Thursday, June 26, 2008

Does Vagita Love Gohan?

Boston Weather

And yes, even time is different on this side of America! They are certainly very crazy ...
First, despite its position facing the sea, it is far from the ocean climate. It is cold in winter, very cold. It snows every winter for several weeks, and sometimes with real storm! That said it's nothing, look back a little inland (Upstate New York, as they say), the winter lasts six months. Well yes, Canada is not far! But it is the wind, always present, that penetrate through the clothes and gives the impression of being a pile on the ice. Although
-on, summer, all reversed (spring and fall, at least this year, lasted roughly 3 1 / 2 days). One can easily reach 100 degrees (Fahrenheit, but still). Moist heat, sticky. Heat is known to be downright unbearable in July and August. Therefore the AC (air conditioning) are almost all windows (except for my room), and thoroughly in all stores, offices, subways. A prime example of wasted energy boggles the mind: it has quail inside, which means that many New Yorkers ever prevail with them a sweater, even during the worst heat, to avoid temperature differences really tiring. Myself, the office, I always wore a sweater or jacket, as I pulled out conscientiously eat or at the end of the day.

Even the rain has its particular behavior. If the winter offered endless periods of rain, sometimes several weeks without stopping, the summer is specialized in large Drach. The atmosphere becomes increasingly cumbersome and moist until it cracks violently. Then we have the right to a real storm, big warm drops that you dip in less than 5 minutes. And always a strong wind, which rushes into the long aisles of buildings to surprise you at every intersection. Umbrellas, useless, break or fly off and the girls run in heels, or they can seek refuge under the mocking gaze of those who did not hesitate to wear boots quite nasty mimi. Because it is doing here without shame.
short, for the average New Yorker who lives in his windowless office or in his room without a view, the only way to know how to dress is to check the weather online. And I am able to announce, for having often tested, the short-term weather forecasts are damn reliable. Weather France did not really need my services ...

Sailing Sailing, I said everything was what I thought. When you start talking about the weather, generally, is that we have much left to say. Luckily, I soon left NYC for new adventures. First Boston on a weekend, then a road trip in the Midwest and along the Mississippi. So by this sad post that ends the epic New York. Soon other news, another culture.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Quotes About Loss Of Mother

Neighborhoods: The End

's it, I think I was fairly comprehensive to tell the neighborhoods of New York (Manhattan at least: it lacks the minimum Astoria Queens , Williamsburg Brooklyn on, but unfortunately I do not have much time for me to walk) . It has been my great pleasure, from random cravings, eyes wide open, and sometimes the camera in hand, to feel the different atmospheres that make up the city.
I hope that I could sometimes pass a little of these colors, but I doubt strong. I hope at least that I would at least make you want to see, or even the Greenwich Village Jazz the evenings Lower East Side , the madness of East Village, the buildings and impressive super Midtown and Financial District , the quiet Chelsea and West Village , the popular animation of Harlem and tourism Union Square, the disorientation of Chinatown, etc..
I told all this cliche of a blow, without any subtlety, it will be for anyone to take what he wants. What is certain is that New York is a city that offers plenty of things away from the cold, sophisticated city that we sometimes think. History is everywhere (she has not a thousand years as in Europe, but as the city has never been destroyed, there are many more buildings that have 100 years of recent, and it is superb). The atmosphere is incredibly changeable, but (almost) always friendly and popular. Easy-going, what ... I love being a tourist here for 5 months, and I am not bored for a second.
I live with a frenzied Parisian who told me that Paris is even better than that. I would see, but I fear that the bar has really been very high.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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Neighborhood: Upper East Side

The Upper East Side (UES) along Central Park over its eastern part. Let us not mince words, the wealthy neighborhood of Manhattan . Moreover, since it lies just below English Harlem , the city's most deprived, the situation is not without interest. So, he creates a buffer zone which makes a diagonal 110th Str @ 5th Ave to 96th Str @ York Ave. The atmosphere is very nice, very reminiscent of the Upper West Side , but good as it should be aimed at is not very practical. Advantage: natural environment, since zero tourists. Also, in the one coming up from underground this side of the park, you can see at first glance the people who stop in the SIU (there are few, they prefer taxis, or limos), those who ascend to English Harlem or Bronx.

