ETC Rooftop Snapshots - July 4 2005
   Someone in the city had a legally questionable rooftop barbecue yesterday. Since most of the adjacent neighbors were in the Hamptons or at the beach, here are some photos taken from the roofs of our neighbors. 

We're guessing this is a storm drain. The boxy perimeter is reminiscent of a little garden enclosure with all the vegetation safely inside. There was a sizable rock inside the metal cover and it's unclear as to how it got there.

The rooftop of one particular building was filled with crunchy gravel but despite the harsh stratum, a bunch of little plants were sprouting everywhere. It had rained a couple of days earlier which might have encouraged additional growth.

At first, it looked like a butterfly with its lopsided flight pattern but close-up, we saw that it was a grasshopper. Maybe a locust. Whatever it was, it blended in perfectly with the gravel and it took a couple of pans and scans of the camera before we got it dead center.


On the roof of another building, an abandoned teddy bear greets an unrelenting sun. One of its legs appears to be missing and the elements have worn down the back of its outfit. There was a small toy figure close by and the two may have once been playmates of some child who has grown up.

 
Summary of the Week
Monday NEWS Independence Day holiday
Tuesday NEWS Import and Domestic release outlook for the week - Sakura Taisen V and Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy lead preorders, Rooftop photography
Wednesday NDS Simple DS Series Vol. 1 - The Mahjong, Simple DS Series Vol. 2 - The Billiards, Simple DS Series Vol. 3 - The Mushitori Kingdom, Yawaraka Atama Juku PS2 Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy, Sakura Taisen V: Saraba Itoshiki Hito Yo  PSP Jissen Pachislot Hisshouhou! Hokuto no Ken
Thursday PS2 Simple 2000 Series Vol. 80: O-Ane-Chan Puruu  NEWS Mushi King madness
Friday NEWS Transformers Binaltech BT-17 and Binaltech Asterisk BTA-01 to BTA-03 preorders
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