Several Carroll Streeters, including Seeing Green, who work at home spent Wednesday watching the filming of Julie and Julia on Fifth Avenue and Carroll Street. Read Seeing Green’s terrific report. Here’s an excerpt:

I couldn’t resist hanging out on Carroll Street in front of my house yesterday to take in the shooting of the film Julie Julia
at Cafe Moutarde next door. Starring Meryl Streep and James Tucci,
Streep was shooting a scene with Jane Lynch, suitably decked out in
50’s garb and painfully high heels.

Of course, expecting any excitement at a film shoot is about what you
get watching paint dry. After checking out the mountains of equipment
and trying to watch the video monitors for any sign of activity for
what seemed an hour, I gave up and went in.

Then came out again, of course…had to have coffee from Tempo next door.

Several of us Carroll Streeters who work at home (or don’t work)
were lounging outside the restaurant Al-Di-La and talking loudly in a
Brooklyn-esqe way. Since we had identified Streep’s trailer, we pointed
it out, helpfully, to curious passers-by. Finally Streep’s burly
bodyguard stared balefully at us, and one of my neighbors shouted out
"Don’t worry, we’re not stalking her!" As if that would be calculated
to soothe him. But he merely continued to keep a watchful eye on us and
did not come over.