Lovely Weather

Today was a special day.  April 7th 2010, exactly 19 years ago I was in my short shorts standing inside a freezer like cold Pathmark waiting for my mother to rent my first video in the USA, I remember I picked up Transformer the movie 1986.

After 2 days of fever and sore throat I'm back to work but found myself yet buried again in a pile of files and relearning the phrase "catching up".
I heard people brag about how New York City today is actually hotter than Miami in April.  True, at some point I think the heat index was probably 90 in April.

I stood outside to take a breather.  The air feels so familiar but not like I know this air because it's New Yorker. It's more like distant, like wow, this feels like Costa Rica, or China, maybe Taiwan.  The breeze feels so warm and sentimental.

I tranced out staring at the ripples that move like tides forming a white line through the lawn where grasses are pushed gently by the breeze.  Exactly 19 years ago on this day, I held my auntie Lynn's hand and walked down Junction Blvd in Elmhurst NY in my handed me down pair of tight tight tennis shorts over a pair of white 2nd hand canvas sneakers.  I simply did not expect summer weather in April in a city that's way north by latitude compare to my home town Nanjing.

The good old memories, they help build who I am today.

Beautiful Weather

This weekend's weather is absolutely gorgeous.  So drop your dishes that need to wash, stop the vacuum cleaners that need to suck, and step outside to enjoy the sun.  Don't forget a jacket because the temperature from between day and night could be 20s.

On your left, La Pomme NYC.  My friend Frank Wu is the resident photographer here since '07 and he took me inside early Saturday morning 1am to catch some hot NY night life actions.  This marks my first time photograph night life and I was so thrilled.  The 3 hours I spent here was an inspiration and the learning experience is worth a million.

Photographing these beautiful people was such a thrill.  I learned to take just a little more time to compose, get ride of the noise background, yet not to keep them waiting.
Next time I will try to relax more.  Perhaps before the shoot get myself a shot of Goose and a beer.

~  More pics found on http://impulsiveuyj.com - Night Life Gallery.