Street art week: Collective wall on West 22nd Street

This visibly old collective wall featuring collage and painting works from diverse contributors was found on West 22nd Street in Chelsea. It is constantly changing. At the top of the second picture, you can see a space invader.

Street art week: The Water Street Mural in Dumbo

When you visit the neighborhood of DUMBO, the Water Street mural can't be missed. This gorgeous giant piece of urban art is situated on Water Street between Jay and Pearl Streets and was created by a group called 303 collective.

More DUMBO pictures here, here and here.

Street art week: Graffiti container in the East Village

This piece was found corner Bowery and East 5th Street.

Street market in the Lower East side

Corner store in the West village

More Manhattan Mini Storage ads

Previously published ads are available here. I still think that the shoes billboard is the coolest. Which one is your favorite?

Rainbow over the Washington Square Park fountain

 

This was yesterday around 6 pm.

The West Village... at night

Mile End Delicatessen

Here's another piece of home.

Mile End Delicatessen is a Montreal-style deli. It has a store in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn,  and one in NoHo, Manhattan, where it also serves Montreal bagels (a must; they are 100 times better than New York's). 

I recently tried the the Ruth Wilensky sandwich, featuring fried beef salami and mustard in an flatten onion bun toped with onion seasoning. It was very good! Comfort food at its best...

 

Pieces of home: Patrick Watson in New York

Friday two weeks ago was a really bad day for me. I had to go the Department of motor vehicles to exchange my Quebec driver’s license for a New York one; a seemingly simple thing. I ended up waiting there for five long hours: a first line to get information and forms, a second, which I thought was the real one, but that was only to get a number, and finally the third – and official – one. What a waste of time… and those who know me well are aware that I am not the “car type”.

Anyway… at least, there was Patrick Watson to save my day. The 32 years old Canadian singer-songwriter from Montreal was giving a free intimate performance at the South Street Seaport during the evening, participating in the River to River Festival.