korrina and i met at qawah cafe for a pot of their adeni chai tea (black tea, cardamom, nutmeg and milk).
we also shared several savory pastries. at noon she left for work and i stayed and listened in on afsc's noontime action hour (and sent several emails off to my no good senators . . i also called them this morning . . just like i called them yesterday and the day before yesterday . . and last week. but they didn't care. they threw us all under the bus.)
and this evening greg and i attended a play (beckett briefs - not i, play, and krapp's last tape) at the irish rep. it was his birthday gift. (he was very excited and the performances were very good.) it was a fun night.
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(p.s. these posts - since saturday - went up all in one night since the living room, where my computer is, stunk from waterproofing fixture all week.)
That’s a lovely picture of Korinna
ReplyDeleteAnd the play sounds really interesting- it’s been cold again here so I haven’t been out much this week
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It's cold here again now too . . but I suspect it will warm up soon.
DeleteHow unfortunate about the bad smell! Is it a chemical smell? What is the Irish Rep?
ReplyDeleteYes, a chemical smell. It's interesting how it hovers in the apartment down on the floor. I can smell it when I do my yoga exercises. The window needs to stay cracked so air circulates from outside along with the air purifier. They're finishing up the apartments directly next to us and then they move to another building. Hopefully, I won't be able to smell anything when they move since that final building on our courtyard is not directly connected to us. Irish Repertory is a company on 22nd Street that focuses on the Irish playwrights.
DeleteHow annoying to have that smell! Is that an Irish area where the company is?
DeleteNo, it's not necessarily an Irish area . . though Korrina's neighborhood has a lot of Irish bars and families.
DeleteInteresting.
DeleteThe neighborhoods are always changing. The Tenement Museum area used be known as Klein Deutschland (and was that way when the Irish Moore family moved in, 1860's), but then the German families moved out and Chinese and Latino families moved in. Korrina's neighborhood is still quite Irish, but she says it's changing now too.
DeleteWe have a whole book on "German" NYC. I have only flipped through it. Maybe I should get it out again. It is interesting how different ethnic groups come and go in cities.
DeleteOh, that sounds interesting! You'll have to let me know the title?
DeleteThe book I have is called Das deutsche New York. I think there has been a translation of the book here.
DeleteI also found a book that is available in the Tenement Museum called German New York City.
Oh, thank you Eva! That looks fabulous! I'll have to visit the museum soon, now!
DeleteYou are welcome.
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