we have met so many interesting people so far here in nyc.

like the nice gentleman on the subway who told us to “get off right this (beeping) minute because we had crossed over into somewhere we did not want to be.  then he laughed like dr. evil.  but we did indeed heed his warning and get off.  he was right.  we went way too far into the wrong part of harlem.  oopsy-poo.

like the lady on the ferry.  she was born and raised in nyc but never went over to see the statue of liberty. hmmmm, funny eh? she decided, 20 years after moving away to come back and finally do the tour.  i found that so interesting.

and this next guy (who will remain nameless for reasons you will read forthcoming).  he is a new york city cop.  has been for over 30 years.  says he gets in lots of trouble by doing things like yelling at his boss and airbrushing a big iron maiden logo on the back of his bullet proof vest!  he couldn’t show us that one so he revealed his heart (with a lovely grenade pattern on it, dripping with blood!)

we thought he was reaching for his gun… 

but instead just wanted to show us his ticket book which was proudly covered in an iron maiden sticker with “killers” on it!  he was such a proud fan!  said he’d been all around the world to see the band.

so now you are wondering why i left our new york city cop nameless?  well after we chatted and took these photos he asked us if we’d mind sending him a few.  ”of course” we replied,  ”what is your email address”? “well it is a funny one” and after reading it with obvious curiosity on our faces he told us that he frequents a nudist colony in jamaica on his time off!!!!!!!  hahaha it was so funny, we didn’t know quite what to say because how do you just keep talking when it is obvious that everyone in the group in now picturing mr. new york city cop naked?!?!?!?!  =)

good times.  ahhhhhh, good times.