the dryer. The laundry room is right in the basement and looks like a place where lots of murders take place...
My clothes are dried and packed. I am just doing a bit of Philosophy before I pack away my netbook. I have decided to have a breakfast that I'm not really going to be able to have for a while - a beer and a packet of crisps. I need to shower and we were going to go to the Statue of Liberty but I can't be bothered. It's so far away and I'm planning on wearing layers of clothes on the plane so don't want to sweat my female-balls off. It's the air con - it's soooo cold and you know how much I love my heat!
Our host is kicking us out about 3pm so we have pretty much packed away everything and are just chilling We are also trying to find a place that does dip sandwiches.
I might be able to write some more later, if not, see you all in the UK
xx
Wednesday 28 August 2013
Tuesday 27 August 2013
Day 32 - New York
I get up about 9am and thank you Ali for doing all my car chores! Hope you enjoy Pocahontas.
I need something cold so after I have showered, I walk down to the local McDonalds and get a bit coke and a coffee for Cash, who is still looking a little worse for wear. We need to head out early today to get our things done. We are meeting Neil and Toby later on for dinner and (on account of yesterday) possibly drinks.
Cash has a shower and is changed but then asks if he could have 5mins to rest his head! Haha!! I feel surprisingly fine compared to the morning of the night after July 11th. Groovers will back me up when I say I was hanging out my arsehole on that Friday morning!
Right, more to write about later on.
We go to Target and return our Sat Nav as it wasn't very 'user friendly' and about 50metres in, Cash says 'I'll be right back'. His brown complexion has turned yellow and I think he has gone to vomit! He comes back clutching his stomach and says something along the lines of 'that wasn't good but I feel better and could do with a curry'
We take a dodgy taxi back home, in which the guy has to wind his seatbelt around the arm rest and there is a massive chopping board in the back! WTF?! We safely arrive home, not before the taxi guy tells us not far from where we live there was a drug-related shooting several years ago.
I have a small pounding behind my right eye...hope it doesn't get worse.
After dropping off our shopping, we head for Grand Central Station. When we get to Penn Station, we ask the customer services where do we find the station and they say it's a few blocks, maybe a 10-15mins walk. Cash looks weary and decides to take the S-Shuttle. We race. I win! F*ck yeah!! The light teal/turquoise coloured mural on the wall is beautiful and the station is a buzz with activity. Nowt like London Paddington at all. I then realise that Cash and I have not decided on a place to meet; he is also thinking the same. I walk up and down a bit and eventually, from his high vantage view, he spots me and we head over to Lexington to get a curry.
We walk into a few places that Cash had previously googled and they look disgusting! But eventually we find a nice place on a corner and it is clean. It's actually nice to have some spice. We get served our curries with naan, dal and rice. Cash has the lamb madras - 7.5/10 and I have a chicken vindaloo - 7.5/10.
We then get a cab to Central Park and have a nap for about 25 mins. Utter bliss!
We then get another cab back home as we need to get ready for this evening's festivities. We have a very brief chill time then I shower and out we go to meet Neil and Toby at Southern Hospitality, Justin Timberlake's restaurant on 9th Avenue and 45th Street.
We stop briefly at the Apple Store to check train tickets for our later day and then not realising how far the resturant actually was down 9th ave, get a cab to meet the guys.
At Southern hospitality - I have the prawn sliders -6/10. Mine three little tasters looked much bigger in the picture but were actually the right size after the lunchtime curry for me. Cash has Beef brisket, cheddar cheese grits, tater tots - 7.5/10.
Neil and Toby then take us to a bar terrace of Ink48 hotel called Print Lounge, which overlooks New York. WOW! It'e like I'm in a movie! What a lovely way to end the holiday. After we are done reminiscing, Cash and I walk down to Broadway and 50th street to get our subway train. There are lots of street vendors and artists and lights! Cash gets a pizza slice. I am stuffed. We get to the subway and must be on the hottest subway train back. Am sweating like a mofo. Cash has rubbed chilli flakes into his face from the pizza and is wincing!
Cash reckons he will get up at 6am tomorrow to get all his stuff done. I don't think he will but we place a wager on it. We get home about an hour later and I fall asleep pretty quickly. We needc to pack and do laundry etc tomorrow before catching our 9pm flight back to the UK!
