still no power

when we woke friday morning, the 2nd of november, we were all very cold and craving a hot cup of tea and a warm breakfast.

so we all got dressed and began our trek northward! here we're passing the fish store in chelsea where they were cleaning out their old fish from the frig which still had no power. we also passed a restaurant having to dump old soup . . it's sad to see food being thrown out.

we still had no power for the traffic lights, so traffic cops were at many of the corners.

korrina and i snapped photos on our way north . . 

we decided to visit westway diner on 9th avenue at 43rd street. 

we had a great breakfast, and hot coffee and tea!

korrina and tyler walked with us to the drama bookstore before heading east to visit their friends.

the last time i had visited the drama bookstore, it was still a small doorway on broadway and a tiny elevator ride to the second floor. it's now a storefront on 40th street.


morgana, chanda and i then headed back downtown.

we passed people waiting for a rare bus that would go downtown . . land of no traffic lights.

normally, we are not permitted to overcrowd the bus like this! but with the downtown subways not running, it's difficult getting around. it's impossible to get to brooklyn . .

these people are charging their cell phones and computers.

many people went out of town . . i suppose staying at hotels, or with friends, or with family. it's unusual to see no cars on 11th street.

the streets and sidewalks were quiet . .

we visited our friend deychen for tea, and then our friend janet for tea. then we went uptown for nutcracker rehearsal.