Wellington Hotel in New York

... at JFK airport, we called the shuttle and got picked up and taken to the hotel. Our hotel was the Wellington Hotel, which I stayed at last time I was in New York City. The good thing about this hotel is it is cheap enough, not too flash in comparison to ...

... Carolina...aka Dawson's Creek/One Tree Hill land. Anyway, just wanted to give you an idea of waht i got up to in New York. I had 3 nights in the Wellington Hotel. It was a nice hotel, the room was small but as it was just me i didn't have any worries. It ...

... out of the Queens mid-town tunnel - longest tunnel they had ever been in.  When we arrived we checked in the the Wellington - the hotel where Borat stayed as Lauren reminds me.  A nice place but a little rough around the edges.  There was a ...

... , Statue of Libery and Ellis Island (from afar), Woolworth Building (favourite NYC building), City Hall and City Hall Park, New York City Police Headquarters, Municipal Building, New York City Supreme Court, Tom Selleck, walked across Brooklyn Bridge, ate ...

... this year started a little earlier than planned.  What better way to start the year than with a spontaneous last minute trip to New York City with Kathryn (and Jen).  Bit of background for those that don't know; Kathryn is a friend of a friend ...

Yesterday morning we started with a breakfast at the cafe at the base of the Wellington.  Voted "pretty good"  by everyone in the group.  After breakfast. we took the subway yellow R line to battery park in downtown Manhatten.  ...

... 45mins before we could land then sat on the runway for 60mins waiting to get to the disembarking gate.  So we finally got to the hotel at 11.00pm and had dinner at 11.15pm.  A full 24 hours from door to door.  And we are safe. This ...

... 's I've been in for some time, excellent music and vibe, beautiful people (the barman was HOT), not unreasonable drinks (for New York) and altogether a great find.  Wicked night, and it was only Wednesday. Longest blog entry ever? Nearly...  ...

... of that and I think he enjoyed it. After Grand Central we saw the Chrysler building which is another beautiful New York building, and walked back to the hotel which wasn’t too far from where we were. I stopped at the NBC store again as we passed ...

... it's a shame that it wasn't great visability, but just to say that we had a cocktail in a revolving restaurant in Times Square in New York, is pretty darn special.  However it came with a price tag, $8 cover charge (just for parking our arses), ...

... the city would reach beyond the borders of Lower Manhattan - little did they know!  Emerging from this impressive canopy are New York icons, undoubtedly the next if not highest equal 'wow' in this forest. All of the world's greatest cities have ...

... that I got on the plane, that the fact that it sat there for about an hour not moving I didn't even notice as Kathryn and I were chatting and giggling like children. A nice little end to our awesome, spontaneous and very memorable trip to New York City. ...

... and not too mentally challenging for Fred. We stopped for lunch at McDonalds (to the kids delight, us not so much!) just outside Syracuse, New York and then headed towards Buffalo, New York - only to get caught up in a huge traffic jam! It must have gone ...

... is a smart idea to pick up people on the side of the road but they looked young, and nice, and one had a sweater that said NEW YORK on it so what the heck. Turns out they were from Switzerland. A brother and sister and their cousin. All about 20 years ...

... 't seem that apparent. It is without the doom and gloom rendering tabloid headlines that seem to cover the news stands in London and New York, with people not solely working in financial services (or not working but being paid as many of us did ) , where ...

... During their visit, The Duke stayed at Otahuna, but The Duchess was struck down with tonsillitis so had to stay in Wellington. However, given that The QM was an accomplished pianist herself, I am happy to believe she kept herself and fellow travellers ...

... friend from its walleted safe haven once more, just as it was recovering from an attempted homicide at the hands of New York's cut-throat hotel business. Our quivering wreck of a credit card was swiped with no mercy once again, reeling from its misuse ...

... Estate, where the vintner, Michael, only sells his wines to the finest restaurants in the world, including Per Se and Daniel in New York City, Charlie Trotters in Chicago, and all of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants in London. His wines, which sell for about ...

... to catch up with alex later then flying to Los Angles tomorrow to meet Ben Parry and Charlessss. then vegas, toronto new york........LONDON Im hearing all this nonense about people rioting and newspapers hacking and whats next? New Zealand is stunning. ...

... back to our room. There are lots of beggars on the footpaths which I found very disconcerting. The urban myth is that the mayor of New York paid the beggars' airfares to San Francisco as a way of getting them out of New York. It might be true as there ...