After FD New Jersey Joe and I planned on going to New York for a day. Shreeve mis-scheduled his flight so he got a new flight that allowed him to come with us! Awesome! We hitched a ride with some of the Kado crew on their way to JFK and they dropped us off at the Staten Island Ferry.
This was both Joe’s and my first time to New York so were were super excited. Justin had been here before so he was saying “Oh I’ve seen that” and “Oh I’ve been here before” the whole time.
I’m a huge map nerd so it was really entertaining to see in real life what I’ve looked at on a computer screen or on paper so many times.
As soon as we got out of the ferry terminal, we saw these street performers and we just had to blast them. They called themselves “Sexy Black Guys Dancing” and were really fun to watch. They were saying things like “This is how we make our living so donations are appreciated! Ten bucks is cool, but if you don’t have ten bucks, then five bucks is cool. If you don’t have five bucks, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GET A JOB!”
They did have some pretty dope moves, ranging from breakdancing to acrobatics.
Yeah…I can’t do that.
One of the guys even did flips over some members of the crowd. I was hoping they’d pick Joe so he could get a killer angle! Haha! I gave one of the Sexy Black Guys Dancing a LifeBlasters sticker and he was stoked that we were going to write about them!
After they finished their show, we walked up Broadway to see the Wall Street Bull (which isn’t actually on Wall Street). We spotted this awesome dude playing patriotic flute tunes so of course Joe had to get a photo. Justin unknowingly flashed TWO LifeBlasters stickers for the camera, while I walked by with my LB Dunks. Photobomb complete!
Next to the Bull is 26 Broadway, which is a lesser known, yet fairly significant, building in lower Manhattan. John D. Rockefeller had it built in 1885 for Standard Oil when the company moved to New York from Cleveland. I wonder how many billions of dollars were controlled from the upper offices.
Anyway, back to the Bull. Justin loves photobombing. I wonder if those girls’ friend kept that photo. Haha!
Justin then had the brilliant idea of slapping a LifeBlasters sticker in the Bull’s butthole. He was very proud of his work. I’m sure it showed up in tons of tourists’ photos. Good work, Justin!
Joe and I only had a few hours in the city, so we had to keep moving. We hopped on the subway and popped out at Grand Central Station. What a cool old building!
We hiked down Park Avenue for a while. I was happy to see that the yellow cabs far outnumbered normal cars, just like on TV. Those buildings at the end of the street are a little over a mile away, where Broadway intersects Park Avenue and East 14th.
We turned right on 34th Street and saw the Empire State Building! 300mm was a little bit too much for the standard photo, but this is kind of fun too! It makes it more unrecognizable to most people. Everyone knows the general shape, but have you ever paid attention to what the windows actually look like?
Have you ever done a handstand in the middle of 34th Street? Hmm!
For how famous the Empire State Building is, it’s too bad it’s so hard to see when you’re right next to it. We were going to go up to the 82nd floor observation deck, but decided not to.
Even with the $20 price tag it seemed worth it for the awesome photos we’d be able to get from up there. Unfortunately the one-hour wait time killed the deal. Oh well, there’s always next year!
We took turns taking the same shot.
Justin kind of resembles Fuzz, don’t you think?
As we continued down 34th, we thought we saw Linhbergh Nguyen! We were supposed to meet up with him later so it wouldn’t have been too surprising to randomly come across him. It wasn’t him though.
Next we happened upon this street rapper. “Yo man, what’s goin’ on?” he began, “My name is *** and I’m one of the last true hip hop artists in New York! I’ve got the mode and style of 2Pac. Here, take my CD. Who do I make it out to?” I told him to make it out to me, Drew, and I gave him a Life Blasters sticker and told him I’d blow him up on the West Coast if I liked it, which I probably would since it was real hip hop. He didn’t care about that though. He just wanted money and called Joe a fag when we wouldn’t give him any, and then he took his CD back! Well guess what dude, you just got dissed on LifeBlasters! You could have been big, but now you’re nothing!
Justin got his picture taken with Sponge Bob when we were at the Bull. Joe, where did those photos go?? This photo doesn’t make much sense without the foreshadowing, does it!?
Further down 34th, this girl leaned out of a cab and yelled at us. Who was it? It was Nexen model and ThunderDrift starter girl Elysha Lee! What were the chances of that??
Finally we happened upon our Mecca: B&H Photo.
To Be Continued!
.:Bohan
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