Fat Magic

Lara, I wrote in the lobby of the Ace Hotel today after an appt in that part of town, but this table was full, so I had to sit in a chair.

Oddly, I was never approached about buying anything.

I then went and looked at a sad Fat Tuesday king cake at Whole Foods.   All of their boxed King Cakes looked as if they all completed a full night of Bourbon Street partying.  The box indicated there was a baby to be discovered in each one, though.

After this, I took my heavy, heavy laptop to yet another cafe where I added more words.

The Fat Tuesday plans we had with friends at the Great Jones Cafe got cancelled due to illness.  Too bad--they had beads, king cake AND a crawfish boil.  Last year, the place was mobbed by six.

Think I'm going to walk over and get a big cajun pizza at Two Boots to bring home, then I'll hop over to this Andy Kaufman thing a bit later.

Trying to keep the magic going, L!

Work then Play: the Final Weeks of Summer

 After work, I got kid #1 to go down to the East River Park Amphitheater where Two Boots Pizza was celebrating their 25th anniversary.  Just the usual stilt walkers, giant puppets, live bands, and free pizza (albeit pizza slivers).  Again, another beautiful late afternoon was handed to us like a gift.

Afterwards, we saw another installment of In & Around C, this time a mixed jazz ensemble, that kid #1 only let me stay at for five minutes--maybe six.

I thought I'd throw this in--Stella and I having farmer's market pizza in Union Square Park after gathering a ridiculous amount of school supplies.

Also, today at work, I ran into one of my favorite writers.  More on this tomorrow.

There is a big waxy full moon in the sky right now.  Go out and look at it.

Is this why the electronics/appliances are breaking down in our household?  My phone won't hold a charge and a desktop computer just died.  The refrigerator is leaving something I can't discern.

I told Lara yesterday that I hated summer, but really, I love summer.

S and I just got back from taking in a slice of Coriolanus, the latest Shakespeare in the Parking Lot production, which opened tonight.  They've updated it with an Occupy Wall Street theme.  Can't wait to go back and get it all.

Speaking of slice, Two Boots gave away free slices before a free screening of Donnie Darko in Tompkins Square Park tonight.

Tina gave me a poem in the wake of my dad's passing.  I unscrolled it recently and have been reading it a lot.

Antimatter

BY RUSSELL EDSON

On the other side of a mirror there’s an inverse world, where the insane go sane; where bones climb out of the earth and recede to the first slime of love.

      And in the evening the sun is just rising.

      Lovers cry because they are a day younger, and soon childhood robs them of their pleasure.

      In such a world there is much sadness which, of course, is joy . . .

Antimatter

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