Halloween In Chinatown

This morning, I watched a whole trail of Chinese kids in their costumes walk across the Bowery to their elementary school. I felt like I didn’t even need to venture to the village to see the wide array of superheroes and super scary characters.

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CW11

Although I don’t watch TV much, I do however need to watch the news to see what’s going on in the city. Funny enough, CW 11 chose me to be part of their new CW 11 commercial. (I probably have a teeny-tiny part.) Oh well…my few seconds of fame.

MOCA – The Chinatown Film Project

The Museum of the Chinese in the Americas (MOCA) is collecting clips of the different Chinatown’s across the world for it’s film project.

You don’t have to be a professional film maker to enter. They are collecting things in all formats; from camera phone videos to Super 8mm films.

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A Changing Pell Street

The old signs that once hung over the businesses of Pell street are slowly disappearing…

New restaurants are moving onto Pell. It saddened me to see that MayMay’s gates are now closed. Mei Sun which is also a business that has lasted decades also appears to be under renovations.

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Elizabeth Center

I finally had the chance to go to Elizabeth Center. Growing up, it used to be one of my favorite places to go!

It’s definitely a big hang out place for children, teenagers, and Animae buffs. Elizabeth Center (aka EC) is composed of small shops that sell things like Hello Kitty items, origami supplies as well as Animae tapes and figures.

There were many reasons EC was one of my favorite places growing up. For starters, all of my friends in the C Town area hung out there. It was the “cool” place to hang out and meet up with your friends. Secondly, it was the place that I went to purchase my inventory to sell to my classmates in the burbs…

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