A photoblog and other things

I’ve been going along and updating photos in various photo sets, mainly because I’ve visited those places more than once and I’ve been hauling my trusty DSLR along with me. Sets that have been updated are:

Around Florida
The Keys
The Everglades

Oh, quick point about the Everglades, I noticed this story a couple of days ago about a python taking on an alligator. Wow.

Sailing boat along Key West waterfront
Originally uploaded by daecks.

Performer in Key West
Originally uploaded by daecks.

All I can say about New York City is “wow”. What a city. I found myself not wanting to return back to Florida after spending time in NYC. Here is a quick summary of what was accomplished:

– Helicopter flight around Manhattan
– Boat cruise around statue of Liberty
– Saw an off-broadway production “Slava’s snowshow”
– Saw a lot of of the districts in Manhattan – Soho, Meatpacking district (nightclubs are big there), Harlem, Times Square, Chinatown, Financial district… the list goes on and on
– Walked across Brooklyn bridge
– Saw comedy acts at Dangerfield’s club
– Jazz at a place called “Smalls”
– A funky salsa-like band at a place called “Cafe Wha”
– Museums including the Intrepid, Guggenheim and museum of modern design.
– Walked though Central Park
– Went up the Empire state building
– Tour through NBC studios
– Whilst travelling on the subway, saw the following: some guys doing flips in the middle of the car; some mexicans playing some mariachi-like music; a guy with a bass guitar playing “my girl”; a preacher woman telling us all to repent.

I did not in fact get to see any of the shows like Dave Letterman, the Daily Show nor in fact did we get our mugs on the Today show (that turned out to be way too early in the morning). The shows actually required a little more planning to see. There is always next time I guess, and there definitely will be a next time. Hopefully for an even longer time 🙂

Photos have been uploaded here

Well, I actually leaving tomorrow, but *finally* I am heading off to New York. This ain’t a real short trip either as a friend and I are going to be there for 6 straight days. This is also the most unprepared I’ve ever been for a trip as well, in terms of planning what things to see and do. But I really don’t think too much preparation is needed, right? Apart from the obvious places to visit (statue of liberty, times square, empire state building, yadda yadda yadda) these are some of the other things I want to do:

1) Watch “The Daily Show”.
2) Watch the David Letterman show.
3) Get our mugs on NBC morning news.

There are other things, can’t remember them at the moment, maybe I should plan this better…

The NHL ice hockey season is back and so I went to go watch the Florida Panthers play the Carolina Hurricanes. Unfortunately the Panthers lost in penalty shoot outs 1-2 but it was still a pretty good game. There was even a fight where gloves came off, as did helmets, and some fists got thrown about. All in all, just what I expected 🙂