> Flight was only an 1 1/2 hours late - not bad for WestJet.
Better that then Jetsgo.LOL
>There were
> about 1/2 dozen other couriers on the flight (from various and sundry
> places, who flew through Toronto), so we had a good time on the
> flight, plus we were able to navigate from LAG to downtown Manhatten
> as a group (a bit less scary that way).
>
> I gotta tell ya this place is like a whole other universe! I can't
> imagine how people live here 24/7 - it's go go go. Midnight I'm
> coming from a soiree in Brooklyn to Ann's place (she was Scrabbling
> until about 11:30, so I couldn't meet her earlier in the day), and the
> streets are packed with people, everything's open, it's hot and humid
> (in Brooklyn we saw several fire hydrants turned on spraying water
> into the street with kids soaking themselves - at midnight - just like
> a freaking movie or something!). This place is wild.
Last time is was in the big apple was on an art class field trip from high
school in 1969.
Sounds like its
about the same.:-)
>
> I'm in fixed gear heaven - at least 1/2 the messengers here ride
> fixies, and my bike has gotten some stares and nice comments (only
> Rossin aluminium so far...). As we've been riding around, we've been
> bumping into old and new friends, and our riding group gets bigger and
> bigger. So far about 500 messengers have registered, with one more
> day of registration today - it's a pretty massive event (and
> surprisingly well run, so far).
>
> I'm here at Ann's for a few hours until things get going again at
> about 1:00pm. First race is tommorow. Tonight is the meet and greet
> for international messengers (of which I'm obviously one), so that
> should be fun.
>
> Having a great time chatting with Ann, whose hospitality is (as one
> would expect) first rate.
>
> More later (if I survive this city <LOL>).
>
> cheers,
> frank
> --
> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
>