Returning to SIU. the neighborhood, very clearly, do not present a major interest (outside the Museum Mile we have already seen). We see the beautiful mansions , buildings, churches . Nothing is really historically significant. It is a very nice area to hike there, and surely offers outstanding comfort to its inhabitants. But for fear of being bored to die, let the rich neighborhood for young couples (whose wife, while her husband bump, will walk their child or absence of Mojitos drink or will shop at Bloomingdale's ), diplomats (all embassies, consulates are there. As the French school, very popular), and Woody Allen (you can listen to the feel of clarinet, if you really do have it).

Instead, take the cable car friendly brings us (with a view to passing not trivial) to a forgotten corner of guides: Roosevelt Island. Look at a map, a small island, all in length, in the middle of East River . Friends live there and say it's heaven: quiet, low rents, views ... Specifically, it is a city of old, or it nothing happens (a mere 2 and 1 retaus Starbucks, take delivery is not possible here: one small bridge, to Brooklyn !), And it is very dependent on the single subway station and the cable to enter / leave the island. Paradise is earned!

On the tip of the island is a mini park, disused kind, I'm falling in love. There is nobody, you are allowed a great view of Manhattan, and the hospital in ruins (which resembles more a fairytale castle than anything else) gives a charm to the place. Two weeks before my departure, I am still discovering magical places, and that is happiness.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Words That Decribe Spider-man

Jazz in the City

George Gershwin, Billy Joel, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Waller, Count Basie and many others. All these big names have one thing in common: they come from New York (Queens often ). There was a time when we wanted to do jazz, it was here, and the city is often considered the city of jazz, and there is much that New Orleans that can compete with them. The question arises: now that the Jazz is really the avant-garde, which revolutionizes our ears, what is it?

Well New York is unquestionably one of the places or play, play, learn jazz. Institutions remained. The legendary concert halls are always, sometimes as old as Apollo Theater , sometimes in full form as the Carnegie Hall or Radio City Music Hall, and big names ever occur there (the list is too long but I had the chance to listen to Aretha Franklin and Georgio Mendes). The Jazz Bar concept was still running full speed, not only for and tourists: the legendary names like Blue Note or Jazz at Lincoln Center, but also a multitude of small bars, announcing the Live every night, and where we can have a chance example of listen KJ Denhert, a beer in hand, with 40 spectators. Jazz schools abound, and many artists who come here a few years, building their sound, learn as much as possible, meet people, then they can (have not fallen in love with the city) leave with their luggage in a more accessible location. Yes, definitely New York remains a city of jazz.
the summer, it takes on gigantic proportions. The JVC Jazz Festival program allows Billy Taylor, Maceo Parker, Jill Scott, Joao Gilberto, Brad Mehldau, Herbie Hancock, Al Green, Gil Scott-Heron ... among others! In addition to regular concerts like Gilberto Gil and Stevie Wonder.
But it's not just the Jazz in life, and the city is open to all music. Prospect Park organizes free concerts, and I could see Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna ( of photos zero, two videos and sound !). The Central Park Summer Stage is not bad either. Rockefeller also hosts free concerts on Friday at 7am in the mornin 'with Alanis Morissette, Donna Summer, Rihanna, Coldplay, Sheryl Crow among others. Anecdotally, the festival of Music franchouille crosses the ocean to gradually settle in New York (and probably only), including a Williamsburg.
Yes, I am crazy about this city and all it has to offer. For all tastes, all budgets, NYC is unquestionably one of the great cities of Music.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Why Do Pap Smears Hurt So Bad

Neighborhood: Lower East Side

Lower East Side or THE for intimate THE neighborhood is hype to get out. 3-4 small blocks filled with trendy bars, bohemian, concept. The all New Yorkers found there every night to go to his bar. Because neighborhood is a neighborhood geek. Far from the neon lights, the entries are hidden, to be sure to be among the initiated. I've spend my early evenings, accompanied by local strangers. I wanted to go back then, impossible to find places. It took me over 3 months to find cool places ...
the extreme: the Backroom . No ads, web site, or flyers. On site, no sign recognizable, and the obligatory bouncer (for checker IDs - whether you are over 21 years) to cover only arise if you do enter mine. After the dark corridor, a courtyard with a door at the bottom, which finally opens on the bar. Ambiance Prohibition ... And if we know the tenant, we can discover the back room, or have already seen entering Penn, Pacino, Pesci and DeNiro. Together. Impossible to find, then, but everybody knows. Ask a random person, it will indicate the overall direction, adding that she herself is never gone. A magical place, which is deserved.
But more simply, and can always find her favorite bar, to the plush sofa, which spends 50 years old movies on TV the same age, beer $ 2, etc.. And here as elsewhere, the mood artist to discover new things, including the free jazz. Some examples below, by clicking on the pictures!


