Rachelle Skipping, Pacific Beach, San Diego
And I do everything Tien says. h.. he.. heh.. hehhehhe. I almost was able to say that without laughing.. but not quite.. hahahhahha
Dont even ask me why I was wearing the soccer mom outfit while skipping around in in front of the webcam in my San Diego studio on April 30, 2001.
Corner Bistro, West Village, Manhattan
Snow and Sleet? Ha! We laugh in your face! Nothing can keep us from the super cheap beer ($2/mug) and burgers ($5) at Corner Bistro, quite possibly the best burgers in New York.
See also:
- Corner Bistro’s Official Site
- New York Magazine Review of Corner Bistro
- Corner Bistro Menu
- Corner Bistro Citysearch Profile (audience winner – best burger 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
For Mr. Martin, Port Authority Bus Terminal, Manhattan
In 9th grade Mr. Martin, my English teacher, told us that for every instance we reported of improper grammar or spelling on a public sign or display we would get extra credit points. I remember reading Of Mice and Men and A Tale of Two Cities that semester but I don’t remember anyone in our entire class getting any extra credit. In 9th grade we were old enough to realize how small our town was and how few public signs and displays there were. We were disgruntled about the assignment and protested that we never see anything wrong, ever. We thought Mr. Martin’s extra credit was impossible to attain. For the rest of my life I will forever be plagued by my extra credit assignment and feel the urge write down a sign misspelling on an index card and bring it in to class the next day.
Tags:a tale of two cities·Books·mr martin·new london·New York·Nostalgia·of mice and men·port authority·Wisconsin
Dining Room at Jing Fong, Chinatown, Manhattan
Eleanor & Jeannette, Jing Fong, Chinatown, Manhattan
Jing Fong, Chinatown, Manhattan
Tien gives dessert the thumbs up, Jing Fong, Chinatown, Manhattan
Here’s a funny movie clip of Tien and Jeannette at dim sum:
- Caw! Caw! (.mov, 788k)
After dim sum, walking to the parade route, Chinatown, Manhattan
With the temperature outside at 8 degrees, we opted for Vietnamese coffee instead of ice cream!
Subway, Chinatown, Manhattan
Finally we got to the parade route where we met up with Jen and Jake. Everyone there was setting off confetti bombs.
Chinatown, Manhattan
Senator Charles Schumer began the parade.
Chinese New Year Parade, Chinatown, Manhattan
Drummer in a band, Chinatown, Manhattan
Chinese New Year Parade, Chinatown, Manhattan
Tien takes a photo of the monkey king.
Yvan trying to keep warm.
On a sidestreet, Tien points out a Chinese character that says “Mao”.
As we start to make our way to the subway to go home, no one seems to care if we walk right beside the parade. This is where we get the best photographs.
Beauty Queens?
Yellow Dragon, Chinese New Year Parade, Chinatown, Manhattan
Yellow Dragon, Chinese New Year Parade, Chinatown, Manhattan
Little boy dressed as a dragon.
Confetti on the stairs.
A store we passed on the way to the subway.
Chinatown, Manhattan
Going home on the F Train.
After dim sum at Jing Fong, Eleanor, Jeannette, Yvan, Tien, Shannan, Jessica and I met up with Jen and Jake on the parade route to watch the Chinese New Year festivities. What a great way to celebrate my chinese-ness, or lack there of! My goal of the day was to see some dragon dancers, which I’d never seen before. Luckily, there were several of them. Unluckily, the temperature outside was about eight degrees. After an hour standing outside I could no longer feel my extremities and my camera was whacked out so we left.
More:
- 2004/4702 Chinese New Year Parade, by Tien
- Chinese New Year, by Eleanor
- Jessica’s Ofoto Album
- Chinatown Parade, by Jake
- Chinatown Parade Photo Gallery, by Jake
- Chinese New Year Parade, by Jen for Gothamist
Tags:charles schumer·chinatown·chinatown ice cream factory·chinese new year·dim sum·dragon·eleanor·f train·jake·jeannette·jen·jessica·jing fong·monkey king·New York·parade·shannan·subway·tien·yvan
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Yesterday Jess and I had lunch at 88 Orchard and then went to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. It was really good, if you haven’t been there, you should go. The museum has preserved an actual tenement building and access to it is by tour only. There are three different tours to choose from and we chose a tour called “Getting By: Weather the Great Depressions of 1873 and 1929″. This hour-long tour takes you through 3 apartments in the tenement building. The first apartment is unfurnished and somewhat dilapidated. This apartment has not been restored at all and is almost exactly as it was discovered when the museum purchased the building. It is used to show the layout of each of the apartments and to explain their features. The next apartment has been restored to the period of the 1870s. At this time the Gumpertz family, a German-Jewish family, lived in the apartment. You get to see how the apartment would have been furnished when the family lived there and the tour guide walks you through the history of the family and what everything in the apartment is. The last apartment was that of the Badizza family, a Sicilian-Catholic family that lived in the apartment in the 1930s. Again, you are told about the family and the apartment. What was really great about this apartment was the woman who lived there as a child contacted the museum a while back and gave an oral history of living there. So.. you not only got to hear the tour guide’s description, you got to hear stories of the apartment in the words and voice of someone who actually lived there.
Our tour guide was Carlo d’Amore. He did an awesome job giving us historical facts but throwing in personal stories and jokes to keep things lively. It helped that he was kind of hot. Also, at one point early on he stopped the tour to point at me and say “Has anyone ever told you you look like Renee Zellweger!?”. To which I replied, “Yes, all the time.”
Economy Candy, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Jessica at Economy Candy, Lower East Side, Manhattan
After the tour (and purchasing far too many books) Jess and I headed over to Economy Candy. I’d heard Jeannette talk about this store before but I’d never been inside. It’s so fun. An entire store filled from front to back, floor to ceiling with candy!!!!
Eating Candy and Watching a Movie, East Village, Manhattan
Rachelle and Jessica – Wax Lips, East Village, Manhattan
Candy Coma, East Village, Manhattan
A quick dash uptown to stock up on skin care products from Mario Badescu, and then Jess and I went home to rent Gangs of New York and to eat candy!!! heh. We picked Gangs of New York because I thought it would drive home some of the things that we saw at the Tenement Museum. I’d already seen the movie and read the book. And read Five Points, a book on similar subjects, so going to the museum then seeing the movie again brought everything together for me.
Tags:Books·candy·economy candy·five points·gangs of new york·jessica·lower east side·lower east side tenement museum·mario badescu·movies·Museums·New York·renee zellweger·Shopping·upper east side