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The Streets, Webster Hall, NYC

Photo by the modernage see it on flickr.

Last night I took 'that girl' to see 'The Streets' play Webster Hall in New York City, I didn't have high expectations but as soon as the show started even if I had I'd been blown away. It was fucking fantastic and is easy one of the best performances I have ever seen.

I could go on but I have found a great in depth review and flickr photos, you can read the review here.

So good.

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Yeah I think this is ironic

New York & The World Cup =Nirvana

a random Ecuador Fan that Neil and I bumped into after the game.

Is New York the best place in the world to watch the world cup?

Barring Germany a itself it might just be, there are football fans of every nationality everywhere, it is shown in every bar (in glorious HD were available).

Last week, I watched the Italy USA match in little Italy and it was amazing.

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Ahhhh those Arctic Monkeys

Last Wednesday I took 'that girl' to see the Arctic Monkeys play are New York's Roseland. And it was pretty damn amazing, I was very proud to be a British guy standing in the crowd (which was almost 50% British) watching a great british band rock out. They played all of their hits and a few songs that I hadn't heard.

I know I should write a more comprehensive review but I just can't be bothered or have the writing skill to do so.

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It's pronounced Mil•wau•kee

Milwaukee and Lake Michigan seen from the Hotel Pfister.

This week I have been in Milwaukee for some meetings, this is not the first time I have been there. Jim and I passed through when we took a Greyhound bus from Chicago to Eagle River to visit Neil approximately 7 years ago.

Milwaukee (milˈwôkē) an industrial port and city in southeastern Wisconsin, on the western shore of Lake Michigan; pop. 596,974. It is noted for its brewing industry and is an important port on the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Out and about

This week I had to go to Chicago for some meetings for business. And while it supposed to be a pretty quick visit with a one night stay over, I did manage to get out for an hour or two and have a look around the city I visited almost six years ago.

The trip went very well, with some very productive meetings and a most enjoyable dinner with the clients. It all went so well that we finished early and headed to airport to try and catch an earlier flight back. And this we did, my two colleagues decided to fly back to Newark because they live on the west side of New York while I decided to fly back to Laguardia airport which is closer to my apartment and this is where it went horribly wrong.

We boarded the plane at 2.55pm and travelled approximately one mile and parked up because of severe thunderstorms in the New York area, this then had a knock on effect to all of New York's airports. The plane pulled back to the gate around 7.30pm, great!

So instead of trying to get myself on a flight that night I decided it was better to stay over and fly back the next morning, which is exactly what I did. Of course hindsight is great but I wish I had of known that I was going to stay an extra night because I could of gone and done some proper sight seeing on that afternoon instead of sitting in an airport and plane for over 8 hours.

Oh well, I have another trip planned for Monday and Tuesday, I just hope that the flights are better than last weeks.

This photo is the now famous 'Cloud Gate' by the British artist Anish Kapoor and is in Chicago's Millennium Park. I was so impressed by this great piece of public art, it is exactly what good public art should be: amazing. There were about ten other people photographing while I was there, I just managed to crop them out of the shot.

You can read more about Cloud Gate and the rest of Millennium Park here.