Today was ridiculously hot in NYC, in the 90s all day, and very humid. In fact it's still 85 F (30 C) at 10 pm. They say it's supposed to rain tomorrow, which will cool everything down, that's good.
Today, besides being the 9-11 anniversary in the US, it was also the national day of Catalonia, "la diada".
Incidentally, the Catalan president, Artur Mas, wrote an Op-Ed article on the NY Times about his intent to hold a referendum regarding Catalonia's status as a separate country, similar to what Quebec did or Scotland will do next year, which is controversial within Spain and not clear it will ever happen.