yesterday.....

spent the two hours between 7 and 9 at the BAN meeting, planning and hoping to get to the party for my friend Tess at the bar in Greenpoint shortly after. But it never happened. As soon as I left the meeting (on west 24th between 6th and 7th)  my body reminded me that it was very tired. Walked towards the 23rd street F train subway station but as I arrived, I realized that I  just could not make the trek to Brooklyn. So I went to the nearby Greek diner and consoled myself with a cantelope (easy on the stomach) and coffee. A good idea, except that the bill before the tip was  (can you believe this?) $9.75. And that is before the tip. Impossible! But you knew that going in, cityboy, couldn't you have opted for some less expensive choices? I suppose so, but my stomach was pretty full so the cantelope, from a digestion standpoint seemed pretty logical. Well, at least it did not bloat my stomach. Came home and right to bed.
   Reading a really interesting novel by Siri Huvstedt called Memories of the Future. About an older woman recalling her first days in the city, about 35 years earlier. Very "misty" but so far deeply felt---also, many places around the city that I can identify with---the young woman spends a lot of her first days in the city at the Hungarian Pastry shop---a place that awed me until I had a meeting with a young woman there in 1987. Between 88 and around 96, spent a decent amount of time there, mostly bringing plays that I was reading for the O'Neill with me and immersing myself in them. Never did have the great meeting or "romance" that I hoped would come from my being there. Still pass it a lot, but don't go in now. Maybe at some point soon. But the novel makes it a presence---I am good with that.
  What about tonight---might go to Brooklyn to the East River bar where some old south fourth friends are said to hang out---or maybe a stop at Lansdowne Road, to visit and check in with my buddy Mel, a an actress--wait person; I like to check in with her. Or maybe try to see Much Ado in the park...or maybe...well, you get the point Will report soon.