West Village, Hudson Street at 10th Street

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The Cowgirl Hall of Fame - restaurant and bar.  Usually I walk by here on my way to the White Horse, and every now and then I wonder if I should walk on in.  It looks a little too themey for my taste, but one never knows.  I read somewhere about a good late afternoon drink special.  However, reading in the New York Magazine review (not a critics' pick) that they serve their margaritas in mason jars has confirmed my original impression that I should just keep walking.

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Downtown, Hudson Street Between Houston and King Streets

Three photos below. I'm going to be doubling (tripling) up for the next few days, so I can get caught up. These are all shots of the building that the advertising giant, Saatchi & Saatchi, inhabits in New York. In case you missed this fun little controversy last year, as I certainly did, here is the old news on Dr. Martens, Kurt Cobain, Joe Strummer, Joey Ramone, Sid Vicious and Saatchi & Saatchi. And here is some even older news about another controversy, oddly enough, involving another shoe company. If you like the truly bizarre, click the link immediately.



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Hudson Street at the corner of King. Yes, this is the corner of the Saatchi & Saatchi building. Cute, huh?


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And this is the grand entrance. The building is across the street from the Passport Services building (which you can see reflected at the top of the photo), where I went to get my passport renewed on Monday, April 21. When I came back in the afternoon to pick up my passport, I walked across the street to get a closer look. I could see some major art in the lobby and simply walked inside, can you believe it? Simply walked inside, like in the days of yore. There was no one there to stop me, question me, ask for ID. I had free run of the lobby and unlimited photo opportunities.


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All of the lobby art was done by Frank Stella, a former minimalist painter, minimalist no more.

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Downtown, Hudson Street Between Houston and King Streets

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We're back in that neighborhood that has no name. This is the front of the Passport Services building where people go to get their passports (new or renewed) as a last resort. That is, they are leaving in two weeks time or less and it has suddenly occurred to them that their passport is out of date. There is no time to do it the normal way, by mail.

I had an 11:30 a.m. appointment there last Monday. As Nixon used to say, I could have done it the easy way . . .

So I'm here to tell you that this works. Sure, it's inconvenient and it takes the better part of a day and it's more expensive, but it does work. It might be that everyone feels like such an idiot being there that they're excessively grateful to the folks getting their passports for them, and that gratitude makes the workers feel good and benevolent, so they keep doing a good job. Whatever it is, I got my passport and I'm goin away.

So guess where I'm going? VENICE! My birthday present to myself. Life is good.

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