I need something cold so after I have showered, I walk down to the local McDonalds and get a bit coke and a coffee for Cash, who is still looking a little worse for wear. We need to head out early today to get our things done. We are meeting Neil and Toby later on for dinner and (on account of yesterday) possibly drinks.
Cash has a shower and is changed but then asks if he could have 5mins to rest his head! Haha!! I feel surprisingly fine compared to the morning of the night after July 11th. Groovers will back me up when I say I was hanging out my arsehole on that Friday morning!
Right, more to write about later on.
We go to Target and return our Sat Nav as it wasn't very 'user friendly' and about 50metres in, Cash says 'I'll be right back'. His brown complexion has turned yellow and I think he has gone to vomit! He comes back clutching his stomach and says something along the lines of 'that wasn't good but I feel better and could do with a curry'
We take a dodgy taxi back home, in which the guy has to wind his seatbelt around the arm rest and there is a massive chopping board in the back! WTF?! We safely arrive home, not before the taxi guy tells us not far from where we live there was a drug-related shooting several years ago.
I have a small pounding behind my right eye...hope it doesn't get worse.
After dropping off our shopping, we head for Grand Central Station. When we get to Penn Station, we ask the customer services where do we find the station and they say it's a few blocks, maybe a 10-15mins walk. Cash looks weary and decides to take the S-Shuttle. We race. I win! F*ck yeah!! The light teal/turquoise coloured mural on the wall is beautiful and the station is a buzz with activity. Nowt like London Paddington at all. I then realise that Cash and I have not decided on a place to meet; he is also thinking the same. I walk up and down a bit and eventually, from his high vantage view, he spots me and we head over to Lexington to get a curry.
We walk into a few places that Cash had previously googled and they look disgusting! But eventually we find a nice place on a corner and it is clean. It's actually nice to have some spice. We get served our curries with naan, dal and rice. Cash has the lamb madras - 7.5/10 and I have a chicken vindaloo - 7.5/10.
We then get a cab to Central Park and have a nap for about 25 mins. Utter bliss!
We then get another cab back home as we need to get ready for this evening's festivities. We have a very brief chill time then I shower and out we go to meet Neil and Toby at Southern Hospitality, Justin Timberlake's restaurant on 9th Avenue and 45th Street.
We stop briefly at the Apple Store to check train tickets for our later day and then not realising how far the resturant actually was down 9th ave, get a cab to meet the guys.
At Southern hospitality - I have the prawn sliders -6/10. Mine three little tasters looked much bigger in the picture but were actually the right size after the lunchtime curry for me. Cash has Beef brisket, cheddar cheese grits, tater tots - 7.5/10.
Neil and Toby then take us to a bar terrace of Ink48 hotel called Print Lounge, which overlooks New York. WOW! It'e like I'm in a movie! What a lovely way to end the holiday. After we are done reminiscing, Cash and I walk down to Broadway and 50th street to get our subway train. There are lots of street vendors and artists and lights! Cash gets a pizza slice. I am stuffed. We get to the subway and must be on the hottest subway train back. Am sweating like a mofo. Cash has rubbed chilli flakes into his face from the pizza and is wincing!
Cash reckons he will get up at 6am tomorrow to get all his stuff done. I don't think he will but we place a wager on it. We get home about an hour later and I fall asleep pretty quickly. We needc to pack and do laundry etc tomorrow before catching our 9pm flight back to the UK!
Day 31 - New York
We get up about the same time and plan our food-day. We will start by having someJewish-American food at a place called 2nd avenue deli. We stop off a few blocks away from the place and walk for about an hour or so, again looking at how the different blocks all have a unique character to them.
When we arrive, we are greeted by a little old man, who is soooo cute! We are taken to our table and immediately given some pickled cabbage and carrots - it's really tasty. We are then served by a lady who reminds me of Lina's mum. When we tell what we'd like, she makes sure we get the best value for our money and that we haven't ordered too much. In the end, we settle for a soup and half a sandwich each.
We both have the matzoh ball soup with 2 kreplach and a sandwich consisting of pastrami, brisket, corned beef and salami. It is massive (pics to follow) but so delicious. The soup is a little bland to start but then gradually gets better. I am sooo full and I think they know that it will feel like this as they give us an alka-seltzer and chocolate shot when we have finished to help with the potential indigestion.
