being in two places at once

greg and i ferried chanda over to the east side today for a tech rehearsal for a dance concert she was in and waited for her at a cafe we found.

checking out the sunday morning scene in the lower east side neighborhood.

ost cafe on grand street.

waiting outside the paul taylor dance company building. she also had a ballet rehearsal that she couldn't miss (which we were waiting to drive her back to). the rehearsal went until 2:40 and she had a 3 pm show which she made just in time (fortunately her group was sixth on the program and so didn't go on until 3:40).

 she has two friends that dance with the paul taylor dance company youth troupe. amelia is on the right . .

and francesca is on the left.

amelia also dances with her in the isadora duncan group which performed two pieces for the youth concert today (that featured six other youth groups from the area): valse brilliante and prelude (both with music by chopin).

 with their friend deychen who came to see the show.

 we walked to sticky rice cafe for thai food afterwards.

 special thai lemonade . . 

 my friend's mother treated us and we had a wonderful time. chanda and i shared a chicken and vegetable pad thai dish and masaman curry (their version was a bit too spicy for me).