Monday, March 27th, 2006

Coffee (Deli on Smith St. ) .75
Cigs $7.80
Bagpiper (Union Square) $1.00

I gave the bagpiper a dollar, I think it was because he was playing the bagpipes. Doug played the bagpipes for a living for years, through his stories, I realize the importance, the beauty and the struggle of being a street musician. Yes, most of us drown out the natural sounds of the day with ipods or other mp3/music playing devices, but there is something to be said about waiting for the train and having a live perfomance right there for you, it feels special. Also, do you know how hard those things are to play? I tried to play them for nearly one second the other night and almost blew a blood vessel!