Month: July 2009

For real!!  I went with Dimitra, Barbara and Lily to see Hair and at the end anyone who wants to can get on stage and sing Let the Sun Shine In so I did!  It felt so great, I can’t tell you.  I had started tearing up and crying just before too, because I had flashed back to those days, and I remembered exactly how I felt, the joy, the expectation of life, the fear because of Vietnam, and I remembered what I was thinking then, and I was half sad because it’s over and gone, a certain youth and innocence is just over.  Done.  That’s it.  Not coming back.  But I was also half not sad because I’m not dead yet and certain feelings can be reawakened at any time and here I was with friends having a fabulous time.  And then seconds later they’re urging us to get on stage and sing and there just wasn’t a chance in the world that I wouldn’t get down there (we were on the mezzanine).  I danced, I sang, and man this would be such a fun way to make a living.  I can’t believe some people get to do this every day.

I can’t urge everyone enough to see this. The cast is just so talented and charismatic. You won’t believe their voices!  They’re all so cute and charming and they constantly go out into the audience to sing and interact and it just raises the energy level and the joy for the audience. Go, go, go.  And if you do go, don’t pass up the opportunity to go down on the stage and sing.

Update: Found a video of the cast on Conan the night before which captures the fun!

This is 42nd Street and there was a long line of kids camped out on the street waiting to see the new Harry Potter movie.

We live in great times, people.  Actually, this looks really unappealing.  The design on this truck makes the cupcakes seem like they’ll be Hostess quality or something.

Could it be??

They’re set up in front of the right apartment! And a group of people stood by waiting to see spot one of the girls.  But there wasn’t a lot of activity and trailers that normally accompany a Sex and the City shoot.

UPDATE: I went back for a closer look and they’re actually a couple of doors down from the SATC apartment.  I asked and was told this was for a Jennifer Aniston movie called The Bounty. I stayed for a minute to see if we’d get a peak at any of the stars but no go and I didn’t feel like hanging out.  Although it’s lovely out.  Why not?

I went to a house concert last night and heard these guys. Aren’t they great? They are John (left) and Bill (right), aka the Manhattan Valley Ramblers. Bill told this charming story about applying for a job at Forbes, and apparently Malcolm Forbes was quite the toy collector. As he waited for his interview Bill listened to a waltz playing that was part of what I think he described as a carousel-type toy, and he memorized the song and worked it out on his fiddle when he got back home. Now I want to go over to the Forbes building and see if that toy is still there.

I’m taking an “Absolute Beginner Hip Hop” class today. I’m looking for alternative ways to exercise and I thought this would be fun. I could dance around my house and feel better about it if I know some fun movements, and at the next wedding I’m invited to I will look less like a spazz.

I plan to bring my camera, but who knows if I will take pictures. I don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable. I’ll see. It’s a “semi-private” class, which means I won’t be the only student. I’ll bet I’m the only one there in their fifties. Ha. Maybe not!

And the other day I saw this guy playing banjo at the Greenmarket. I’ve been reading all these books and articles about the brain and music, which make me feel good because all the music I learn every year is good for my brain. And I thought I should go back to learning to play the banjo. I still have the banjo I bought, what the hell. Brain exercise.

Exercise all over the place!

Don’t forget, try the new show: Warehouse 13.