A road runner race, sunday morning in N.Y City.

In march, I participated like  5,000 runners in the 13th annual Coogan's Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks 5 km (more than 3 miles).  The start was in Washington Heights (north of Manhattan). The race  run north and made a  loop in  the Cloisters.  Dozens of different musical groups were  along the course. An amazing race!!! 

  

 

  

 

Hard times generation: homeless kids

I watched tonight  a tv programm which  touched me a lot.

(CBS News) "...One of the consequences of the recession that you don't hear a lot about is the record number of children descending into poverty.  The government considers a family of four to be impoverish

ed if they take in less than $22,000 a year. Based on that standard, and government projections of unemployment, it is estimated the poverty rate for kids in this country will soon hit 25 percent. Those children would be the largest American generation to be raised in hard times since the Great Depression.In Seminole County, near Orlando, Fla., so many kids have lost their homes that school busses now stop at dozens of cheap motels where families crowd into rooms, living week to week...".

visit: http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/title1/Home/FamiliesinTransition.asp

Snowstorm in New York

In Central Park

View from a plane.

Some Videos.

Tiny Moments in an American Small Town.

"...The documentary “45365” (the town’s ZIP code)  drops in on the residents of Sidney, Ohio, to observe their lunches and haircuts, trials and transgressions, but it could be anytown in America. ...This remarkable patchwork of unremarkable lives was assembled by Bill and Turner Ross, brothers, native sons and natural filmmakers..."  

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS, Published: June 17, 2010.   

   

 Scenes from the documentary “45365,” set in Sidney, Ohio.

There are 20,000 people residing in Sidney, Ohio.
The filmmakers didn’t interview the residents of this town,  they simply recorded life as it happened over a nine-month period, editing it down to an hour that seems.  I loved it!

The trailer and a clip of this documentary. 



 

A day with the jets.

In November 21, I spent with my friend Manu a big part of the day in New Meadowlands (New Jersey) to see the game JETS against TEXANS.


How to make a great tailgate food on the New Meadowlands Stadium parking, Sunday morning during football season? Standing in front of the grill, wearing the team’s Jets colors, a sandwich in one hand and a cold beer in the other, does life get any better than that ?

And what a surprise! Just before the game, we saw the United States Army jets flying over New Meadowlands Stadium.

But don't forget for a good game the New York Jets Cheerleaders!

And now the game !!!!

 

Santonio Holmes caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from Mark Sanchez with 10 seconds left, lifting the Jets to an unlikely 30-27 comeback victory against Texans. 





Clip video of the last touchdown by Santonio Holmes.



New York Jets "Empire State of Mind" tribute video for the 2009 - 2010 AFC Playoff wins over the Cincinnati Bengals and the San Diego Chargers, with the radio edit of the song by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.

New York City Marathon

This year, there were 45,344 runners who participated in the 2010 New York City Marathon.

Every November, the first sunday, throngs of runners gather at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and crowds of spectators line the route that snakes through Brooklyn and the western edge of Queens before dipping into Upper Manhattan and the Bronx and ending in Central Park.

The trailer from the documentary: "Run For Your Life".



"...This documentary, "Run For Your Life" offers a salutary and touching reminder that the race, like nearly everything else great about New York City, was largely the creation of an odd, stubborn visionary.
Until his death from brain cancer in 1994, Fred Lebow was more than just the director of the race and the president of New York Road Runners... An immigrant from Romania (where he was born Fischl Lebowitz) with a background in the garment business, Lebow helped turn running from a solitary and eccentric pursuit into a major sport and a staple of American culture..."

Some videos during this marathon 2010 in Harlem and on fifth avenue.