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The rarely updated blog of Joel Dixon
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Travel Log - Day 8 (New York, New York ... again)
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 06/05/2006 01:44:00Probably the least interesting day of our honeymoon - I'd probably skip this entry if I were you
Well, after being served breakfast by an authentic Canadian (the curtains matched the drapes) we decided on a less adventurous breakfast for day 2 in Canada. The Starbucks in the hotel lobby provided us all of the Chocolate-Chip Cookies and Almond Biscotti we required for a balanced breakfast.
We were actually getting much better at packing our bags by this point - so we were waiting for our New York train for a fair while. While we were waiting, we saw the first few flakes of snow . Sure - it was no blizzard - but it was exciting to us.
A licky boom boom down
More of the white stuff - the most we had seen at this point of the trip
The train ride back to New York was much more boring this time - but did offer a brief distraction. I had mentioned that the trip up to Canada involved a scary "border check". Turns out the Canadians are a lot more relaxed when it comes to these things. Our American border-check assistant was a little more thorough with questions such as "Which bags are yours?", "Why do you need so much luggage?", "Why are you going to the U.S.?". Much more nerve-racking than the simple "fill in this form" from the way up. He seemed to calm down when I said we were on our honeymoon - and had picked up many souvenirs. The chick that was sitting opposite us was not so lucky. She was asleep when border-check begun - so her answers weren't as confident at the beginning of the conversation. It went something like this:
After what seemed like about a half-hour of interrogation our Canadian friend resumed her seat. She seemed a little shaken up (definitely more awake). I, once again, said a silent thank you that our "interrogation" was tame, and didn't involve in-depth questions of my specific plans for our honeymoon (I got enough of those questions from Bell's father).
Anyway - we finally made it back to New York, and checked into the worst hotel of the trip. More expensive than our initial New York hotel, The Gershwin was an absolute dive. I didn't have a tape measure handy, but I think our whole hotel room could have fit in our bed from the Sheraton room. The big selling point was how much "art" was on display at the hotel - as well as the interesting guests (their website boasts "We attract opposites. We welcome all kinds of human flora and fauna. Snappy dressers tingle our g-spot, but we open doors to shabby neo-romantic Ostro-Goths as well."). I would have traded both of them in for a room that we didn't have trouble fitting our bags in.
The crappy room at The Gershwin did piss us off a bit, but thankfully we were only there for two days - and we didn't spend much of that time in our room. I guess we'll never be a pair of neo-romantic Ostro-Goths
As there are only two photos for this day - I thought I'd post a pic of some of the toys that were bought earlier in the trip
# Posted in the Travel section and tagged as: New York
This is the 9th in the Honeymoon Travel Log series
Day 0 - Travel Log - Day 0 (Flights)Day 1 - Travel Log - Day 1 (New York, New York)Day 2 - Travel Log - Day 2 (Thanksgiving)Day 3 - Travel Log - Day 3 (I can't believe it got colder)Day 4 - Travel Log - Day 4 (What is the deal with "New" York anyway?)Day 5 - Travel Log - Day 5 (J-Dix on the six)Day 6 - Travel Log - Day 6 (Niagara Falls, eh?)Day 7 - Travel Log - Day 7 (Wet Wet Wet)Day 8 - Travel Log - Day 8 (New York, New York ... again)Day 9 - Travel Log - Day 9 (Best NHL Game Ever!)Day 10 - Travel Log - Day 10 (Pittsburgh at last!)Day 11 - Travel Log - Day 11 (Best NHL Game Ever - Mach II)Day 12 - Travel Log - Day 12 (Mr. Dixon goes to Washington)Day 13 - Travel Log - Day 13 (Mr. Dixon ... stays in Washington)Day 14 - Travel Log - Day 14 (Washington Zoo-lander)Day 15 - Travel Log - Day 15 (A Day at the Musuems)Day 16 - Travel Log - Day 16 (Worst NHL Game Ever)Day 17 - Travel Log - Day 17 (A kid in a candy-filled toy store)Day 18 - Travel Log - Day 18 (The only game that really matters)Day 19 - Travel Log - Day 19 (Fare thee well America) Back to Top
Comments
gav |
I SO want your Beaker doll. He is sooo cool. # Posted - 11/05/2006 23:04:00 |
 joeldixon  Posts: 170 |
Yeah - Beaker's cool! His description on Amazon is pretty funny too (not my doll - but a similar one): * The Beaker 18-inch Plush doll is a must for any fan of The Muppets. * Perfect for the collector and a great gift to brighten one's day. * 'Meep! * Meep! * Meep!' # Posted - 14/05/2006 16:34:00 |
| gav |
Hmmm, if only we spoke Beeker. # Posted - 15/05/2006 00:09:00 |
| gav |
Or Beaker for that matter # Posted - 15/05/2006 00:09:30 |
joeldixon Posts: 170 |
I'm pretty sure he doesn't read my blog (and definately not the old comments) - so I think I'm ok to say this. There's a guy at my old work that looks a lot like Beaker. Same eyes and thin head. Occasionally another guy I work with would "Meep!" at me when I was talking to him - made it difficult to not start laughing! # Posted - 15/05/2006 23:40:00 |
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