Posts tagged “new york”

Visited M's grandparents in New Jersey, wandered the city, shopped more. Flag count: 204. Bush voters spotted: still zero. Tonight: clubbing.

First morning in New York and I've already bought an iPod nano, a new camera, eaten an enormous burger, and caught short films by Daily Show writers. All since landing. Woo!

Last night in New York playing Tropico and stumbled on SaveKaryn.com, where a woman wants strangers to bail her out of $20k in self-inflicted credit card debt. The audacity is staggering, especially since she apparently put even more debt on the card to build the donation site.

Six days into New York. Hit Central Park, the Met, Liberty from afar. Met Ed's friends, one of whom would enthusiastically service Jon Stewart on demand. Fingers crossed he's a reader.

First time in New York. It's basically London but bigger, cleaner, and sweatier. The accents are grating, the buildings are absurdly tall, and the whole place feels like a film set. Seen Central Park, photographed skyscrapers, plenty more tourist nonsense still to get through.