Get Your Game Face On

If you’re looking for the ultimate American experience, you have got to head to a game. We went to see The Brooklyn Nets* v Detroit Pistons at The Barclays Centre, Brooklyn, and it was full-on U-S-Awesome.

 *I went to see Jay-Z’s team. How cool is that? Mr. Brooklyn. He runs this town.

For $39, we got seats right up at the top of the stadium. It’s not advisable for the vertigo-afflicted (you could literally have a chat with Zeus on Mount Olympus from our stand) but the atmosphere was incredible. Snap back caps, foam fingers and corn dogs for as far as the eye could see.

Death potential: High. But what an American way to go. Hamburgers and fries at the funeral fo’sho.

At half time, a guy proposed to his girlfriend in front of the 18,000-strong crowd. These American folk are not shy.

And the American dream did not end there. The ‘Brooklynettes’ cheerleading squad came out and shook what their momma’s gave them (ain’t no spirit fingers in Brooklyn baby), and then fired game tees into the crowd with big bazooka guns.

Dress me in stars and stripes and stick me on an eagle, I am so totally American right now.

Final score: Nets 116, Pistons: 104. Go Nets!

No Place on Earth Like Times Square

Here's just one reason why:

The man, the myth, the legend: The naked cowboy of Times Square
Seriously, how does he get by in the NYC winter time? It is damn chilly over here.

And another:

Honesty is always the best policy

Eat 3$ Jerk Chicken in Bryant Park

I work right in the heart of Times Square (the tourist capital of the universe) so finding good, cheap food is a real insider’s game. 

Head to 2 Bros. Pizza on 1015 Avenue of the Americas and you can pick up the tastiest jerk chicken, rice and peas for just 3$. It wasn’t on the menu boards, but if you ask at the counter they will sort you right out.

Edible delight

The other amazing thing about this hidden gem is the fact it does ‘dollar slice’ pizza that IS ACTUALLY A DOLLAR. You have no idea how many times I’ve been duped by that false sell of 'dollar slice'.

It's not a myth after all

If you head uptown for two blocks you can enjoy this cheap feast in the beautiful Bryant Park - which used to be a cemetery, but if you don’t think about the element of death then it’s a seriously hot lunch location on a sunny NY day.

Bryant Park. It snowed the day before. NY weather is cray

Take in the 'awesome' architecture while you chomp on your chicken

You may spot a guy like this one just having a little cha-cha on his lunch... casuals