The room full of dirt

If you ever happen to stroll along Wooster St just below Houston make sure you take the time to check out the bizarre room known as 'The Earth Room". I do not know what is symbolizes or represents. All I know is that the display has been there since the year I was born. That in itself is remarkable.
(Walter De Maria, The New York Earth Room, 1977 - 141 Wooster St)

Any Given Sunday

It's that time of the year when the "World" (that is the USA) goes wild for the end of the football season - the Superbowl. We went to watch it in our old local bar (Character's) as we knew it would be a great atmosphere and we would be more than well looked after. The NY Giants had been undefeated since the middle of the season when they had a fairly poor 6-5 record. It was a rematch of the last time the Giants had won the Superbowl in 2007 and again they were largely the underdogs. Putting that aside they came through with an awesome display of grit and determination to beat the NE Patriots and crown themselves as 'World Champions'.

The crazy thing about the day was the number of women who had come to the bar to enjoy the celebrations - not to watch the football but the halftime ads. It was hilarious how they gawked at the screen when they commenced, laughed at the smallest idea of a pun and invigoratingly clapped when the commercial was over. It will never cease to amaze how over the top excited the US gets over an advertisement.