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Pee Wee's Big NYC Adventure: Katz's Deli to Little Italy
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John Del Signore
Published Oct 7, 2010
Modified Oct 7, 2010
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As you no doubt know, Paul Reubens is bringing a stage version of his Pee Wee Herman Show to Broadway this month. (Check out some photos from the colorful production.) The beloved TV star took a break from rehearsals today to play tourist in downtown Manhattan, getting lunch at Katz's Deli ("I'll have what Wee's having?"), wandering around Chinatown and Little Italy, and getting his photo taken on the steps of the Tweed Courthouse (which he misidentified on Twitter as City Hall).
After a stop at the Foursquare headquarters, he says he'll be shooting hoops at the basketball courts at West 4th Street. And after that, maybe he should take his "keenest bike in the world" for a spin on one of our city's many glorious bike lanes!
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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