This was the second event of the day at Casa Neta for the New Yorker Festival. Anyone with tickets for the second event had to go outside and stand on a special line. We would be getting back into the restaurant before the others who had not attended the first event. Since I was very […]
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 […]
