cloudy, a mishmash of ideas and feelings going through the brain of cityboy. This evening, he will deal with one of the oddest juxtapositions of events ever. First the BAN meeting, at 7, in which all sorts of problems with the ongoing pattern of gentrification will discussed,: I am sure we will hear about many injustices. Rage, rage, rage. But cityboy will leave early to attend (no kidding!) the tenth year anniversary show of Legally Blonde, the search for Elle, which includes his niece Natalie, a really terrific singer and actress. Talk about juxtaposition! From rage to stage. or something like that. The time at the BAN meeting will be difficult as cityboy listens to the complaints (valid) from the neighborhood groups that are participating in the march, and thinks about the rollicking upbeat "heat and joy" that he will experience at Studio 54, where the Elle celebration will be held. Well, report tomorrow will reveal all.
Saturday, did go to South fourth and "hung out" there for a while. Did not see my friend Harlo, maybe she will still be in the city tomorrow, when I go to the bar for the final film showing of the year. (It is 2001, which I have never seen. I have been scrupulously avoiding it, I guess I will have to face all of it or some of it tomorrow.). Still hard to rap my head around the bar closing, even as I have visited there less and less in the last few years, still see it as a resource for me when need it. I returned to the city, not sure of what was next, when I passed a coffee shop and saw, at the window, waving to me, Chelsea, a graduate of Friends, who was the barista there. So I went in, stayed for an hour, and when she was not getting coffee for others, compared notes with her. It was really nice to see her, and "hang'---she told me that she was moving soon to Bed-Stuy (where else?), and we will stay in touch, maybe have a beer or coffee together when she gets settled. At that point, cityboy decided to return to the upper west side, since the storm was predicted to be very intense. It wasn't, one could move around in it fairly easily, but I was tired, so returned home and stuck out the night.
The movie experience that I craved on Friday, but was denied me for two days, was finally given to me last night when I went to Metrograph (I love the energy at that place!) and saw Wanda, a movie by Barbara Loden. It is a terrific movie, about a woman moving around a group of small factory towns, mostly penniless, who finds men to go to motels with, as a way of surviving. A short be stronger relationship with an intense robber defines her a bit more and gives her a bit more to live for but when he is killed, she is forced to return to her drifter ways. Miss Loden is great in the title role, and playing off her is Michael Higgins as the robber. Ironically in the early nineties I met Mr. Higgins, a really nice guy, who lived in Stuyvesant Town. Before the movie, Ms. Loden, played Maggie, the character based on Marilyn Monroe, in Miller's After the Fall, when it opened at Lincoln Center. I saw her do the role four times, once with Jason Robards and three times with his replacement, Hal Holbrook. She was amazing! She died very young, sadly, the movie is a real testament to her talent. It was also nice to be absorbed in something other than baseball.
The earlier part of Sunday was spent at the two coffee house-bars I usually frequent: Cobra (nice to visit with my friend bartender Olivia) and South fourth where Clint, who usually does not bartend was bar tending for the day.
So that is it---a gap of time between now and the BAN meeting, will probably return to the apartment and rest a bit, as time moves forward. Then off to BAN and the Legally Blonde celebration. Will report tomorrow.
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