things did not go exactly as I would have...

imagined that they would have yesterday---the trip to Brooklyn was not taken---why? Well many factors, at about 5:30 the weather looked ominous and I felt that I could not risk going to Bushwick and getting caught in a large rainstorm, then worrying that the subways would be stalled or flooded or whatever. Of course, this did not happen---ultimately very little rain---but how was I to know it then? Instead, after much thought about choices headed to the Landmark 57, the new (and expensive) movie theater all the way west on that street to see an Indi movie--can't even remember its full name now. The theater is the latest in comfort--maybe that is why the price is so much higher---but it is fun to be there and there is a sense of privacy as one watches the movie because the seats are pretty far apart. The movie itself, a New York City made film was about a young woman who has given her life to protecting her erratic father, a playwright. She, her sister and the day own their own theater in Manhattan (yes, that is possible) where they put on his plays. The sister is bizarre and impulse ridden while the father is terribly ego centered---the central character oof the movie feels it is her family duty to be the "sane' one in the family. When the father dies, all hell breaks loose. plus the two daughters discover that their mother, whom they presumed dead, is actually a famous and rich star of soap opera. All kinds of crazy things happen until all is resolved There are some funny parts to the movie, but I also felt that it was indulgent sometimes banal. The woman who plays the sane daughter both wrote and directed the movie, in addition to playing the central character. Her direction is actually pretty good, her acting fine, but the writing often seems self indulgent.Felt a little annoyed at having gone to see it, but at the time it seemed like my only reasonable choice. Of course, when I left the theater it was cold, but definitely no rain. Could have gone to Bushwick anyway...no I couldn't!
  Tonight I will be in Brooklyn as I have promised to help our at the BAM gala--will be going into an area (part of Crown Heights) that I have never been in before in the later hours of the evening. Should be interesting--tomorrow will be an"easy" day. Will report soon.