West Village, 10th Street Between Seventh Avenue and 4th Street

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The door was locked and there was no buzzer and I knew it opened onto stairs leading down, so how was I ever going to get anyone to come let me in?  All it took was a knock on the glass and a man appeared and went and got my phone.  Impressive.

Then I turned my attention to other things.




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These three were having a great time, smiling and laughing.  And then they saw me with my camera.




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And said, oh, a photographer!  Would you mind taking our picture?  Not at all, says I.  And I was able to do it without twisting my body into strange shapes.  Maybe because I'm short.  This man in the front is the woman's former history teacher.  They were so happy to be together, the three of them.

West Village, 10th Street Between Seventh Avenue and 4th Street

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I had had plans last night, but they were cancelled last minute, and rather than use the opportunity to stay home and do laundry, I decided to go downtown and hear some jazz at Smalls.  Good decision.  Except when I got home I had no cell phone.  Today I called my phone and discovered it was at the bar at Smalls.  Whew.  So I decided to go get it and take the opportunity to do a photowalk on 10th Street from Seventh Avenue to the West Side Highway.

Now I'm not finished with the Chelsea walk but I'm tired of it.  Aren't you?  It's been going on for 4 weeks and showing no sign of ending.  So I'm just ending it before its time, and moving on to the Village.



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Here's 10th Street at Seventh Avenue and that's Smalls over to the left, but since it's impossible to see it at this distance, below is a closer shot.




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Isn't it cute?  It's a small basement room and instead of tables, they set up rows of folding chairs and people sit there like they're at a concert.  For that reason, I prefer to sit at the bar.  The music starts at 7:30 and goes on "all night" and $20 gets you in for the night.

I wasn't paying any attention to Cafe Condesa, but Googled it at the last minute and discovered it's a hidden gem, a place to put on the list.  Take a look.


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West Village, Christopher Street Between 7th Avenue South and Bleecker Street

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Here we are at the Fat Cat. We whispered the password and slipped in. But first a look across the street.




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Here at Sam's Fetish, the most prominent item is a pair of horizontally striped knee socks. To each his own, fetish-wise.




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And here's our old friend landmark Village Cigars.

As for ping pong, let me just say I improved over the four games we played. I lost the last game 21-7. Look out, Myra!

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Greenwich Village, 3rd Street Between Sixth Avenue and Macdougal Street

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I was on this block before, in December 2006, and I said then that it was a bonanza of photos. So here's another.

That's the Blue Note on the left, the famed jazz club. Pretty awful building, but what caught my eye was how the Benjamin Moore paint sign had the same colors as the Blue Note banner. As if coordinated.

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