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Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Day 1: The Big Apple

Yellow Cabs at JFKLeaving the cool space of JFK Airport launched one comfortable Lever into the sweltering 90° heat of a July NY City day... but where oh where was BBFK? S'OK she was still on her way... absolutely classic BBFK (Quote: "In fact, you can pretty much guarantee that I'll be 10 minutes late to anything that I need to arrive to, regardless of how important it is to be on time. I'm very reliably 10 minutes late.") And she was... exactly 10 minutes late :)

After leaving my kit in the car (mate) and us giving the old trolley-collector guy some excitement with a rendition of our "I've missed you" routine, we hit the Skytrain then cruised the subway into NYC, stepping out into a world of skyscrapers, yellow cabs, big trucks, V8s, noise, smell - all the stereotypical and totally true sounds of the NY city... and street corner vendors - kanishes, hot dogs, ice creams... ah, Snapple - one thirsty Lever + an ice cold litre of Snapple = stomach cramps in Central Park LOL
  • NYC note #1: New York drivers... Mad, aggressive and boy, do they like their horns
  • NYC note #2: Despite the above, Brit roadcrossing technique is better than that of the natives...
OK, so we saw the gates to the Central Park Zoo before strolling 'round and off to Grand Central Station, seeing the Chrysler building in the flesh (er... stone?) then hitting China town for some much-needed chow and over-indulgent chicken noodle soup action (go on, ask BBFK where most of her soup ended up...)

At last, Lever got to try bubbletea and then, not forgetting the duties of an originating Anglo Saxon, we went in search of beer... ending up in the Italian quarter and chatting to this random Canadian girl who worked for Louis Vuitton and even asked me the way to the Subway from the bar we were at...
  • NYC note #3: Lever had only been in NYC for like 6 hours, so why did people keep asking him for directions to the subway (that was incidence #2)
So... Empire State Building next for a bit of nighttime skyline at 10:30pm... with a 90 minute wait to hit the top... but it was worth it...

Lever & BBFK - at the top of the Empire State Building

Ooops, sorry, wrong photo... ;) LOL

New York City at Night - from the top of the Empire State Building

And then it was off to Connecticut... I like being up for 26 hours... you should give it a go sometime :)

Blue Skies thinking @ 7/20/2005 01:11:00 PM  

18 Comments:

  • At Wed Jul 20, 02:04:00 PM, Blogger BeckyBumbleFuck said…

    In my (little) defense, being a mere ten minutes late for an airport pick-up that is an hour and a half drive *was* a great feat for me. I have had a poor history...I was once *3 hours* late picking up someone at an airport. (They still haven't gotten over it.)
    AND Lever, dear, I have NO idea what you're talking about. Chicken soup? Yeah, I recall that it was tasty, but nothing more than that....*innocent grin*

     

  • At Wed Jul 20, 02:07:00 PM, Blogger Kat E said…

    I think I might need to head up to the top of the Empire State Building sometime, you made it look way more appealing than I thought it'd be! (Don't worry, I'll bring my own kiss-ee).

     

  • At Wed Jul 20, 03:45:00 PM, Blogger superfan said…

    thats the Dolby cinema sound advert right there. the second photo, *obviously* - as for the first, lever, you silver fox you. lol! sorry, they said that on sports day.

    :: attempts to keep straight face at ridiculous memory of myself skipping :: - or shall we say, giving up halfway through the race and walking off...and yes, that did actually happen..

     

  • At Wed Jul 20, 09:22:00 PM, Blogger Keeefer said…

    Welcome back.
    NYC looks quite cool, one day im going to have to drag my ass (reluctantly) to America and see what all the fuss is about.

    'I like being up for 26 hours... you should give it a go sometime :)'

    Was probably viagra in your snapple, you cant trust these dodgy NYorkers.

     

  • At Wed Jul 20, 10:32:00 PM, Blogger Brom said…

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  • At Wed Jul 20, 10:37:00 PM, Blogger Brom said…

    I was sorry to see you back so early... thought that you two might have had longer.. but I'm really glad you enjoyed yourselves!

    Love the ESB at night Pic, have two myself, daytime ones only, one pre, the other post 9-11 neither as as groovy as yours.

    Oh one thing.. Becky, why oh why did you cut all your hair off, and Lever, you told me you only ever wore black bras.. I'm going to have to have a word with you two.

    Sorry for the deleted bit.. nothing important, just tired old B-man getting his knickers in a twist!

