Ti Amo

Snow always brings out the best in East Villagers, as can be seen in this picture taken across from the beloved Key Food on East 4th Street:

Ti amo yourself!

The good feelings did not diminish overnight, as can be seen by this picture taken Thursday morning, outside the beloved Fine Fare, on Avenue C:

Smiley face.

I wonder if these two cars being parked outside of grocery stores had anything to do with it?

Nah!

#eastvillage #4thstreet #cars #doodles #finefare #keyfood #smileyfaces #snow #tiamo

Reborn Again

I was walking up Avenue A this past Friday morning, when I saw the now-familiar Painting/Floor-Sanding sign, somewhat altered:

Somewhat altered.

I took a picture of it and added it to my Snapchat story with the caption: The meme that would not die is reborn.

I continued on my way, but then that evening, while walking down Avenue C, I saw an amazing preponderance of the very same signs, with the very same meme:

Same sign, same meme.

Another.

Yet another.

Which is why I find it strange that this sign looks the way it does:

Strange.

Is it some kind of a mistake?

#eastvillage #avenuea #avenuec #graffiti #memes #missingfoundation #signs #smileyfaces #thepartysover

Be… Smiley

Regular readers of this blog will no doubt remember my coverage of the smiley-face-sticker putter, who puts smiley-face stickers on things.

Recently, I noticed signs of a campaign designed to encourage East Villagers to… be something! And on First Avenue this past weekend, what do you suppose I saw?

This:

Be smiley.

Here's a close-up:

Close-up.

What better than "smiley" to be… in the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #besomething #firstavenue #signs #smileyfaces

Smiley Faces

Back in the middle of December, I posted pictures of an old meme, updated for the 21st century!

Today, when I was walking up Avenue B, I saw not only more of these memes graffitied onto lampposts and newspaper boxes, but the modification as well:

Icon and modification.

Here's a close-up:

Close-up.

Here's to a smiley 2016… in the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #avenueb #elespecialito #graffiti #lampposts #memes #missingfoundation #smileyfaces #thepartysover

The Party's Just Beginning

Back in early November, I wrote about how East Villagers like to reminisce about the bad old days.

Today, while walking up Avenue B, I passed by another El Especialito paper box graffitied with the same meme, this time updated for the 21st century:

Updated for the 21st century.

In case you can't see the modification, here's a close-up:

Close-up.

East Villagers love smiley faces!

#eastvillage #avenueb #elespecialito #graffiti #memes #missingfoundation #smileyfaces #thepartysover