concerning the changes on the Nets, but it was not accepted, or the tasks at trying to have it accepted were to bizarre for my mind. Oh well. I wonder if whether the signing of Durant will have any effect on the already out of sight Brooklyn real estate prices. Will a Nets ticket become a" luxury item" therefore bringing a string of the uber wealthy into the borough looking for expensive pied a terre's or already expensive Brownstones. And this would put pressure on the lower and middle class citizens of the borough. Possibly, just a vision, an idea---there is already enough manic building around the arena even without the presence of Durant. A lot might depend on how well the Nets play this coming year, as Durant won't be actually on the court until 20-21. Well, we will see--can't help feeling the oppressiveness of this move in terms of the city. Still, a lot could change before then.
We will see.
Saturday afternoon---incredible heat and humidity, could hardly move, nevertheless got myself out to the Japan movie festival at the Walter Reade to see Attorney, an interesting pot boiler made in Hong Kong. About a lawyer who defends a poor young man who is being framed by a powerful family actually responsible for the murder the young man is accused of committing. Kept my interest, really nice to look at, a decent movie for an early Saturday evening. Then off to La Flaca---hung out, watched baseball for about 2 hours, quiet time there.
Sunday, stayed around the west side (not easy) for the whole day, until around 6, then went to a reading of a new musical whose book is written by my friend Ben. Can't comment on the musical now---needs some work,--over at about 8, faced with the following predicament: Hungry, should a buy a meal at Fairway, or somewhere like it and spend about 5 to 7 dollars, take the meal home and stay in for the rest of the night, or should I hit the Dive Bar---pay around $13.00 but be part of a community for a while? The thought of just staying in the apartment at that hour really frightened me---I needed to be out, even if it meant taxing my already taxed budget. So I went to the Dive Bar on 95th and Amsterdam---had their hummus (very easy on the stomach) and watched some of the Met-Brave game. Not terribly interesting---the people sitting on both sides of my bar stool seemed kind of boorish-but at least I was out. Left the bar at around 9:20---could have stayed longer-got home and slept pretty well.
Tonight the plan in my mind is to try to go to Sonny's, the famous Red Hook bar.Have not been there for a while; it is hard to get to, but a trip there is one of the things I promised myself last month as the work at Friends came to a close. Will I make it? Will report soon.
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