The Scene. A Starbucks in suburban Washington DC. Me: have just taken an ordered cup of coffee out of the store to the street-facing courtyard; sit down at a solitary table. Only a couple of the nine other tables have anyone seated at them. Am reading a newspaper article – always carry something to read …
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Yotel
The purple sign on the side of the building, shines brightly and continually; I see it every time I take the bus uptown to 42nd Street. This is the Yotel’s description of itself: “Iinspired by luxury aircraft design, our hotel rooms or ‘cabins’ as we like to call them are super comfortable, smartly designed adaptable …
The People vs. King David
The charges against King David are adultery and murder in the first. The Defense Council is Alan Dershowitz [google his famous clients] and the Prosecutor is CNN anchor Chris Cuomo. The setting is the temple Emanu-el [see interior pictures] and it is a fascinating premise. The Story is taken from Second Samuel 11. 2000+ persons …
YES!
The weather has turned cold and windy and both of the restaurants next door and across the street have stored the tables and chairs for seating customers outside. That makes for much quieter nights and better sleep. The partying and drinking stays inside and the patrons emerge only long enough to call for transport. Long …
Legally Blonde – the movie
There is a character, a male student, on the lawn, wearing a cap. He says a couple of lines. Do you know what they are? To my astonishment, every time I mention this character, anyone who has seen the movie remembers him and his lines.
For Small Space Living
This is just about the coolest thing ever! Flat as a pancake and then Voila!
A Personal Note
This is so absolutely exciting. One of my mentors is substantially younger than I and is a brilliant actor, director, improv-ist. He [give you that much info] has worked around the country but never in the City. We took up contact and are planning his introduction into the creative world here. It is such a …
A Free Ride
Fun Park continued…
.. Until I this past week, meet the casting director for a major TV show who said, ” my person, my age, my work, my background, my “realness due to experience’ were amazing qualities. To keep a steady keel my alternatives: drink, friends, charity/social work, leave town and bake bread. cheese focaccia
If You Can Ride the Rollercoaster…
..come to the fun park. Only fair to give you the valley view after the mountain top. Met with an agent – who shall remain nameless to protect me – who all but said, “what are you thinking?!”. There was nothing about my person, my picture, my work, my age, my make-up that she liked. …