Seeing Fireworks

Last night, we went to Penn's Landing to watch the final fireworks show of the summer.  This city is so great: in this midst of the worst financial setting any of us have known, they still kept the weekly show going.  There was a concert before the fireworks, so when we got there the waterfront was teeming with people.  Most carried those folding chairs that ft into a sling plus a cooler of some type.  Even thought it was after 9pm, some carried small children.  Everyone was so happy and neighborly, you could feel it coming off in waves.

At one point in the promenade we came across some young - men? boys? - doing a street dancing show.  They'd taped a pice of cardboard(?) that was thin and shiny, and had a boom box playing the most craptacular music.  We sat and watched for a while.  The process was interesting.  You could see them working themselves up (we got there just as it started): one would step back and forth over the center of the cardboard (working up momentum? nerve?) and then he would drop to the ground and begin to spin.  One tried a hand plant, which was impressive!

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Of course, My Beloved and I both wanted to drop $$$ into the hat mostly to applaud these guys for effort, not because we could appreciate any of the moves!