I wrote down something every day I was in New York in a text-edit file and copied it down here for you to read. Pictures can be found at my photoblog.
day 1
december 28th, 1 pm
currently hurtling though the hair in a mechanical wannabe bird. a very nice mechanical wanna be bird at that. it's teeny tiny and there are propellers. this is ridiculous. i might love it. i want to be a pilot… flying is better when rammstein is involved. i think… the last time i was on a plane was like a year ago. a few days different perhaps. but all the same, just after christmas.
anyway. this morning, i woke up at a ridiculous hour. 4am or something. gah my life. i watched a movie, took out the trash, talked to my friend edy on skype. he's a marine stationed in japan… but at present, he's stuck in bed with a broken leg, so we talk a lot.
i left my house at about 8:30 and took the streetcar to bathurst and then the bathurst streetcar down to the docks. checked in, waited 3 minutes for the ferry, and then went though aeroport security which didn't take long. i refuse to check bags anymore. too much hassle.
porter airlines has a lounge. best. lounge. ever. like. seriously. free wi-fi… which doesn't actually work all that well, but whatever. there were also free snacks and drinks. it was kind of like heaven. and there were couches. like, omg. insanity. best place ever!!
december 28th, 3 pm
in the hotel lobby. talked to some cool aussies who told me what i should see here. walked from penn station to my hotel. TOTALLY gobsmacked the entire way. this place is absolutely insane. everywhere i look there are buildings. i guess i'm in chelsea right now, apparently this is the gay area/ where nancy spungen died. i need a map.
december 28th, 6 pm
got into my hotel room. it's rather excellent. figured out how to work the internetz. yayme. i might go out nightshooting in times square tonight. and maybe near the rockefeller centre to shoot the tree. i'm so stoked on using my holga for long exposure night shooting. i'll wait until the day comes to use my SLR to take pix since i don't have a flash with it.
my knee still killllllls, but i'm definitely waiting until i get back to toronto to do anything about that. since healthcare is free and all and i'd rather not ruin my vacation by spending it in a hospital or whatever. it's not that bad anyway.
best part of today so far was seeing manhattan from the air.
day 2
december 29th, 5 am
this morning i woke up to a toasty warm room, which was quite nice. before breakfast, i will attempt to figure out what to do today. i really kind of want to go to ellis island, maybe up to times square… so much to do and see… i'm not sure where to start. insanity. however, i know i'll be the insane explorer my parents taught me to be and i will take hold of every opportunity instead of staying in bed. also, my knee feels muuuuch better this morning. sleep fixes all. i'm sure it'll hurt by the end of the day though.
december 29th, 12 pm
it is COLD. good. lord. i'm back at my hotel because i wasn't expecting it to be this cold so i didn't bring my coat and thought i'd be fine in just a sweatshirt and flannel. woops. i was wrong.
i had breakfast at seven, then headed out. i walked up 6th avenue to the rockefeller centre. went to the top of the rock thingy. it was cool. the elevator ride was terrifying. they thought it would be a good plan to make the ceiling see-through and have lights all the way up so that it felt like you were going into warp speed or something. horrifyingly not awesome.
the view from up there was insanely cool. and it was also freezing. there was this reeeealy strange room where it was all white, and you walk in and lights follow you around. i was never red, only green and then blue. some people were getting married up there. i felt bad for them, it was really windy so it made it extra cold up there. but it was a cute idea.
i stopped in at the starbucks in trump tower for a tea. just to say i'd been in trump tower, of course. it was ridiculously gaudy in there. just what i'd expect it to be like.
after that, i went towards central park. stopped in at the very weird apple store there. it's this glass cube above ground, and then you walk below ground where the actual store is. very cool. i was going to go to central park, but i was cold, so i decided to go buy a metro pass and go to ellis island and the statue of liberty instead. but there was a really long line when i got there, so i decided to just come back to my hotel and get my coat instead and go back later.
december 29th, 2:30 pm
went to times square. hated it. will write long and detailed blog entry all about exactly why i detest it so much. didn't stop, just walked on through and up to central park. i like central park MUUUCH better than times square. it's nice and naturey and it was quite empty and quiet due to today's weather. i was going to go to ellis island, but decided to get warm and rested back here at the hotel and then go to dinner. i don't want to do everything in one day and feel rushed about it. i think i'll go first thing tomorrow or something. but one day i'll have to devote to a subways and photography excursion of the outer boroughs.
day 3
december 30th, 9 pm
today was lazy. really lazy. tomorrow will be better.
day 4
december 31st, 4 pm
today i went to the statue of liberty and ellis island. the statue of liberty is smaller than it looks on television. but i liked it a lot. people were making snow men on the lawn beneath it. i took some pictures. i took pictures with my holga which was fun. the funny part was where my friend thought it was a fake camera. hahaha. ellis island was pretty cool. i wouldn't want to be stuck there with a bunch of people though. it looked like it could have been really unpleasant. for dinner/late lunch, i went to red bamboo, which everyone was telling me i HAD to go to. definitely worth it. super yummeh food. i wish there was one in toronto.
i'm watching kill bill right now, but i'm kind of tired and i'm not sure what i'll do tonight. or tomorrow, for that matter. my mum wanted pictures from up top of the empire state building, but i'm not sure i want to pay the money for it when i've already been to the rockefeller centre and gotten pictures from the top of it. i'm pretty sure it'll be pretty much the same. i'd rather venture deeper into central park or something.
day 5
january 1st, 10 am
i think i broke my toe. apparently i will not be venturing deep into central park today. bummer.
day 6
january 2nd, 8 pm
the only good thing about yesterday was getting vegan food delivered to my hotel for less than fifteen dollars. badass. and it was SUUUCH good food. i might have to move to NYC for the food alone. nom.
flight home was pretty chill. got pulled over for extra security check. apparently i seem like the type of person who lies on their customs sheet. but i wasn't lying. i actually didn't buy anything in new york. i bought food and admissions to touristy things. but no souvenirs. that's okay though. maybe next time. i still want that walken cowbell shirt.
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