My friend recently let me borrow his bike so I took it for a spin. It's insane biking in Gotham, but drivers (sortof) give you space and no one honked at me, so I feel like I did pretty good. I was really nervous at 1st, but once you get into the flow of traffic it's just balls-to-the-wall and you're OFF! Here are a few of the photographs I took with my iphone.
Straight downhill on the Queensboro Bridge.
(after pedaling uphill of course)
(^__^)
Overlooking the East River
Freedom Tower
√ out the BIKE!
Freedom Tower
34 and 5th Avenue at the Empire State Building
Jersey City and the Hudson River where Sully landed the plane.
Above is a map of my bike-map. I used the RunKeeper App, but you can also make it so it keeps track of your bicycling. I did about 19 miles in 1 hour and 40 minutes. Not to shabby for my 1st time out.
My boy who sells tickets owed me a favor. Favors are an ideal creative force here in Manhattan. Often leverage or doing things for others will enable you to get more in the long run than charging them money. Basically what goes around comes right back around. We've all heard it for years.
I took the 7 train to the game from Grand Central Terminal for $2.25.
There's BIGGIE SMALLS on the right flanked by a plethora of random graffiti.
NYC in the background shot from the 7 train.
The building with the 45 degree angle is the Citigroup Center at 601 Lexington Avenue.
Jamie Kennedy threw the opening pitch. Ironic considering I'm a Kennedy as well.
It was a gorgeous night in Gotham for a baseball game. The Mets fans were pretty nice considering I had on a bright RED Atlanta Braves jersey at CitiField. I even met a few North Carolinians who had driven up from Raleigh to watch the 3 game series. (fellow Braves fans) It was a father and his 9 year old son. Sorta made my night.
There's my favorite baseball player of all-time Chipper Jones.
I've seen the Braves play 4 times in NYC. Twice against the Yankees and twice against the Mets. And every. single. game. he has gone Oh for whatever. I have never seen Chipper get a hit or even on base in all the times I have watched him play. I was literally sitting right next to 3rd base so I watched stalked him all night. I even screamed at him a few times and called him Larry, his real name, if you can imagine that. The Braves lost the game though they had won the 2 games prior. It sticks, but that's life sometimes. Ya can't win em' all ya know?
There's the kid's hat from North Carolina. He was okay with the loss. The kid took it in stride.
and was the winning pitcher in the deciding Game 7. His major league record of decisions was 70 wins and 70 losses. He's currently the Atlanta Braves Pitching Coach.
After the photo he told me he sucked in his belly on that one. Made me LMBO.
Six Flags New Jersey is an awesome place to take your family and friends. With the constant pressure of NYC, it was a pleasure getting out and we really appreciated Sebastian driving. We did the Flash-Pass after we entered the park. It enables you to pass everyone in line. They give you this electronic device you carry with your group all day and you literally make reservations on it, thus enabling you to pass everyone when you get to your destination roller coaster. One of the absolute best decisions we made of the day.
Behold SIX FLAGS!!
Batmobile
I've been in NYC for nearly a decade and during that time I've developed a core group of amazing friends. Real friends who do what they say and say what they do. We are all 5 from different ethnic backgrounds and that's what makes us so unique. We never dwell on our differences, we dwell on our similarities, like ROLLER COASTERS!
Abiy Paulos,(left) next Fits Netsanet, Country Boy, Josh Fernandez(right)
We're all a little pensive prior to boarding the roller coasters. 5 grown men scared crap-less. As New Yorkers we like to think we can handle just about anything thrown at us. We are extreme men who indulge, play, and work our asses off, so a roller coaster should be easy right?
NO, but it was a lot of fun.
They wanted an arm and a leg for a picture, so we worked out a system. A few guys would distract the computer operator while I snapped a few pics they posted. Our "system" worked out just fine as you can see.
This was my favorite....BIZARRO!! It had water and fire flames and upside down turns and twists w/ a huge drop-off. NUTS!
SUPERMEN!
Meet NITRO!
Yep, that's right good ol' Pat Benatar was performing at 6 Flags.
These were the prizes they were giving away if you hit your free throw. I thought it was cool that Six Flags in New Jersey was giving away North Carolina Tar-heel basketballs as prizes.
Red Tailed Boa named Sally...11 years old 6 1/2 feet long.
Reminded me of HE-MAN
THE BULL
3 Stooges.
I hit my free-throw.
(only took 6 shots!)
Six Flags in NJ is serious fun. We all brought Coke cans and saved $20 bucks a person. If you ever get a chance to go to Six Flags in NJ, please do.
