BOSTON

A couple years ago I received a text message from a couple of my buddies in the

Navy

One of my friends, whose name I can't even remember right now, lives in

Connecticut and invited me to come out there and hang out

Another one of my buddies lives in Boston, so I made a little 3 city swing trip

I flew into Hartford, Connecticut and hung out for a couple days there

I liked it, very country and reminded me of those travel books I used to look at when I

worked at the library

Specifically, it reminded me of the travel book from Vermont where everything is

rolling hills with orange, red, brown and green trees

I only spent like 2 days in Connecticut and then I caught a bus from Hartford to New

York city

I stayed there for 3 days and had a great time

Stayed at a Best Western in the Bronx, off the expressway

I spent Tuesday nite just walking all over New York, taking pictures and walking

until my feet hurt

Times Square

On Wednesday, I researched a bunch of stuff to do and ended up going to the

Comic Strip Live on the Upper East side (I think?)

Had a fun time there. At one point during the show, Sherrod Small pointed me out

from the crowd and asked me where I was from and what I was doing in New York

Then he asked me if I was a comedian and I said yes

He said I can tell

Then he asked me if I had a girlfriend

I said no

He said that's because you're busy chasing jokes instead of women, or something

like that

He was really great

Really funny dude and I really enjoyed the New York style of comedy where it was

hard to tell where the crowdwork ended and the bits began

It was very seamless transitions

There were a couple of comedians that I have seen on TV, Comedy Central and

whatnot

I remember one guy was doing his 5 mins during the "check drop"

Which is when the waitstaff were dropping off the checks

He was like Hey, Vic I can't believe you made me do the check spot

And I was like Man, this guy has been on TV and stuff and he's doing a shitty spot

on a Wednesday nite show... New York is rough!

On Thursday I went to do more sightseeing and take pictures

I went up to Harlem; to the Apollo Theater and then I ate at Sylvia's, which is a

famous soul food restaurant in Harlem

Apollo Theater

Then I took the train to Coney Island

I made a mistake by assuming that if I take any train to Brooklyn, the last stop HAD

to be Coney Island

And I was wrong

I remember catching the train and riding it into Brooklyn, the last stop being in

Flatbush

When I walked up the stairs outta the subway, I couldn't help but notice that

everyone I saw was black

And they were all looking at me like Um, you know where you at? You look lost white

boy

I still didn't pick up on it until I walked outta the subway and took a look around

Black people everywhere

As far as the eye could see

And I was literally the only white person

I was like Huh, Coney Island is pretty strange but whatever I'm just here to take

some pics and stuff

Then I realized that I didn't see a ferris wheel or anything anywhere

I walked like a block in every direction, no Coney Island

I finally realized that every train in Brooklyn doesn't go to Coney Island and I figured

when in Rome..

So I went to have lunch at Popeye's

Eat some fried chicken

Then I got back on the train and went to Coney Island, took some pics and then

headed over to the Village to take some pics there

Cyclone Rollercoaster

I wanted to get some pics of like the Cafe Wha? and stuff, where Hendrix got his

start

Cafe Wha?

But as I was in the Village, it started raining super hard and in order to escape the

rain I walked down into this bar in the Village

Figured I'd drink some beers and play some pool

A couple people ended up coming down there and I hung out with a bunch of people

Met a really cute Indian girl who went to NYU and lived in Tribeca

She said her dad was some sort of textile tycoon who owned Pelle Pelle and stuff

We ended up making out in front of the train station and then we caught the train to

what was supposed to be 14th st. station but somehow she said she made a mistake

so we jumped in a cab to get to the right train station

While we were in the cab we started making out again and I put my hand down her

pants and started fingerblasting the shit outta this bitch in the back seat of the cab

Then we got to the 14th st. station and we went down into the subway

Just to be a jackass, I jumped the turnstyle with her

No sooner than I did this than a police officer saw me and apprehended me

He took us to a police station inside the subway station and ran our ID's and stuff

Luckily he did not search me 'cuz I had a small bag of weed in my jacket which

surely would have been a little bit of a problem

Then he let us go after running our ID's and finding nothing

I ended up saying goodbye to her and making some sort of plan to get together the

next day

We exchanged numbers and I went back to my hotel room in the Bronx

I had trouble sleeping that nite 'cuz I was so excited about the possibility of hooking

up with her the next day

But of course, with my luck it was not to be

When I got ahold of her the next day, she said that she didn't want to see me but it

was nice to meet me blah, blah, blah

I ended up catching the Fung Wah bus from Chinatown to Boston to meet up with

my buddy Malloy

I got into Boston and that nite we hung out with some of his friends, went to a bar

somewhere in the suburbs

and then went back to this lady's house that he knew

We did some blow and stuff and played Guitar Hero

I ended up taking a little nap on the couch (I couldn't really sleep)

And the next morning we took off

Went to Dunkin' Donuts and then back to his house

I met his mom and dad then we got cleaned up and went downtown Boston, to

Gov't Center

We went to eat at Fanueil Hall (I think?) and watched some street performers

Then we went to a couple bars in the area, like The Bell In Hand

The Bell in Hand

While we were there I ended up hooking up with this blonde chick who took me

back to her place and I banged her hard for a long time but I couldn't cum

Finally she said let's just go to sleep

But again, I was so pumped up from having such a great time my first trip to

the east coast that I couldn't sleep

The next day we got up and she made me coffee and we watched Knocked Up,

oddly enough

I think she was trying to tell me something

I had my buddy come and get me around 4 o'clock in the afternoon and he gave

me a ride to the bus station

Where I ended up catching the bus back to Hartford, Connecticut to meet up with

my buddy Jared Carelli (I KNEW I WOULD REMEMBER HIS NAME!)

The next morning he gave me a ride and I took the plane back to Seattle

All in all, it was a great awesome trip