Author Archives: Ingrid Harrison

We’re here and it’s a beautiful day although a tad windy, but quite balmy by comparison to NY.   Already checked out the White House but  there is serious security everywhere, machine guns and all. Police and security personnel stopped us … Continue reading →

Sitting at the train station – NO PLANES ANYWWHERE –  waiting for our train to Washington DC.  Tony’s perseverance in getting me to travel on trains now seems like a good idea, particularly following our experiences with planes/airports/weather last week. … Continue reading →

Well folks it is definitely a white November here. What a shame it isn’t Christmas.  Just ducked out to have an amazing Italian meal, conveniently in a top restaurant in our block and you can see from our photo story … Continue reading →

It’s snowing here people .. view from our apartment window.

And by cool we mean cold. Today (Wednesday) the temperature plummeted. We decided to walk from our apartment to Greenwich Village / SoHo to do some shopping. Stupid idea. It rained and rained, quite heavily and by the time we … Continue reading →

All happening here.  Just saw Jersey Boys and what better place than Broadway?  Bouncing around the apartment now (11pm at night).  Seriously great cast and the guy who plays Frankie Valli has his voice to a tee! You can’t beat … Continue reading →

Another chilly but sunny day in the Big Apple so a chance to go into the Apple store, as you do, and buy two iPad minis, as you do. We are so central here close to the markets, lower Manhattan, … Continue reading →

A beautiful night tonight at Le Bernadin, a three-star Michelin restaurant with the most amazing food and service.  Truly spoilt.  And after that, a walk through Times Square and the obligatory cuddle with the naked cowboy it was back to … Continue reading →

We have finally made it to our New York apartment and it is a breath of fresh air – quite literally.  After living in hotel rooms and airports over the past week it is so nice to actually breathe the … Continue reading →

After a pretty shattering day yesterday – waking at 4am to fly out of Halifax and finally arriving in New York at 11pm at night (more of the same, delayed flights and bad weather, this time, fog), we finally felt … Continue reading →