Brekkie Crumbs (Notes from the NewsRadio Breakfast team) for Monday November 2nd
Glen - Breakfast Host …
I’m just back from a few weeks in the US making the most of the exchange rate and the beautiful Autumn weather.
Highlights were plentiful - here’s an edited version.
Kandinsky retrospective at the Guggenheim museum in New York - a stellar collection that refuses to be overshadowed by one of the best designed art spaces in the world.
The Metropolitan Museum in NY and its Robert Frank exibition of photographs from his book ‘The Americans’
The new Highline walk on an old train line above the Meatpacking district of NYC. Coffee, deckchairs and a view of the Hudson river.
The astoundingly comprehensive Newseum in Washington - the history of media and journalism over 6 floors that takes at least two days to absorb ( ticket is valid for two days)
A city where cabs charge by distance not time so its in their interest to get you there fast. $10 cab rides cross town !
The East Village and Soho and their bargain bohemia.
Pizza at Sals in Little Italy.
A subway system with regular services and tickets for $2.50
Restaurants, restaurants, restaurants - open all night and anything possible.
Music at The Bitter End on Bleecker St in the village.
The National Gallery on the Mall in Washington and its fantastic permanent collection.
Cut price tickets for Broadway shows with Julia Stiles and Sienna Miller.
Shopping, shopping, shopping - at prices without the hideous mark ups we face here ( all hail Century 21 in NYC and the funky stores of Soho)
The top floor bar at the Bentley Hotel uptown with its killer view of the East river and its many bridges.
Being in NY when the Yankees win the championships and make the World Series.
Central Park in Fall with its stunning golden leaves and colours and miles of open space.
I could go on… and probably will…
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Mark - Breakfast E.P. ….
Don’t you just hate people who go on and on about their amazing holidays, while the rest of us slave away at the coal-face?
(Sigh!)
But in case you’re saving up for your next holiday, I’ll hope you’ve noticed our Spring Carnival tipping record in this blog…
Well, our racing editor Helen Thomas’ tips anyway.
Helen picked the winner of the Victoria Derby “Monaco Consul” and was spot on when she said the Mackinnon would be a battle between “Scenic Shot” & “Viewed”.
(Of course what she didn’t tell you - or me for that matter - grrrrrr -was that one of her favourite horses, Miss Maren, would poke her head in between the two of those runners, collecting Helen a nice fat Trifecta!)
Helen also tipped “Viewed” would win the Caulfield Cup and said “So You Think” would be in the mix for the Cox Plate.
Given all that, you might want to come back here tomorrow and see what her tip is for the big one.
However, I think you can safely assume she’ll be tipping a horse that’s name begins with a “V” and is trained by a certain J.B. Cummings.
Helen will definitely NOT be tipping “Gallions Reach”.
I got a very amusing email this morning from a well-respected form analyst whose cutting comments on the gee-gees he reckons are no hopers for the Cup are priceless.
Next to “Gallions Reach” he’s written:
“Oh Dwayne (Dunn), what are you doing? Do you really need the riding fee?”
Ouch!
