Sweaty Bagel

This heat wave is melting my bagel. With record-breaking temperatures forecast for the next couple of days, I'm bracing for my third heat wave of the summer - having gone through the first one in the city earlier this month and then another last week in Los Angeles.

The frizz factor is the only noteable difference in the two. As Californians did everything they could to stay indoors, I was thrilled to discover that the great (dry) outdoors didn't inflate one single hair on my head. Here in humid New York, my locks are puffed up enough to often require an additional subway seat. Still, I'm glad to be back. Me and my hat, that is.

Harlem blogger Joe Schumacher assures us that a cold front is expected to arrive late-Thursday or possibly Friday. I'll try to post some pictures later on what the heat wave looks like in Harlem. (full disclosure: it's not so pretty.)