On Saturday both New Yorker Festival events that I was attending were free. One led into the other – the first focusing on Mexican food and the second on mezcal. Both events touched on Day of the Dead celebrations. The events took place at Casa Neta, a mezcaleria and tequileria serving small plates in the […]
From the David Letterman interview I walked across 23rd Street to the east side and the Gramercy Theater to see Jason Isbell interviewed by John Seabrook for the New Yorker Festival. This time I had MasterCard preferred seating and got a seat in the fourth row. Since it’s a club, a lot of people were […]
I was more excited than humans should be allowed. I first became aware of David Letterman with his appearances and guest-hosting on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. During a period of unemployment, the first episode of Late Night with David Letterman aired and I watched and loved it. The host seemed a little nervous […]
What does a person do the day after gall bladder surgery? Go see a musical, of course. I have always wanted to see Audra McDonald on stage. And seeing Brian Stokes Mitchell and Billy Porter would be nice too. McDonald would be taking a leave of absence from the show from July until the fall […]
Yay! Found notes for this show. But of course they’re difficult to read and now I can’t remember what I meant when I wrote certain things down. Rhett Miller did a summer residency at City Winery this summer and I made sure I saw at least one of the shows. I think rtb and I […]
This is another concert that I know I took notes for. I cannot find the program anywhere in my house and that’s where I wrote everything down. It’s probably with one of my spoons that also mysteriously disappeared. Every year I plan to see the New York Philharmonic in Central Park, which is free and […]
Unfortunately, when you wait this long to write up the shows you’ve seen there’s a chance that you will lose your notes or forget what you saw or both. I know I had notes I’d taken after this show but I can’t find them. What do I remember? Mrs. Devereaux, rtb, and I had seen […]
I was really excited about the pre-show for this program of the Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center because it was going to be led by former Alvin Ailey company member Renee Robinson. I could finally check off ‘dancing with an Alvin Ailey dancer’ off my bucket list. Unfortunately, the subway did […]
This time it was violaleeblue, her two daughters, and rtb who were seeing the third program of Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center with me. This time I was in the Grand Tier again (yay!) and the others were in the front mezzanine not far from me. The Bangarra Dance was not […]
For the second program of Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center I was joining rtb and her sister. This time we were in the back mezzanine so the seats weren’t as good. Also not good was the big guy in the seat in front of me with his head blocking a huge […]
