Damages Film Shoot

The film business is alive and well in NYC, it would seem. Spotted the remnants of a Damages TV shoot today on Broadway and 3rd St. I know someone who works on the show, he seems to think I'd enjoy the programming. And I do love Glenn Close. But, the last thing I need is yet another TV drama addiction. However, now that I know they're shooting in my hood, maybe I'll have two keep my eyes open.

Snowicane Part II

The snow continues. This is 3rd Street. Bicycle got plowed in.

Broadway and 39th. This is normally a pedestrian walkway. My favorite part: no garbage pickup. That's what all those mounds are.

Beautiful Bryant Park covered in snow is now a hazardous place, in the event of the trees falling down.

Biggest Rats You've Ever Seen

New York's got sewer rats, city mice, dirty rats, and church mice, all caught in the rat race. But I think my favorite is the Giant Inflatable Rat. I spotted this one this morning between 38th and 39th on Broadway. It wasn't clear which building was having a union rat problem, and from the sign that reads Asbestos Kills. Gothamist has a group dedicated to finding new sightings of this pro-union symbol around the city. But whenever I see it, I smile. I know it's meant to enrage me about some non-workingman-friendly conditions inside, but it's enormous balloon exterior just reminds me that we all take life a little too seriously.