Thursday: Naked people having sex in Central Park tree Sunday: Queen Mary 2, largest passenger ship in the world, and Queen Elizabeth 2 depart New York in tandem, after fireworks show at Statue of Liberty Monday: #1 Draft pick tells San Diego to drop dead, moves to New York instead Life in the big city isn't a bed of roses, but it sure doesn't get boring around here. :: On Sunday I did a silly thing and froze my butt off with my co-worker and her daughter waiting for the Queen Mary 2 and the Queen Elizabeth 2 to leave New York. For the QE2, this is the farewell journey, as she is to be finally retired. For the QM2, this is the maiden voyage. For all this was a historic event, as the last time this happened was when the Queen Mary was replaced by the QE2 in the 1960's (or was it 1950's?). Two transatlantic liners departing in tandem is not an everyday sight. The QM2, the largest passenger liner in the world, certainly lived up to billing. It was big enough to blot out the sun (if it were up), or at the very least Jersey City. But what it lacked was the classic lines of the QE2, and reminded me of the H2, a bit too bloated to be truly beautiful. There were fireworks, there were oohs and ahhs, and there were horns. Loud deep foghorns. One of these days I'll save up the 17 grand and have myself a nice little ocean adventure. One of these days.