NEW YORK CITY!

I am having a great time in NYC. I got in last night and took my first ever NYC taxi ride from JFK to Manhattan- at rush hour!! If you have never been- everything they say about them is true.... and I thought Italians were crazy!! I got to the hotel and talked to my friend Victor and we planned to meet at an art show opening in SOHO. I then took my first subway ride- solo- down to the party. We then met up with some people from GraphiStudio (my album company) at a bar then went to a party at another photographer's studio... then we crashed.
Today was the first day of the show- very cool. I love seeing world class photographers talk about their work- Steve McCurry was the last guy I saw today (you know, he shot the Afghan lady with super green eyes and a brown hood on... it was on the cover of Natl. Geographic about 20 years ago), his travel stuff is just amazing! I sat next to his assistant and intern.. they were young but so into photo- I love it!!
I then went to the largest photo store on the planet- B&H- but only spent $7.50!!!
After that I just walked around the city for a few hours- Times Square, 5th Avenue, Rockefeller Center... and back. Probably about 5 miles...
This was right outside the convention center between seminars:

What, the pigeons in NY can't read!:

Of course I've got to shoot the bikes- there are so may cool older bikes and the messengers are awesome!!:

Rockefeller center is just beautiful at night!:

I saw this at an old church right on 5th Avenue. I was alone on my walkabout so this really made me ponder life, politics, and the war. Each ribbon has the name of a fallen soldier in Iraq... this was only half of them!!