We were up early Thursday for a walk in lower Manhattan. The weather was looking a little inclement, but we headed out anyway. We arrived in City Hall park as...
We had another early start as we planned for a mid town architecture walk and later tonight a play starring Bruce Willis. We headed off for a bit of a walk...
An early start today, we needed to be uptown at the eye doctors by 8.30. We made the now familiar trip quite easily, walk to 42nd street subway, catch the...
Sunday dawned as a gorgeous autumn day. The sun was shining, a warm breeze blew so delicately and wispy clouds floated majestically above us as we planned to head uptown...
The winter chill started today, although we are only expecting a day or two of cold weather. Around 8 degrees today, when we've mostly enjoyed the high teens. We rugged...
A perfectly sunny day dawned for Friday the 13th. We planned a trip downtown to walk around, with a view to visiting Bosie Tea Parlour again. While Mardi was getting ready...
Our second week started early with a second visit to the eye specialist. We arrived feeling a little worried that bad news was on the way. We arrived and said...
Taking the doctors advice we spent Tuesday pretty much doing nothing. Which wasn't a bad thing. The weather was crappy, lots of wind and rain, Mardi was feeling a bit...
We were up early today to see my eye surgeon. A routine visit turned into something epic as my right eye underwent another round of painful laser surgery. Just before...
For a while before we visited NYC this test there was talk of a Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar inspired cricket all stars game. The talk started with games in...
Friday greeted us with another perfect day of warm temperatures and sunny skies mixed with some clouds. Friday also greeted Mardi with a 20% off sale at Sephora. So rather...
We will get to the story behind the title in a minute, but first let's look at the lead up...Today we'd planned to go to Woodbury Common. A massive 300...
As most Australians celebrated a horse race, Mardi and I lit out of Canberra for our sixth New York City odyssey. Luigi didn't want us to go, the other felines and...
We started our last day with the massive task of packing. Left overs for breakfast and lunch, an odd selection of cheese, porridge, chocolate and fruit. A bit different but...
After 30 nights in the big apple we took it pretty easy today. We visited the fashion institute, Mardi was keen to see an exhibition called "Faking It". An interesting exhibit showing...
A magical day on Monday greeted us. Although the news from home was sad with the death of two hostages. The gunman also died in what was a scary incident...
An overcast but warm day allowed us the opportunity to go for a long walk. We opted for third avenue. Somewhere where we hadn't walked before and we wanted to...
A warm, sunny Saturday meant brunch in Chelsea and a walk through the Meatpacking district. The sounds of the tyres on the old cobble stoned roads, the factories converted to...
We headed downtown early and had breakfast at Balthazar. We'd been wanting to eat here for a few years, but have never been able to secure a table. After the long...
It rained and rained and rained. Record rain in Central Park, two and a half inches. We slept in, we didn't get home from my birthday dinner and walk until...
For 49 years I've enjoyed warm summer days for my birthday. Well not this year. My god -13 overnight in NYC and freezing conditions as a beautiful sunny day dawned. Mardi...
A gorgeous day on Sunday allowed us to get out to the Morgan Library and Museum and do some walking along Madison Avenue. The library is a fantastic mix of new...
Probably the wettest day since we've been here: the weather has really been a mix. A few sunny days. Icy cold days and mild wet days. It's good to be...
We finally managed to score tickets to a Carnigie Hall tour. I ventured to the box office and arrived at 11am on the dot and scored two. The tour was...
On Thursday we were greeted with a perfect winters day. The sun was shining and the temperature, although cool was pleasant. We headed out to try and get tickets to...
Time for a visit to the Doctor's. Wednesday morning we headed up town and visited Dr Nissen. Dr Nissen saw me last year and put my eye back together after...