I was photographing the man at the Kosher Luncheonette across the street when this woman walked across my field of view carrying the bag of groceries and a helium balloon. I especially like the man in the left background who appears to be watching as events unfold.
I always see the most interesting people in Chinatown. I should say that the coat is more interesting than the person that I saw today after I got my eyeglasses adjusted.
The fire across the street this morning reminded me of an incident that happened last winter. We heard horns blowing, looked out the window and this homeless woman was standing in the street cursing a blue streak at the driver in the car on the right. Actually she was just cursing and the guy in the car just happened to be in the way. She stayed there for about 45 minutes cursing at the top of her lungs with horns blowing a New York symphony, until the traffic cops came and talked her down.
Jon noticed smoke coming from the Hays Building across the street. We both called 911, me from the street. Firemen arrived, went into the building, smoke stopped, firemen left. A lot of drama happens on Maiden Lane.
I grew up in Alabama, Texas and Florida were my dad nicknamed me Southern Pine Board (SPB), because the stamp on the ends of knotty pine boards matched my initials. I attended Velasco Elementary School (which was featured on the Oprah produced show "The Big Give") in Freeport, Texas, Baker School in Baker Florida, Jefferson Davis State Junior College in Brewton, Alabama, and University of Alabama at Birmingham and Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. I moved to New York City shortly after 911 in March of 2002, where I live with my partner and two dogs, Emily and Louie. I am currently taking a class in Photoshop. I hope all the photos I take are worth a thousand words.