Hey Folks!

July 4th was just a day off work for me,..sort of. I was up at 6:30am, went to Starbucks and wrote a paper for work until about 4 or 5 pm. But, when I returned home, and turned on my TV, the news was dominated by the spectacular show in Boston for the 4th of July. They declared the Boston show to be the centre of the nations 4th of July's celebrations.

Headlines were crazy in Television: "3 Shot in LA - Was it Terrorism?,... find out at 6:00!" Well, it turns out that carefully analysis has proven that: "No, it was NOT terrorism",... oh the cliff hanger. People NEVER get shot in LA! Because of Sept 11th, the flying zone was restricted to five miles away from the fireworks and show area,... not even the Good Year Blimp could come near,.. but you saw it not too far away.
Well, back to the show: The world renowned POPS band was playing at the Esplanade (a stage along the Charles River, downtown). Who are they? I asked the same thing. They are the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Barry Manilow was going to sing a few songs with them.
So thats it I decided, forget work, I GOTTA GO!,.. for Barry of coarse. "Copa, Copa Cobanna!"
I met friends at the famous "Cheers"(otherwise known as the Bull & Finch), outside the Public Garden (which was closed, by the way, for security reasons), we watched Barry Manilow on TV. I had the Bartender make me a Caesar and bellow "CANADA!!!!" - it was great. Around 9:30, we headed down to the Esplanade where Barry and the POPS band were playing. Fireworks started at 10 and went for a half hour, as the symphony played throughout.
For the last 10 minutes of the Fireworks, you heard President Bushes voice echo throughout the city the same message that is played over and over again from September 11th. "Today, America, we were attacked...." then "Amazing Grace" played on Bag Pipes, again echoing through out the city. For the finale... "America the Beautiful". Throughout America the Beautiful - the fireworks shot out hearts and stars and the most beautiful SHOWER of sparkles that fell back down to the water. - Truly a great show!

Touching even,... America has a way with its people...

That's the Canadian report of the 4th of July!

After the Fireworks we went to Little Italy for Gellato, to end the night... the temperature was about 35 Celcious at 10pm!... the ice cream was well deserved!