Stream of Consciousness III: Amazing NY Day

Wed. Feb. 16

2PM: Matinee of Smash at the Imperial. Wonderful show.

Anna Wintour, Calvin Klein and
Tyne Daly

5PM: Dinner at Orso. As I was enjoyed my pork chop and delicious wafer-thin pizza bread, who should walk into the restaurant but Vogue editor Anna Wintour. She sat down at a table with Calvin Klein. I texted a friend who advised me to subtly take a picture of the famous fashion duo. I decided against it.

6:15PM: Hopped on the R train downtown to Union Square.

6:30PM: Checked out the new comics at Forbidden Planet (didn't buy anything.)

7PM: Evening performance at Alice Childress' Wine in the Wilderness at CSC. Excellent revival.

8:30PM: Took the R train back home to Jackson Heights, Queens. Two guys were doing acrobatics on the poles. I moved to another part of the car next to a woman with a baby. I figured they'd stay away from me if I were next to a baby. I don't mind performers trying to make a few dollars, but I feel so unsafe when I see these guys bouncing around on a moving subway train. I always think, "Do this in the street where you don't endanger people."

9:15PM: Took the bus from the subway station to home. The bus was fully packed but I got a seat. The woman next to me was listening to some kind of podcast or video on her phone with two women talking about blueberries or blackberries. Have you noticed that more people are listening to the audio on their phones on public transportation without headphones or buds? It's like they have no regard for their fellow passengers. What if I don't want to hear about blueberries or if it's interfering with my reading an actual physical book (in this case, a book of short stories by Ann Beattie.) I've gotten used to it and become able to tune it out. Earlier in the day, at the Smash matinee a woman on the aisle two rows in front of me had her phone out twice and was texting. It was distracting, but I didn't say anything.

10PM: Watched the last episode of Season One and the first episode of Season Two of Stranger Things and in preparation for seeing Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway next week. Also to see Sadie Sink since I'm seeing her in John Proctor Is the Villain. And then since I was on Netflix, I continued watching a few minutes of  Culinary Class Wars, a Korean cooking competition show which I've kinda gotten into.