three day weekend...

with its ups and downs. But the ups were good---like going to Dixon Place and seeing their works in progress evening---sometimes that can be pretty trying but last night, my friends Gavin and Eliza were terrific in their work, and the two others were really good as well. Had a chance to catch up with Gavin and his wife Emily, and found, to my surprise, that they are living in an apartment in the Bronx (amazing!) and it is in the Bedford Park section, north Bronx, an area that is very much working class and probably about one third black, one third hispanic and one third white. They seem to be very happy there---I told them I would visit them some Sunday afternoon---good! It will give me an excuse to go back to that borough---I have thought long and hard about that all summer and early fall, but I never act on it. That was the highlight of yesterday. They live not far from Bronx Science, the "new" (as of 59) building that I attended for its first year and a half. The place of my crush on Judy M,--I could talk about those feelings for a long time. Even now, as I remember our conversations, something so vital comes across. She actually lived about three blocks from where I live now. At some point I will continue.
  Sunday---visited Bushwick in the early afternoon, watched some football at Cobra, then headed to Molasses, the small bookstore run by my friend Matt and his wife Maggie. Maggie was there with a couple of friends--some good conversation, the guy, whose name is Schuyler surprised me by telling me he was the lead prop guy on the new movie of West Side Story. Naturally, I presented my credentials as the ultimate original West Side Story dork-historian. We had a good conversation about some of the choices Spielberg and Tony Kushner have made---he made it sound interesting---not sure how I feel about it, but he was a very nice guy.
  Next went to LaMama to see a play with some actors that I have known through the years. The play---All My Fathers--turned out to be a terrible tract---two actors that I like, Brian and Jon Hogan were good, and an old friend of mine named Debby Hedwall was amazing as an older woman coping with early dementia. A galvanic performance in a pretty bad play. After that some pizza at Two Boots and then a semi-early evening home. Still can't get the stamina to join my friend Eric as he bar tends in Williamsburg with his P.M. shift. Too bad, I am sure I would find it interesting. Have to figure out a way to keep my stamina going.
  Saturday after sessions--went to La Flaca to watch the first Yankee- Astro playoff game. Lots of fun, some nice conversation, let's see what happens today.....