We both think we could do with a nap and so think, why not find another film to watch where we can just sit and digest like snakes! We walk around a bit more trying to find yesterday's cinema but a guy on the street suggests a closer one. We eventually find it, having passed Madison Square Garden (it's a building and I didn't see any garden) and the Empire State Building. The films are not for another two hours so I suggest some alcohol!
We end up going to an Irish pub called Stout that not only has the Man Utd v Chelsea game but also wi-fi and about a million stouts on tap. Win-Win. We stay for the second half and then some and decide to drink at least 6 drinks each a la the World's End but not 12 each...we couoldn't possibly, could we?
I have 2 pints here (although they are actually smaller than pints) and Cash has 3.
We think of a plan - hit the bars with happy hours. So we go to another one and we both have a shot of Honey Jack (honey-infused whisky). It is delightful.
We pay and head to the next place. I have a white sangria and Cash has a red sangria. I am starting to feel quite merry but not very drunk. We walk towards Times Square, having forgotten about the cinema and it is bright, big and brash. We then see a guy selling comedy tickets and after some good bartering, we manage to get 4 tickets for $20 rather than for $80. He tries to sell it to us that Eddie Murphy's best friend in Coming to America will be performing and shows us a picture. It ain't Arsenio Hall so what is he talking about? (Raaaaaaaaaaaac**st)!!
We then realise it's at the same place as we went to the other night but with a different line up. We then go to Stand Up NY again and order 6 bottles Bud and I have 2.5 and Cash 3.5 so we are up to:
Sarah: 6.5 and Cash: 8.5
We get a free shot upon entry called Kamikaze. It tastes like urine and feet and is a little sour.
Sarah: 7.5
Cash: 9.5
The acts were very good with one comedian who was there from the other night recognising us and changing his whole set because we'd seen it. Check him out - Ari Shaffir. After the gig, Cash gets a picture with Ari and has a little man chat with a Belgium guy who is also into MMA and is a fan of Ari and the Joe Rogan Death Squad group. Me and the guy's dad chat away saying we have no idea what they are talking about. Eventually, they stop and we head back home. It is raining at this point but is a warm rain.
We are quite a few stops away and Cash is in desperate need for a wee. On the tube, we discuss getting some Chinese but when we arrive back at our station, we realise that the only Chinese place looks like the food is nasty! So we find a bar instead on the corner of the street. Cash has a wee and we end up staying there for a couple of hours.
We both have a Jack Daniel's shot followed by a shot of rum each. Then we smoke some Starbuzz Blue Mist hookah (shisha), which tasted of blueberry and it is sooo tasty. Cash then sucks too hard and the hookah fun is over.
We then have some Dominican rum. After this one, I am done. Cash has one more - a shot from Colombia (apologies for my spelling Ino) - an aliuente? It's a white liquor and it is potent.
Sarah: 9.5
Cash: 12.5
Cash has completed the World's End challenge. I have completed my own challenge!
We then get a delicious sub from the deli at the end of our street. It is filled with jalopenos and meat and is tasty. I eat half before sleep takes over. I then wake up in the middle of the night, as thirsty as a camel(?) and am debating, in my drunken stupor, whether or not to drink the water from the tap. I do it and I don't even care if it's got bit of sh*t swimming in it. I need it! After an hour or so, I get up and do exactly the same thing again, with exactly the same thoughts.
Tomorrow is our last full day and we still have quite a few sights to see and things to eat!
When we arrive, we are greeted by a little old man, who is soooo cute! We are taken to our table and immediately given some pickled cabbage and carrots - it's really tasty. We are then served by a lady who reminds me of Lina's mum. When we tell what we'd like, she makes sure we get the best value for our money and that we haven't ordered too much. In the end, we settle for a soup and half a sandwich each.
We both have the matzoh ball soup with 2 kreplach and a sandwich consisting of pastrami, brisket, corned beef and salami. It is massive (pics to follow) but so delicious. The soup is a little bland to start but then gradually gets better. I am sooo full and I think they know that it will feel like this as they give us an alka-seltzer and chocolate shot when we have finished to help with the potential indigestion.
We both think we could do with a nap and so think, why not find another film to watch where we can just sit and digest like snakes! We walk around a bit more trying to find yesterday's cinema but a guy on the street suggests a closer one. We eventually find it, having passed Madison Square Garden (it's a building and I didn't see any garden) and the Empire State Building. The films are not for another two hours so I suggest some alcohol!
