The Last Post

Well its the last day on our mammoth USA trip and we are still enjoying ourselves.
For those of you who are really bored I put this list together of what tickled us and what irked us. Also if you click on the City it will take you to a video of pics put together by [...]

Seeing it all

Washington has been a surprise. The weather has been roasting hot for the most part and the city is full of stuff to do. The Smithsonian has something like 15 museums that are all free to enter. The most popular museum in America is here - the Air and Space museum. Unfortunately because it is [...]

The final countdown

As a treat the WoH splurged on two nights for us at the 5-star New York Palace Hotel. Also included was use of their executive lounge which included free food and drink including alcohol, all day. The word ‘free’ holds a very dear place in the heart of the WoH. She has a sliding scale [...]

Things to do with a 3-year old

It seems like many American parents are unsure of the socially acceptable places to take a screaming three year-old. As the helpful type of bloke that I am, I have compiled this handy list based on actual experiences of appropriate places to entertain a toddler.
Appropriate: Children’s play area in the park
Not appropriate: Skateboarding area in [...]

Strawberry Fields

I took a trip down to Central Park West on my own yesterday and paid a visit to the Dakota building where John Lennon was murdered. Across the road in Central Park they have created an area (funded by Yoko) called Strawberry Fields which is more a celebration of hope than a maudlin memorial to [...]

West side story

Tonight the WoH and I walked half the length of manhattan, in the dark at 10pm at night. Now, we have watched a lot of TV and movies where New York is depicted as a city where stepping outside will get you knifed by a drug crazed hobo. So why take this huge risk?
Well NY [...]

Little Town Blues

We are finally in New York, a city I have wanted to visit for many years. We had a bit of trouble getting a hotel room due to the Pope also finally making it to New York around the same time. I have no interest in hearing how he plans to promote the spread of [...]

Boston Pops

We have really enjoyed tramping round Boston and after the ‘dip’ that was Seattle and Vancouver it has re-invigorated us for the final stretch down the East Coast.
We did a ‘Ghosts & Gravestones‘ tour on Saturday night. It was pouring with rain and there was thunder & lightening. It was perfect. We saw the graves [...]

Boston pics

The WoH put this together and I thought I would share with you all

Moah than a feeling

So we are in Boston and have been for a full day. We usually take a tour early on when we arrive in a new spot but we slept in today and missed it. Instead we went walking around the harbour blindly admiringly building which we later found to be historic. E.G.:
‘Fits that dinky wee [...]