Nu Hotel Brooklyn

... Wall Drug, South Dakota). In Oregon, we saw the largest wooden airplane ever built (The Spruce Goose), and wondered if it could outrun the 2nd largest statue of a roadrunner in the country (Paisano Pete, Fort Stockton, Texas). We stood on the highest observation deck in the world (110 stories up with a glass bottom, World Financial Center, Shanghai), in the world’s largest public square (Tiananmen) and under the largest sitting Buddha statue (Hong Kong ...

... Jewish holidays were during the week this year, the kids would actually only miss about 6 days of school if we went away for the whole month. & so our trip plan began. We started looking into airfare first. It cost about $1,600 direct flight & about $1,000 with a stop-over in Spain, so we figured for a family of 5, better to save the money (I'd rather spend it in Israel). So during busy tax season, had to find time to make flight ...

... the menu in anticipation of my new American adventure in November... LA here I come! After eating, I explored a few shops, sat in the park to do some writing in the sunshine, then made my way back to the hotel to collect my bag. I felt sad as I made my way underground to the subway, wishing I could stay longer in New York. I'd loved every minute of my visit and hoped I would be able to return again sometime in the near future. The journey to JFK involved ...

... cities within Brooklyn and loving it more with each day that passes. My new best friend, Holden (the dog) has been my walking buddy- although after the first 5-mile walk he was a bit reluctant the next day... We are starting to know more about each other's nuances; I'm trying to train him to stay on my right when we walk and not to pull (overall he really does listen). However, I've grown wise to his tricks... like how he pretends as if he is giving you ...

... you a renewed sense of freedom. If you are looking for something educational and interactive for your kids to do this summer, New York City has the world's best museums that you ...

... before then climbing the Empire State to see the lights of NYC come nightfall - AMAZING! Day Two Day two in NYC saw us up bright and early-ish...well in time for a crackin burger and fries with maltshake at an all American diner! Another full day of sight-seeing then was on the cards where we founds ourselves going from the Dakota Building on the Upper Westside (where John Lennon was gunned down :-S) and the Strawberry Field's dedication to ...

Day 5 We do some more standard touristing. The Empire State Building, and we go to see the Broadway show, Chicago! It was a good choice Terry, well worth seeing for any of those of you who have not seen it yet. Our final dinner out with Joe is at a local restaurant in the Upper West Side (his neighbourhood) called Rancho, good Mexican food.

... a half ago I went to get breakfast and opened the freezer to find... Shrek waffles!!! SHREK WAFFLES!!! Yes, I'm very easily amused. I love Shrek and can't wait to get to Universal. As much as I love Disney, especially Epcot, it's Universal that seems like a second home to us. I know those parks inside and out and love them just as much. I really can't wait! And yes, the waffles were delicious! Another thing that ate up some of our ...

... also hard to pick Disney restaurants due to the fact that we really want to eat at places that are uniquely Disney. Sure there are lots of great restaurants in the World Showcase, but living in New York City we have hundreds of every kind of ethnic restaurant imaginable. The restaurants in the World Showcase just aren't anything new or unique to us, so we like to stick to more "Disney"-themed restaurants. This year the ADR's we ...

... at work; a previous roommate paying a rent amount; a co-worker giving me her shifts because she was sick, resulting in larger paychecks) adding to my balance. All the money arrived within the same day, except, of course, for paychecks. But even more interesting is the thought that my agency here in New York found my portfolio online from a site I uploaded to nearly a year ago, and subsequently forgot about. Their discovery led to the agency in Milan seeing my ...