Shack and Flack

Fourth of July!

Went to check the weather in the morning - the prominently featured story was that it was forecast to be raining hotdogs at Nathan's Coney Island hot dog eating contest. (in case you didn't catch it, Joey Chestnut from San Jose, CA won for the sixth time in a row, eating 68 wieners in 10 minutes)

Finally consumed the heralded Shake Shack burger and Concrete, (as described on the menu - dense frozen custard blended at high speed with mix-ins). Very traditional American fare.

In Central Park we checked in on the snapping turtles.

This fellow

had beached himself in the hot sun,

much

like the lovely lady behind B in the photo below.

All of Manhattan congregating in the vicinity of the Hudson River. It’s mass mayhem – herds of humans attempting to gain a viewing vantage of the 9:20pm fireworks, helicopters in holding positions overhead, streets blocked off, cops yelling, people arguing. An American custom.

Afterwards we resurrected the American custom of getting a libation at the Rockefeller Plaza bar.

Late night Famous Ray's pizza - very patriotic.