Random Stuff I Saw Walking the Streets of New York
Awhile back I was flown out to New York to shoot a piece for the TV show Good Day New York. It’s no longer online but I promise it was cool.
Anyways, while walking around I clicked photos of all the strange shit I came across, so I figured I’d share them with you. Wandering New York is definitely one of the best FREE things you can do in the world.
Women’s bathroom at the BCCI ended up getting pretty wasted at The Bushwick Country Club and found myself pissing in women’s bathroom. I’d like to think of this as like a toilet paper cow because it reminds me of udders. Gentlemen, this is why we will ultimately lose the battle of the sexes. We can never win against this kind of brilliance.
Sid and NancyI know it’s hard to tell because this is such a shitty and blurry picture but these two looked just like Sid and Nancy. It was kinda unnerving because I was thinking, “hey, aren’t they supposed to be dead?”. Being that punk is way too much work for me.
Somewhere in the West VillageI found this while walking around the West Village one day and thought it was really pretty. It looks like a magic doorway where, if you knock the right way and say a password, you will get to pass through and walk into Victorian New York. Truthfully, if I ever sell out and become a total yuppie, I want you to know that it’s just because I want to own a townhouse in the West Village. What a lovely neighborhood.
A tiny bag of weedThis is a really tiny bag of shwag weed I found on the street in Williamsburg. Really, who the hell buys nickel sacks of shitty pot? I mean, other than me when I was 15.
Done by NYU art students…or maybe Voldemort.I found this in the window of some NYU art school. It looked like some kind of Muppet holocaust. Actually, to be more accurate, it looks like Jim Henson’s Workshop was been targeted by Vlad the Impaler. Who knew the Muppets were so unpopular in Transylvania?
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The doorway is rad. At first, I thought it was a regular door, but then noticed the creepy cellar underneath. I hope this is either a fight club or speakeasy.
The weird part is that it’s not a doorway at all! It’s just this like thing on the wall. Maybe it was once a doorway that got cemented up. Regardless it’s dope!
haha- “or maybe Voldemort”
free Concerts to go with any found bag of shwag
The 2009 Good Morning America Summer Concert Series will take place Friday mornings in Rumsey Playfield in Central Park (near the park entrance at Fifth Avenue and East 69th Street).
The shows start at 7:00 A.M., but plan to arrive no later than 6:00 A.M. if you want a decent view. Concerts are free but entrance is on a first-come, first-served basis.
The 2009 Good Morning America Summer Concert Schedule
FRIDAY, MAY 22– Green Day
FRIDAY, MAY 29– Lionel Richie
FRIDAY, JUNE 5 – John Legend
FRIDAY, JUNE 12 – The Jonas Brothers
FRIDAY, JUNE 19 – Jamie Foxx
FRIDAY, JUNE 26 – The cast of the musical “Hair”
FRIDAY, JULY 3 – Brad Paisley
FRIDAY, JULY 10 – Queen Latifah
FRIDAY, JULY 17 – To be announced
FRIDAY, JULY 24 – To be announced
FRIDAY, JULY 31 – Kelly Clarkson
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 – To be announced
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 – Kenny Chesney
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 – Reba McEntire
Awesome Random Girl! Thanks for the list! That’s fucking rad! Too bad 7am is so fucking early!
I just cut and paste… no sweat! Also for those of you who cant do the early thing…starting next month
2009 HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival***You have to do this at least once in your life**** Last year they had better titles but hey its free
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets (no plastic tarps please) and picnicking.
The films begin at dusk (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
June
Mon
15 The Sting
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented by Time Warner Cable
Mon
22 Breaking Away
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented by Time Warner Cable
Mon
29 Gold Diggers of 1933
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented by Time Warner Cable
July
Mon
6 Dog Day Afternoon
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented by Time Warner Cable
Mon
13 How Green Was My Valley
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented by Time Warner Cable
Mon
20 Harold and Maude
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented by Time Warner Cable
Mon
27 The Defiant Ones
5:00pm | The Lawn
August
Mon
3 Kramer vs. Kramer
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented by Time Warner Cable
Mon
10 The Magnificent Seven
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented by Time Warner Cable
Mon
17 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
5:00pm | The Lawn
presented by Time Warner Cable
Throw a blanket down, people watch, have a reason to break out the picnic basket or just a reason to drink cheap wine under the stars. It’s a fun date and cheap:)
I love wandering around New York. I do it all the time, usually at night. WV is the same at 4 am as 4pm, but Chinatown gets scary.
Yup, I’ve wandered Chinatown late at night too. There’s some pretty interesting alleyways there. The great thing about wandering at night in Manhattan, is that there are always things going on and your evening can end in any number of ways.