3AM – west coast time – day of travel – wake up. eyes wide open. bummer. never get back to sleep.
12 noon – m.c. nugget and i hop a plane to jfk.
8:30 pm – rainy big apple. arrive jfk and proceed to the airport “air train,” then the long island railroad into penn station, then a cab to our hotel – m.c., lugging the ms. cheevious luggage entourage up and down many many flights of stairs — it must mean SOMETHING, right?
10:45 pm – our cabbie, one block from hotel in downtown nyc, rolls down his window to ask another cabbie for directions to our hotel (at least he asks for directions).
11:15 pm – dinner in hotel bar. friend of friend joins us for a drink. we close the place down at midnight, and hop in another cab to ulysse’s bar.
12:15 am – our cabbie is lost on the way to ulysse’s — hey, that downtown nyc area is tough to navigate! this cabbie actually pulls over and asks the security guard of a parking lot where our street is.
2:40 am east coast time – we get back to hotel and go to sleep.
– next day –
12 noon-ish – hello sunshine! apparently it’s been missing lately in nyc. glad it shines for us as we eat lunch in rockefeller center!
7:00 pm – dinner with friends ricky & lucy and another fantastic couple down near 14th street. arte cafe. yummy. learn something: as ms. cheevious gets lighter for summer, she cannot hold her liquor very well. i hear myself struggle to speak clearly, as i sip on my glass of instant inebriation – ha ha – not funny though!! i am officially a lightweight.
– next day –
11 am – nuggie susses out neighborhood so “we” can lug our luggage to the subway without too much trouble, and make the journey back to jfk to board a plane to boston. there i will meet his family.
11:15 am – “we” lug luggage through a couple blocks of downtown to the subway. okay — nuggie lugs ms. cheevious’ entourage of luggage through a couple of blocks of downtown to the subway, then up and down subway stairs (again, whattaguy), and we board the subway to penn station.
12-ish – we arrive penn station, go up and down more flights of stairs, and board the long island railroad to jamaica station, where we catch the jfk “air train” to the airport.
1pm – arrive at jfk for 2pm flight. we see it’s delayed an hour and have lunch in terminal 5 sports bar. (terminal 5 rocks). our flight gets delayed, and delayed, and delayed (thunder storms in boston).
7pm – we board flight five hours after original departure time and taxi for 50 more minutes before taking off.
9 pm-ish – arrive logan international airport – FINALLY. WE MADE IT!
– next day –
HeLLO beautifuls! I am writing from wet and drippy Manchester, Mass – a quiet, beautiful little suburb of Boston. M.C. Nugget brought me here to meet his family and spend the Fourth of July together. What a treat!
We stopped off in Manhattan on our way over, and spent a couple of days traversing the Big Apple, via cab, train and subway (exactly as depicted above).
I just gotta say – you’d think with technology today, the powers-that-be could figure out a way to get air traffic down to a REAL science. Wouldn’t you? Thunder storms, sunshine, sleet, snow – whatever. If a thunder storm moves into an area, isn’t there some way they can make sure the planes stay on schedule? Like can’t they use magnets or tethers or something? I mean, puhhhh-leazzze.
Nuggie’s family so far (mom, dad, brother, fiance and niece) are delightful dahlings. I still have one more sibling and some adoptive family members to meet, and of course, I’ll report on them some other time! But I couldn’t ask to meet a nicer family. Well — I guess I could ask, and god knows I’ve been known to ask for some unfathomable things — but that doesn’t mean it would be granted – ha! Besides, in this case, it is not at all necessary. They are awesome.
Today Nuggie and I are heading via train back into Boston to take the famous Duck tour (look it up – it is suppose to be very cool), and watch the rehearsal of the Boston Pops Fourth of July celebration. If it rains, things may change.
