I made it past 10PM/4AM. We grabbed dinner at the hotel and then Newton and I walked up and down the main strip and grabbed some Mai Tai's at one of the local places we'd heard about. There were street performers all up and down the street, everything from guys painted silver andpeople dressing up their dogs. On our way back we ran into a group of guys free-style rapping on the street. Now Newton comes from souther Alabama and back about 20 years ago, he had a billboard top single song called "Country is Cool" and based on the success of it he toured with a band called Run D.M.C. for a while. Anyways, we run into this freestyle rap group and Newton gets into the mix asking if an "Alabama boy can give it a try." They let him in and he lets loose while the crowd goes wild. Imagine this country boy with a heavy accent going to town - it was great. I'm heading up to the North Shore tomorrow.