New Season; New Look

So summer has come and gone and I have decided to change the look of the site yet again.

I grew tired of the black, made the pictures pop with color but who wants to look at a black screen. Green is one of my favorite colors so I thought why not a splash of that to battle the gray outside skies.

Actually tomorrow, or should I say later today, in NYC is supposed to be about 68 degrees but the gray skies are not far behind.

Should have some new pics up on here soon as well as new stories to scandalize. Okay, so maybe there is no scandal on here but come on back anyway and see what is going on.

My friend Jim told me this weekend he assumed I had a intern/page scandal in my closet but as I told him; I would have to be that page. I don't go for the younger ones for the most part.

As For that Big Foot.....

Adrian gave me a call today because, as he said, he was tired of text messaging.

He gave me the info str8 from his doctor regarding his foot.

It is, luckily, just one torn ligament. The doctor was totally surprised that it wasn't more than just one so hopefully the rehab that he has started immediately will get him up and on his way a lot sooner than he thought.

Apparently he should be walking with a boot with in a month or so and then when he can wear a shoe again he will have to wear a brace when playing.

Lucky guy. He is very happy about it too.

Worst First Day Ever

So this weekend I was asked, last minute(like Friday afternoon), if I could play in a volleyball tournament in Pittsburgh. This weekend. Leaving at 5pm on Friday.
But everyone knows I am a volleyball whore so I said yes, with some reservations and off I went to join the rest of the team to drive from NYC to Pittsburgh on a Friday afternoon, really early evening, during rush hour in a minivan with 5 others from the team.

We arrived in Pittsburgh and checked into the hotel around 1:30 or so and got ourselves ready for Saturday morning.

The venue. Saturday. Nice courts, nice people, friendly new and familiar faces from other cities and tournaments.

We referree the first match and then we had an off match before we played our first.

We are playing another NYC team our first match. People we know.
We are halfway through and things are not going well; but things are not out of control either.

That is when it happens. Someone comes under the net trying to hit a really bad set and down goes my opposite player, my fellow middle, Adrian. In pain. Holding his ankle. His ankle actually turned rather strangly away from his body. Everyone one is screaming it is broken, I say shut up.

About 20 minutes later an ambulance comes takes him away and we don't see him until the end of our day.

Everyone is now out eating and I am back at the hotel with Adrian waiting for the rest of our group to bring us our dinner when they are done eating out and also to bring him his pain medication.

We finished the day 4-4. Broke even luckily even though we lost our other middle and the day was never going correctly for us. Luckily we hit some teams harder than they hit us and pulled out two wins inback to back matches. Oh yeah, matches are 2 games, just for those not familiar with our pool play system.

Back to the gym tomorrow for elimination matches.

I am going to sleep, I think I maybe broke a finger or maybe really, really bruised a joint. It hurts so much but I am in no place to bitch right now.

Talk to you when I get back to NYC.

Live everyday to the fullest.

Catching Up: Day in Holyoke/Northhampton

So the weekend before last I had a day with no plans so I thought I would take a day trip. I got on the MetroNorth and took a ride up to New Haven. I had called my friend Cullen to hang out; one of those friends I never, ever get to see. So he wanted to go bike riding but I wanted photos of the trees and just to walk around in some small town.

Well he knew just were to go. We drove to our first stop of Holyoke, MA. His hometown that he hardly ever visits since his parents left. Holyoke as he told me is also the birthplace of volleyball. Just after he said that we saw a sign for the Volleyball Hall of Fame. So you can guess where we were going.

The Hall of Fame was nice. Sadly they were in the process or reoganizing for an induction ceremony that should taking place this coming weekend, but most everything was up and in place.

After leaving there we went to Northhampton to walk around. Cullen called it a 5 college town because there are 5 colleges in the area, Smith College being smack dab in the middle of town.

Was a great day of walking around and just taking in the gay/lesbian hippiness of the area. Yes, it is basically a town run by hippies and lesbians, I didn't see many gay men. Okay so there was the one young guy knitting something on a park bench but that could just be the influence of the area and nothing to do with sexuality.
Sadly the weather hasn't changed the trees that much up there yet. I was hoping to get better pictures of the foliage out of the trip but I still got some nice ones of the goings on.Enjoy.
To see my yahoo album of the trip, click here.

Crisp Fall Day

Oh, Sunday is supposed to be the day of rest and after running around most of Saturday I was more than up for a walk through NYC with my camera in one hand and a hot Starbucks in the other.

Here is what caught my eye.

Apple has gone (RED). You would have to have been under a tree to not have heard about the Product (RED) initiative through Bono's The One Campaign.

Most of the rest of the pics from the walk are just things I saw or places I like to walk past.

In my 12 years here in NYC and all the times I had walked past this area I never really knew that Grand Army Plaza was at the SE corner of Central Park. Is the Angel reaching out for Time Warner Center?
This was actually my favorite photo of the day. It wasn't until editing that I saw the father and son working on their remote control boat to put it in the pond with the other slips.And no matter how good a day I was having I could see that between the time I walked to the park around noon and by the time I came back across 84th someone else had a day that sucked. In NYC you know the look for a broken car window on the ground.

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Scary At This Minute

So while I was writing this last post I get a call to see if I am alright.

Michael called all the way from Palm Springs to see if I was home and "if I had heard about the plane crashing into the building?"

So I turn on the news, apparently a tour plane crashed into a building 7 blocks south of me on E72nd street. They say it would appear to just be an accident but they also say people are frightened because even though it was a small plane it is also the 11th of the month. You never know apparently.

It would seem that the plane was owned by Yankee Pitcher Corey Lidle, who also has a pilot's license. They are not sure if he was flying or on the plane. 2 fatalities from the plane reported, not sure about from within the building.

Pictures are from CBS News website. And,yes, those cops were there quite quickly.



Update: Released from the Yankee Organization: A member of the NY Yankee organization was aboard the plane but no name has been released yet. Reporters are already referring to the Thurmon Munson incident, a great Yankee from the past who died in a plane crash. Also the death count has been raised to 4, but no indication where these 2 new deaths were at, in the plane or in the building.