While many of you will no doubt spend this afternoon swinging to the sounds of local live entertainment legends like Frankie Marra, Phil Hill and the Dirty Stayouts, while chowing down on some great food prepared by volunteers for the 68th Precinct Youth council at Bay Ridge’s 1st Annual 4th of July BBQ – we hope you former colonists take time to reflect on what it is we’re out there celebrating.
Mainly, to live in a city within a country that celebrates its nation’s call for independence by watching a diminutive Japanese man eat his weight in hot dogs.

Happy 4th, Bay Ridge… may the wings of liberty never lose a feather!