The building shown above is the Monroe Family YMCA located at 797 Monroe Avenue. The facility includes a pool, gym, locker rooms, multi-purpose rooms, a group exercise studio and a state-of-the-art fitness area. They also have an indoor running track and a Kids Adventure Gym complete with a climbing wall. Programs range from day camp, preschool, school age and teen programs to youth sports leagues, aquatics and health and fitness.
Monroe Ave is one of the artiest and most interesting streets in Rochester, New York. Let's say, for example, you desperately needed something pierced or you suddenly had the impulse to get a tattoo-- if you happened to be on Monroe at the time, you'd have no problem finding a highly skilled tattoo artist ready to quench your burning desire to express yourself through body art. Then when you're done, you could visit the various art shops, psychics, lingerie boutiques, used bookstores, or antique shops in the neighborhood. There are also plenty of friendly bars and restaurants on Monroe Ave, and it's just a short walk to the trendy Park Ave neighborhood, which is noted for its bistros and quaint sidewalk cafés. As you can see, Monroe Ave has a great deal to offer. (Unfortunately the places that REMOVE body art are mostly located on the other side of town.)
I hope you regularly view the webcam our camera crew has set up at this busy intersection for your viewing pleasure. Personally, I think it's most entertaining after midnight on weekends when colorfully tattooed individuals can be seen returning home after a fun night of partying at the local bars. You don't need to have a borderline personality disorder to enjoy the show!
Venzuela's Hugo Chavez gave Obama a copy of "The Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent," a book by Eduardo Galeano that chronicles U.S. and European economic and political interference in the region.
FUN FACTS ABOUT WHAT'S-HIS-NAME
You can only imagine how many different ways people type the name Barack Obama. Here is a sampling for his first name: Barac, Barach, Baracks, Barak, Baraka, Barrack, Barrak, Berack, Borack, Borak, Brack, Brach, Brock even, Rocco. There are just as many for his last name: Abama, Bama, Bamma, Obma, Obamas, Obamma, Obana, Obamo, Obbama, Oboma, Obomba, Obombma, Obomha, Oblama, Omaba, Oblamma and (ready for this?) Ohama. And of course there's Barack Obama's middle name, Hussein. Here are some of the ways it comes out: Hissein, Hussain, Husein, Hussin, Hussane and Hussien.
