Roaming around the West Coast of America in July may not be all that manageable when temperatures can reach 50C, well only for some mad dog Europeans it may be, but it would significantly affect the shape of my trip when I have the national parks to go to, and apparently they’re home to some serious snakes during the height of summer, so going to take a rain check and camp out in the Sunshine State parks when it’s cooler.
Instead, one of the most bustling metropolis on earth NYC seems as though it steals every visitors heart and I’ve always wanted to take a bite of the big apple myself so first stop JFK.
Harlem’s been known as a no-go area but if you zig-zag through the not-so-mean streets it seems as though there’s some cool places to visit. The Apollo Theatre is where mega stars like James Brown, Jackson 5 and Stevie Wonder all launched their careers plus the amateur night which is held on a Wednesday has been going since 1933 with the 1965 winner being the ledge Jimi Hendrix! Wouldn’t be that bad spending your hump days down in that den would it.
I’ve also read that Harlem is known for its gospel music and inside their churches; choirs clap their hands and swing their hips along to joyful songs. I can imagine the community to be very welcoming but I’m not sure they’d allow me to join in with the swaying and singing when it sounds as though an owl is being strangled when I sing.
Somebody’s said to me ‘When in America, go and watch American football’. So I will do, on the East Coast. I’ve only ever been to one football match before and that was at Anfield when Liverpool played against Wigan in 2009 with a 2-1 victory for the Reds and I have to say, loved it. I drank pints, ate a pie and screamed blue murder at the referee from time to time. But after watching an episode of Stephen Fry in America when he goes to watch a soccer game between two US colleges, I expect my American football experience is going to be somewhat more colourful and simultaneously over the top, theatrical, chaotic, overwhelming and probably matchless to that of LFC vs Wigan. And I can say that because I’m not a loyal Red. Fry was completely taken aback by the thousands of supporters, cheerleaders, mascots, singers, the sound of face-painted fans singing their homemade soccer songs, foam fingers and more extraordinary sights. A massive grin just spreads across my face when thinking if this is what the yanks do for an amateur soccer game, I can’t really comprehend what it’d be like going to see the professionals play! I’ll probably get that drunk off beer and the crazy atmosphere that it’s probably a 2-1 chance that I’ll run onto the pitch with my top over my head.
I joke.
But I’m definitely painting my face, buying a wig, a foam finger in the style of Joey’s from Friends and will stuff my face with hot dogs.
Instead, one of the most bustling metropolis on earth NYC seems as though it steals every visitors heart and I’ve always wanted to take a bite of the big apple myself so first stop JFK.
Harlem’s been known as a no-go area but if you zig-zag through the not-so-mean streets it seems as though there’s some cool places to visit. The Apollo Theatre is where mega stars like James Brown, Jackson 5 and Stevie Wonder all launched their careers plus the amateur night which is held on a Wednesday has been going since 1933 with the 1965 winner being the ledge Jimi Hendrix! Wouldn’t be that bad spending your hump days down in that den would it.
I’ve also read that Harlem is known for its gospel music and inside their churches; choirs clap their hands and swing their hips along to joyful songs. I can imagine the community to be very welcoming but I’m not sure they’d allow me to join in with the swaying and singing when it sounds as though an owl is being strangled when I sing.
Somebody’s said to me ‘When in America, go and watch American football’. So I will do, on the East Coast. I’ve only ever been to one football match before and that was at Anfield when Liverpool played against Wigan in 2009 with a 2-1 victory for the Reds and I have to say, loved it. I drank pints, ate a pie and screamed blue murder at the referee from time to time. But after watching an episode of Stephen Fry in America when he goes to watch a soccer game between two US colleges, I expect my American football experience is going to be somewhat more colourful and simultaneously over the top, theatrical, chaotic, overwhelming and probably matchless to that of LFC vs Wigan. And I can say that because I’m not a loyal Red. Fry was completely taken aback by the thousands of supporters, cheerleaders, mascots, singers, the sound of face-painted fans singing their homemade soccer songs, foam fingers and more extraordinary sights. A massive grin just spreads across my face when thinking if this is what the yanks do for an amateur soccer game, I can’t really comprehend what it’d be like going to see the professionals play! I’ll probably get that drunk off beer and the crazy atmosphere that it’s probably a 2-1 chance that I’ll run onto the pitch with my top over my head.
I joke.
But I’m definitely painting my face, buying a wig, a foam finger in the style of Joey’s from Friends and will stuff my face with hot dogs.
