Chambers Street

At least they're honest.

The 8-7

As I've noted before, the conversion to affordable housing is under way. Don't even think about trespassing on the front stoop while it's under construction though.

The Drunks

I'm starting to feel a bit like Jane Goodall. I call the big one with brown hair, Big Brown. Please note the nipple tweak about half way through the video.

The Drunks

There's a lot going on in this video. The most amusing thing, I find, is the two men arm wrestling with no table.

Shaving in the park

I'm particularly fascinated by some of the behaviors of this group of people that hang out in the park and drink at 6:30 in the morning. The man in the red is shaving that guy on the bench. He was really into it and seemed to be doing a decent job.


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Dog Days

OK, I'm back to the long, hard blog after taking August off. Let's start with a visit to the local vagrants in McGolrick Park. Stay comfy, guys and gals.

Looking good, Mr. Mayor.

I thought the Mayor of Greenpoint looked rather dapper today. The broom is a nice touch.

The Mayor of McGolrick Park

So I've been taking a lot of photos of the drunks that hang out in front of my dog run. The man pictured below, who calls himself the mayor, was having a bad day. As you can see, his pants were half torn off; I'm guessing there's a pretty funny reason for that. The woman in front of him brought him over a bottle of water and was leading him to pants, I presume, but he didn't follow long. Please make sure you click on this photo.
You can see below that he had a stash of short shorts nearby.

The characters are always the same and I don't think they're homeless--which was a surprising revelation.
I got upset with them(they throw bottles and trash in the dog run and break bottles all over; no decorum) a few weeks ago and started taking pictures of them to document my beef. They're actually an interesting lot. Often you'll see the men spooning or napping, head in lap, as they lie passed out on the bench; it's really cute.

Dirty.