The land of the free (ish)

[Bob's Orange]

OK, anyone know of any sports bars in New York that may show the Bristol Rovers game on the Monday?

[grubby]

I can't remember any of the names but most of the Irish bars in NYC have SkySports.
Just pick out some from this list and give them a call.
http://www.sportstavern.com/newyork/nyc.html

[Bob's Orange]

I can't remember any of the names but most of the Irish bars in NYC have SkySports.
Just pick out some from this list and give them a call.
http://www.sportstavern.com/newyork/nyc.html

Nice one grubby, thanks.

[erictheexile]

In Ny I would stay at the Hotel 41.  Rooms are weeny but spotless and when we stayed there they threw in a free cont breakfast.  The hotel is about 30 seconds from Time Square and should be more reasonable than many of the hotels.
One place we always go to is the China Regency on 7th Avenue.  Recommended by 2 different concierges.  Looks like a bit of a shithole but the scallops with black bean sauce are out of this world. 
We stayed at the Venetian in Vegas.  All of the hotels are cheap in the week but while this one was spectacular, there is no buffet so might be easier to stay in one which does if you are on a budget.
We were in Boston last week funnily enough and loved it.  We stayed at the Lenox which wasn't cheap but which was lovely.  Got ripped off in Abes and Louie's steakhouse but most of the bars seemed to be showing the English games.  Tip there would be to hire a car for a day and drive out to Cape Cod.  Lovely.

[Bob's Orange]

In Ny I would stay at the Hotel 41.  Rooms are weeny but spotless and when we stayed there they threw in a free cont breakfast.  The hotel is about 30 seconds from Time Square and should be more reasonable than many of the hotels.
One place we always go to is the China Regency on 7th Avenue.  Recommended by 2 different concierges.  Looks like a bit of a shithole but the scallops with black bean sauce are out of this world. 
We stayed at the Venetian in Vegas.  All of the hotels are cheap in the week but while this one was spectacular, there is no buffet so might be easier to stay in one which does if you are on a budget.
We were in Boston last week funnily enough and loved it.  We stayed at the Lenox which wasn't cheap but which was lovely.  Got ripped off in Abes and Louie's steakhouse but most of the bars seemed to be showing the English games.  Tip there would be to hire a car for a day and drive out to Cape Cod.  Lovely.

I have booked the Paramount hotel in NY which was about the cheapest decent looking hotel I could find. Worked out at 200 dollars a night which for a Hotel on Times Square seemed good value (not sure I quite understand the various taxes in NY though, crazy!)

I am staying with friends in Boston so no need for hotels there! Relying on them to show me what the City has to offer.

I hadn't realised Boston to NY was so far away. Booked the bus today and its over 4 hours. Still they have free wi-fi to keep me entertained!

Really looking forward to it, tomorrow can't come soon enough!

[BANGKOK RED]

God loves America.

[chalkies_shorts]

God loves America.

Allah doesn't.

[iffy]

If you're staying in the US and you want a hotel, definitely use www.hotwire.com
You pick an area and a price, but they only tell you which hotel after you've confirmed. It's so much cheaper, but we stayed in the Four Seasons in Boston for a fraction of rack rate.

For a different experience, try www.airbnb.com, which has apartments let by private owners. We rented a studio right on Central Park for less than the cost of the cheapest hotel room.

[Mexicano Rojo]

i thought san fran was a fucking dump, full of junkies bums and cunts, if you want to go to alcatraz book now, when i went it was sold out for 28 days, fucking idiots, the only cunting tourist attaction apart from a shit severn bridge and its sold out for a month.

[Bob's Orange]

Starting to get the next American adventure planned now.

FWIW, I thought New York was fabulous, I did a lot of what everybody else suggested and had a great time. I also loved Boston as well, which is totally different to New York of course but I felt totally at home there. Would go back in a Heartbeat.

Have now decided to go from Vegas to Seattle in March (can get an internal flight for £90), spend 3 nights there (including Paddy's day so guess there will be some sort of parade) and then drive down the West Coast to San Francisco. Want to go to the Big Sur area and if time allows to San Diego if possible. Guessing the coast drive in this area is definately worth making the effort for?

[suttonred]

i thought san fran was a fucking dump, full of junkies bums and cunts, if you want to go to alcatraz book now, when i went it was sold out for 28 days, fucking idiots, the only cunting tourist attaction apart from a shit severn bridge and its sold out for a month.

Strange how people see places differently. I really liked SF, thought it was great, couldn't stand LA though.

[Bob's Orange]

Strange how people see places differently. I really liked SF, thought it was great, couldn't stand LA though.

Think I am probably going to avoid LA based on the comments from the people on here!

[Abrahammer]

Yea i would if i was you.

San Fran and San Diego are far more interesting than LA i thought.

[Batch]

Yea i would if i was you.

San Fran and San Diego are far more interesting than LA i thought.

Bracknell is more interesting than LA.

Well nearly.

[No Longer Posh Red]

We did the Pacific Coast Road trip in the summer.

We spent a few days in San Fran, did the Alcatraz trip (well worth doing), biked the bridge (which was also V Good).

Then spent several days driving down the Coast Road (which was excellent), to LA (which wasn't).
We stopped at Santa Cruz, Carmel & Pismo Beach on our way down.

After a couple of days near LA (Buena Park), we went down to San Diego, but only for a couple of days which included a trip to the Zoo (which was also good), and to watch an American Football game.  

In hindsight I would have spent longer on the trip down & spent longer in each location, but our trip included & drive back up to Valencica (to go to Six Flags), and then on up to Yosemite for a few days.

If you have any specific questions about stuff we did feel free to PM me & I will try and answer if I can.