I'm shitting again!

[fun_like_that]

We booked our hotel today!

It's really fucking happening! We're going to NYC this summer!

I bought a new laptop case on Friday. I have one that goes over the shoulder but with my back being so bad and us doing SO MUCH walking while we're there I can't have my back start out the journey in a bad way (not carrying my laptop around with me but if my back hurts at the start of the trip it'll never stop) and I don't want to tote my small rollable suitcase around on the planes like I did when I went home last month.

Anyway, long story short--I know have a kick ass, more fashionable rollable laptop case.



ANYWAY. So we're staying in a hotel in Queens bc for the price and a bit more security than a hostel it seemed to be the best way to go. Is the estimation of an hour into Manhattan more or less accurace from Bayside, whatever part of Queens that is?

Right now I'm watching Undercover Blues (my mom and I watched it ALL THE time when I was younger) and just chilling, trying to get rid of a headache. I heart Dennis Quaid in it.

I still have a Tumblr, too. Follow me at funikethat.

My firefox is regressing to shittiness again. Now when I hover over my FF icon in Win7 and it previews the windows for me I see like- five windows instead of two. Some of the tabs are appearing as windows but when I close them the tabs close in the actual window and when I close ALL of the extra "windows" the window they're SUPPOSED to be in closes, too. But now some tabs I've already closed in the original window are appearing as new "windows" and won't let me close them. Jesus, Firefox. Suck harder. I know you can do it.

But who cares? I'm going to NEW YORK!

Comments

[bandofsisters.livejournal.com]

excellent!!
but The Big Apple hostel is so amazing. and a block away from times square, and very cheap and clean. just if you want to check it.

[jnh-xtreme-girl.livejournal.com]

BRING ME BACK A 'I LOVE NYC' SHIRT :D

[itsthedetails.livejournal.com]

I lived in Bayside for a few years when I was in grad school. Bayside is pretty far out in Queens, closer to Nassau County than Manhattan. If your asking about getting into Manhattan by public transportation there is no subway line that runs to Bayside. However, the Long Island Railroad has a stop in Bayside, depending on the time of day you could get into Penn Station in less than an hour definitely. The other option are the bus lines, again depending on time of day and where you are taking the bus you could be in the city in about an hour though it could be longer. The LIRR is more expensive, off peak would be roughly $12 round trip and peak would be about $16. The bus is $2.50 per ride. There is of course also cabs which would cost quite a bit. I hope that helps.

[marishna.livejournal.com]

Oh no! We checked google maps to time it out for how long it would take to get into the city and it was about the same as a hotel in Jamaica but we didn't realize there wasn't a subway!

[itsthedetails.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the subway system doesn't go out that far. You can take a bus to get to one of the subway lines, but your trip into the city will definitely go over an hour. The quickest way into and out of the city from bayside is the LIRR (probably only about 30 minutes), though it will cost a more than taking the subway or an express bus. Also, Bayside is a much nicer area than Jamaica, I wouldn't stay in a hotel in Jamacia.

Check out these sites: www.mta.info (this has the bus, subway and LIRR info and maps) and www.hopstop.com (you can put in the address of your hotel and where you want to go and it will give you the route by public transportation and how long it will take).

[marishna.livejournal.com]

Whoops, old comment! But thank you for the websites! I'm still a bit bummed that we didn't get something a bit closer to the subways but we'll make it work! The journey will be part of the adventure. And thank you for the assurance that out of the two places, Bayside or Jamaica, we picked the better one, so yay!

[egotists.livejournal.com]

Ooh that's awesome hon! I'm going next week. Coming up so quick!
:) I'm adding you at tumblr. I'm devol