Gone to America

Tuesday 26th of September 2006

A Note From Shea

, posted by Anthony in the late afternoon.

Shea’s account of his visit. Also check out his blog of his cross country trip.
Shea, Mark and Kerry

Hi Anthony,
I guess this is going to be my guest blog entry!

So hello everyone. For those of you who probably dont know me, I’m Shea, Anthony’s old friend. I travelled to see Anthony recently after trekking across the U.S. from L.A. over 12 days.

It was great to see him again, i can’t believe its been 6 years since we had a pint in Hogans on George’s street. Anthony’s exactly the same funny guy as i remember!

So I’d never been to New York before and I was going there anyway so it was a great opportunity to meet up. The taxi driver got me there fine and I met Anthony at the door of his place. Anthony had given up his room for me and i felt a bit guilty about that but then again there is a current building site right outside the window! Slept fine though. It was great to stay in a place for more than one day too!

Also the day I arrived was my birthday and we went out and picked up a few 6-packs after a walk in Central Park. Anthony picked some Coronas and I picked up some Becks and – I said i wouldn’t mention this – but after drinking one and reaching for another, Anthony discovered i was drinking non-alcoholic beer! (I also didnt notice his giant TV for a day) but i think it grew in size while i was there.

We went out then to meet some of Anthony’s friends at a bar and i made sure I stayed on the alcoholic stuff there! (Well you have to on your birthday!)

Next few days then we bumped into a few of Anthony’s ‘neighbours’ and I generally did the tourist thing. Got myself a 20 dollar subway ticket and Anthony pointed out some sights to see.

I went on ferry trips to to Ellis island, Brooklyn Bridge, Shea Stadium (just because), traipsed up and down 5th avenue, saw some street acts, St. Pat’s Cathedral, went to the Guggenheim and Frick museums and I must have walked about 5 miles every day. I was at Ground zero on Sept 11th too.

I was continually amazed by New York.

In the evenings then I would hook up with Anthony after his working day and we visited a nice restaurant or two and met up with some more of his friends. And we even played a bit of guitar one night – Anthony still remembers his finger-picking from schooldays!

On the fifth and last day we said our goodbyes and i had an hour or two to visit the Chrysler building and Grand Central Station. It had started to rain by this day so I was glad i got to see some sights the days beforehand.

So I’ve probably left out a few small bits here and there but that was my 5 days with Uncle Litton!

Thanks Anthony!

Comments on "A Note From Shea"

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At 3:16 am on Thursday 28th of September 2006, Skeebag Spunk Bob Square Pants! realised it was important that we all should understand

Kerry looks nice this time of year!! Take care Shea
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At 5:53 am on Monday 02nd of October 2006, Babs felt the urge to write

I hope you saw a game while you were at Shea. We’re number one, you know.

I am also noting that the words ‘Staten Island Ferry’ were not mentioned, Shea. It’s ok, though, I fully blame Anthony. He fears this island!!
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At 2:49 pm on Monday 02nd of October 2006, Anthony wanted everyone to know

There’s a photo of Shea at Shea Stadium here. Notice the cap.

And of course I fear the island – I read your blog! And Happy Birthday!
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At 5:59 am on Tuesday 03rd of October 2006, Skeebag Spunk Bob Square Pants! imparted

Still though, Kerry looks nice this time of year.
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At 9:37 am on Tuesday 03rd of October 2006, Anthony realised it was important that we all should understand

Feeling a bit stalkery, Dean? You gotta come to NYC. In the meantime, here’s some more Kerry.

Don’t say I never did anything for you.
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At 5:55 pm on Tuesday 03rd of October 2006, shea typed

No i never did get on the staten island ferry
but i did get some funny looks at Shea cos i was wearing an NY cap…‘specially from the guy who took the picture.
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At 3:06 am on Wednesday 04th of October 2006, Skeebag Spunk Bob Square Pants! proclaimed

mmmmm… you sure know how to look after yer friends

PS: Question… is it possible to upgrade a PC processor, much like i do with cards and ram etc?
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At 10:47 am on Wednesday 04th of October 2006, Anthony imparted

Yes – it’s called “buying a new computer”.

Oh, ok – here. In case you’re wondering how I found that, I typed “pc upgrade processor” into Google and that was the first result.

Try it sometime!
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At 11:20 am on Wednesday 04th of October 2006, Skeebag Spunk Bob Square Pants! wrote

That’s amazing Anthony.

This new search engine function you have is really working out well!

It’s a bit slower than Google but I have to say it does the trick! High-tech stuff! And no sifting through zillions of listed results either! Linked straight to the point so I was! Now that’s Service!

I’m liking it! It’s going somewhere.
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At 9:52 am on Thursday 05th of October 2006, JIMI, M.A Hons decided it was worth pointing out

Hi folks…

Check out this blog…

http://www.salsaland.blogspot.com/

Anthony – feel free to post a link on your site…

JIMI, M.A Hons
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At 5:06 am on Friday 06th of October 2006, daragh wrote

test
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At 5:08 am on Friday 06th of October 2006, daragh started typing, with this result

James you auld smoothy!
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At 8:55 am on Friday 06th of October 2006, JIMI, M.A Hons announced

Hi Daragh… Smoothy, moi? I think you’ll find Enrique is the real smoothy amongst us. Oh, and he’s a good friend of your old nemesis Benjamin Goldstein too…
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At 12:57 pm on Wednesday 18th of October 2006, Ivan realised it was important that we all should understand

C’mon anthony get it together, whats happening in your world. I am not sure this qualifies as a blog anymore
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At 11:53 am on Thursday 19th of October 2006, JIMI, M.A Hons professed

Ivan>> I’m inclined to agree.

THIS, however, qualifies as a blog…

http://salsaland.blogspot.com/

New entry up today. Support my good friend Enrique. He’s a really nice guy…
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At 11:55 am on Thursday 19th of October 2006, JIMI, M.A Hons decided it was worth pointing out

HEY!!! how come the link doesn’t work?

http://salsaland.blogspot.com/

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Tuesday 26th of September 2006

A Note From Shea

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