Sunday, the 11th, started with a play called; a Christmas Carol: A live Radio Play, a first. Performed on the fourth floor of Roebuck Theater on 44th. If you are as old as I am, you remember family gathered around the radio. There was no TV or computers or electronic games. The radio was it. This play was adorable. It replicated what went on behind the sound on the radio. A … [Read more...]
Food, food, and MORE food
Today I was in the audience of a Dr. Oz taping, a first. I applied online and showed up on W 66th at 8:45 as directed. All men and women in line sat in the Audience Holding Room. Around 9:30 they ushered into the filming studio according to a letter or symbol on the back of our tickets. They first called the “Stars,” then the “VIP’s,” then the “O’s,” and I was a “Z,” the last … [Read more...]
St. Paul, Patrick, and Luxury
It was two blocks to Saint Paul the Apostle church, a first, and the congregation was chatty. I sensed it was a neighborhood church and they knew each other. The choir boomed, and the priest spoke as if he was everybody's friend. I liked it there. I decided my Sunday was going to be a window shopping kind of day. I walked to the West side of Central Park and then down 59th, … [Read more...]