09.30.05
Cycling Past 9th Avenue
Ah, a lazy morning with warm sun (New York is boycotting fall) on my feet and five channels of HBO at my finger tips. Note to self: Eating lukewarm hot and sour soup while watching FBI profiling movie full of rotting corpses - bad idea.
In the afternoon we took a walk to the house of Richard and Kitty for dinner. I am very fond of Richard and Kitty, very honest and intelligent and great people to spend an evening with. They had a delicious pulled pork rib dish with wine and appetizers. After dinner we went to theater (Richard and Kitty go to theater pretty much every night) and saw Cycling Past the Matterhorn and ok play about strained family relationships. The audience broke out into applause on the appearance of actress Shirley Knight, which surprised me because name or not, she flubbed a few lines, stepped on two other lines and had some off-pace pauses. Now I know the show is still in previews and being worked on but the rest of the cast seemed to have their timing down. Dad took a cab back but I decided to walk home from 44th, something that made him a bit nervous but was a great chance to see the newly cleaned up 9th avenue at night.