Again with the coming home late~! (Though maybe this could be considered early?)

This whole weekend was pretty sweet.

( saturday )

( sunday )

There was a guy sitting on a stoop about 15 feet away from us and we got into a conversation about the coolness of the building. He'd been waiting for a friend to show up, but meanwhile Alex and I were going to take a picture of ourselves, so he offered. What followed was hilarious in its similarity to a sit-com! We were under some construction and backlit, so we were in complete shadow in the pictures, so Alex tried to put on force-flash, but the guy didn't hold the shutter down long enough or whatever, so it didn't go off. Meanwhile, the friend he was waiting for (whom he hadn't seen since junior high!) showed up and they hugged and then he continued trying to take our picture. Like TEN TIMES before the flash finally went off! Then the friend introduced herself (Cat), probably thinking we were all friends -- but the guy said we were total strangers! Then Alex introduced himself and I introduced myself and the guy introduced himself (Danny). So we all were very polite and slightly awkward (in a self-acknowledgingly amusing way) in our introductions, and then basically parted ways, wishing each other good day/luck/etc.

What an awesome random occurance! <3

I have to say, I have always had the most interesting, positive, stranger-related experiences when stopping to admire or discuss art in general, and modern/contemporary art in particular.

After walking Alex to the E, I ended up walking back over to St. Mark's to meet Liz. Like I said, lots of walking this weekend -- and it was quite pleasant -- even if the pedestrian traffic along Broadway was absolutely crazy and like night and day in comparison to my walk only 12 hours earlier.

Pun intended, of course.

[edit:] FORGOT TO MENTION! I ATE A FISH EYE, YAYE~!

You don't really care, but it's interesting to me.

It's a synogogue. How apropos.

http://synagogueforthearts.org/

According to a Times article from 1989, "it replaced an unusal 1866 neo-Grec loft building, startlingly interrupting an otherwise intact 19-century streetscape." On the one hand, it's kind of unfortunate that the streetscape was not preserved, but on the other hand -- we wouldn't have this awesome interesting building randomly in the middle of a street in Tribeca.

I don't think it's worth preserving everything old just because it's old. It wouldn't provide an opportunity to create new and interesting modern pieces, otherwise. In 100 years, someone might fight for the preservation of this building (if it isn't already considered a landmark), as an example of some cutting-edge idea that someone had in the late 1960s.

Why is one more worth preserving than the other?