4th

The Fourth of July is the perfect holiday to do nothing (except for bbq-ing). Everything is closed, obviously, so even if you'd want to take care of business, you really can't. Paying bills makes no sense since nothing will be processed until tomorrow anyway. You get the drift.

Happily relaxed and free from responsibilities, the whole neighborhood decided to chill out with the Times today. Sold out everywhere at an early hour (11am, outrage!). "It's the holiday," said deli-man. And at 3pm all the coffee was gone...