West Village

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LaGuardia and Houston, West Village, Manhattan

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Associated Supermarket, West Village, Manhattan

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Pigs Flying Building, West Village, Manhattan

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West Village, Manhattan

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The Atrium, West Village, Manhattan

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Bleecker and Sullivan, West Village, Manhattan

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Ciao, West Village, Manhattan

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Indian Bread Co., West Village, Manhattan

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My Old Building, West Village, Manhattan

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My Old Apartment Door, West Village, Manhattan

After I’d had enough of Chinatown, I walked up through SoHo to the Village, my old stomping grounds. I wandered around the streets I used to walk on every day, past my old grocery store (HATE that place), up to Citibank, across Bleecker, and up Bedford.

The Atrium on Bleecker is where I had corporate housing for a month when I transferred to New York from San Diego two weeks after September 11, 2001. The building on Bedford between Carmine and Downing was where I lived before I transferred to Chicago. My apartment door was between the Yoga boutique and the Palm Reader.

When I turned to take the photo of Ciao, the waiter was like “ohhh, you want to take a photo of me?” and I was like “eh, not really, this corner looks pretty, though.” So he moved to step away and I told him to stay in the photo so he had to put on his macho stance. Then after I took the photo and gave him the thumbs up he had to make kissing noises at me. Classy.

Finally, outside the Indian Bread Company I took a photo of the printout they have of my site in their window. This is the printout that Joe sent me a while back.

Oh, and I almost forgot, here are a few more photos of the pigs flying building.