NYC Sept.19, 2005 - Back on the Bike

quiet sunday -
some computer work - photoshop work selecting photos for projects.
stumble upon a polish wedding and friendly dogs.

a week without messengering made me crave coffee again a shot here and there -
I feel tired and I get a cappuccino at 7 pm at the illy space on west broadway.

back on the bike messengering i know I wouldnt have had the spill with my old peugeot -

I knew how it reacted on bumps and pot holes I know I could turn at 20 miles per hour still pushing the pedals without any problem.

I start messengering late - as I have stuff to do before - slow day big huge portfolio to carry all the way midtown up east west.

660 madison next door to barneys some people look like they are wearing a costume i cant follow them fast enough.

too many people on the sidewalk holding my bike with my left hand my camera with my right hand.

on the way down I stop at the 99 cent pizza by port authority
- a weird world where you see old people - homeless - strippers - prostitutes - pimps - drug dealers.

it looks still like a new york i used to see on those old 70s TV shows a manic hectic guy asks me for a quarter then he starts yelling and some cops come and tell him to shut up.

they leave and he yells at them "this is no way to talk to someone" and goes on and on " when you are poor you can only do 3 things: suck dick or be poor" he keeps saying it and that he can't find any job.

after I am done I drink water I check my face in a bathroom and i look pretty healed. amazing how fast my woulds improved. I have free tix for al franken but i race these 3 manic bike riders on bikes they ride in the middle of the rush hour delancey traffic and i cant keep up - but up on the bridge I pass them really fast.

the girl with the fancy trek roadbike is fast though at the end of the bridge I am a bit nauseous though -

i feel i need coffee but maybe what i really need is steak tartare.

i take a few pictures and thoughts come to my mind I ride back over the bridge - back to manhattan and well I can ride uphill and not feel it.