Boston - New York

The Samuel Adams Brewery was a good laugh, it only cost us a two dollar charitable donation to gain entry and we were allowed to try 3 beers. We left a message with them urging them to start stocking their beer in the UK, so keep a lookout.
As I write this we're sitting in a Juice Bar just of the 3rd Avenue in Downtown New York City. We've been here since Friday afternoon although this is our first full day in the city. We arrived by the cheap and efficient Chinatown bus and checked into a slightly disappointing but dirt cheap hostel on the Upper West side. It's saving grace is that it's right next to the subway station and is not quite in Harlem. That night we found a very reasonable Indian restaurant and later went to a local bar to watch the Yankees getting their arses handed to them by Detroit.
On Saturday morning we got up early and made our way to Penn Station to catch an hour and a half long train journey to Stony Brook where Joe Holloway is studying this year. On our arrival everyone was in high spirits as it was the day of the big Homecoming football game of the school team the mighty SeaWolves! The stadium was impressive considering the SeaWolves are one of the worst teams in the college league. Nevertheless it was an interesting if long winded spectacle. We spent the rest of the evening throwing around a football and having a few drinks with Joe's roommates. We had an "awesome" time and a unique experience.
We arrived back in the city late yesterday afternoon and managed to purchase cheap tickets to a concert at the Roseland Ballroom. It was rife with poor emo bands but offered an oppurtunity to try out the new Nintendo console, the unfortunately named Wii. It was great fun for the small amount of time we actually managed to get hands on with the machine.
Today we have mostly been eating pancakes and trekking all the way Downtown. We're hoping to go to a club called APT tonight which is not far from Greenwich Village. It will most likely be pretty expensive but offers a chance to see Prince Paul and Jazzy Jeff DJing for free so we're there.