What a fabulous summer so far! Normally my little guy would have hopped his own flight to come and stay with me for summer by now, but he – believe it or not – is entering HIGH SCHOOL and has football practice that can’t be missed. Even so, he arrives into LA the day after I get back, when he and I will BOTH celebrate our birthdays (his was June 29 – when he turned 14, and mine will be July 8 – when I will turn 29 for the i-don’t-know-how-many-times-now-because-I’ve-lost-count).
So that is it. I am off, you beautiful people!
Have a spectacular Fourth of July weekend. Remember that we live in the greatest country around, even if a bunch of other countries hate us. Tough.
Love you people! Mmmmmmmppphhhhuuuuhhhhh!
xoxo,
Ms. Cheevious
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Ms. Cheevious is the alter-ego of Lisa Jey Davis (former publicist, and television talent manager, current award-winning writer & author, & health and fitness pro). Though Ms. Cheevious has become known for humor via the blog and social media, offering a lighter and brighter look at life… the blog was originally a precursor to Lisa Jey's long overdue book "Ms. Cheevious in Hollywood" which offers a fabulous, funny peek into what really goes on behind the scenes in Hollywood… a Hollywood with Lisa Jey and her funny “serendipities” in it. Think Lucille Ball meets Chelsea Handler meets the girl next door (with a little chocolate and vodka). It depicts with hilarity the innocent mistakes Lisa Jey made when launched back into the big, bad single jungle, as an unassuming single-mother in the City of Angels. It’s also about the beautiful, interesting life she led while her loving, incredible sons kept her grounded and sane amid fantastic events, new friends, parties and field trips. It also shows the turmoil and heartbreak that comes with dating and single mom life. All blog content © 2015 Ms. Cheevious aka Lisa Jey Davis
Hey Cheev !
Hope you guys have a blast up there, I love to visit that area.
Glad you brought the sunshine with you 😉
mds
I will never understand why it takes 24 hours (in the air) to get somewhere that it takes 24 hours if you were to drive. WTF! At least you had the Nug to keep you company. And apparently to guide you in the right direction as you have turned into a…what did you say, lightweight! HaHa
Enjoy! Say Hi to the fam for me
Love you Laura
Sounds like you’ve already had quite the adventure. I LOVE adventure!
Have a FAB time for the holiday, meeting Nuggie’s fam & having some time off from the hustle & bustle!
Love you oodles!
BTW – what a great guy, to haul all your crap all over NYC!
Cheev,
It would have been quicker to have you and Nuggie rent a car in NYC than fly into Boston. Have been on the duck tour — it is totally awesome. Have fun at the fireworks display.
Glad you liked the family. But then again, what’s not nice about you. You rock woman.
Can’t wait until next week when your son is here and all the escapades that will entail.
Kris
So glad you are celebrating my birthday in STYLE. Sorry you had such a painstaking adventure getting there, but ENJOY!!!
Animal: Yes – Nuggie and I discussed the driving thing, but it just never made sense until the end of the long delay – because the drive is about 6 hours. Same as our delay. Ah well – I was in good company at least! And what a glorious birthday it was! xoxo
Blu – Sorry to miss YOUR fantastic day! Hope you had a BEAUTIFUL experience this year too! xoxo
Oh – and Maven – yes, he is quite a guy! I am soooooo lucky I tell ya. Do you know how many fabulous, exquisite, gorgeous single hotties I know that have not met someone they enjoy as much as I enjoy Nuggie? It’s astounding I tell ya!
Never take the air train! Cab it Manhattan to JFK $40 max! It may have gone up, but there’s a cap on that trip! First thing I thought was, damn Nugget must be cheap! I hope that’s not the case and I’m sure it isn’t but seriously, stick to the cabs for Manhattan – Airport transfers.
Thanks for the tip Steph! Ha ha! It has gone up. Like 50 bucks flat rate plus tips. We actually thought the way we did it was quite easy, and very affordable. It was about 20 bucks total, and not that difficult. Of course I wasn’t the one who lugged my suitcase up and down the subway stairs… but it DOES roll! 🙂