meeting my friend Clint....

for a beer and conversation tonight at East River, the bar in Williamsburg frequented by south fourth followers. Have not spoken with him in a while---should be fun to discuss opera and other things we have in common. After that will probably stay around the "burg' for a while--probably take a walk north on Bedford, see what happens.
  Yesterday, the plan was to visit Sonny's the famous bar in Red Hook but by 7 felt kind of tired---knew that I would not make it into Brooklyn---but did not want to "hang" in a bar in the immediate upper west side neighborhood where I live--the immediate choice would have been the 106 street Dive Bar, but the last time I was there, nothing interesting happened, so I factored that place out.
Finally I decided to check out my "old reliable" bar, Lansdowne Road, on 44th and 10th, and despite the fact that I was tired, I walked from 61st and Broadway to the bar. There, of course, three ball games were on--I had a nice Caesar Salad, and a very interesting talk with Mark, a producer and writer of "The Deuce", which of course, I have never seen. He is from Baltimore--actually raised near Hopkins, so we had a lot to talk about. Effective conversation---I left about 9:30 (maybe a little too early) and headed home.
  Not much else to report---4th of July comes nearer---will see my friend Sarah's project in the early evening---then Fairview on Saturday evening. Am toying with going to Belmont Park on Friday---mixed feelings about getting back to "the track" and betting on the horses. Will let you know what decision I make as it gets closer....