HellaFrank

If Twitter has taught me anything over the past couple of years, it’s that most things can be said in 140 characters. And if they can’t, they can be said in just a little more than that (like, 140 words). It’s a great exercise in brevity.

So, HellaFrank is back, and this time, it’s to complete un-Twitterable thoughts and ideas that just don’t fit into 140 characters.

HellaFrank blogposts will be short and to the point. Much like this post.

I’m really excited about this resurrection of HellaFrank, and being in business school has given me endless things to think and write about. I hope you get as much out of it as I do.

Yesterday I rocked out with about half the state of New Jersey at Bon Jovi’s free concert in Central Park and it… was… AWESOME…

50,000 people were at the Great Lawn to watch and seeing all the old tour t-shirts, Bon Jovi tatoos and hearing stories about concerts people had been to reminded me how this guy was THE MAN back in the day. He is still a pretty big deal, especially among the Jersey crowd, but it seems like his music is now mostly played in bars, sung along to by drunk 20-somethings that were probably a little to young to have really been engaged during his hey-day… Myself included. But his music has transcended decades and as was apparent yesterday, he still has a massive fan base and can easily fill 35 acres of park with fans (see photo above!).

Made me think I should have taken all of my childhood guitar lessons a little more seriously and been a rockstar. Now I’ll just have to wonder what it’s like to see women with a heart with a sword through it tatooed on their back with your name above it… Umm, yeah, I saw about 5 of those.

From my phone’s camera (regular camera’s were not allowed!)…

Took another trip to a deli here to get some latkes, or, potato pancakes. My roommate got this thing called a pastrami burger which I took a picture of because it was pretty remarkable. The fact that he ate the whole thing made it even more impressive. It’s a burger with pastrami on top. Overkill? Yes. Delicious? I can’t imagine it wasn’t.