Another memory

Not long after Sept. 11, these tiles showed
up on a fence in Greenwich Village.
The fence is no longer there and I'm not
sure what happened to the tiles,
but I hope they've been kept safe somewhere
(maybe they're in the 9/11 museum).

[Linking back to signs, signs.]

Squad 18

The friendly firefighters on West 10th Street
in the West Village were feeling the
pride and sharing the love on Sunday, as
NYC's huge gay pride parade took
place a block away from their firehouse.

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]

Grove Court

Fairly high up on my list of "places I could
probably stand to live" would be one of the six little
mid-19th-century townhouses in this über-charming
courtyard in the West Village.  The neighbors must
 need to get along (at least enough to agree on a
single color for all those shutters and
what to plant in the flower bed) . . .

but at least they don't have to
worry about the riffraff getting in.
(Ironically, when these were built
they were low-end housing.)

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

On a recent rare sunny (and warm!) day,
I took a stroll in the West Village
and stopped by the school my kids attended
for 10 years.  It's attached to this church,
St. Luke in the Fields—so named because when
it was built, it was the "country" parish of
Trinity, the "city" church at the top of Wall Street.

[To see more Sunday shadows, go here.
I'm also linking back today to inSPIREd Sunday.]

Skywatch Friday

Took this looking northeast across the rooftops
of Soho and the eastern edge of Greenwich Village.
Those tall white buildings on the right belong to NYU,
and the red one too—but then pretty much
everything in this neighborhood does.

[To see more Skywatch, go here.]

ABC Wednesday—H is for "hookah"

Passed this restaurant on LaGuardia Place, in the
Village, recently.  I'm seeing more and more
places where you can top off your meal
with a few drags on a water pipe.
Is this a trend where you live as well?

[To see more ABC posts, go here.]

New York at Night 18

You know how the credits roll for about 10 minutes
at the end of a movie?  Well, all of those people use 
lots of equipment, even when they're shooting
on location.  Was walking in the Village one night recently
and there were film trucks lined up for blocks.
At the end of the line was this one, the wardrobe truck.

[It's Ruby Tuesday—to see more, go here.]

Ruby Tuesday

With so many people marching in our annual
Halloween parade, there are some amazing
costumes—but I just liked this guy's style.

[To see more Ruby Tuesday, go here.]

He was joined later by about 50,000 fellow revelers
(and I was just as happy to be 10 flights up!).

Shadow Shot Sunday

Taking an early-evening stroll
through Washington Square Park.
[To see more shadows, go here.]

Walk in the Street

Found this painter and his subjects in Washington
Square Park—from the look on that woman's face, I'm
thinking these folks have been posing here for a while!
[To see more of Olivier's Walk in the Street challenge, go here.]

They do!

Given the historic legislation passed last week, Sunday's Gay Pride parade 
was one big celebration—and it was huge!  (And forced me to be 
uncharacteristically pushy to get these shots.)  I loved those guys 

with the sign that read, "Thirty Years Engaged. Let's Get Married!" 

They got a wonderful, warm response from the crowd.
[I'm linking back to That's My World. To see more of the world, go here.]

No, I did not take this photo.  A lot of people
thought this was done specifically after the
passage of the Marriage Equality Act—
but the Empire State Building was lit
up like this all week for Gay Pride.

That's My World

We're looking through the open windows of
Chez Jacqueline, a cozy Provençale restaurant in
—no, not Provençe—Greenwich Village.  Care to join me?
[This is part of my world; to see more of the world, go here.]

Ay, Caramba!

A corner of Maracas Mexican restaurant, where they know 
how to have a good time—the crowd is lively, the waitresses 
(waiters?) are in drag, and the food is way more than typical.
[This is part of My World Tuesday. To see more of the world, go here.]

Photo Hunter — "half"

I like to link my posts back to a meme

(like this one)—it's fun to see what others

have done and it's usually a challenge.

But this one was such a challenge that I almost 

gave up and didn't post anything for "half." 

 Then Wednesday night I was in the Village  and 

I saw this. May not be the most fascinating (or most beautiful)

picture, but that's definitely half a couch (or two 

halves of one)! I have to wonder why (and how) they did that.

Just realized that I've been inspired by

tossed-out furniture before.

[You can head over here to see how others

interpreted this one.]

Mellow Yellow Monday

Want some good Mexican food in a spot 

where it's all happening?  You can even eat 

alfresco here at Caliente Cab Co., at the 

corner of Bleecker and 7th Ave., 

in Greenwich Village.

[See more Mellow Yellow here.]

mellow Yellow Monday

This is Raffetto's. It's been in business since 1906,

and more than 100 years in this little store on Houston

Street, in the Village. It's now the 3rd generation of the

family making the most amazing pasta and ravioli.

Most of their business is wholesale (to many of NYC's

best food stores and restaurants), so I'm glad 

they continue to run the shop—and I hope they're 

here for another century!

[See more Mellow Yellow here.]

Checkmate

This place on Thompson St. in the Village

is a bit of an institution. I haven't played in so 

long I'd have to learn all over again,

but I love the chess sets they 

sell here.  Do you play?

[See more That's My World shots here.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

Found this young couple entertaining

a pretty decent crowd one warm evening last 

month under the Washington Square

arch. My guess? They're either poor kids 

trying to keep a roof over their

heads, or NYU students hoping to get

a Starbucks latte without dipping

into their allowance.

[Catch more Shadow Shots here.]

a downtown Christmas

. . . from a comic-book store on Thompson St.,

in the Village.  As the man says . . . abide!

(And may I add relax . . . and enjoy!)

[And you can find more of That's My

World Tuesday here.]

smart bird

Personally, I wouldn't dream of feeding
one of these lousy (as in pigeon lice)
birds, but this one knows that the sign
won't keep any self-respecting New
Yorker from tossing him a piece of their
bagel if they really want to. P.S., NYC is
full of pretty little pocket parks like this
one—Jackson Square, in the West Village.