oh what a....

night! Yes, perhaps a defining moment! Evening began with a subway trip to Bergen Street in Park Slope, stopped off at Coffee, had their defining cafe americano---then on to Plan B, to make sure that I had payed my bill on Sunday (thought I had not, but apparently I had) then to library briefly before taking off for Kingston Avenue and fund raiser for SOS. Once 3 train passed Franklin, the train was predominantly black, but as I got off at Kingston, thought I saw my actress friend Kristen---it was her---she walked me to the fund raiser that was being held in a neighborhood bar on Kingston near Saint Johns Place---she joined me and we went in, payed our contribution, and sat down in a quiet place. Had a good conversation with her; she is doing very well on the "downtown theater" circuit; we discussed pros and cons of getting a better paying job in a superficial television sitcom that would enable her to make some good money and then come back to NY and do theater. Will that happen? Would she be happy with it?  Well, no matter, Roosevelvis, her two character play with Libby, will be shown in London, Boston and Minneapolis and she has some other work as well. She left to return to her apartment, and I stayed, had good conversations with Heather and Kenton, both of SOS. Really liked the vibe from the party, volunteered after Baltimore trip to help out at SOS with some data entry. Left, feeling very "up" waited on Kingston for bus that would take me to Graham and Broadway, It came, and thus began a long and winding (but very fascinating) trip north through the rest of Crown Heights, and then all through Bed Stuy, until arriving at Broadway. As it was dark there was much I could not see; should take same trip in the afternoon, sometime soon to get a better look at the surroundings, Throop Avenue has many tenements on it even as they are around the corner from some beautiful brownstones. At Broadway, wanted to take the bus into Williamsburg to meet Emma, but bus was slow, therefore I walked from Graham all the way to South Fourth and Berry. Interesting walk, there are still patches that are basically undeveloped, even as the area around them has gotten wealthier. Geography of Brooklyn never ceases to amaze me.
Got a message from Emma that she could not make it; hopefully will see her after Baltimore trip---but Kim and later Cliff were at South fourth and had a good and long conversation with them. Walked to north seventh, took the L back to Manhattan, both the L and the connecting 3 were very prompt; seemed like I arrived at 72nd street in a very short time.
Tonight; FUREE meeting, not sure after that, I am invited to a performance at Silent Barn in Bushwick---may go (have to get some facts before I leave this computer) or may do something else; we will see,,,,