Spiderman and Sex

Good sex AND a superhero on the same night. What more can a city possibly offer? Ok, I may be using the term "superhero" quite loosely (and "sex" for that matter) -- I am, in fact, only referring to the absolutely INSANE man who scaled the outside of the NY Times building in Times Square this evening. Actually, to be perfectly accurate, he was the SECOND man to scale that building TODAY.

Earlier today, a french stuntman who has reportedly climbed dozens of buildings around the world ascended all 52 floors of the Times building by climbing up the horizontal rods that adorn the outside which are intended to shield the building's offices from heat while still letting in light. Tonight, a copycat climber pulled the same stunt. Neither men wore harnesses or any safety equipement and both were arrested as soon as they made it to the top.

And what does this have to do with sex? Well, Alyssa, Ally, Sally and I were on our way down 8th Avenue to the Regal theater in Times Square for a "girls' night" to see the new "Sex and the City" movie when Alyssa first noticed a couple of helicopters hovering in the 40's. At first, we brushed it off as traffic reporters, but then as we walked another block, we noticed that more and more people were staring up at the buildings and more and more helicopters were appearing.

I heard someone say "There's a man climbing that building!" and I looked up to see exactly that -- a real life Spiderman about two-thirds of the way up the side of the New York Times building. By now, literally thousands of people had spilled onto 8th Avenue and were all watching uneasily with cell phone cameras in hand. We stopped to watch and as he hoisted himself the last few feet, a collective cheer went up from the crowds. (Probably just as he was being cuffed and read his rights by NY's finest.)

Just think, if we'd walked down 7th instead, we'd have missed the whole thing!

PS (As an aside, Sex (the movie, people, the movie) was fabulous and made me silently thank the universe for the presence of great girlfriends. Love you all, ladies!)