Wednesday 29 December 1999 Highlights: New York Library, winning tickets to the David Letterman New Year’s Eve show We got tickets to the ‘David Letterman‘ show and not any show but the New Year’s Eve special show!!!  CBS were running a competition for this show and they asked Jon several trivia questions about the show…

Tuesday 28 December 1999 Highlights: Greenwich Village I now officially have a cold, how bad?  I guess the next few days will tell.  I slept in to about 10.15 am and woke with a headache, not a great start to a day. Dragging myself out into the elements we did a walking tour of Greenwich…

Monday 27 December 1999 Highlights: UN Security Council, ‘Chicago’ (the musical). We got up early to get the ‘rush’ theatre tickets which ended up costing us $20 each offering a partial/limited view of ‘Chicago’. New York City was once again very cold today, I’d be amazed if I don’t get sick. We spent most of…

Sunday 26 December 1999 Highlights: A night of Improv Comedy Went out to try and find cheap Broadway tickets but prices had actually doubled for the holiday period / millennium. We are going to try and get ‘rush’ tickets tomorrow, basically returned tickets for a same day viewing in the worst seats but hey I’m…

Saturday 25 December 1999 Highlights: Traditional American Christmas Dinner Christmas Day 1999 and my first ever away from my family, I wonder how many times I’ll be away from family and friends for future Christmas Days (well I had Jon here this Christmas). It felt very un-Christmas like with no presents, no hot sunny day…