An ebullient box office....

manager has just sold me a standing room ticket to Tristan and Isolde for tonight. Really happy about this---has procrastinated a bit about committing to it, but now that the ticket sits in my wallet, am really quite excited about going. Will try to take the rest of the afternoon, fairly "easy"  (no trips to Brooklyn) while I wait for the opera to begin. Now I am thankful that I live so close to the Met; the closeness really works for me on days like this. 

  Weekend rap up: In Bushwick both days---for the open houses. Enjoyed this a lot. Artists with the open studios are very talkative and friendly, Very impressed by the art that I saw. Saturday spoke with three male artists, had some interesting conversations, one of the artists invited me to his all immersive theater project on 10/22.  After visits, watched Boston ball game (one of the longest I have ever seen---very frustrating) at Lantern Hall, an East Williamsburg bar and restaurant that I visited once before. Staff very friendly, could have stayed there longer if I wished. Tired after the meal---returned home---fell asleep quickly but by 2 was wide awake. Should I go out and hit a bar? Stomach could have tolerated a beer. Decided not to---the result was a restless night at home. 

  Sunday however was a great improvement. Again out to Bushwick---an artist I had met at Cobra Club had specifically invited me to his exhibit, but he was not there. But found another artist space, sort of half way between the Morgan and Jefferson stops (who designed that subway? Could he or she have really seen the future of those areas when these stops were figured out? Amazing!) Had three conversations with three different women artists, Needed that. Two were extremely talkative.

Last one, named Julia, showed me her animation for different projects. Very good, we had a long talk. Left feeling very fulfilled (also had a nice talk with a Johns Hopkins senior who called me about a contribution---which of course, I consented to) Did not really want to check out one more artist space nearbye. Instead had a salad on Irving and Starr, then back to Cobra for some more coffee and a very rich donut. Tired by that time, so returned home by 6. Not what I would have expected but fell asleep quickly---stayed relaxed after I woke up and decided to go to the Dive Bar (96th and Amsterdam)  to watch some football (terrible game with Pittsburgh really destroying Kansas City). Had a beer--no conversation---and then left. 

  So that is it. Feeling a little tired now, should remain in the library for a while, wish that there coffee was better. Will report more tomorrow.