Have put a few photos up of my recent trip up the hudson river to bear mountain. there's some scenic shots and a few 'portraits' of some of the local residents (some cute and some not so cute.....) went to amsterjam one-day festival yesterday and saw the foo fighters, tom petty, ll cool j and busta rhymes. good fun a particular highlight was seening the foos play 'stacked actors' - complete with drum and guitar solos! just about to head down to coney i...

just a few little observations about drinking in the US. 1. pints are smaller then in the UK - more like australian steiners 2. american beer is horrible. 3. if you're drinking in your local you can leave your money on the bar and the bar maid will look after it for you 4. as it is the US, you tip the barmaid. usually a dollar a drink 5. if you follow rule 4 after 4 or 5 drinks the bar maid will buy you a drink. 6. prices are pretty flexible, often...

hello all! not much to report this week, have been working even more than previous weeks - we filled the warehouse and then emptied it all in one week. started at 6.30 on monday which is not something i hope to do too often! have spent today playing private investigator after i found out that someone has been using my old card (did i mention that my wallet was stolen?) and has spent around 200 quid. not too bad and i will probably get that back (finger...

i hear its hot in the UK - well thats probably nothing compared to here! we hit 100 degrees fahrenheit today and that felt hotter with the humidity. about once a week we have an incredible thunderstorm which absolutely soaks the city and things settle down again. tom - hope you're prepared for china, i expect it'll be hotter! went to central park at the weekend - check out the photos of the crazy NY dance skater group - which was quite amazing. the place is ...

Hello all! hope you are all well and enjoying wherever you may be at the moment. i'm currently in NY and have been here for nearly two weeks. i've been working for the most part. the work is good and the people are cool and very interesting. its pretty multicultural here, i'm working with an albanian, a bulgarian, a mongolian and lots of hispanic guys. the job mainly involves lifting, packing and moving stuff around a warehouse; into and off of trucks. on...