finally a break....

from the usual morning pattern: that is going to the library and using the computer---finished by about 12:30 and then left to my own devices. Today I ventured out to Brooklyn around 9:00 A.M. to deliver flyers to UpRose, the service center for Sunset Park. For a while, I had wanted to do something different---so this was a good opportunity to do that. But how to get there? Had to get to the R, somehow--but when I arrived in Brooklyn (DeKalb avenue) the R train was not due for 14 minutes. Should I take the Q one stop to Atlantic and then try for the 5th avenue bus? Seemed like a good idea at the time, but at the bus stop (by now it was very hot) the clock announced a 10 minute wait. Not good. Well, cityboy simply decided to walk---at Union Street, moved west to 4th avenue, and looked at the R time clock, but another 14 minute wait was due. Stubborn as I am, I figured the best thing to do was just to walk. And that is what I did. From the Barclay's Center to 22nd and 4th, carrying the flyer envelope. But cityboy did it! In the heat! Good for you!
   At UpRose, Ting Ting (who is their head) was very gracious, then I went up to  5th in search of an ice coffee. The rest of the journey is not important, now I am back at the computer at Lincoln Center trying to plot out the rest of the day.
  Yesterday, a really enjoyable conversation with Camilo, the young man who just graduated from Friends---then a return home, then rest then another visit to Lansdale Road, the bar on 44th and 10th. This time, my waitress friend Mel was there, as was her twin sister Sinem. It was good to see them---Sinem, who was just visiting, told me she was in an acting class--I complimented her again on her and her twin's work in the Summer One Acts of two years ago..They were quite wonderful---on the level of any of the terrific young actresses that I see at any off off Broadway theater in the city. And that is saying a lot.
 Tonight, not sure, may check out NYTW's play, A House that Can Not Stand, but then again, might opt for a movie. Feeling strong after the long walk, but might need some rest. Will report tomorrow.