We end up going to an Irish pub called Stout that not only has the Man Utd v Chelsea game but also wi-fi and about a million stouts on tap. Win-Win. We stay for the second half and then some and decide to drink at least 6 drinks each a la the World's End but not 12 each...we couoldn't possibly, could we?
I have 2 pints here (although they are actually smaller than pints) and Cash has 3.
We think of a plan - hit the bars with happy hours. So we go to another one and we both have a shot of Honey Jack (honey-infused whisky). It is delightful.
We pay and head to the next place. I have a white sangria and Cash has a red sangria. I am starting to feel quite merry but not very drunk. We walk towards Times Square, having forgotten about the cinema and it is bright, big and brash. We then see a guy selling comedy tickets and after some good bartering, we manage to get 4 tickets for $20 rather than for $80. He tries to sell it to us that Eddie Murphy's best friend in Coming to America will be performing and shows us a picture. It ain't Arsenio Hall so what is he talking about? (Raaaaaaaaaaaac**st)!!
We then realise it's at the same place as we went to the other night but with a different line up. We then go to Stand Up NY again and order 6 bottles Bud and I have 2.5 and Cash 3.5 so we are up to:
Sarah: 6.5 and Cash: 8.5
We get a free shot upon entry called Kamikaze. It tastes like urine and feet and is a little sour.
Sarah: 7.5
Cash: 9.5
The acts were very good with one comedian who was there from the other night recognising us and changing his whole set because we'd seen it. Check him out - Ari Shaffir. After the gig, Cash gets a picture with Ari and has a little man chat with a Belgium guy who is also into MMA and is a fan of Ari and the Joe Rogan Death Squad group. Me and the guy's dad chat away saying we have no idea what they are talking about. Eventually, they stop and we head back home. It is raining at this point but is a warm rain.
We are quite a few stops away and Cash is in desperate need for a wee. On the tube, we discuss getting some Chinese but when we arrive back at our station, we realise that the only Chinese place looks like the food is nasty! So we find a bar instead on the corner of the street. Cash has a wee and we end up staying there for a couple of hours.
We both have a Jack Daniel's shot followed by a shot of rum each. Then we smoke some Starbuzz Blue Mist hookah (shisha), which tasted of blueberry and it is sooo tasty. Cash then sucks too hard and the hookah fun is over.
We then have some Dominican rum. After this one, I am done. Cash has one more - a shot from Colombia (apologies for my spelling Ino) - an aliuente? It's a white liquor and it is potent.
Sarah: 9.5
Cash: 12.5
Cash has completed the World's End challenge. I have completed my own challenge!
We then get a delicious sub from the deli at the end of our street. It is filled with jalopenos and meat and is tasty. I eat half before sleep takes over. I then wake up in the middle of the night, as thirsty as a camel(?) and am debating, in my drunken stupor, whether or not to drink the water from the tap. I do it and I don't even care if it's got bit of sh*t swimming in it. I need it! After an hour or so, I get up and do exactly the same thing again, with exactly the same thoughts.
Tomorrow is our last full day and we still have quite a few sights to see and things to eat!
Day 30 in NYC
We start the day at about 12pm. I feel rested and good. We head out to Whitman's for a juicy lucy (a burger where the cheeseis baked into the centre of the burger). I ask if he could use a spicy patty and the waiter says he's not sure but he will check. He says they can't use the spicy patty mix but what they can do is lather the 3-chilli combo on top of my burger. YES!! The food comes out and it is amazing and the portion size is just right! I finish it in about 5mins and want it again. I don't though. We finish off our beverages and head out.
Cash: Juicy Lucy with bacon and jalopenos - 8.5/10
Me: Juicy Lucy with spicy chillis on top - 9/10 - The Juicy Lucy was one of the first things I saw on Man vs Food and I'm so glad I have tried it here in NY.
Cash plays a spot of chess in Union Square and loses. The first time, he lost within 60 seconds but the second time, took a little longer. I watch this kid play really fast and he is awesome. He loses though!
We have walked quite a bit today and taken in a lot of the regular NY day. It's Sunday I think so the streets are lined with people with shopping bags and smiling faces. Tomorrow, it's back to work for a lot of them.
We walk around NY scoping the sights and we then head to Gray's Papaya hotdogs - I've wanted to try one ever since watching Fools Rush In with Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek. It is very, very disappointing 3/10 and I reckon that's a generous rating!
