plans for today and Sunday a little up in the air. Saturday, as I have already posted, will see the first part of the Henry VI plays at NAATCO. The second part? Well, let's see how they present the first part.
Just learned that the play at JACK that sounded very interesting has been sold out for the next two nights.
Can join the waiting list if I wish, but don't think I will. Probably a movie tonight---may hang out at either of my two lower east side bars: Standings and La Flaca and watch the games. Still, might actually decide to venture to Yankee Stadium tonight to watch the real game there. Still not sure.
Last night, first meeting with the Liveable City group---they want a rally and possible march a few Saturdays from now that would include a brief speech from a BAN leader or representative. . Not the warmest group---I felt the hostess showed a great deal of self-entitlement, still, she was very aware of what was happening in the city. Will take the offer back to BAN, see what they say. Then went to Brooklyn where I joined the tale end of a march protesting an blatantly large building on Flatbush Avenue---as if there is not enough building going on there already. Gave out some BAN flyers; the people in that group seemed much more involved, genuinely nicer. Some of them may come to the march on the 15th.
What next? Decided to take a bus that goes east on Halsey, all the way through Bed-Stuy into Bushwick. Interesting trip. those blocks in Bed-Stuy between Franklin and Saratoga, where the street meets Broadway, are really long. Lots of beautiful brownstones. After arriving at Wycoff-Myrtle, headed to the Starr Bar for a beer---I feel comfortable there, so I arrived, only to find that I was in the middle of a mostly gay crowd. (probably because the entertainment that night was gay themed) No one to talk to, nevertheless, ordered my beer, drank it, and left.
Then something interesting happened. Instead of going right into the L train entrance on Starr and Wycoff, I decided to walk two blocks and check out the scene. I passed Cobra, another place I am comfortable in, and, to my surprise, was called out to by the woman who runs the trivia game at Sweet Janes. My trivia partner, Lindsay, had not come to the night before's trivia, but there she was at Cobra, so I went in and "hung" awhile, A very nice group, Lindsay and her friends made me feel very welcome. I stayed for about a 45 minutes of good and warm conversation. Shows you how arbitrary my "adventures" around Brooklyn are. One moment, nobody knows me; pass another bar, and everyone is your friend or at least a friendly acquaintance. A strange world; maybe I should just go back to Cobra this evening and see what happens. A possibility.
So cityboy enters the last weekend of summer on a bit of an upbeat. Will probably next report on Tuesday, should have some interesting anecdotes to describe. Brooklyn or Manhattan? We will see.
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