New York Post-New Year’s
Del Posto was outstanding for New Year’s Eve dinner, though only about a dozen tables were occupied from 6 to 8. They may have been filled for the late seating, but they certainly weren’t doing two turns. We baby sat until 1:30 for the grandchildren, who slept throughout (my wife unhappy, me not so unhappy). For the 4,000th time we watched the ball drop somewhere over Dick Clark! (Highlight of the evening: Jennifer Lopez’s outfit.)
A car took us back to The Palace and the streets were still crowded with people. Everyone’s a buddy on New Year’s in New York!
We attended mass in St. Patrick’s yesterday (Holy Day of Obligation) and then took some time to wander around behind the altar and near the crypts. The Cathedral is striking, and it is not supported financially by the archdiocese, only by contributions.
Last evening we had a drink with Mike and Elie Robert. Mike is the co-author of my very first book, The Innovation Formula, and they were visiting New York with their two daughters. We’ve known each other since the early 70s.
Maria and I then had corned beef and cabbage in an Irish pub next to the Lyceum, the oldest legitimate theater in New York (1903) where we saw “In the Next Room,” also known as “The Vibrator Play.”
It’s written by Sarah Rule, a protege of Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel, with whom I served on the Trinity Repertory Board, and who is now at Yale. Set in the 1890s, it describes the historically accurate treatment of women’s “hysteria” using newly invented electricity to power the medical intervention, shall we say.
The work is about 45 minutes too long and the second act is a disappointment. But it’s a fascinating story, well acted, if not tightly written. The house was packed.
We’ll spend an hour with the grandchildren this morning, then head back on the Acela where a ton of financial paperwork 2009/2010 awaits me as i watch football tomorrow. Nice problem to have.
Enjoy 2010. After all, what’s the alternative?
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