Heckscher Playground

We got up at 5:15 both still drunk from the night before and made our way to the bus stop. It all seemed like a good idea when we booked it before. Anyway who cares we’re off to New York, the city that never sleeps which is just as well as we haven’t had any. Nice flight over and stress free security. We decided to get an Uber to the apartment as we were too tired/lazy to negotiate the train. We were met by our host who showed us around the loft which is full of old vintage furniture. It’s cosy and there are others staying here but it was a steal compared to hotels so I guess it’s worth it. We decided to head out to the local area for food and beers and got caught in a thunder storm which soaked us. For some reason I thought it was funny. Phil not so much. We drank 2 extortionate but nice beers which I said looked like ascitic fluid but tasted lovely before heading to Roberta’s for pizza. It was no fatto a Mano (in taste or price) but was really good. We said hipster a lot as we walked through the neighbourhood which is a real mix of Latino and gentrification. We crashed out when we got back as we realised we’d been awake for nearly 24 hours which is miraculous given the state we were inRead more