went to boston for my birthday and to be honest its a pleasure to spend a bit of time outside of NY. the pace of life here is slower, the girls are prettier, the streets are cleaner and everyone seems considerably richer! ive brought along a friend from work who's NY attitude stands out like a sour thumb - he nearly got into a fight n the tram just going through the turnstyles - i'm not sure he likes it here.... on saturday we went out for some drinks ...

Have had a really lazy weekend and have done pretty much nothing. in fact, i'm not sure why i'm telling you this...... on saturday i read an entire harry potter (it was 3 in the morning before i knew it) and bought some games for my new game boy ds lite (which is really rather natty with a touch screen an all). i was hoping to receive my shipment from brooklyn industries but it hasn't come yet :-( check out their website, some really cool clothes - www.broo...

Emily (my friend from uni) and her friend Sian came to visit me today. they have recently been backpacker around America after working in a summer camp in Masachuchets (cant spell it..). It was really good seeing some familiar faces and also having someone to do touristy things with. I think the girls lack some of my optomism and energy but nevertheless allowed themselves to be dragged around manhattan (thanks girls!). We took a tour of downtown and saw wall...

Its Labour day today here in America which is basically a bank holiday monday. After my paint-fume filled weekend (see earlier entry) i decided to get outside and do something touristy. For some reason the orough of Brooklyn has always appealed to me, not least becuase residence of this borough demonstrate fierce loyalty for their home often screaming "BROOKLYN!" in public places (well not *that* often...). So I took my guidebook, jumped on the train and set of t...

Having spent my Saturday moonlighting as floor painter (of all things!) I decided to head out today and see some sights. 45 mins outside of NY is long beach which sounds famous and like it was the scene of some american teeny soap opera so i headed out. (I was later informed that Lond Beach is famous but teh one in California, not the one on Long Island...) For those of you whose US geography is as lacking as mine was before arriving here, NY is situated at ...