Astoria Life: New York Minutes

Musings from the Queen of Queens, or My 6 years of living in Queens and greater NYC, where I moved to work for the water department and ended up, among other things, traveling the world and appearing on a billboard on Times Square.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Very odd and retro!

I was down on W 8th Street and 6th Ave in the Village today when I noticed a sign lying on the sidewalk outside an empty storefront.

It said "Coloreds Only."

Saturday, July 21, 2007

The BEST ad on craigslist this week!

Persona Films, Inc. is looking to cast 50 Stock-Broker-type Background Extras for commercial film shoot on Thursday, July 26th. Looking for people between the ages of 25 and 45. Must be clean cut, handsome/attractive, and have access to a business suit. Extras will be the audience for a Gladiator-Style Fight between characters representing 4 currencies (Dollar, Yen, Euro, and Pound) - think rowdy coliseum crowd (a la Gladiator) made of floor trading stock brokers. Pay is $50 for approximately 6 hours work.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Baby mama!

My friend SQ came up from Washington, DC last week to be an extra in a scene in the upcoming Tina Fey movie "Baby Mama". We had a great time hanging out before getting her off to her shoot in Brooklyn.

I also had a call to participate but I could not get out of work to be in it. Ah well!

We found this job at www.nycastings.com

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Friday, July 13, 2007

Happy Friday the 13th!

It's really no big deal.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Hip hop hooray!

I often see subway performers, but I rarely see ones that are so amazing I can't stop staring. On the 6 train to Union Square today, 3 guys were hip-hop dancing that involved 2 of them joining hands and forming a human wheel, which they then rolled down the length of the train. The other one did multiple backflips. What amazed me is how few people looked up from their newspapers despite someone backflipping right in front of them. I really wish I had a camera then.

aaaah!

I saw a mother duck and 4 ducklings perched on a rock on the pond in Central Park this morning. It was so cute!

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Happy 4th of July!

It's rainy but still a nice holiday!