Jason and Michelle On Ice - Coming Soon to DVD

Like many youth groups before us, Michelle and I thought it would be a great idea to go ice skating in Central Park. And you know what? It was kick assssss.

But before we delve into that, we need to skip back to Monday nite/Tuesday morning. The time is 3AM (NY time) and the wife and I are still awake. Big deal I hear you say. That we had to be up and at 'em at 6.08 AM is where this gets complicated. We managed to get out of bed, organised and a mile down the road by 6:45 which was impressive to say the least. Tired as hell, the bus destined for Washington DC set sail at 7:15 and we had a 3 hour journey to the nation's capital.

About 15 mins in, we hit Jersey and I gotta say, I was pretty excited. Never been to Jersey and never truly expected to go, I can't say it was everything I hoped it to be, but it was quite very OK. We took a rest break across the border in Delaware and that too was quite very OK. We got some great souvenirs there too and ate some truly bizarre scroll things called Cinnebon's. Not the ideal breakfast fare, but we both lived to tell the tale. They have Coke Zero here, so good times all 'round.

Eventually we got to DC and saw all kinds of cool stuff. From the Korean and Vietnam war memorials, to the Abe Lincoln memorial/statue, the white house, The Capital Building, the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and some other stuffs. It was actually really cool and though we virtually had to run from site to site it really inspired us both to want to return for a more in depth visit in future.





The Korean War Memorial was pretty amazing as was the Abe Lincoln statue. It's so incredibly overwhelmingly massive. The statues and memorial pieces in this area are phenomenal - truly without peer.

The Smithsonian Air and Space museum was killer too. A host of air and spacecraft, missiles and more. See photos for more. We got to touch a moon rock and have plenty of cool pix taken with all sorts of famed craft. Having seen first hand some of those makeshift crafts that have allegedly been on the moon, you could easily find yourself a little more aggressively aligned with the conspiracy theories surrounding those landings.

Speaking of conspiracies, there are some bonafide 9/11 conspiracy theorists that exist right across from the White House. They hang out there with a host of propaganda, biblical quotes and video screens, demonstrating to all those who gather that they believe the events of 9/11 to be a government conspiracy. It's kinda weird that people like this and Conchita who has been holding a vigil across from the white house since 1981 are in fact more interesting than the famed 1600 building. 66% of the White House is underground, and the yard definitely needs some work.

The busride back was a little suck-ass though. It took over 6 hours and we were well and truly T.O'd by the time we got back to Manhattan. I for one would do it again though. DC was cool, we got to enter 5 different states and my 'Where Have You Been' Map is looking dyn-O-mite!

Rising around midday today, we wasted little time in getting ourselves down to Central Park for some ice skating. Many will be aware that there is an outdoor rink in the park and yeah, it's pretty cool fun. The skates hurt like hell and it's probably impossible to spend more than an hour doing this activity, but it was quite serene and if you're someone like us who can find fun in pretty much anything, then this will be right up your alley.

When leaving the park, we decided to have a charcoal sketch done of the pair of us. I look a little weird, but Michelle looks red hot! Some amazingly gifted talents sitting outside the park doing sketches for people. I'm pleased we got one made for sure. I won't post a photo of it here, it will be part of our home gallery that can be viewed upon appointment.

At the moment, we're just hanging out watching a little bit of TV and soon we will head out for a spot of shopping and dinner with a friend.

It's Turkey Day tomorrow, so not sure what we're gonna do, but it's kinda fun just winging it.

Enjoy the pix, back soon.

Jason