Hanging around on 34th St. between 8th Ave and 7th Ave (for non-New Yorkers: this is just a block above Madison Square Garden) on my smoke break I ran into some interesting folks.

Accosted and chatted with the very nice Atrios (well-known political blogger) at the Starbucks in 1 Penn Plaza:


On my way to lunch I noticed Lewis Black, the comedian, doing a bit for Comedy Central on the corner of 8th and 34th:

Otherwise, if you can overlook the crowds of police (some toting m-16s) concrete barricades, and temporary fences it’s pretty mellow around here.

update:
Left work around 17:30 and decided to see what was up in the city; posted some photos with comment.

I love this dude:


A march developed in Union Square but the cops put the lid on it pretty damn quick.
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