Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

I feel like I'm starting to get the hang of getting around.  Kate doesn't need to print me as many HopStop directions these days.  Below are some of the places I visited at the end of last week. 

All of these costume rental businesses are in such obscure places, in buildings with other random businesses, such as: 

Trapeze School

And, Environmental Building Solutions...all on the same floor!

Wednesday was Meredith's birthday so Zeb and I coordinated some plans.  I got her a chocolate ice box cake from Billy's.  It was delicious! We've been eating it every day since.

I like their cute minty green logo, it is sort of retro...

Coming home one day from work, I saw this sight.  Enjoying the view on a pink couch outside of Walgreens? Sure, why not. You never know what you will see in New York. 

The next day, I got to go shopping with Amela (designer), Christine (asst. designer), and Jess (production assistant).  Before shopping, we went to lunch at this upscale cafeteria like place, which had a 'chocolate room.'  Isn't the wrapping on these $10 (!!!) bars pretty?

Next door to the eatery was this store that sold new appliances designed to look retro.  The blue stove and the red refrigerator are just too cute! The orange one is a dishwasher. 

So, after lunch, we all went to Century 21 where they were shopping for stock background actors.  They needed party / club / going out clothes for the extras in Dionysus' "Den." This was much more fun than shopping for slippers!!  Amela let me pick out stuff I thought would work and I got to buy it!   Most productions (including this one) have a "shopper," whose sole role is to shop for the designer. This production had a shopper in the earlier stages.  Can you imagine? Shopping for a living?

On Thursday night Zeb, Meredith and I went out for Meredith's birthday.  While I walked there, I guess I walked through the tile district- there seems to be a district for everything here!  Anyway, this place called 'Artistic Tile' had these neat clothes made out of tiles on display in their windows. 

We went to dinner at a place called 'Gravy' in Chelsea, I think.  It was upscale Southern cooking.  I had scallops with honey grits. It was delicious! Also, they had great lamps.