Jessica, Rachelle, Eleanor, Pho Bang, Chinatown, Manhattan
Last night I went to a party in Park Slope and didn’t get home until 9:00 this morning. (Long story). I still somehow managed to meet up at Ping’s for dim sum at 11:30 a.m. Afterwards we met Sarah at Pho Bang where we got some Vietnamese iced coffee and Sarah got Banh Mi (Vietnamese sandwiches).
Jessica, Brooklyn
Sarah reviews cars for her job and this week has a Cadillac SRX so she volunteered to drive us out to Prospect Heights in Brooklyn where I was scheduled to look at an apartment. I’m so out of touch with cars these days and for the most part Sarah always has high-end cars so I’m always impressed with the features on them. This one had a theater system in the second row and power-folding third row seating. We were watching Scratch - that’s Mix Master Mike with Jess.
Eleanor, Rachelle, Yvan, Jeannette, Financial District, Manhattan
Jess walked down to Park Slope to visit with some other friends while the rest of us rushed back down to Lower Manhattan. Sarah wasn’t feeling well, so she just dropped us off. Heather Champ is in town and was having a group photo taken for the 20,000 photo submission to the Mirror Project site. Unfortunately, we hit a ton of traffic in Brooklyn and got there late. We took our own photo anyway. Sucks.. I really wanted to say “hello” to Heather. Oh well.. maybe she’ll be at SXSW again next year.
Numbers on the Corner of Water St. & John St., Financial District, Manhattan
Jeannette & Yvan & Eleanor caught the bus uptown and I walked to the subway. I was starting to crash and when I passed by these numbers on the corner of Water St. & John St. it really confused me. Does anyone know what they are? I thought it was a calendar, but there are too many numbers.. and the number 5 was lit up.
Broadway/Nassau Subway Station, Financial District, Manhattan
….so tired…
- Yvan’s Mirror Project Photo
- My Mirror Project Photo
- Eleanor’s Mirror Project Photo
7 responses so far ↓
1 tien // Nov 9, 2003 at 10:44 am
well…being the new york historian that i am, i believe the numbers count down the seconds and show the minutes of the hour in the time.
two other things, that photo of the three of you, so hot. and scratch…excellent movie.
2 Jessica // Nov 9, 2003 at 12:44 pm
That is the best picture…the tired one! Rachelle you should never doubt your photography skills!
Have you made any decisions on the apt? The walk over from the apt was really nice
3 jeannette // Nov 9, 2003 at 10:18 pm
that was fun, gals!! you guys have “blue steel” totally down pat.
i love “big pimpin” in sarah’s cars, don’t you?
we need to go on a nosh walk before it gets WAY too cold to run around outside. this weekend was bordering on painful!
4 Sean // Nov 10, 2003 at 10:23 am
The lit up numbers on the sign at water street are a clock. The current hour, minute, and seconds are all lit up in different colors. I’m guessing you were there sometime around five o’clock and that some of the bulbs are burnt out.
5 Sean // Nov 10, 2003 at 10:25 am
…and if I had read other peoples comments, I would have seen someone else already mentioned that.
6 rachelle // Nov 10, 2003 at 11:02 am
thanks, jess .. jeannette, you need to plan our next nosh !!
sean, i got an email from a reader that explains the clock in detail:
“The building above the numbers is 200 Water Street. I lived there for one and a half years as an NYU Film student, as 200 Water Street is currently a gigantic NYU dorm. Yes,
they’re everywhere.
The numbers are a calendar AND a clock, but it’s hard to tell much of the time, because many of the bulbs are blown, and it often doesn’t even work correctly. Here’s how it’s supposed to work:
The top row of numbers goes from 1 to 12. That’s the hour AND the month. The hour lights in white, the month in red.
The rest of the numbers go from 00 to 59. That’s the minutes AND the day The minute lights in white, the day lights in blue.
So, if you’re there at, lets say, November 5th, 2003 at 6:30pm, it should look like the following: The top row should be lit up with a red 11 and a white 6. The other numbers should be 05 in blue and 30 in white.”
7 heather // Nov 11, 2003 at 2:48 pm
i’m so sorry we missed you…