Lower East Side

Hobo to girl: You shouldn’t be here. [Vomits the contents of his stomach on her] Do you have the time?

–Rivington & Allen

Overheard by: Rachel

Hipster boy #1: I’ve decided to start a blog.
Hipster boy #2: It’s about time!
Hipster boy #1: I know. And I’m not doing it because of the peer pressure. It’s just for me.

–Bowery Ballroom, Delancey St

Tammy Ealom: When I’m in New York, I eat way too much Chinese food.
Dude: Did you go to Chinatown?
Tammy Ealom: No, just some place up the street. When you come from Denver, pretty much everything is good.

–Dressy Bessy show, Sin-e, Attorney & Stanton

Overheard by: Hobo Whisperer

Guy: And there’s one more thing you could say. It’s “I love you.”
Girl, looking through her purse: Ha ha, I know, one sec.

–Tompkins Square Park

Thug: You as an individual have to decide what is right for you as an individual…You have to decide as an individual whether or not you want to turn yourself in.

–Outside 1 Police Plaza

Overheard by: Erin

White dude: I’m blacker than the fucking poops you shit, son!

–Ditmas Ave

Latina: Shit, where’d all these white people come from?

–Ludlow St

Overheard by: Caroline McGraw

NYU chick: Oh my god, I think it was the worst night of my life. When they found me, I was passed out on the toilet with my pant around my ankles. I’d thrown up into them.

–Attorney & Houston

Hipster with small dog: I used to be in the Navy. What is your training?
Sailor: I’ll be on a sub, learning to shoot nuclear warheads.
Hipster: Shit man, that’s intense.
Sailor: I know, I’m not really into violence.

–Stanton & Ludlow

Overheard by: Dan Levin

Hipster chick: Why are you lying on the ground?
Drunk Peruvian starts doing pelvic thrusts.
Hipster chick: Are you talking to me with your crotch?

–Bowery Ballroom

Overheard by: Siegal

Girl #1: What’s the weirdest thing you had to do for work?
Girl #2: Well, Moussa told me he once had to dress up as a strawberry.

–Orchard & Broome