I just got back from a trip to New York with Shiv. I need to thank our friends at Area 17 for showing us around Brooklyn and generally looking after us.

• Andrew/Kemp — Thanks for dinner, without which we wouldn't have sat opposite Alexa Chung for an evening (to the astonishment of Shiv).
• Kemp — Thanks for letting us use your spare room all week.
• Debbie — Thanks for scoring us free tickets to the Museum of Natural History. The planatarium exhibition is excellent (and narrated by Whoopie Goldburg).
• Everyone at A17 — Thanks for the drinks, and making us feel so welcome.
• Simon the Dog — The A17 office dog is awesome (and surprisingly well dressed).
• The 4 year old 'ninja' boy — Thanks for chasing me down Franklin St. with a stick. Shiv was amused.