In planning to be ‘away from my desk’ for a few days, another email arrives from my ‘best commercial agent’ could I take an audition tomorrow. How do they time it and where are they when there is nothing scheduled?!
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Trick or Treat
Today, Sunday, was trick or treat day in the Village. Not only are the painted faces and costume dressed children fun to see, but the willingness of the stores along the streets to give them treats when they come inside. Some of the stores. if their doors are closed, will have a sign inviting them …
Sitting ON the Street
This is Times Square. And while waiting for a friend, I took a seat on a chair on the street. The City has made less traffic and more pedestrian friendly areas for blocks and this is one of them. A rather novel experience; sitting between the curb and traffic.
Drunk
When I see a drunk person on the street, some emotion very deep inside me is triggered. Given my upbringing, I have no intimate encounter with drunks so it doesn’t hark back to a memory, but a feeling of deep sadness and imminent tears is triggered. Male or female. Tonight, on the way to the …
Movie-Palace Church
*In the 1920s, Loew’s built five Wonder Theaters: movie palaces that were, quite literally, palaces, bedecked with ornate architecture meant to awe, instill hope, and provide an escape from the depressing world outside. That was the aim of Marcus Loew, of the eponymous chain and the founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. One of these cinemas, the historic …
St Patricks Cathedral
Those of you who have been with me, when on 5th Avenue we pop into the magnificent St Patricks Cathedral to light a candle, have had to dodge the work-in-progress. Here is the full story. http://www.saintpatrickscathedral.org/about_restore.php
It’s NOT Christmas in the City
Howling
As I sit at my desk writing, I hear through the double thick brick walls, the wailing and bawling of a dog, punctuated by the occasional bark. Clearly this is a new addition to the tenant in the next building and the animal has been abandoned for the day time hours of work. As I …
Bomb Squad
Last evening, standing outside my front door, was thinking about how I was going to arrive at the theatre, my choice being the bus or the subway. As I moved to the corner, to walk to the subway, roaring down the street comes one of those black government cars, with sirens and flashing lights, and …
you are either part of the solution…
…or you are part of the problem. I return to the City, in car with two dogs and have decided I will park in front of my apartment building for the time it takes to unload my luggage [and of course plants], before driving off to return car and dogs to owner. I pull …