I want to clarify that they do not have their instruments in the last video, it's really their music. And if you absolutely have to see the photos closely, and recognize William Parker , they are the .

EDIT 01/07/08 (nobody will): The LES is too, as one leaves a bit of a few blocks hyper-branches, or the district have settled the first Jewish state United in 1680. Despite the years, and the development of increasingly intrusive the nearby Chinatown , there are some poignant relics : cemetery, synagogue , Yiddish newspaper ... Backpacking in there, you meet a strange mix of people: Jews, Chinese, Puerto Ricans . Cultures, religions, lifestyles completely different mingle without ever sacrificing melting pot which fortunately never works. I discovered here late, what it meant truly cosmopolitan.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

How To Whiten Old Woolen Shawl

Neighborhood: East Village

East Village form a bit of weight-cons Greenwich Village, East Coast. It generally follows the same dynamic neighborhood with a dozen years late. The evidence recently of real estate pros have invented a new term for part of the district: NoHo ( proof), with the clear intention of making a new SoHo . But I will not repeat a 15th speech knew what the theme, it's already been done.

short, East Village is both a lively and full of history. In terms of life, especially at night, it has everything to offer. The big BBQ spot at the bar who has cracked theme, through a will or sushi shops barred St Mark's Place There's something for all tastes. A new tattoo in 10 minutes? A massage and maybe more? Ice that cures cancer (but not the grammar)? This is where you come. Necessarily, the neighborhood is a victim of his celebrity and tourist traps basic flower, and everything is completely full on weekends. For cons, the evenings of the week, that is happiness ... Yes, I know, you must get out the week. Another place that encourages students idlers!

the day, it will also take the full view, with a focus of architectural history. Short visit ...
We start with the inevitable Astor Place , and sculpture cubic (running!). Basically, Cooper Union Building , whose metallic structure is made of railroad rails, because Cooper industrialist produced them! Grace Church, by architect James Renwick Jr., who will also Cathedrale St Patrick , and then 23 years. St. Mark-in-the-Bowery , in the district or moved Peter Stuyvesant, the man who founded New York. Very beautiful restored buildings, like the Opera House or Joseph Papp Public Theater . Others are waiting to be saved as Colonnade Row . And yet, in bulk, Old Merchant's House dating from 1832, a superb Firehall of 1898 or the former Bond Street Savings Bank , Greek Revival period .

It's all of East Village one of the nicest neighborhoods in New York. My preference has Greenwich is probably more to accessibility than anything else in metro ...

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

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UN Headquarters

On the banks of the East River , is a small territory of irreducible (non-Gallic, but not all Americans), an enclave International American soil. It is probably quite legitimate for the United Nations headquarters is located in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. That said, no offense has Spil, these headquarters were originally famous and original is on a huge ship sailing in international waters. What I find particularly cool. Instead, Rockefeller Jr. bought the land and offers free world (do not worry, it has also been careful to buy the surrounding land and build great luxury hotels for diplomats mop, financial return and his donation).

I'm not going to do an article on the UN goal, his life, his work, his action, his means, all that stuff. Wiki can satisfy the most curious. I'm going to say in bulk what I remember of the visit (because yes, it will visit ...)

- If the building from the outside is atrocious, view of the interior is superb, this I find particularly selfish.
- The organization and decision-making process is particularly messy and complicated. Several rooms with different voting systems, strict rules and abstract ... UN defends itself by stating that it is not to work in an emergency, but to solve problems, This is a long process, which wants to offer absolute solutions. I agree.
- The UN has provided clear objectives unattainable, and displays them without shame (we see the side very well the "political" system, and it is unfortunate). See here for a dream a better tomorrow.
- My cynicism may be clearly undermined if one accepts the figures ads (always by the UN): 1 / 3 of the money spent annually on weapons could remove most of the global scourges (malnutrition, literacy, water drinking, etc.).
- The guides are charming. And that's an understatement. Likely people to avoid to focus on other things and ask questions.
- 3 unique states are recognized by the UN and non-members: Vatican (normal), over the Cook Islands and Niue, populated by a few dozens of losers. To this we must add the states that are not true, sometimes observers, such as Kosovo or Tibet, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and the Palestinian Authority. To this we can see that the UN is actually the world (even in Switzerland has since 2002, say!), And there is ample time in my opinion it takes power.
- 6 official languages of the United Nations. Including French. As the right of veto, this kudos to us exclusively to the past, and the slow workings of government. On the very critical and critical veto, it is important to know that it uses only the Security Council, which is that one of several United Nations bodies . That said, this is not one of the smallest, and it is frightening that a weak system also handles such important issues. There is very little used, and recently primarily by the U.S. (especially to protect Israel), which is not to their glory.
- The corridors of UN headquarters and the garden are literally invaded by a superb works of art present in all countries. This recalls that the UN, so far, is mostly a nice idea, acclaimed by all minds not grumpy. Personally, I'm for it can become an organization a "judge" of states, as we have a system for guiding individuals (police, justice) that works well overall. The war in Iraq seems a striking example of a need for non-state entities capable of making decisions and enforcing them. But the UN is already very active and important in everything humanitarian, human rights, social development, and it not bad.
A Headquarter rs

