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US diAry Entry 7 – Day 2

No video diary today.

This morning after a massive breakfast of an egg and “cheese” omelette, fruit loops and bagel, we headed to the NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza for a studio tour.

If you were thinking a 30 Rock style with pages similar to Kenneth, sadly it doesn’t happen that way. Our 2 Pages, sounded less than enthusiastic to give us the tour, probably because they’ve done it a few million times and heard as many Kenneth jokes around. There was no photography allowed, so all I got was the shots before the tour.

We were shown the studios of Dr Oz, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Saturday Night Live. I was mesmerized that only a panel of glass separated myself from the studio where Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Phil Hartman, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Tina Fey and others made their careers flourish. 36 years of comedic history, all on a single platform.

We went into a smaller room where they showed us how makeup was put on their actors for SNL, then we were taken into a smaller room to do a mock news report.

After the tour, we hit the studio store, and bought up big. From Community merchandise, to FRIENDs and Seinfeld, House and Saturday Night Live, I was in heaven.

After dumping the stuff off, we headed to the Harry Potter Exhibition, which once again – no photos. Reece & Pete got a thrill out of it, but it went all over my head.

After which, we headed to Planet Hollywood for burgers and beer. The food was average, but it filled is up. The movie displays were impressive, but nothing spectacular.

After the fill-up of food, it was 2pm, and headed back to the hotel for a cat nap. That cat nap went until 11:30pm… We’re still getting used to the time difference.

Tomorrow, we’re trying for David Letterman, and take a stroll down to hopefully Moby’s Cafe and the WTC. Fingers crossed!

Location:8th Ave,New York,United States

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US diAry Entry 4 – Day 0 – it’s on like donkey kong!

Who would’ve thought getting to the airport via train would be hectic?

The train at Leumeah said the airport train was coming, then as it arrived, the v/o said it was to Granville, so we didn’t hop on it. Turns out it was the airport train…

So the conductor told us to get on the next train to Glenfield, get off there and take the express to Central, and back track to International airport. We did it with slight confusion, but arrived with 4 hours to go.

As we checked in, our flight to NY had been changed to stop off at SF instead of LA. After a few printed corrupted tickets later, we checked in with 3 hours to go. Time for duty free… Chocolate anyone?

Only eating breakfast since 6am, we treated ourselves to something healthy: Maccas.

Might as well get used to it…

Awaiting our flight now, so this will be the last post for about 28 hours.

Location:Perimeter Rd,Mascot,Australia

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Bluesfest 2011

Easter 2011, my Dad and I headed to Bluesfest in Byron Bay for a five day event.

Some of the performances we saw were ZZ Top, BB King, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, Nat Cole and the Kings, C W Stoneking, Tim Robbins, Trombone Shorty and much more.

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Powderfinger – Riverfire Riverstage 2010

At the start of their farewell tour, my brother Peter and I saw Powderfinger live at Riverstage in Brisbane in 2010, on the night of Riverfire.

We stood midway near the back centre, near what appeared to be the mixing booth area.

Little did we know, they disappeared from the main stage and made their way through the crowd, walking directly past us, and onto the mini stage to knock out my two favourite songs – Like A Dog and Belter.

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