Views n' Booze

We took a walk along the rivers edge down town last night and got some fantastic views of the sunset over New Jersey. We also saw Fire Flies, which were cool!




After our walk we headed up to the club for some free beers, of course after a few free ones the club shut so we went downstairs to the hotel bar. After drinking free beer upstairs, paying $18 for 2 beers, and then another $16 for a Makers Mark stung the wallet somewhat! We got chatting to a local guy about the baseball on the TV and decided we wanted more "local banter" so headed off to a local bar in seek of more conversation at more reasonable prices. We stumbled into a local Irish Pub called "The Dubliner" after a while we got chatting to the bar maid and her boyfriend - Loren and Chuck. Great people who were only too pleased to give us tips on where to go and what to see. We were also joined by another guy called Anthony. We all had a great time chatting and swigging, so today Anne and I have been rather green :(

After a long lie in today, we took a half-hearted walk about the park (we had our portraits done!) before heading back uptown. We had dinner in an Italian, which was rubbish, and then wandered into Central Park again in search of some sunsets... To our suprise (well, kind of) we soon learned that the NY Philharmonic Orchestra was playing. The park was heaving, people jammed in shoulder to shoulder on the "Great Lawn" and surrounding areas. We tried to find a place to sit and listen, but in the end we opted to escape to the west side and jump on the subway back to the hotel.