FESC in NYC

I recently took a journey to the Big Apple (with a spiritual stop to see some of Cleveland's B/C-Squad @ Lito's). There are stories aplenty, but I picked out two which best portray the Eagle mystique:

While on a city tour, I asked the tour guide how much typical rent was for an apartment in the area we were in. He was a chatty guy and told me about $3500/month. He continued on to say that he had lived in NYC for over 10 years and had finally hit the jackpot by finding himself an apt for $1500/month. I said that was a sweet deal for him. He responded with this: "Yeah, all my friends are pretty envious. But I put in my time over the years, living in crappy places and whatnot. But finally something good came along. Just goes to show ya that YA GOTTA WAIT IT OUT, man. That's my whole philosophy, Wait It Out" His other philosophy was "Never 2 fat chicks in a row", (I found this out after sharing my experience at Lito's) but that's a different story.

Our hotel was across the river in Jersey, so we took a shuttle into the city every morning. One morning I looked up towards the front of the shuttle bus and caught a glimpse of something in the reflection of the driver's mirror. The image was gone in a flash, but I was pretty sure that my 20/20 vision (thanks to corrective lenses) had not deceived me. I got out my camera and focused on the mirror, waiting, hoping that the image would appear again and allow me to capture it to confirm my inclination. A couple minutes later I was struck with Eagle pride as the flash shuttered and produced this...

Took a Big Bite Outta the Big Apple,
S.Dont