Monday, June 16, 2008

Please Insert Cs3 Master Collection Disc

I saw New York, New York USA ....

What would happen is happening. The SPIL is left in his beloved country. The adventure lived here will be told, distorted, and amplified many times, so it is useless to tell, especially as there are children who read.
But at least it was an opportunity to make a little "Best Of New York", with some nice pictures. And see that New York is high. So here we go, music!



I saw New York New York USA

I saw New York New York USA

I did not see anything in
I had seen anything so high
Oh! It is high, it's up New York New York USA


I saw New York New York USA

I saw New York New York USA

I had seen anything at
I had seen anything so high
Oh! It is high, it's up New York New York USA


Empire States Building oh! Rockefeller Center is up
oh! is high
Internationnal Building oh! Waldorf Astoria's top
oh! is high
Panamerican Building oh! is high
Bank of Manhattan oh! is high

I saw New York New York USA

I saw New York New York USA

I did not see anything in
I had seen anything so High
Oh! It is high, it's up New York New York USA


Time and Life Building oh! is high
American hotel oh! is high
CBS Building oh! is high
RCA Building oh! is high
First National City Bank oh! is high



The rest of the photos taken at random streets and can be seen here:
I saw New York

Friday, June 6, 2008

Is It Normal To Shit Alot During Pregnancy

I do math, math, math all night ... Barack

I said I would not resist the temptation to me a little fart ...
Hop, for those interested, who want to laugh or to see what it looks like math, I put online the result of four months strenuous work . It's probably (in English multiple corrections, typos almost) a good overview of the final shape of my job. It remains a big white theorem on page 11, and I'm off $ 100 (seriously) to whoever gives me proof. Seen as we go, the theorem is false, and it destroys all theory. It will pass to the probation report in Bordeaux, but not too much in public ...

More importantly, the man known as SPIL arrives this afternoon. The effects of the landing should be reflected in the newspapers, but not in this blog, I would have something else to fuck (like treating pain in my skull). Where I am on strike for a week. Go
an excellent week, I feel it well.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Who Makes Walkers Deluxe

in Central Park Boat has

OK, I said I would not have a policy, so Barack will be deleted on the photos.
short, there is one thing that every girl on earth wanted to do (about age 14 after watching a romantic movie, the last being It Was a Time) is the ride on the little lake Central Park. Bah and brace yourself, it's actually very nice, really nice, and very cheap. Like what, you can spend good time playing the tourist base.
boat to Central Park


For those who want pictures, there's clicking, eh ... The more observant among you will notice that my photos look more and more to the memory of a myopic or a fat drunk (I know what I mean). My camera is neither one nor the other, but a little grain of sand Californian decided get stuck in the zoom, destroying all hope of development ... As I intend to continue to flash like crazy, I took over, and I have a brand new, all beautiful!


It's pretty cool to see the before / after. No excuse for missing my photos now!

Monday, June 2, 2008

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Politics

I will not get into a big analysis of U.S. policy. Yet it is on, there would be things to say, the subject is difficult, really interesting and very important in today's world. But I feel really badly placed, it is crucial to know what we are talking about such problems, and it is not my case. But I do not, however, resists the pleasure of spending this video, you've probably already heard.


Yes, what is certain is that Americans really have the feel of the show. Guignolade limit, but at least we have fun often enough for this election.
Personally, I find Obama very often convincing, and I (quite surprisingly) tend to trust in him. Especially as compared to McCain, there are not too many photos ... Obama rules!