Finally. A beautiful summer day. Low humidity, blue sky, a little air in the air. I went for a walk in Prospect Park with a dear friend (Best and Oldest) and rejoiced in the  passage of a rather long and unpleasant heat wave.

I had lunch with an assortment of people who responded to an invitation from Sprint to meet at the Stone Park Cafe for a little PR about network improvements.

In attendance were representatives from the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, the offices of City Council members, bloggers, and tech writers, who sat at tables covered in white tablecloths in the Stone Park’s event space. I get a lot of press releases and I generally don’t go to anything. But when I saw that they were shelling out for lunch at Stone Park Cafe it was a no-brainer.

Full discolusre on that score.

I learned that Sprint is providing enhanced 3G service in Brooklyn (and the Bronx) and introducing 4G service as of today. Me and mine are stuck with AT&T for the moment, so it was fun to kvetch about the lousy  service the iPhone gets in these parts.

I sat next to a special assistant to  Tish James, who is leading in the race for New York City Public Advocate. Daniel Squadron and Catherine Guerriero are also in the running. Primary day for this, the mayoral and other races, is September 10th. I’ll take this moment now to endorse TISH JAMES because I’m a fan of her outlook, her integrity and her willingness to fight the powerful on behalf of the less so.

For lunch on Sprint’s dime, I had the absolutely miraculous Ricotta Cavatelli with mushrooms, roasted tomatoes, fennel sausage. OMG it was delicious. As was my glass of cold white wine.

Sprint provided goody bags, a nice touch. In them: a gray baseball cap (with Sprint emblazoned on the front), a can of Crisp from Six Point and a can of Brooklyn Summer Ale from Brooklyn Lager. Also included were garlic and basic  Z crackers which look awfully good and are, you guessed it, made in Brooklyn.