should be....

meeting Emma M tonight, sometime in the mid-evening. Should be fun. Would like to tell her about my meeting with CJ and girl friend in Baltimore, last time. Rest of day, not sure---just found out there is a fund raiser for SOS (Save Our Streets, Crown Heights) on Kingston Avenue around 7; should go there, also visit Plan B, to make up for beer order that I think I never payed for (forgot to sign my name on receipt---I think). Then head north to Williamsburg---probably will hang out at South Fourth while I wait for Emma. That is the plan as of now.
Yesterday, had a really heartening session with my student, seven year old Jonathan. His reading skills really seem stronger. Too bad I am only seeing him once a week in the summer, but even so, he seems to be building confidence that he can take with him into his classroom when he begins second grade in September. Returned home to a cleaned apartment and felt very tired---too tired to really travel, so I rested for a while, listened to Yankee game on Radio, then went out for a beer. Thought that the Dive Bar on 95th street and Amsterdam would be good, but found it very crowded---went to Thalia Bar in the middle of their trivia night. Had an Amstel light, and followed (but did not play) in the game. Most teams were 40 and under---saw one team made up of "middle aged" folk, kind of heartening to see (I don't think they did that well)  but the rest were all, as I said, much younger. Did not ask to join a team, but offered one answer to nearbye table, which was promptly rejected. (It was a wrong answer anyway, but I thought I had it) I think of the eighteen questions that I heard, I only got one correct. So it is probably a good idea that I did not play. I had picked up the Voice at a kiosk nearbye, and was reading about a Spanish coffee shop that has been in business for about 30, on a block that covers 160th street and Broadway, and is now being thrown out by the new owners. Focused on that while the Trivia game was going on; seems that these worlds were very diverse. Did the people playing trivia know about the street that was bought up and evicted all the businesses on it? Another example of the "two worlds" in the city that people seem to inhabit.
Anyway, that seems to complete things, will continue, tomorrow...