Stand-Up New York New York City

Arriving in the Big Apple we did not get off to a good start. We almost missed our flight from Washington and the moron at the check in counter did not fill us with confidence so when we did touch down we were hardly surprised to learn that although my luggage made it, Michael's did not. After logging our details with United luggage claim we …

... . Drew Nix, my friend from Austin who is a singer/songwriter, played his first NYC gig at the Rockwood Music Hall. We also saw a stand-up comedy show at the Improv and met up with actor/comedian Jimmy Martinez after the show. We walked down to a bar, ...

... we went for a Panasonic which so far has been really good.  Grand Central Station was...well grand, as was the New York City Library.  We decided to walk down to the Twin Towers construction site.  It's strange standing there looking into ...

... grabbed lunch before making my way back into the Financial District. Being a public holiday the place was deader than Michael Richards' stand up career, and I freely walked the streets til I found myself back at the Bowling Green Bull. I snapped a few ...

Well, here we are.   We arrived in New York, having been on a wonderful flight with Air Canada.  Gee, I wish we had done all our flights with them, (or Virgin).   United planes always seem so grubby, and they very rarely have ...

... toy store where the movie "Big" and watched people dance on the piano, solve rubiks cubes in less than a minute, try to stand up on two wheeled skateboards and ice-skate across the carpet (inventions that Tom and I are still considering buying - mainly ...

... the wrong time and the whole store pounced. "NOOOOOOO. It's only FOUR thirty," two men said.  Well how about YOU freakin' stand up and tell the lady the time!?  Regressing, Larry... @#$%.   Wouldn't be surprised if by this time next year ...

... ’s and walked around to Seventh Avenue to see Madison Square Garden. By now the wind was amazing and we were struggling to stand up straight as well as getting soaked. We then took the metro up to Columbus Circle and took refuge in the Time Warner ...

If you haven't been to New York, come! If you have been here before, come again! New York is just a fantastic city to visit, and always something new you can do, taste, experience or just observe. Erik was waiting at Penn Station, good to see him ...

... hour of games on my PC and have a couple of reds, then find a comfy chair and read my kindle until the flight is called. New York was wonderful – probably the highlight of the holiday so far. Great food, great bars, art, culture – the last 4 ...

For starters, let me begin by saying that I had not planned to create a new travelpod so soon, especially one about my experience visiting my Dad and Step-mom.  Though, I suppose that's what we have here.  Within 24 hours, I had picked a ...