Blottered: On the Scene!

While the Blottered staff had an impromptu (and admittedly incomplete) drinking and bitching session last night at The Cherry Tavern we were witness to our very own crime scene investigation!( It appears as though we've even scooped the major dailies on this one, though it's entirely possible that they didn't care.)

When we arrived on the scene, the police had blocked off 6th Street between Ave. A and 1st to traffic. A giant arc of crime scene tape blocked off much of the area across from the Cherry Tavern, though fortunately for us, the doorway was clear.

As you can see from the blurry cameraphone photo, there are investigators with suits and flat-top hairdos standing around looking purposeful, crime scene photographers milling about, and little yellow numbered cones! Just like on the teevee!

Like any good gumshoe, we asked the pretty blond bartender what the scuttlebut was. "Oh," she said airily, "Some guy across the street made a bomb and it exploded."

"That's perfect timing, isn't it?" we proclaimed.

She shrugged, and we went back to work on our beers.