Coney Island
Dave, Mandi, Eric, and I spent Sunday at Coney Island. We (mostly they; I do not do anything involving heights, drops, or spinning) rode some rides, ate some really great pizza at Totonno's, walked around on the boardwalk, and just generally enjoyed the lovely weather and the long weekend.
Coney Island is such a great mix of trashy and sublime. It's sad it's all going away next summer, but I'm glad I got to go one last time.
Eric was crazy enough to go on the Vomitron 5000 (excuse me, the "Top Spin") and while the rest of us waited for him to get sick, I took my favorite photo of the day:
I love the juxtaposition of the woman in a burqa, right next to the guy with his shirt off, at the Coney Island amusement park. She was taking a picture of her friend who was riding the Top Spin and who was dressed in extensive hijab (although not the full covering of the burqa). When the friend got off the Top Spin, she had a giant grin on her face. She was followed by a group of tiny little goth girls, who were also all grinning madly, and came running over to their giant goth boyfriends, who hadn't quite had the guts to get on the ride. It was quite a scene.
More photos are on Flickr.