Well, it's a lovely day in NY today ... heading for a top of 76F (about 25C)!? And after last weekend when it was pouring with rain and absolutely freeeeezing!! It was just as nice yesterday as well, and Kristi and I headed out in to the sunshine to see what NY is like in Spring. (Much nicer than in winter, let me just say! Although it's going to be 28C tomorrow and then 8C by Thursday!?)

OK ... yesterday's outing ... map for the day is here.

First stop yesterday was the Earth Day fair, which was being held down near Grand Central Terminal. It never ceases to amaze me how un-environmentally aware these NYers are?? There is a small group of people that are trying their hardest to be heard above the rabble, but in the centre of capitalism it can be a little hard to get the message across. As the guys at the ConEd (electricity supplier) stand said, it's a bit of a vicious cycle ... the only way green energy is going to get off the ground is by people buying it, and therefore creating demand, which will help investment in supply infrastructure, etc. Problem is, if it costs more, then most Americans just aren't that in to it!? Can't fault the logic ... maybe the only hope for the US (and given they create 25% of the world's greenhouse gas, the world) will be for there to be some sort of increased charge for the use of future generation's livelihoods? Just a thought? Although with the rise a rise of China, you have to question how much a of a decrease in US usage would be immediately usurped by increases in China's usage? (Sorry ... will get off my soapbox now!?)

But to the actual Earth Day fair ... fairly small for what I'd expected for New York (although, see soapbox rant above), and plenty of large conglomerates there selling "Organic" milk, granola bars, yoghurt drinks, etc. One of the coolest thing we saw was though this electric car ... made by Tesla. 0-60mph in 4 seconds and RRP of about US$90k. Smaller boot than the MX-5, but very, very nice!!

From Spring 2007 i...

After looking at the car and the various other bits and pieces, we wandered back up to Central Park (after a visit to Banana Republic ... I bought a hat for picnics and we also saw this outside the store) where there was an "I heart Singapore" function promising roti canai, chicken rice and Singapore noodles!! Only problem was that they didn't really advertise that the function was for Singaporeans only!??? What's with that!!! So, we smelt the food from afar and then wandered off to Le Pain Quotidien for a salad and a sandwich, which were both very nice, but didn't quite live up to the expectations!!

After the sandwich it was about 4pm, so we got on a train and wandered back downtown a bit toward Union Square and went to see Grindhouse, the new Tarantino movie ... basically an old style double feature ... a zombie movie and a thriller ... shot in an old style, with 60's and 70's clothing, etc, but using mobile phones, etc .... very weird, but very funny!

Then we came home and crashed!! Ah ... home! Some pics of the new place are on the Picasa website (see link below).

NY Apartment

There are also a few other new pics up on picasaweb from our trip to see the Yankees play the other day (see link below). I'll put up some Vermont pics soon as well ... promise!!

Yankees v Indians