Woogo Palace Hotel North Bergen

... There were no more than 50 kids in attendance, and a few of them didn't understand English yet. The school requested English subtitles, which we obliged. Maybe it's easier for the kids to understand the English when they can read it as well as listen to it.

After the show, Mr. Becker (the district supervisor, our "boss" this week) led a discussion and Q/A. We answered a whole range of questions--some pertinent, most just stalling to avoid going back to class ...

... parked vehicle, I went to the main office to announce our presence. There was Mr. Becker (our contact person for this whole week--the district supervisor who has scheduled our shows here in the North Bergen school district), already talking with one of the administrators.

Now, we have decided that we like Mr. Becker. Beside the fact the he is a nice guy, it is so nice to have a familiar face for a few days. Our job inherantly keeps us hopping around twice a day every day ...

... a hill, like a castle, with winding staircases up the entire face of the hill--probably one hundred stone steps. We were like "There is NO way..." We drove up and around to the faculty parking lot and parked there temporarily. When we went inside to announce our arrival, we were shown a place in the back courtyard for us to park and unload our equipment into the cafetorium. No staircases! Just a ...

... Thankful that it wasn't in winter ice.

Anyway, the school was in an urban neighborhood. It's an old building, no parking lot. We had to park illegally to unload the equipment from the van... and then carry it all up by hand two flights of stairs, 23 total. Nobody there knew what we were there for, since the district supervisor scheduled our assembly. Nevertheless, we had to get started setting up in the auditorium. By the time we finally got ...

... happy. We rented the villa rentvillas.com...I will let you know how that works out. Thus far, I'm not too happy only because the sales rep insisted that we reserve the house a year in advance and the rates have dropped significanly and they did not want to match the new rates. So, it was a hassle and they gave us a little discount but it still does not match the current rates. I ...

... not that bad, so I queued for about 20 minutes. "It's pretty darn good for a $5 shake...", Well, this came into my mind as soon as I had a taste of the 'chocolate hand-spun shake' I had to wait 20mins for ...

... Most of the group had met Todd near 103rd st and caught the subway to 72nd, so I ran into them while I was walking to the restaurant. At the restaurant Fi introduced us to Sarah, her friend from Scotland who had travelled to New York to meet her. We had an assortment of ribs, chicken and vegies for dinner, accompanied by some absurdly sized margharitas and huge beers!! After dinner we made our way to some dodgy bar that Todd recommended. Before we walked in the bar tender was quite ...

Day 3 We tried to take it a little bit easier this day, but we weren't all that successful with that. We spend the morning (or what was left of it by the time we got organised) shopping around Broadway and West Broadway in Soho - Max had more luck than me. Then to Central Park via a small park called Washington Park where Max enjoyed the sounds of a small band playing folky type music, but we were ...

... because they talk so passionately about their hockey (among other things that I love them for). I was trying to help out a girl on the train needing a taxi (I had a few numbers in my cell phone because I come prepared!). I get home at about 6am. My parents aren't at home at this time (in Florida) and so it's just me and sis. I get some sleep before Grandma calls at about 10:30 confirming that me and sis will go down to ...

... Building w/ a nearly full moon rising next to it. What a difference a day makes. This time last night we were sitting on a plane in Chicago, held prisoner by the city and its ****** weather. 24 hours later we are staring at New York City's tallest building, illuminated by the moon and the city lights, on our way to Time's Square for dinner. Dinner was at Chevy's in Times Square ...