In case you haven’t had enough of fireworks – click on this photo for a terrible home movie shot from the wrong side of an apartment building. This is a blurry photo of the mass of people who were also enjoying the festivities.

This weekend has been great. Jay & Lisa visited from Mass and I took pictures of Jay’s tattoos.

Then today my company played a game of softball at Keyspan Park in Coney Island. It was so cool – I will post a picture here when I get one. I am happy to say that I caught 3 fly balls for outs and I actually got to make a run in once. It was awesome. I am going to be so sore tomorrow.

I absolutely want to do THIS. I know I can be a little one-sided about my taste in music, but man this looks cool.
Now I just have to get some people together and pick which tour to go on!

- Hip Hop Tour Led by Pioneers
- Walk This Way – The Hip Hop Walking Tour
- Harlem Hip Hop Church with Kurtis Blow
- The Brooklyn/Queens Experience

“HusH Tours, is the Original Hip Hop Culture Reality Sightseeing Tour Company. Explore the past 3 decades of New York City’s Musical History. See, hear and feel the true meaning of the elements of hip hop with the Celebrity Pioneers as your personal tour guides.”

Yesterday as I was walking to get a cab, I saw a woman trip and fall onto the sidewalk. She hit her face and her glasses came off. Now being the clumsy person I am (having totally wrecked up both my knees with falls such as this) I had to help. She seemed to be about 60 or 70, and was with her sister. So I brought her back to my office and let them use the ladies room. I had noticed people stop when she fell, but hardly anyone was willing to help, one man stopped to help her up, but some people actually walked past “tsking”. It was a very odd situation, and it reminded me about the first time I tripped hardcore when I was living in Brooklyn.
I was walking with my laptop bag and I tripped on the sidewalk (nothing new) but because of the weight of the laptop bag, I was thrown off balance and really hit the dirt. I ripped my pants totally open, my hands and knees were absolutely wrecked. And then I look up, there is a guy about 30 on a payphone just staring at me and SMILING! And I mean I hit the dirt! He didn’t do anything just stood and was kindof laughing at me, probably telling his buddy on the phone about how funny it was. I’m not sure NYC looks so alluring anymore. The garbage, the people… I think I am just loosing my patience. New York is a great place, but I still feel like nothing’s changed, and that people have pacified themselves by putting up flags and talking on the train about how they are making plaques out of I beams for commemorative purposes… I won’t even go there, I’m just fed up. But I do love NY