Wow, wow and wow. That was billed as an experience of a life time and it did not disappoint. We were Richard's guests at the Brooklyn Diner and it felt as if we were regulars and they had known us forever. And talk about "location" - we were absolutely right there...our own personal viewing area at the first restaurant on the corner of 7th Avenue and 43rd Street.The New Year was welcomed in with a five course meal and any combination of drinks...We tooted. We...

This turned out to be a day of false starts. But who cares, that's the luxury of holidays. The bonus was, without being whipped into action by our relentless Whistler tour guides, it was a leisurely start to the day....we didn't actually leave the hotel until noon after a very late sleep in. I commented whimsically to Mac that this was the life and it was a luxury to have such a slow start. He was very quick to retort, with the appropriate smug grin "Thi...

New York, New York. We had arrived. An early start was a good thing - although we are a little weary after the night flight.  Organisation at the airport was absolutely superb. We were lined up and "processed" and popped out the other side of border control without any trouble. Not the smiles and cheery disposition of our Canadian friends, but none the less - efficient.We found a cab easily and for some reason we all found ourselves very very squashed in the bac...

The day started slowly. Took the team a little while to assemble with the growing number of team artefacts....the rings, the glasses, the drink bottles, the undies and of course good old BJ. But finally ready and attacked the lobby and visited the flamingoes in the garden area and in the foyer shops...interspersed with grabbing breakfast.And of course lots of pictures...with Julie's pink glasses.There were people everywhere on The Strip and after the wild up ...

All the alarms were ringing at 7 am to make sure we were up and at em to get the shuttle bus. Showers, packing, checking out, breakfast and a quick run down the street to get to the Sheraton for the pickup. No worries, we were at the LUX bus station and checked in with time to spare.The #Fab5 was treating this as a rest day. Relaxed and with nothing to do but watch the highway spin by - although Denise took some time to work on the movie production. Von was sneak...