Yesterday, upon visiting a friend out of the City, I was surprised by the gift of lunch at her house. Rather than going out to dine, she made the effort to treat us both at her house. It was so delightful and nourishing. Today, a friend was coming to visit me, so as a surprise I ‘played/paid it forward’ by having a bite prepared. It is such a treat when you don’t expect it; and indeed nourishing.
Mystified!
Attended a somewhat intimate double jam jazz session tonight, maybe all in, 50 attendees. The sole purpose to be at this place at this time was to listen to this quartet. During the session, within eye shot, two women of middle age, separately, seated in different rows were checking their email during the sets.
What are these people thinking? I am completely mystified by this behaviour.
Dead
The bird in the cage that hung above the produce stall on the corner of Grand in China Town is, according to a worker there, dead.
Do-It-Yourself
When the City, refurbished this park, they put in a baseball diamond, soccer field & goals, a skating rim, but can you guess what they forgot to include?
Ya Think?
Again, maybe it’s just me, but this advert appears to be not particularly well thought out in light of the Costa Concordia lying on it’s side in the cold waters of Tuscany. I mean to suggest the 360 degrees in the first instance and then vis a vis asleep – with 15 persons missing who probably were in their cabins – right up there with the Cruise Line offering a whopping 30% off on the next booked cruise to the evacuated passengers.
[this is posted at a bus stop]
?
When I come out of the theatre and there is no traffic on 42nd street, and catch a bus with no one on it but me, and upon arriving at my stop, can cross the street because no cars are coming… my first thought is….omg the Rapture. But then I remember it’s super bowl evening. Saved again.
Ars Nova
This is more than a theatre house, or just a company, in their words ‘they are NYC’s hub for new talent in theatre, music and comedy early in their professional careers’. The Artistic Director, Jason, is the great nephew of Frank. Frank is proud of Jason, and rightly so. Tonight I was there for The Urban Dictionary Plays and they were funny, thoughtful and thoroughly entertaining. I forget inbetween times of visiting Ars Nova how good it all is. So here’s some vocabulary I bet you didn’t know: Humblebrag: A form of self-promo where the promoter is bragging about himself in the context of a humble statement. Everyone thinks he is a jackass. Tooth Fairy: That would be what you call a gay dentist. Olympic Narcolepsy: A seasonal disorder in which you may just fall asleep at random moments due to trying to watch as much of the Olympics as possible the previous night… and for the plays there were 9 more definitions. Terrific!
Scaffolding
Someone has come up with a new idea for an attractive kind of scaffolding. They hope this will replace the current ones in use.
Good Deed
It wasn’t rainy, windy or dead of night, but it was a bus not stopping for the little old lady waiting at the bus stop, in the late dusk at 6:30 pm. So, from my seat at the window, I didn’t call out, I yelled, ‘Sir, there’s a lady that wants to board’. Having yelled it loud enough, others took up the cry, and the driver brought the bus to a halt, a few feet away from the curb, and further up the block. Another little old lady already on board began to scold him for not pulling up the the curb originally, but I felt vindicated for having been passed by last week. [If bustop were thusly spelled, would everyone still understand?]
Dream Week
A week that every actor wants to have 52 times a year. An audition on Sunday, an audition on Monday – in the a.m., and a second audition in the p.m. Tuesday, an audition in the morning as a result of the audition on Monday, and then another on Thursday. Booked two of the four. That is success in my world.