Mother Dearest

Anytime you dont see a posting is because I have just taken a vacation. Yes, I take about million vacations each year. Anyway, Pandave is going on vacation and who is going to push me to keep on keeping on with the blog. Somebody should step up to the plate until Pandave returns. Pandave dont forget to bring some ears of corn/maize.

About a week ago, I picked up couple from Nevada at JFK going to Great Neck right around midnight. They had to work at 8 in the morning but they hadnt an idea where they were going to sleep. So once we got there the streets were dead and couldn't find a soul to ask for cheap motels in this beautiful burb. I drove around and as you know those are the burbs, nothing was below $250. They couldnt negotiate for the hotel rates to go down so they had to settle. Let me say their faces told it all, not happy campers. That for me would have a been a good fare but I charged them less. They asked Dios/God to bless me and I was on my way. I felt good and I'm sure they were happy.

By the way that particular night was really cold, so on my way over the Willis avenue bridge, mind you this was 3 am, two 12 year olds (a boy and a girl) were going across the Willis avenue bridge. They faked stopping me but continued crossing from Harlem into the Bronx. I asked where they were going? Home they said, what 12year old goes home on foot at 3am from Harlem to the Bronx in that cold, for about a mile. I gave them a ride and told them next time I would give them a switch, and not to do it again. The river is not too far off everyone knows it. In the words of Chappelle, those are what you would call "symptoms of the ghetto". But I was glad to take them home and again I felt good. Next time, I am not sure if I would do it again..........

This just reminded how polar opposite our neighbourhoods are.