These zephyr-borne estimates went way up after the Grucci fireworks barge floated between Liberty Island and the skyline with an electric sign on it that said Talk ( did I forget to say that this was Tina Brown 's party for her new magazine , Talk ? ) and hurled into the black sky a literally earth-shaking barrage of pyrotechnics .
The fire work display was not as big as expected , but still impressive .