Entries Tagged as 'west village'

The Grey Dog’s Coffee

September 7th, 2005 · 5 Comments

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The Grey Dog’s Coffee, West Village, Manhattan

After walking around Chinatown and the Village all morning, I was tired and starving so I went to my favorite cafe right around the corner from my old apartment on Carmine Street, The Grey Dog’s Coffee. The food is great, the service is awesome and I just love the ambiance. Only complaint is that it’s always busy and the day I was there they were playing Franz Ferdinand a little too loud.

Other posts on rachelleb.com that mention Grey Dog:
» All We Can Do Is Continue As If Everything’s Normal (February 13, 2003)
» Joel’s Visit, Jess’s Holiday Party (December 16, 2002)
» Singing Praises of The Grey Dog (Again) (December 10, 2002)
» The Grey Dog (October 1, 2002)

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West Village

September 6th, 2005 · 6 Comments

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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.

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Rachel Leb on Indian Bread Co.

August 12th, 2005 · 5 Comments

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Indian Bread Co., West Village, Manhattan

Late 2003 or early 2004 a couple of new ethnic fast food restaurants opened on Bleeker Street in New York, Indian Bread Co. and Pop’s Pierogi. I started going to them frequently and wrote a post on them because 1) they were blocks from my apartment, 2) they were cheap, 3) they were good.

Last weekend Joe S. went to Indian Bread Co. As he was waiting for his food he looked at the reviews in the window and noticed that one of them was my post printed out. He couldn’t get a photo of the front because there were people sitting there, but he took this photo of the back of it.

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Moving Crew

March 5th, 2004 · 4 Comments

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Tien

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Mark & Wendy & Baby Shewmaker

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Moving Crew: Tien, Jessica, Eleanor, Jeannette, Mark, Wendy

Right Equipment
Guess Who?

Lowest Cost
Right Equipment or Lowest Cost?

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Rachelle

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Eleanor, Masako, Jeannette, Wendy, Rachelle, Mark, Tien, Jessica

The moving crew arrived at about 9 am or so to load up the UHaul. Thanks everyone for all of your help!!

See also:
So Long Rachelle, by Tien

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Blue Ribbon Bakery

February 23rd, 2004 · 6 Comments

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Poached Eggs with Shrimp and Bacon Hash, Blue Ribbon Bakery, West Village, Manhattan

Blue Ribbon Bakery
Blue Ribbon Bakery, West Village, Manhattan

For about a year and a half I have lived pretty much in the same building as Blue Ribbon Bakery but have never been inside. In my mind, when I think about it, I remember days that have seemed gray, or snowy, or days when I was feeling down.. and walking by the restaurant and just feeling like there was this warm glow coming out of it and that there were good friends and couples gathered there, huddled against the window, basking in the glow.. it was like a utopia that I wasn’t a part of. So yesterday we became a part of it. And it was delicious. I had the poached eggs with bacon and shrimp hash in hollandaise sauce. Yum! Also, they had a really good bread basket.

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