the journey of....

cityboy. last night. It begins near BAM, hate to say it, but BRIC, the all purpose gallery and sometime performance space right next to the BAM Harvey theater, is a great place to use the bathroom when one needs to. Not where I thought I would start off, but there I was. What next? I thought I would hit the central library, but hunger stepped in, and I grabbed a pizza slice at the pizza place situated on the north side of Fulton, near BAM They make a unique slice, unfortunately there was no AC, and so cityboy had to eat most of the slice in the intense heat, aided at times by a pretty pathetic fan. Nevertheless, the place is one of my favorites---will continue to go there, hopefully in cooler times.
  Then it was off to what I thought was the main event for the night: a return to Five Boroughs, the out of the way bar in Sunset Park near 2nd avenue, that I had had such a good time with after the last project at Target Margin. Not too crowded when I arrived---thought I would find a seat and continue reading Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, (very good by the way---some very strong Shakespearean echoes) , but bartender Irene was friendly, as was Jose, the gentleman sitting next to me at the bar, so we had a three way discussion, mostly about how the neighborhood was changing,  for about 45 minutes. Not the greatest, but warm and friendly nevertheless---this seems like a bar I can return to, and they do go out of their way to make everyone feel comfortable.
 So I left, and then felt some unexpected hunger pains---walked east to fifth avenue. waited a bit and then took the bus going into downtown Brooklyn. My goal: to hit Freddys, a neighborhood bar that is pretty relaxed on fifth and 18th street. I arrived there a little later---not a large crowd, but a very relaxed vibe---I went straight to their kitchen, which is independent from their bar and ordered some black bean hummus. At $8.00 it was as much as I wanted to spend---the kitchen head was very friendly---I took a seat and ate the hummus (black bean is not my favorite, but at $8.00 it was necessary) Did not talk to anyone---I like Freddy's there is a welcoming and relaxed vibe coming from them, but a look at the menu reveals most items over $10.00. And so it goes---one more place where having less then $10.00 in your pocket makes you irrelevant. Will it ever change? Where do we go from here. Cityboy is operating on a limited income, yet he must BE out during the evenings.
Let's figure it out.
 After that it was just the ride on the F train into Manhattan, and then home. I was tired. On the ride home, I bumped into a guy who had just come back from a Brooklyn Cyclones game. We had a nice talk about minor league baseball---I may go to a Cyclones game tonight, as all seats or $5.00. Check me out tomorrow.
Plays to see: Passover, Fairview, the PTP project that a friend of mine is in. Have to fit them all in.
Will report tomorrow.