NYC...

The morning after the Fist Full of Metal show at the Hope Gallery, Katie and I had plans to go into NYC for some cheesy holiday tourist style fun. Shopping, eating, drinking, dancing, and sightseeing were all on the agenda. I was just in the city the weekend before, and have been every weekend since, but this particular weekend we were really playing the tourist role. Getting a hotel and everything...

We stayed at the Hotel Carter in Time Square. The hotel is filthy, out dated and lacking amenities, the staff is rude, but the location is wonderful. It is officially ranked as the dirtiest hotel in the country, and we quickly saw why. When we entered our room, the heat was stuck on full blast, so the windows were propped open with drawers from the decrepit dressers in the room. We eventually accidentally knocked one of the boards out where it then fell to the street stories below and may have possibly killed someone on the sidewalk. Our room came complete with bugs, rats, graffiti, holes in the walls, exposed wiring, a pile of garbage in the corner and dirt EVERYWHERE. The only thing that was missing was a dead hooker. What can I say? We like adventure.

We went shopping, went to dinner and drank huge magaritas which carried us into the Ripley's Believe it or Not museum. I LOVE those Ripely museums! From there it was dancing at Webster Hall, and then back to the dirty hotel. The next day we did the whole Rockefeller Center Christmas thing, but skipped out on the ice skating because it was so mobbed. Plus, we had big plans to check out the Museum of Sex. That was... interesting. After learning things we weren't sure we ever would have wanted to know, we had dinner at the Hardrock Cafe (tourists) and got on the train to head home. By then it was COLD and I was sick. But we had fun, check us out...

Katie from Pulse on the train.

Hand prints on the wall at the Hotel Carter

The dirty ceiling at the Hotel Carter.

Random electrical outlet and extension cord at the ever classy Hotel Carter.

Giant Margaritas.

Robert Wadlow, World's Tallest Man at 8'11" Believe it... or not.

The Half Man.

The Half Woman.

Million Dollar Buddha. Made from 1,000,000 shredded $1 bills.

And I wonder why I get sick...

Pickled Pulse Girl Heads.

Katie from Pulse loves a good lion.

There are few rules at the Museum of Sex NYC. Deer 3 Way.
Pandas are endangered because they don't spend enough time like this.
Katie from Pulse loves a good chimpanzee.
A "Real Doll" torso.