My Trip to New York

May 31, 2005 to June 13, 2005


Central Park Overlooking the Great Lawn	Inside The Metropolitan Museum of Art a.k.a. The Met


The Modern Art Collection at The Met	Close up of Chuck Close's Lucas


Radio City Music Hall	Prometheus at Rockefeller Plaza


The view from my friend Huy's apartment in the Upper West Side	My beat up legs... My main purpose of visiting New York was to help my friend Huy, who was in production with his short, "Vacation." I call these my battle scars...


Production stills from the set of "Vacation" (Dir. Huy Chau) Most of our locations during principal were at Fort Totten. This is where I earned the nickname "Jean On the Roof." It's funny that I only have these 2 stills, since most of my time in NY was spent on Huy's set (I was best electric). Really, I only had 3 days of sightseeing! During production, I was just getting up and going to work everyday.


More Production stills from the set of "Vacation" Taken with my cell phone, hence the crappierness of the resolution...


Belmont Park Home of the Belmont Stakes. We shot there one day, and I had so much fun... Especially because I bet on one of the horses and won 15:1 (too bad I only put down $1, though).	Brooklyn Bridge at night


Grand Central Terminal I remember reading a short story when I was younger that took place in Grand Central. It had to do with this guy who took a wrong turn down one of the corridors and ended up about 100 years in the past. It's the earliest memory that I can associate with Grand Central. If only I could remember the title of that story!	Little Italy


On the Brooklyn Bridge... One day of sightseeing consisted of going to Coney Island. Apparently, I was the first of Huy's friends that he took there, and I found out why. It's far!	The Statue of Liberty This is the closest I ever got to it. You can see the statue towards the left third of the picture.


View of Manhattan	Traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge and nearby expressways


Coney Island It was SOOO crowded there the day we went! Not only was it the beginning of summer, but it was also the day of the Puerto Rican Day Parade.


The Wonder Wheel Coney Island's famous ferris wheel	The view from atop the Wonder Wheel This thing has both swinging and stationary carriages. Huy, his boyfriend Joe, and I got into one of the swinging ones. I thought I was going to go deaf from Huy's screaming.


Somewhere in Manhattan...	A bridge lit up at night... Unfortunately, I don't know which bridge this is.


Approaching Times Square...


The NYPD in all its neon glory...	Tourists in Times Square How funny is it that I took this picture? ...