Mark-Caught in the Act, West Village, Manhattan
We were on a little urban photo safari last night. It started at the Apple store in SoHo where Ted purchased some iPod accessories for a road trip to Seattle and Mark purchased a tabletop tripod. After some pizza and beer, Ted treated us to ice cream at Cones (love the Dulce de Leche there) and off-handedly mentioned he has roof access… now, I don’t know about you but whenever anyone says they have roof access I always have to find a way up there! It just gives such a different perspective on things.. and since Ted lives in my neighborhood I knew I’d be able to see things that I see everyday. Without any hesitation Ted let us up on the roof (thanks!) where we found there are amazing views of the Village, SoHo and the Empire State Building. Mark got a lot of good shots. I hope he posts them soon.
Oh, and that last Chimay that I had when Wendy met up with us and forced us into a bar has left me with a slight headache. I guess it’s probably not a good idea to rehydrate with beer when you’re sweating buckets.
Update: Mark has his photos posted now.
19 responses so far ↓
1 ChrisM // Jun 27, 2003 at 9:19 am
Here’s some lyrics from a classic concerning NYC roof tops:
“Up on the roof, out on the street
Down in the playground the hot concrete
Bus ride is too slow
They blast out the disco on the radio
Rock rock rockaway beach
Rock rock rockaway beach”
I did the samething last night, sweating much and rehydrating with the old malt beverages. Feel ok now though.
Have a great Weekend Rachelle and all your blog readers too!
2 rachelle // Jun 27, 2003 at 11:52 am
Thanks, Chris. That’s a great song.
3 mom // Jun 28, 2003 at 8:06 am
When this old world starts a getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face
I’ll climb way up to the top of the stairs
And all my cares just drift right into space
On the roof, it’s peaceful as can be
And there the world below don’t bother me, no, no
So when I come home feeling tired and beat
I’ll go up where the air is fresh and sweet
I’ll get far away from the hustling crowd
And all the rat-race noise down in the street
On the roof, that’s the only place I know
Look at the city, baby
Where you just have to wish to make it so
Let’s go up on the roof
And at night the stars they put on a show for free
And, darling, you can share it all with me
That’s what I said
Keep on telling you
That right smack dab in the middle of town
I found a paradise that’s troubleproof
And if this old world starts a getting you down
There’s room enough for two
Up on the roof…
4 tien // Jun 28, 2003 at 11:32 am
wow, thats impressive. mrs b, if you wrote that yourself, i am in awe.
5 rachelle // Jun 28, 2003 at 12:06 pm
it’s James Taylor.. i think
6 mom // Jun 28, 2003 at 10:03 pm
Yup JT alright… We saw him at the ampitheater last august, compliments of Jim (for susie). Wow, that man can still sing !
7 rachelle // Jun 29, 2003 at 2:50 pm
mark - no comments!
8 Mark // Jun 29, 2003 at 3:24 pm
Ah seen sunny dayeez that ah thut wuld nevah eeeend…
9 mom // Jun 29, 2003 at 6:38 pm
Ah seen lonley times wun ah culd naught find a frend……… But ah ulways thot that ahdd see yu baby, one mor tahm agin…..
10 Mark // Jun 30, 2003 at 12:30 am
Touche!
11 Mom // Jun 30, 2003 at 7:44 am
Mark, Don’t even start Aunt Susie on JT. SHe lives and breathes him and has all her life. She has seen him many many times, has all his music, plays guitar and sings all his songs and well, is just about the biggest JT fan I know !!!!! Thus how I got to see him was through 4 tickets she had and shared with me (I drove). It was great !
12 ChrisM // Jun 30, 2003 at 1:37 pm
“Minimum wage, yah”!
That’s a song by They Might Be Giants.
Anyway though Mrs B the reason the song comes to mind way back when I had a Summer job @ minimum wage slopping asphalt sealer on a roof of an old Stromberg-Carlson factory in Rochester NY.
“Up on the Roof” was our goofy theme song, as I and the rest of the crew would rather be about anywhere else but up there tarring that roof in the hot sun but Summer job in Rochester didnt and still probably dont grow on trees up there so we made the best of it.
13 Richard // Jun 30, 2003 at 1:43 pm
I has a minimum wage summer job roofing at Hilshire Farm. Two summers actually. It sucked. I did learn a life lesson though, 400* tar is hot. You only splash that on your face once…
14 ChrisM // Jun 30, 2003 at 5:08 pm
Hot or warm that stuff would stick to your skin, the fumes werent too easy on the old lungs either.
Not complaining, not complaining, I needed the dough! But I sure wish I grew up rich like dear bloogger Rachelle
15 rachelle // Jun 30, 2003 at 5:17 pm
Grew up rich? Are you kidding me? That’s my brother who just said that he was tarring roofs on summer break from college. Our family wasn’t poor but we were far from rich.
16 ChrisM // Jun 30, 2003 at 9:07 pm
I believe you Rachelle, but it was the Cape Cod Estate Pix that gave me that idea
!
17 rachelle // Jun 30, 2003 at 9:17 pm
whatever, dude.. i didnt even grow up on the east coast
18 mom // Jul 1, 2003 at 6:51 am
Here we go Rachelle, Just like you said once..
“No one would ever believe we’re parents of you and dick and no one would ever believe where you both were raised ! good ‘ol NL !
19 InCOG // Jul 5, 2003 at 10:54 pm
Good Old New London??? oxymoron….. Once you leave there just ain’t any going back…..