Knowing that we're about to leave the States for good (or at least for a while), we've been making a concerted effort to see the mai...

After a little more than two years, we've hit the end of the line. We have around six weeks left on our incredible journey to the Unite...

OK, so Alicia took this photo, and you've probably even seen it on her new photography blog, barryfreezeframe.blogspot.com, but this is ...

I can only apologise to Cameron. He has his father's genes.

After having a solid dump of snow on Friday morning, New York looks like a winter wonderland. One of the problems with snow is that it need...

It snowed today, a little unexpectedly. As fate would have it, I was in the area so went and took some photos! These are from Prospect Par...

The first piece of advice I received from an expat aussie after joining the US firm was that after a year or so of living here, all aussies ...

I've been getting some feedback that it's been a while since my last blog entry. I swear that I've been doing a new one just abo...

We seem to have a surplus of pillows in our bed at present. One side's his, the other's hers. Can you guess whose side is which?

We get a lot of car noise in the area near our apartment. Horns, revving engines and extremely loud (and bad) music are the main culprits. I...

I came across a bit of luck at work today. More specifically, I came across 4 box seats to the New York Yankees game at (of all places) Yan...

A couple of weeks ago, I was in Orlando, Florida for a work conference. It was absolutely incredible. They flew about 3,000 Partners, Direct...

I headed into Times Square last night to watch Rove Live being taped. His guests were Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Ben Lee (and a few othe...

Alicia's out of town doing a scrapbooking thing again, so it's Daddy Day version 2. This time, it's the summer edition. Last t...

Some amazing news this evening. At 5:56pm, there was a huge steam explosion in Midtown Manhattan. For those of you who've come to visi...

This morning, I signed the lease on a new apartment, which we'll be moving into in mid-September. This is very exciting for us, becuase...

This city just keeps on getting better. Poor Kyan caught a cold so he's feeling a bit miserable at the moment. Being the great father t...

Back in the motherland, I used to know my grammar quite well. Having moved to the US, I have very quickly found myself unable to spell basic...

I've started a new job for a client in Kenilworth, New Jersey, and work has given me a car to get there and back each day (how very nice...

What a busy month it's been. Not only has work kept me busy, but the warmer weather has brought a train of people from out of the woodw...

It's been a while now, and quite a few things have happened since I actually had a little time to keep my blog up to date. I'll giv...

It's Friday, and usually that's great because I'm on my way back to New York to see my family. Well, it's not so simple thi...

There are some things that Americans do very well. Pizza, New York, steak, big cars, everything on demand. There are some things that Amer...

And then there was Germany! I made it in one piece, having about three hours sleep on the plane. Business Class in Lufthansa was great, as...

I've been pulled into a new job with work at the moment. Again, it's in Chicago, and again, it's actually outside Chicago, whic...

Last weekend saw in the Chinese New Year. Actually, Chinese New Year itself was a week before, but the parade through Chinatown came a week...

The night after doing Broadway, I was invited to have some drinks with a few people from work. People in New York actually do drink; they j...

I've been absolutely flat out with work and life in general lately, so I haven't really had time to update my blog, so I've got ...

We've now had the first decent snowfall of the season. Less than 24 hours after it hit, the sky is cloudless and a crystal-clear blue. ...

This photo was taken this morning on my way to work. We got quite a bit of snow last night, so the whole area looks very nice and certainly...