quite a weekend...

for cityboy---conversations galore---lots of information shared. No reports of either plays or movies--maybe that is a "good" thing.
Saturday: the afternoon centered around a birthday party--my friend Todd, a film maker who lives in Williamsburg. As I stated before, both his sisters---Tessa and Taylor are Hopkins graduates, so that was a terrific conversation beginner. Both girls were very nice---I had  a long conversation with Tessa, who lives in DC. She is very observant. We both agreed that DC (like NY) is a great walking city---and she invited me to spend an afternoon, later this summer, walking visiting DC and going for a long walk. Sounds like fun---we will see how this develops, Lots of other interesting conversations as well---a film maker, who has seen many American films and can discuss them carefully and a former newspaper reporter, who won a Pulitzer for reporting on Katrina's effects in Mississippi. Really viable and interesting people. I left about 7, wandered through Williamsburg a bit, then headed home, even though it was early. I was really tired. Slept "decently"---not much more to say.
 Yesterday spent the early afternoon watching baseball at Cobra---had a very interesting talk with a man named Matthew who had spent most of the night before at the House of Yes, a "club" of sorts that sits next to Cobra. Very interesting place, lots of making out, according to him, but the vibe was not competitive, just laid back. (Would you feel competitive if you went there cityboy?)  He made it sound interesting---will I follow up and go there myself? Not sure---no immediate plans. I left Cobra around 3---not sure where I would go. I wound up giving directions to a gentleman going to Wilson Avenue and Jefferson Avenue (still Bushwick) and out of gratitude he offered me a lift there. Since I was planning to talk the B60 bus that way on Wilson, I agreed. He let me off on Wilson and Jefferson. That is about 11 or 12 blocks past Myrtle. Interesting how once past Myrtle, everything changes---much less development---on Jefferson I walked west (I guess it is west) to Bushwick Avenue then walked towards Queens on Bushwick.  I thought I might check out a bar called the Evergreen on Moffat and Evergreen, but even from Jefferson, that was a long walk. Wow! Did not realize how far Bushwick went. I ended up heading to Broadway, exploring a little bit of the first Bed-Stuy street of Decatur. This is deep southeast Bed-Stuy. Still some beautiful architecture. Finally decided that best idea was to take the J or M to Marcy, and begin my walk to South Fourth.
    I feel a strong need to take a long walk down Broadway (Brooklyn) beginning at about Myrtle and going all the way to the Junction. I really want to see how all the north south streets begin there, as the east west streets meld into Bushwick. Somehow this all fascinates me at this moment. Yes, Brooklyn is amazing, one could walk forever there. Anyway, that is the goal.
   At South fourth, some interesting conversations---one of the women I met at Todd's party dropped by with her boy friend---and Eric, the manager gave me a very strong description of the Hamlet, playing at the Public, with Oscar Isaacs. His description made me really anxious to see it--but the cost---maybe one of my friends can do today tix for it. See, cityboy, that is what you get for refusing to get a phone with apps.
  Plans for this evening not clear: will report tomorrow.