We then decide to catch a movie - we go to Regal Cinema just off Union Square. We see Elysium. It's actually pretty good and there are a lot of cinematic similarities to District 9 (same director). Really good.
We then decide to do a double and we see World's End as well after having a quick NY style pizza. I have a white cheese one and Cash has one with bacon and pepperoni. I think I put too much white pepper on mine and have a choking fit in the middle of the restaurant, I make it worse by laughing at myself mid-choke!
World's End is funny and the cinema is pretty packed out with lots of people getting the quirky British humour jokes!
We've seen two and so, think let's do the hat-trick! We decide to see The Butler. Also, a very good choice and some excellent acting performances. I haven't done a cinema trinity for a while and it feels good. I have a hot chocolate and Cash some cinnamon covered almonds and a coffee as our snackettes in the cinema. You can even get a pizza if you want!
We get home about 2am and I fall asleep pretty swiftly!
Cash: Juicy Lucy with bacon and jalopenos - 8.5/10
Me: Juicy Lucy with spicy chillis on top - 9/10 - The Juicy Lucy was one of the first things I saw on Man vs Food and I'm so glad I have tried it here in NY.
Cash plays a spot of chess in Union Square and loses. The first time, he lost within 60 seconds but the second time, took a little longer. I watch this kid play really fast and he is awesome. He loses though!
We have walked quite a bit today and taken in a lot of the regular NY day. It's Sunday I think so the streets are lined with people with shopping bags and smiling faces. Tomorrow, it's back to work for a lot of them.
We walk around NY scoping the sights and we then head to Gray's Papaya hotdogs - I've wanted to try one ever since watching Fools Rush In with Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek. It is very, very disappointing 3/10 and I reckon that's a generous rating!
We then decide to catch a movie - we go to Regal Cinema just off Union Square. We see Elysium. It's actually pretty good and there are a lot of cinematic similarities to District 9 (same director). Really good.
We then decide to do a double and we see World's End as well after having a quick NY style pizza. I have a white cheese one and Cash has one with bacon and pepperoni. I think I put too much white pepper on mine and have a choking fit in the middle of the restaurant, I make it worse by laughing at myself mid-choke!
World's End is funny and the cinema is pretty packed out with lots of people getting the quirky British humour jokes!
We've seen two and so, think let's do the hat-trick! We decide to see The Butler. Also, a very good choice and some excellent acting performances. I haven't done a cinema trinity for a while and it feels good. I have a hot chocolate and Cash some cinnamon covered almonds and a coffee as our snackettes in the cinema. You can even get a pizza if you want!
We get home about 2am and I fall asleep pretty swiftly!
Saturday 24 August 2013
Day 29 - New York
After passing the time playing cards in station - I win 2/3 games and Cash's forfeit is that he has to give up cigarettes. If I had lost, I'd have to shave my hair off. We play one more game for Cash to win back his cigarette privileges, which he does.
We get to NYC about 5am and make our way to the connecting bus. We are meant to be on a 6am bus but this doesn't exist so we wait around for about an hour and a half and then get on a 15mins journey!! I am tired, in pain after lugging all our bags across America and all I want to do is have a shower and put on some clean clothes. We can't check in until 1pm so we have a couple of coffees in a local McDonald's so that we can use their wi-fi. I go for a little wander around the area we'll be staying at and it is heavily influenced by the Latin culture. I have scoped out a few food places, that look tasty.
We then decide to go and see a film to pass the time. We carry all of our stuff across the subway only to find that the cinema has closed down! C*NTS!!!!
We are currently in a Starbuck's and are passing the time until we can go check in. I get a iced green tea, which is actually very pleasant and refreshing. Cash gets a vanilla frappacino with two extra shots of coffee. I am discreetly doing some people watching and there is a very, very sexy man sat to my left. I love the accent here!
More to report on later. We are thinking of going to see another comedy show once we have had a nap and got ourselves cleaned up (in the non-drug-taking sense). 2 hours to go...
We eventually get to the apartment after Cash has gone to a barber's who charges him $25 for a shave, that's $20 more than he'd pay in England. In his sleepless delirium, he didn't ask about the price until it was too late!
At the apartment, we meet our host, who is very stern with us - 'YOU MUST NOT TOUCH ANYTHING IN THE KITCHEN'. Cash and i both trying to get her to leave so that we can sleep but she just wants to make conversation and is quite standoffish with us but she does eventually leave.
