Quiet on the set

The other day I was crossing Hudson Street at Reade to pick up salads from one of the hot and cold buffets that feed Tribeca and I noticed that a film crew was setting up massive equipment. Feature films and TV shows are filmed here all the time. Last year I walked up to a street fair that was not a street fair - it was a set for a Jennifer Lopez movie. More recently, there was a group of African Americans filling the intersection of White and West Broadway. A crew member told me that they were filming a commercial for the Census Bureau. "A likely story," I thought, but then I saw the commercial. This time, I got a picture of the action and checked with a crew member to see what this was. Turned out to be a commercial for E-Harmony.