I missed the last Queens Dinner Club dinner but was able to make this one and I was looking forward to an Argentinian meal. El Gauchito is a 40yo butcher shop in the Argentinian section of Corona, Queens. After a while the owner added some tables and chairs and later his son broke through to […]
Earlier in the week, rtb posted about two upcoming free concerts. The last few summers I have not seen the many free concerts available to us in NYC and I thought I have to take advantage of at least one this year. What’s Going On: A Marvin Gaye Tribute was a celebration of Gaye’s classic […]
I have seen the Rolling Stones live three times – twice at Madison Square Garden and once at Brendan Byrne Arena. For their current No Filter tour, the band is playing MetLife Stadium for their NY area concert, so I had to decide if I wanted to see them in a stadium after having already […]
During the June staff meeting, our office found out that we would be closed the day before and day after Independence Day, giving us five days off. At first, I was not going to do anything and then I thought about treating myself to a stay in a Manhattan hotel and then I thought about […]
In April, Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything, opened at the The Jewish Museum. My plan was to see it during a summer Friday before it closed in September. I finally had my chance last Friday. This is the exhibition that rtb saw in Montreal last year, so I was excited to see it. It […]
I wanted to see INK because it starred Jonny Lee Miller. rtb wanted to see it because it starred Bertie Carvel. And we managed to bring peg along with us. Mrs. Devereaux unfortunately was ill and could not make it. We had tickets for the center of the last row of the balcony. The 2-hour […]
Mark Morris and the Beatles? Could there be a more fun combination? As soon as I saw the ads for this, I told the rest of our concert-going troupe and several of us got tickets – me, rtb, peg, and mollyT. BAM’s Howard Gilman Opera House holds over 2100 people and the show was sold […]
I was looking forward to this because (1) a new (for me) venue and (2) Cory would be playing with a band, which I have never seen before. Coney Island Baby is a small bar on Avenue A off 10th Street. There’s a small stage in the back left corner and small banquettes across from […]
On May 2, I saw Plena is Work, Plena is Song at the Library for the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College’s Silberman School of Social Work. Plena is original to Puerto Rico, unlike other types of Puerto Rican music like danza or salsa. Bomba (early 1800s) is one of the oldest styles […]
Last night, spurred on by peg because we had discussing it and wanted to see it before it left the theaters, peg, rtb, mollyT, and I saw Amazing Grace. The movie is transcendent. Aretha is 29yo and, of course, in great voice. The minute she opens her mouth and lets out the first note you […]
