Tip top tipping
Or not as the case may be. Tipping as something I do when in a restaurant, mostly taken care of by the bill coming with 10 – 15 per cent tip included and I don’t think too much about it. … Continue...
View ArticleRockefeller christmas
We visited the Rockefeller Centre (Center) to see what all the fuss was about. New York stopped on 28 November when the christmas tree lights were switched on. It is magnificent. A 30 foot tree covered...
View ArticleThe lights are on, but there’s no one in
Not in a New York taxi anyway. Logically you would think that if a taxi shows a light on its roof it is available for hire. Well it is and it isn’t. A taxi shows a light for available and … Continue...
View ArticleA different kind of familiarity
Returning to the UK for Christmas and New Year proved to me how much I love the UK. Even though it was mostly wet, mostly grey and dark, it was home. The familiarity of language, accents and culture...
View ArticleWhere taxis go to die
Or at least their doors. Rows and rows of them in a yard in Queens. Given how battered some of the taxis look, it’s no surprise the doors need replacing so much.
View ArticleEver wondered where that taxi has been?
The iconic yellow taxi in New York is everywhere, apart from when it’s raining, when they disappear! R found this very cool website that shows a day in a life of a New York taxi. You can watch its...
View ArticleNYC to NW3
As I sit here in London, munching chocolate covered pretzels, my last paean to New York, I am just working out how it feels to come home, to repatriate. Not quite in NW3 yet, we move in later this...
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