Broadway, Boats, and Brooklyn

It is that time of year again when it (in theory) gets cooler in the evenings, my schedule is on overload, and the theater district prepares for another Broadway season.

Once again I attended the annual Broadway Blessing. I think last year's ceremony was better but it was still entertaining this year. Lynn Redgrave was supposed to perform but canceled, however Boyd Gains (a veteran Bway actor I like) did several readings. After the ceremony, I picked up take out for Esther and myself. One of my favorite things about this city is the fact that I am able to pick up Thai food and strudel from the Hungarian Pastry Shop on the same block...I love it! That was some darn good strudel too.

Later that week I had dinner with my Marriage Equality/Social Justice Hevra at my friend Marlene's apartment. It was a great meeting. My friend Joe and I are now in charge of coming up with ideas for outreach in our synagogue. I also got to meet the new coordinator of Social Justice for the synagogue, Bella. She is really fun and is a fellow Brooklinate. Lisa (another friend) and I were excited because the three of us all live in the same neighborhood and ride the same subway (Brooklyn is so huge that it is rare to randomly meet people who only live a couple blocks from you).

This weekend was very fun filled. On Saturday Heidi arranged for a group of us to meet at The Frying Pan on Pier 66. The Frying Pan is an old tug boat that was dug out of the Hudson River and restored. You can walk on the boat (which is sort of creepy at night) and next to it is a larger boat with dancing, drinks, and food. We managed to snag the coveted seats on the top deck and enjoyed the beautiful Manhattan skyline (and the Jersey skyline too).

Okay here is why I hate global warming: Saturday night was cool and breezy and I was excited to wear more fall clothes on Sunday but....no 88 and humid. Ugh! It wasn't all bad though. The Brooklyn Book fest was going on downtown. I had high hopes about getting Joan Didion to sign one of her books for me but it was too humid, too crowded, and I have no patience.

I did manage to enjoy the Flatbush Frolic which was also on Sunday (and a block from my apt so I had no excuse for not going). The live music was great this year and I actually got to hang out at Vox Pop. Vox Pop is this coffee house that apparently is way too cool for me because there are never any free tables. It is this quirky place where they sell political books and have smoothies named after Patti Smith and Joe Strummer. Got to love it.