Literary Expeditionists: Goodbye U.S of A

Today we say farewell to this fine city and fall into the waiting arms of London.

New York was amazing! We survived the Blizzard of ’06. At least that’s what the locals are calling it. In one day it snowed almost 27 inches in New York… A new record! Paul and I were too caught up in wandering around the city to notice that there really wasn’t anyone else outside except us. We ate at some great restaurants, listened to some good comedy at Caroline’s and met some beautiful Italian girls that have promised to show us around Sicily when we’re there (yessss). Mastering the subways was a challenge, but what a great way to travel quickly. I wish L.A. would develop a better system.
At one pretty funny moment we were out in the blizzard and decided to get out of the elements for a bit. So, we bargained with a bouncer to let us into his club for a discounted rate. Pleased with our ability to haggle and thankful to be out of the snow we entered the club… for about .02 seconds. That’s how long it took for us to notice we were entering a room that was completely packed with half naked men and a gay porno playing on several screens above the bar. All in one quick movement we were standing back out in the snow looking for the name of the bar on the door. The bouncer wiped the snow off of a blue colored bathroom sign posted on the front door that read “The Boy’s Room”. We decided that wasn’t for us and braved the storm to the next place. (Sorry, Aaron.)

Anyway, I love that city and it was sad to leave it behind. But we have other continents to conquer. Here's the pics o' the day:

This was our place. 3 blocks from the WTC

Il Vagabondo has been around for over 90 yrs. They have a real indoor bocce ball court right next to our table. Veal Parmigiana and a Chianti for dinner; bueno.