We've now moved into our August apartment and it's so, so much better than where we were in July. Hubs told a colleague where we'd moved to and was met with a snort of derision. Apparently “nobody lives in Midtown anymore”, which is factually incorrect (and a bit douchey), lots of people do and I'm […]

The last post was a bit wordy, so it seemed a good time to post some random photographs that didn't have a place anywhere else. I wouldn't want you to miss anything, would I? Look. The Empire State Building! Bit harsh. Jekyll and Hyde pub, 'haunted' by one poor, down on his luck actor and […]

I’ve been a little slack on the updating over the last few days as my adventures have been slightly limited by rain and apartment hunting. Happily, it’s now stopped raining and we move into our new place mid this week. We’ll be heading further midtown, so expect lots of wandering around Central Park and museum […]

Thousands of New Yorkers gathered in Union Square today for a Day of Action in support of worker's rights. The rally follows one on the 17th July in support of staff from Consolidated Edison, an energy company here in New York. The company had been in contract talks with its 8,500 unionised staff but talks […]

After weeks of intense heat, the skies finally had enough on Wednesday and cooked up a massive storm for us. It was pretty exciting, huge hailstones, lightening and thunder abounded. This view from our apartment demonstrates none of those things. It would have been slightly more exciting for me had I not needed to go […]

Following in my pattern of being useless at planning my adventures around the weather, yesterday was muggy and sticky, so I headed up to Times Square for a wander. It’s been hot, night and day, for so long now that the city is developing a putrid stench in some corners. It’s like living in the […]