the big apple

well it's officially two weeks and a day before melissa and i board the plane for our official trip to New York City. (and i never use caps, so you can imagine just how excited i am to have put the extra effort in to show just how colossal i think this city is/will be.)

over dinner last night (it was my momma's birthday; the big 47) we were discussing how many times we had visited this fine state/city. (this will actually be my third visit). the first time was while either on the way, or on the way back from new hampshire. namely old orchard beach was the main point of that trip (camping in the states with my hippy parents), and new york was merely a stop over. but a fantastic one nevertheless. and the second time was an actual trip, where we spent 2 days touring new york city while on the way to florida!

now if you want to get an idea of just how "hippy" my parents are, get this: while they were touring new york city B.J. (Before Joey) when they were younger, they got lost somewhere along the way, and being late at night and with no hotel booked they ended up parking their car on the side of the road and sleeping in it!!! the next morning, (yes they survived the night) they woke up to find two old men standing outside their car yapping away!!! turns out (thankfully) they were in a residential part of town where a lot of old folks lived, like a retirement community! the two old guys outside asked if my parents wanted to come inside and use their facilities to get cleaned up and everything! and being the flower children/tree-huggers that they are, they happily obliged!!

isn't that fuckin' hilarious!!!!

now i don't think melissa and i will be having any 'on the side of the road' type experiences, but ya never know!!! don't scare her anymore than she already is; let's just say our hostel is a little bit sketchy...no, i'm just kidding! it can only be SO sketchy on the upper west side, right?

so two little haligonians are headed for the big bad city! what tribulations and adventures await us? you never know!! it's funny how i've always been fascinated/obsessed with the energy that's generated by new york! you know what i mean? like, the people who live there, love that city, the people who visit love the city! there's something there for EVERYONE! there has to be, right? otherwise it wouldn't still have the buzz that it does!

even watching sex and the city this morning, i was struck with the realization that in 2 weeks...i'm going to BE there!!!!! MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, CENTRAL PARK, TIMES SQUARE, LIBERTY ISLAND, BROADWAY!!!! it's all going to be at my finger tips!! and the best part of it is, that instead of wasting all our time there trying to figure out the subway system, and the way the avenue's work, we have our own private tour guide!!!! kate's there to show us around, and for those of you who've heard my stories of her ny adventures, know that she's met ALL the right people!! from club promoters, to musicians, to models!! she's definitely got the In on the skinny!!! can you dig it?? so i'm totally eager to see what she has in store for us. melissa and i are going to go crazy...how could you not in new york, dude????? ABSOLUTELY NO ONE knows us there (besides kate and her friends, who we've pleged an allegiance not to embarass) but other than that, i'm talking going up and saying strange things to strangers, yelling obsenities at clubs (only little obsenities, don't wanna get kicked outta any clubs), shopping till we drop...etc, etc...

so for some, new york may seem a little overwhelming; the lights, the noise, the pollution, the intensely-high population per square mile...it's definitely a little crazy! but all that doesn't matter up against the energy, the color, the excitement, the sensory overload, and the sheer giganticness of life there!! (is that a word?) it almost sounds like too much to handle for one meer halifax boy, such as myself! but you watch, we're gonna conquer that city, just you wait and see!!

more details and shot by shot reanactments to come.

stay tuned!