West 57th Street By Hilton Club New York City

... I particularly enjoyed it though. The cushy leather seats with zero-calorie-chocolate-chip-cookie-like TVs in the headrests were an obvious plus. I'd say Jet Blue's corporate brand appears to be detail-oriented, neat and modern. The flight attendant uniforms are much less drab than those of other airlines. They’re actually on the verge of chic like those in that Gwennyh Paltrow/ Mike Meyers movie. “I put the wrong emphaasis on the wrong ...

... to meet someone in HK and fly with them but it will be a painful 31hours of continuous travel. Fortunately I have a 2 hour connection in HK and 3 hour connection in Singapore. It would have been a lot easier to simply fly 12 hours directly to Dubai, but...

It is summertime in NYC but is unseasonably cool, mostly has been only in the 70's, so pretty nice.

... remnant of a Village Green that was the scene of the famous Election of 1733 which raised issues of Freedom of Religion and ...

... and gluten-free options were clearly marked on the menu. Since it was so nice and sunny outside, I thought it would be a good idea to take full advantage of the nice weather and visit Central Park. We took the subway up to the Upper West Side and got off at 79th. I wanted to walk up to 80th and Broadway so I could pick up some coffee at Zabar's to bring back home with me. I heard that they have amazing coffee ...

... Square (which where we stayed), The Empire State Building, The World Trade Center site, Central Park, The Statue of Liberty (from a distance), and all the quirky neighborhoods in between. Matt took me to see The Lion King on broadway for our second anniversary. The play was wonderful! We hung out in ...

... sold on the sport but at least now understand what a "3rd Down & 10" means, although I am not entirely sure when this will be of use once back home. Today I got involved in some hardcore sightseeing - taking in the view from the top of the Empire State Building (good), Brooklyn Bridge, Wall Street (I did not see any suited stockbrokers contemplating leaping from the upper window ledges, which i guess is a good thing), Battery Park ...

... Our plan for the following day was to walk to Central Park and back, if Steven felt well enough. It turned out he was healthier than either of us knew because we walked from 44th street to 75th, then back through Central Park to 51st and on to the UN, and down to 42nd for a look at the Chrysler building, Grand Central Station, the Empire State Building, Macy's at 34th street and back to the hotel on 44th ...

... out to have a look at the big apple. Time square was amazing and the lights just made Broadway awesome. We decided to meet up with our friends for dinner at Hard Rock cafe and it was a nice dinner. At the end of dinner we decided that was the end of that day and went our own way, back at the hotel it was bedtime as we decided to have a big day tomorrow. Day Two - Rain Our sleep wasn't the best and by the time we got up it was almost 10am. We got outside ...

... at Yale. Given that I'd struggled to figure out the self explanatory shower at Rebeccas, I left the talk of American academia to those that no best and settled in for a good old fashioned weekend of eating with Jonathan - we are kindred spirits and experts in the sector of sweet delicacies! However, after one too many sweet things I was nearly toppled completely over the edge and spent most of yesterday afternoon feeling a tad rough ...

... goodbye to parents at the airport we made our way through to board. After sitting around for a while we decided it must be about time to board the plane upon which we were told they had put a couple of call outs for us as we were he last to board the plane - whoops! Anyway, we finally got going and a few in flight beers and films put in in good spirits for our arrival in New York. After negotiating the airport and making our way 'downtown' we were then charged with the task ...