can it have been that long. Stayed away. Anyway, today was quite a strange day. Woke up feeling weak---no surprise there, since yesterday I was very active. A play at the Public---three flights of stairs climbed, twice---then a walk from the beginning of Saint Marks, to my friend's bar on Avenue C and ninth---all accomplished with pretty much ease---especially since this was \only two days after my last infusion.
But today a different story. Tired all day---not much energy. A trip to Lincoln Center in the afternoon---just for a short time---then later in the day, around seven, a walk mostly north on Columbus Avenue. Restaurants full of people---everyone seems out---everyone seems to have plenty of money. Standing on 86 street and Columbus, or on the other blocks before that---I see the last 60 years of the upper west side before me.How many streets were considered dangerous at one point. How cheap was it to live here? Remember Jerry in The Zoo Story, conceived around 58? His rooming house was on 90th and Columbus---all poverty and craziness then. Amazing the way the upper west side ( and the city itself) has evolved. Much safter---but at what cost?
Tomorrow, I have a ticket to a play that is part of Clubbed Thumb's annual summer season called, UsUs. A friend of mine---Ugo---is in it---have not seen him for about a year---a teriffic actor---also traveled with the Oklahoma road company---the one with the integrated cast and the low key approach. Lots of questions about that tour, more particularly about cast placement. We will see---Clubbed Thumb is a staple of what we call "Indie theater"---hope to see some of the community there as well---share some thoughts with them about Sally and Tom, the play by Susan Lori-Parks that I saw yesterday afternoon at the Public.
Needed this output---will try to write sooner then before.
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