For the past few years, the only theater I’ve been going to has been Shakespeare. The rest of Broadway just doesn’t appeal to me: plays based on TV shows, on movies, and revivals of earlier plays seem to dominate the main theaters. The off-Broadway scene is filled with stuff that I find unappealing, even offensive [...]
Archive for the ‘Wanderings’ category
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot – Julius Caesar
August 8, 2010Ankling to the King Tut Exhibit
August 1, 2010No pictures this time. Hey, I barely have any description as there was a prohibition on pictures and it was too dark to sneak one anyway. Plus, I didn’t have anything to write notes with. I was wandering through Times Square and was offered a handout by a young lady. I declined it (politely – [...]
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City 2008
September 7, 2008Well, it’s September, it’s NYC, and the supermodels are wandering about. It must be Fashion Week. I have to admit that I’m not particularly thrilled by the whole concept of Fashion Week, but I figure that the well-dressed must have some place to go to; so why not wander around Bryant Park for a week [...]
2008 Pakistan Day Parade in New York City
August 24, 2008On my way to Church on Sunday, I discovered that Madison Avenue had up the barricades for a parade. I hadn’t looked to see if any were scheduled, so I didn’t know who it was. I talked with a cop and he told me it was the Pakistan Day Parade and would be held at [...]
Street Sights in Greenwich Village
August 18, 2008I always think of Greenwich Village as this picturesque place that’s very quiet and expensive. I generally call it “Ozzie and Harriet-land” because it is so gentrified and mainstream (well, mostly) and has lost the fabled counterculture/beatnick/starving artist sort of feel. And this post pretty much falls right into that category. Look at the terrific [...]
