still, another day...

without being called at Friends, well should visit the Jazz Concert on Wednesday---see what happens, will be fresh for my tutoring session today at 5, and then finally decided to see Dylan M in neo-futurists play at TNC. Have not been there in a while, not the greatest place for me to be, but will go anyway.
Saturday, after some deliberation, did make it out to brooklyn, started at Newkirk, love that coffee place called milk and honey on the corner of Westminster Road and Newkirk. Not too crowded, which made it mellow---decided that I had to get to bushwick, sort of on the other side of the earth from Ditmas Park, but how, without returning into Manhattan? Walked to Church Avenue, waited for the bus, bus came and boarded it going east, at Flatbush it turned and for a few blocks went down Linden Boulevard. Beautiful art deco homes on those blocks, again a longing for the past, could have easily grown up there.Bus returns to Church on Nostrand---Church is a narrow avenue, filled with stores that cater to the carribean community that mostly lives there. A long trip to Utica avenue, this is an area not serviced by any subway, so buses are
so much more relevant to the lives here. At Utica, a large street, wondered if I could walk to Eastern Parkway, but decided against it, bus came very quickly, and gets to Eastern in about 10 long blocks, then goes down through Crown heights, and finally the bed-stuy part of the trip, ending at Broadway. Never realized how many beautiful brownstones there are between Utica and Patchen, first block east of same, in bed-stuy. Got off at Broadway, did not want to wait for another bus to take me accross Bushwick, instead walked through the cold rain, stopped off at Molasses, the bookstore in Bushwick, and finally arrived at
Cobra. Saw Austin, John, others and a good time was had by all.
Afterwards, thought I would try out Sweet Science, but ended up at Basik, a nice bar restaurant near the L stop on Graham. The bartender and his friend were very friendly, his friend, Curtis, was teaching in a charter school in Boston, so much to talk about. Bartender, Russell is reading at KGB tonight, thought I would go but decided to see Dylan M at theater for the new city instead.
Sunday, other things, which brings us to today. Tomorrow is service day at Friends, so no work then, maybe a late night tonight.