I have a shower and it is the best shower I have ever had! I feel clean and fresh! I then get a text from Lina, who recommends going to Katz - the deli where they filmed the famous 'yes, yes, yes' scene from When Harry Met Sally so instead of having a nap, I head out. Cash does some laundry and has a nap. I take the subway and it's awesome.
Katz is massive and busy with people shouting orders left, right and centre. I order a pastrami on rye with mustard and a pickle on the side. It is sooooo tasty. The meat melts in your mouth. I only manage half - I think I've broken my insides. I want to eat more but my stomach can't take anymore.
I then find a bar and have a Miller Lite in a bar on E1 Street. I think it's an Irish one and sit outside and people-watch for a bit. I love it here but it is super intense, vibrant, busy. Not sure I could do it for very long. I then head back home (falling asleep on the subway) for a well overdue nap.
I get home and Cash is still asleep on the sofa. I have a luxury nap in bed and get up about 7pm. We then head out to see a comedy night at Stand Up NY and it is very good. There are some talented comedians here (and some not so). One guy's impression of a tyrannosaurus rex is hilarious!! After the gig, we get to chatting to one of the comedians and we walk to the subway altogether. I love New York!
The night ends at 220am for me; Cash gets a McDonalds on the way home.
We get to NYC about 5am and make our way to the connecting bus. We are meant to be on a 6am bus but this doesn't exist so we wait around for about an hour and a half and then get on a 15mins journey!! I am tired, in pain after lugging all our bags across America and all I want to do is have a shower and put on some clean clothes. We can't check in until 1pm so we have a couple of coffees in a local McDonald's so that we can use their wi-fi. I go for a little wander around the area we'll be staying at and it is heavily influenced by the Latin culture. I have scoped out a few food places, that look tasty.
We then decide to go and see a film to pass the time. We carry all of our stuff across the subway only to find that the cinema has closed down! C*NTS!!!!
We are currently in a Starbuck's and are passing the time until we can go check in. I get a iced green tea, which is actually very pleasant and refreshing. Cash gets a vanilla frappacino with two extra shots of coffee. I am discreetly doing some people watching and there is a very, very sexy man sat to my left. I love the accent here!
More to report on later. We are thinking of going to see another comedy show once we have had a nap and got ourselves cleaned up (in the non-drug-taking sense). 2 hours to go...
We eventually get to the apartment after Cash has gone to a barber's who charges him $25 for a shave, that's $20 more than he'd pay in England. In his sleepless delirium, he didn't ask about the price until it was too late!
At the apartment, we meet our host, who is very stern with us - 'YOU MUST NOT TOUCH ANYTHING IN THE KITCHEN'. Cash and i both trying to get her to leave so that we can sleep but she just wants to make conversation and is quite standoffish with us but she does eventually leave.
I have a shower and it is the best shower I have ever had! I feel clean and fresh! I then get a text from Lina, who recommends going to Katz - the deli where they filmed the famous 'yes, yes, yes' scene from When Harry Met Sally so instead of having a nap, I head out. Cash does some laundry and has a nap. I take the subway and it's awesome.
Katz is massive and busy with people shouting orders left, right and centre. I order a pastrami on rye with mustard and a pickle on the side. It is sooooo tasty. The meat melts in your mouth. I only manage half - I think I've broken my insides. I want to eat more but my stomach can't take anymore.
I then find a bar and have a Miller Lite in a bar on E1 Street. I think it's an Irish one and sit outside and people-watch for a bit. I love it here but it is super intense, vibrant, busy. Not sure I could do it for very long. I then head back home (falling asleep on the subway) for a well overdue nap.
I get home and Cash is still asleep on the sofa. I have a luxury nap in bed and get up about 7pm. We then head out to see a comedy night at Stand Up NY and it is very good. There are some talented comedians here (and some not so). One guy's impression of a tyrannosaurus rex is hilarious!! After the gig, we get to chatting to one of the comedians and we walk to the subway altogether. I love New York!
The night ends at 220am for me; Cash gets a McDonalds on the way home.
Day 28 - Boston
I thought the Florida car trip was bad, but this was one was a lot worse. According to Google, the trip was meant to take 5hours, instead, it took us about 12 and was pretty intense, especially when arriving in the New York area. The driving turns erratic and everyone is in a rush to be somewhere else! We play several games to pass the time and I am concerned that Cash doesn't know his alphabet still!
