Countless people must have experienced this, right!? I was commenting the other day how surprised I was that I had yet to see any accidents in the city, but now I can say I have. From inside the taxi!

Of course my body’s still intact, and so is the taxi’s for that matter. We were pushing into a dense-traffic intersection when the light turned red and there were still a couple of vehicles behind us. Our taxi was straddling the crosswalk when the van behind rear-ended us with a loud thud and a significant jolt. This sparked gasps and panic-struck expressions from the people crowding the curbside ready to cross. It was actually pretty funny, and the cab driver was calm as could be. He had a quiet chat with the culprit and decided there was no damage to the vehicle. Turned out lucky for the van driver this time.

Yesterday I finally got to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. We took the subway across to Brooklyn and walked back across. The day was perfectly warm to do it, too. I definitely felt vertigo looking down between the wooden slats to see the water about 60 feet below. But it was a quick trek over and a fun little tourist experience.

Then Karl and I toured through SoHo on a photographic mission. We tried to stay a distance apart because I think we came across like stalkers with our lenses in action on those tiny streets. So many tourists though that the locals stop paying attention.

We’re currently staying in midtown and this is the fifth hotel we’re at since I arrived last Friday. It’s hard to recall the room number when you’re in rotation like this. Most of them end with a five. :O)

Well I’m out to troll about, looking for some galleries today. The more I tour around, the bigger the city gets.

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