Goodbye to New York, Hello Texas!

The end of one adventure, the start of another. I am currently in Dallas, Texas, and it is insanely hot. Right now it's 101 fahrenheit outside, or 39 degrees celsius. I love it though, what puts me off is the airconditioning everywhere is set to so cold that you'll freeze stepping inside, I guess it takes some getting used to. Mary Grace lives in a beautiful neighbourhood, in a big house, and I have my own backhouse in their back yard. They (Mary Grace and Ann Elise) picked me up at the airport, and I met Jeff (Mary Grace's boyfriend) and Taz (her Pomeranian, he's a retard, but adorable). Before I went to sleep, we drove out to the country club where Mary Grace and Ann Elise's families are members and had dinner there.

Dallas is very different from New York. Very. I spent my last day in NY alone, cause Mary Grace had to go back to Dallas a day earlier than me. I left early yesterday, so last day of actually doing anything was Monday. I was up at 7 am. and headed off to the Empire State Building early to beat the lines that tend to be hours long. They open at 8, and I was there five minutes before and was able to head right up to the 86th floor. The ticket was $15, but it was worth it, I was up there for almost an hour photographing the most amazing view I've ever seen. In addition to New York, on a clear day, you can also see New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Connecticut as well. Amazing. Then I went to Central Park and just walked around for 3 hours, just getting lost. By far the best way to see the park. I spent a good deal of that time photographing squirrels.

Afterwards I took a cab to Washington Square, and took a walk around the popular areas West Village, SoHo and Greenwich Village, where you'll find a lot of art galleries, trendy shops, and not so trendy shops. Especially Bleecker street is interesting. Worth seeing, but I wish I had more time, and feet that weren't that sore. I kind of wanted to see some sort of show my last night, but I didn't get tickets to Letterman or Jon Stewart, and Broadway tickets were either sold out or ridiculously expensive. And since I didn't know what I'd like to see off-Broadway, I decided I'd go see a comedy show. They sell tickets on Times Square, and I paid $15 for a 3 hour show (actually 36, they charged me 21 dollars for two bottles of beer!). The show was at Dangerfield's on the Upper East Side, an old pub where famous comedians, such as Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Jim Carrey, have performed. It was a good waste of time, it was funny, the five acts ranged from OK to hilarious.

It was almost midnight when it ended, I just went back to the hotel, tried to shove my chaos back into my suitcases and get some sleep. Yesterday was all travel, and kind of emotional. kind of sad to leave New york, but also so excited to go to Dallas to stay with Mary Grace and meeting everybody. And so far it's great, I love it here, like a second home. And everyone's so nice. Except Ann Elise's chihuahua Bowzer, he's evil.

Some New York favourites: Central Park, Circle Line boat cruise, the guide on the Circle Line boat cruise, Can't-say-no sundae at Serendipity, the view from Empire State Building, Strawberry Banana Smoothie at Starbucks, how proud people are of their city, and how awestruck the tourists are.