OPINION > VIEW FINDER: PHOTO OF THE WEEK
By Greg Bezanis
When the Harlem Globetrotters start their patented moves, it’s like seeing double. This time it was no mirage when player Blenda Rodriguez, center, came to America’s Best Contacts and Eyeglasses, 2437 S. 24th St., last Thursday to help Police Athletic League members Ishay Sims, left, an eighth-grader, and seventh-graders Saeed Rollins, second from left, Safhir Green, third from left, and Emanuel Cooper with their eye exams. Along with the vision test and — of course — a showcase of basketball skills, the kids got free eyeglasses and tickets to see the team play. PAL Officer Joe Ellerby, right, couldn’t be happier.
Who is the man in the big red-and-white striped cap? Why it’s Mayor Michael Nutter, who cleared his Tuesday slate to read “The Sneetches” — one of many classics from birthday boy Dr. Seuss — to a roomful of wiggly, giggly first-graders — many dressed to the nines in their PJs — in the newly reopened Taggart School Library, 400 W. Porter St. The early morning fun of storytelling and rhyming was all part of Read Across America Day.
Adrenaline junkie Christina Cantlin went from being the head of operations for a New York based firm to just sitting around in a Pie car on Columbus Blvd. Tuesday afternoon thinking about walking on top of the world — quite literally — as a flying trapeze artist for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which opened its five-day run at the Wachovia Center last night.
OPINION > VIEW FINDER: PHOTO OF THE WEEK
By Greg Bezanis
Who needs flowers and a box of chocolates when there is snow? Combined with a little spray paint, Jason Keech let loose with a little PDA for wife Gidget at Whitman Plaza, 330 Oregon Ave. Not knowing what her cupid had in store, Gidget took a trip aboard the love train for what she thought was a cup of Dunkin’ Donuts Joe, but instead, was left speechless by her husband’s “Be My Valentine” message.
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