     

  • At Thu Jul 21, 02:51:00 AM, Blogger rebekah said…

    you have made me very very happy ... welcome back ... sounds like an exciting time ... i'm envious ... if doing all that for free, i would so be there ... hey how's about you guys let me tag along next time ? i'd be real quiet. you wouldnt even know i was there ... or i might just pop up between the two of you and chatter incessantly ... but it'd be fun! right? right? ahem.

    nothing wrong with being late, beck. i see your ten minutes and raise you my usual 15 to 20. but as my mother likes to tell me, i am under the impression that nothing can start without me so yeah. i'm justified.

    by the way, cutest.couple.ever. :) :) :)

     

  • At Thu Jul 21, 02:54:00 AM, Blogger rebekah said…

    that should have been "were" free, not "for" free.

    it's this keyboard, man. makes all sorts of mistakes. geez-o... good keyboards are *so* hard to find.

     

  • At Thu Jul 21, 09:40:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    My BBFK: LOL, don't worry darling, you know I was so happy to see you :D At least you weren't 3 hours late LOL Then I'd have been... er... sweatier maybe?

    Chicken Soup... you remember dear... chicken soup, big table, lots of napkins... ;)

    Kat E: Hey you, nice of you to pop over :) Yeah, it was good - the queuing was a bit rubbish but it moved regular and we got to the top. View was great at night, might have to do the day view sometime too :) Or just do night again, it was great :)

    Seffy: Dolby Ad? Don't know it...

    ...and Silver Fox huh? I'll take that as a compliment girlie :)

    So you became a waster on the sportsfield huh? And why was that, too hot? This country is cool compared to others... Cool Britannia...

    Keeefer: Cheers dude :)

    Yeah, it was an experience and I'd love to go back again and see it at a more leisurely pace. Well worth it.

    LMAO - so, that was why I had to sit down in Central Park - boy, that Snapagra got acting pretty quick... ;)

    Brom-man: Yeah thx Brom, it was a bit short.. about 83 days too short, as officialdom goes, but about 83 years too short a stay IMO... that's assuming I live to the ripe old age of 117 *laughing*

    *ahem*

    You'll have to show me the Empire State Pics Brom, always like to see photos :)

    *laughing* black bras... *shakes head*

    Rebekah: Thx girl, nice to spread some happiness amongst good friends :D :D We were thinking of stopping by, if at all possible, but the schedule was pretty tight, so there was no room for manoeuvre... maybe next time :)

    Been bitten by the travel bug now, so it's adventure all the way from here on in...

    Being late? S'OK, if it's not too important.

    Cutest Couple? Aw, thanks *blushes*

    Good Keyboards? Wow, think of the fun literal possibilities of that... "It's raining keyboards, hallelujah..."

     

  • At Thu Jul 21, 10:31:00 AM, Anonymous piniyini said…

    Feeling ballsy with the picture there eh Lever? Did you ask someone to take it *lol* or was it autoflash?

    Nice to hear you had a great time, will definatly check out the states myself sometime

     

  • At Thu Jul 21, 01:31:00 PM, Blogger Lever said…

    Piniyini: Right on the money there, dude :) Yep, definatley feeling brave on this one, but then I will disappear back into anonymity once again... LOL

    This dude from Perth took it for us :)

    Yeah, you gotta go check out the US, man. New York was quite an experience, just so little time to see it :( There will be plenty of other times though, just gotta make money to travel with :)

     

  • At Thu Jul 21, 04:20:00 PM, Blogger rebekah said…

    so uh, get to making some money already and save some for me ... puh-lease???

     

  • At Fri Jul 22, 01:02:00 AM, Blogger RahX said…

    Wooooooohoooooooooo

     

  • At Fri Jul 22, 05:49:00 AM, Blogger jonny ragel said…

    nice. my question has been answered:

    "what if helen hunt was even cuter."

    just from the profile shot, mind you.

    congrats, you guys. you look like you're having a blast.

    *ahhhhhh*

    :)

     

  • At Fri Jul 22, 05:35:00 PM, Blogger Lever said…

    Rebekah: LOL I'll see what I can do... got a ton of expensive things to have to pay for here first, but if I got any spare... ;)

    RahX: LOL, cheers dude, nothing like a rousing cheer for the boys and girls *laughing* :)

    Johnny Crash: Ah dude, this chick's hotter than a sunburned Helen Hunt in hell eating Jalapeno peppers with her ass on fire...

    *whew* and *that's* hot... with a capital HOT

    Cheers man, blast is the word :)

     

  • At Fri Jul 22, 06:50:00 PM, Blogger BeckyBumbleFuck said…

    *blushing* (majorly)

     

  • At Sat Jul 23, 12:01:00 PM, Blogger Jay said…

    How can I keep myself from emitting a reflexive awwww after all that? You guys are the bestest.

     

  • At Sun Jul 24, 10:24:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    My BBFK: Hey hot stuff, I was just talking about you... and now you're blushing you're hitting the top of the dial LOL Here, let me cool you down in the shower... *laughing*

    Jay: Aw, thx Jay :) BBFK's bestester than me ;)

     

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