TV Magic and a Mustachioed Man

Thursday came into the week with rain, and I pulled out the umbrella I would have forgotten to pack if my dad hadn't given it to me to take the subway downtown to the CBS building. Danielle had arranged a special tour for us that was much more "insider" than "tourist" with one of the CBS set directors. He was a fantastic host, letting us take pictures everywhere and sneak into places that he maybe shouldn't be bringing 17 unauthorized kids.

Here's our group on the set of Sunday Morning, which our tour guide designed. They turned on the stage lighting so we could get a better picture!


Here's our tour guide in front of the original CBS News globe that Walter Cronkite sat in front of.

And a few of us behind the CBS news desk.


This room is where all of the 60 minute interviews are taped (so cool, right Dad!?)
After the fantastic tour, Olivia and I headed to SoHo for The Moth, a sort of open mic for storytellers. It was held in a really cool bookstore with old pillars and hard wood everywhere. The stories were hilarious and all centered around the theme of "confusion". We finished the night with fried pickles, and headed home, only to return to the very same street the next morning for drawing class at Spring Studio.

The only picture I snapped of the day is of the door leading down into the basement studio.

Once downstairs, we were immediately thrown into drawing a nude man, which I was not good at. At all. Some of my classmates were really talented though, and I enjoyed watching them and the other real artists in the room.

After the class, we wandered around SoHo and NoLita, which were beyond awesome. Ate a savory crepe, watched Caitlin buy a panda dress from a store with a carousal unicorn in the middle of it, got scared by a raver/raper store, bought a gor.geo.us. vintage floral jacket for $30. And. This guy:

Had dinner at Pisticci's again (delicious), and walked across the street to my bed.