10 July 2007

South St Seaport Pier 17

We had no idea what this was but there was a gig there later that night and despite being about 3 hours early we went there to check it out, and thankfully.

There were shops, decks over the East River with great views of the Brooklyn Bridge and parts of Brooklyn and restaurants.

There was a Butterfly shop opposite a Bonsai store. How fabulous!


We spent some time staring at this view:




We spotted an iPhone in the wild:


All iPhones I've been in the public have been in the hands of Asians.

We still had more time to waste so we found the restaurant with the best view of the stage. And then worked our way to the table with the best view (this caused a bit of a kerfuffle but that wasn't our fault!).

I don't have any photos from the restaurant (I think Suze does) but we had a 180 degree view with a (surprisingly quiet) expressway and tall buildings on one side and a large sail boat and river on the other. It was really nice.

So we ate our KFC-on-a-white-plate (followed by a delicious, hot pan-baked cookie with icecream and chocolate fudge) while watching the support and then left for the main band.