Well. . . . . Where do i start. . .

I made it! Blimey. . . How weird is that, It's amazing, i feel like I have been here for months. . . What A great city. . . !

So. . . My first port of call was to get myself over to 110th street, where I was due to stay with my mate Daves friend Sue. . . . Now don't tell my mum, but 110th is in Harlem. . . Now, believe it or noe, it aint that bad. . . . As long as you do not go too far up town. . . Needless to say, I didn't. . .

So, in traditional style. . . I arrived and went out for a few beers with Sue, to break the ice. . . Well I think we broke it and fell in. . . ha ha. . . We got hammered, It was cool and a school night for her. . . (Sorry Sue - Welcome to my World). . . .

The joy of being here for 5 weeks means that I do not have to rush around like all the tourists, trying to get everything done and seen, so basically i have chilled out. . . I went out with Sue on friday as for some reason, she didn't make it to work. . . hmmmm?!? (heavy night?) She was off later that day to see some friends in Conneticut (sorry bad spelling and I may ramble), but she didn't go on Friday. So, I was introduced to Johnathan and Heidi (Whos house it actually is) and Me, Sue and Heidi went out for more beers. . . . hmm pattern appearing already! First stop was a very surreal at first Karaoke bar. . . You pay by the hour for a room. . . Now i know what your thinkin. . . ? The same as me, rooms by the hour?!?

But it was actually really good fun. . . Another guy called Richard met us 6ft 5 Londoner who supported West Ham. . . he was cool. . . . A bit off his head, but hey whatever! So we sang songs. . . And yes, I did Angels and Wonderwall and Summer of 69. . . it was coolio!

We then went to a bar called Fish. . . The barman / owner was hammered, but really friendly with it. . . . Chatted to a few people in there. . . very good, then Heidi ran away on us. . . Sorry forgot to mention she had a baby. . . thats where John was. . . baby sitting little Onika.

So me and Sue decided to hit Daves favorite bar Luckt Jacks. . . And now I can ubnderstand why its his favorite. . . Very cool, chilled out place. . .Top DJ, bangin out some awesome tunes, everyone in there was really friendly and chatty. . . oh, hang on maybe that was just me. . .haha. . . Whatever, I spoke to a LOT of people, too many stories to mention and continued to get pissed. . !

And again in true traditional stlye I started dancing. . . In my own unique way of course! Needless to say, it created a bit of attention. . .All good hearted though. . .

So that was Firday done and Saturday, well I died. . . Sue went off with her friends in the mrning still drunk and I died on the couch all day vertually. I managed to go out twice to get some food and essentials, but seemed to end up back on the couch. . . . Saturday gone / Done / dead!

Sunday, I went exploring! Got a Metro pass and visited what felt like the whole of NYC. . . Times Square and all the other good stuff!

And, oh yeah, did I mention me, Sue and Heidi went out for few beers last night?

Well. . . That was my first weekend in NYC and hmmmm it was fun :-)

So now, I am over in SOHO / China Town / Little Italy. . . . Really nice area (Better than Harlem Mum). . . . I have the keys to the apartment that me and Dave are sharing. . . If he ever gets his arse over here. . . And all is well. . . I am fed and watered and to bed honest bored of typing now. . . .

Photos to follow another day. May need to edit some, hahaha

Catch you all laters :-)