We stop at a place called Double Diner for breakfast. It looks like your typical kind of American diner, complete with jukebox on every table.
I have the Choc chip Pancakes x3 and a coffee - 5.5/10
Cash has Blueberry pancakes, sausage, bacon, eggs, coffee and a coke - 7/10
I am fast deciding that my body canny take no more! It feels like my skin is too tight for the rest of my body!
After the food, we drive to Boston. We need to pick up our Greyhound tickets for our bus trip to New York, leaving at 1am; drop off the car and visit Harvard.
There is f**kloads of traffic - we have not seen anything of this magnitude since we have been here. It is a shock to the system. We pass New York, New Jersey and Massachussetts. There is more of a UK feel to the East coast. Life is much faster and everyone is a little bit more intense. After a few wrong turns, we eventually arrive and pick up the bus tickets. We head over to Harvard Uni area about 8pm and have dinner. We spot a burger joint called Mr Bartley's and after pretending to look elsewhere, we head in. It is an award-winning place and does not disappoint.
Cash has the Big Papi burger, coleslaw, cajun fries, onion rings, vanilla malt and Mrs Bartley's rootbeer - 8/10
I have the Reuben burger (sauerkraut and swiss cheese) with extra jalopenos and a coke - 8/10
The place is friendly, funny and quirky and it is packed. The food comes out quickly and we devour it. Cash then worries whether or not there will be a toilet on the bus (we later find out there is)...
We drop off the car at the car rental place, which is in the middle of nowhere and get a couple of shuttle buses back into the city centre to get our train. I wish we could've spent more time here as it is awesome. I have managed to visit somewhere I have wanted to for ages - Harvard, Cambridge is beautiful and I could definitely spend some more time here!
We wait around for about 90mins and then get on the Greyhound. It is full considering it's 1am! I am concerned that I haven't changed my clothes (including my pants) since yday 8am! I am seriously considering going commando but I am wearing jeans so I foresee some chafing!
The bus is fairly quick and I manage to get about an hour or two of sleep. Cash talks to a guy called Bob, who tells him that Camden is a very dangerous neighbourhood (we were there the other day) and that we were very lucky we didn't get killed!
We stop at a place called Double Diner for breakfast. It looks like your typical kind of American diner, complete with jukebox on every table.
I have the Choc chip Pancakes x3 and a coffee - 5.5/10
Cash has Blueberry pancakes, sausage, bacon, eggs, coffee and a coke - 7/10
I am fast deciding that my body canny take no more! It feels like my skin is too tight for the rest of my body!
After the food, we drive to Boston. We need to pick up our Greyhound tickets for our bus trip to New York, leaving at 1am; drop off the car and visit Harvard.
There is f**kloads of traffic - we have not seen anything of this magnitude since we have been here. It is a shock to the system. We pass New York, New Jersey and Massachussetts. There is more of a UK feel to the East coast. Life is much faster and everyone is a little bit more intense. After a few wrong turns, we eventually arrive and pick up the bus tickets. We head over to Harvard Uni area about 8pm and have dinner. We spot a burger joint called Mr Bartley's and after pretending to look elsewhere, we head in. It is an award-winning place and does not disappoint.
Cash has the Big Papi burger, coleslaw, cajun fries, onion rings, vanilla malt and Mrs Bartley's rootbeer - 8/10
I have the Reuben burger (sauerkraut and swiss cheese) with extra jalopenos and a coke - 8/10
The place is friendly, funny and quirky and it is packed. The food comes out quickly and we devour it. Cash then worries whether or not there will be a toilet on the bus (we later find out there is)...
We drop off the car at the car rental place, which is in the middle of nowhere and get a couple of shuttle buses back into the city centre to get our train. I wish we could've spent more time here as it is awesome. I have managed to visit somewhere I have wanted to for ages - Harvard, Cambridge is beautiful and I could definitely spend some more time here!
We wait around for about 90mins and then get on the Greyhound. It is full considering it's 1am! I am concerned that I haven't changed my clothes (including my pants) since yday 8am! I am seriously considering going commando but I am wearing jeans so I foresee some chafing!
The bus is fairly quick and I manage to get about an hour or two of sleep. Cash talks to a guy called Bob, who tells him that Camden is a very dangerous neighbourhood (we were there the other day) and that we were very lucky we didn't get killed!
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