Finally in NYC but can't escape the Vancouver rain

Arrived in NYC around 6:30 am and checked at the fabulous St. Regis in Upper Manhattan by 8:00. The hotel is small intimate and absolutely insane. There's a chandelier in my bathroom for crying out loud. A CHANDELIER, people!

I'm totally can't believe I'm finally here but man I'm bushed. Jetlag has set in with a vengeance and the torrential rain is not helping. However, even with the exhaustion it's been a great day. Let's see today we:

• Walked around Rockefeller Centre (Ice rink was unfortunately flooded)
• Ambled over to Times Square
• Eric skipped breakfast and had cheesecake at 10am at Junior's (the home of the New York style cheesecake).
• Returned to the hotel for a quick nap and shower
• Back out the East Village and dinner at Ippudo (ramen and pork buns) mmmm...
• Finally taking in the Canuck game via streaming video

Big screen TV here I come.

That's it for today. Tomorrow, Staton Island here I come!

Oh cold where art thou

Hello cold. I had hoped to be rid of you by now but like an unwanted guest, who has stayed way past his welcome, you insist on hanging around. You have even upped the ante inviting your friend bronchitis along. I am not amused.

I'm off to New York in a few weeks. You better have left by then or I am having you evicted. Live in fear my friend. Go now or I promise it will get ugly.

Boor, Bore, or Boar

Boor is churlish or rude. Bore is to make a hole or dull/tiresome. Boar is a wild pig. So having sorted that all out. I can now comfortably declare myself a bore! Oh what a relief.

Laziness. What to do?

I think there's something wrong with me. I was never a social or exciting person but somewhere in the last 10 years I have become an old bore (or is that boor? Note to self: check usage). Case in point, I was at a birthday party yesterday (forced by my brother to attend). It was filled with bright shiny interesting people. It was all I could do to speak to a few. I spent most of my evening sulking in a dark corner and missing my cat.

So what to do, what to do? Do I make an effort and re-join the human race or wallow in my comfortable isolation?

Maybe I'll go squish the cat and see if she has an answer?