Writes of Passage

Lincoln Center

2020 is the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment when women’s suffrage was granted. It’s also the 200th birth of Susan B. Anthony, the women’s right advocate. So Lincoln Center assembles Project 19, showcases 19 women composers. Tonight’s program

1. Brahms’ violin concerto XS
2. Tania León’s Stride
3. Strauss’ Der Rosenkavlier Suite

Janine Jansen’s long arms and big movements remind me of Robert McDuffie. León was one of the refugees to Miami from Casto’s Cube in 1967. People often says, good system turns a bad person into good …

妇女能顶半边天 [愉快]
第十九修正案 (女性投票)百年纪念
苏珊·安东尼 200年生辰

勃拉姆斯的小提琴协奏曲 [强][玫瑰]. 不过🎻 Janine Jansen 的绿窗帘不敢恭维 (俺够讨厌的). 个子高 胳膊长的多余. 台风和Robert McDuffie 相似 – 功夫巨星.

下半场有一曲来自女作曲家Tania Leon. 她的🎵不是我的口味 但是她的身世有趣：她是1967年卡斯特罗不要的那些“低端”古巴人 被踢到到迈亚密找生活…一提起那段难民潮 可能说的最多的就是 好的制度能把坏人变好人 … [闭嘴]

The Times Square is lively as usual. Passing by Penguin Random House @ 1745 Broadway, couldn’t help but take a photo.

Carnegie Hall
57th St @ 7th Ave
New York

Mutter kick starts the Beethoven 250th birth celebration – at least for me – with an all-Beethoven program. It’s a wonderful performance and she gave two encores at the end, easily.

• 2019, Frankfurt
• 2016, Shanghai

The seating at Carnegie isn’t the best because the upper levels are very steep.

Passing by Times Square, the giant display of Be Strong China, due to the coronavirus that is ravaging Wuhan and the rest of the nation. Be strong and good luck.

One of the last few sessions of out door ice skating in town. The fire makes me feeling warm. The wine taste offers three choices: Rosé, Chardonnay 2016 and Cab 2016. All are good, from Long Island vineyard Clovis Point.

725 Park Ave
New York

^{What’s her name in Chinese characters?} 

With a high hope, I went to Yan Lan’s talk @ Asia Society which is moderated by Bianna Golodryga of CNN, about Yan’s book, The House of Yan. It recounts her life from labor camps to top of echelon of western business.

One odd thing: she didn’t answer almost none of the questions, from the moderator to audience, and talked on and on, on her own.

She did her PhD in Switzerland and worked as a lawyer in France for 20 years before joining Lazard in 2011, and now as its CEO of Greater China. Very impressive resume. More info here.

Golodryga looks a lot like Maria Bathroom, the money honey. Golodryga said her husband works at Lazard and she scooped the interview with Huawei through Yan. A big happy family.

243 W 47th Street
New York

An Epic broadway play. All talks, all about gays. I’m so looking forward to the Part 2!

A relationship can be … the person who dances with you when music stops, or dinner – you got to have it to live on.

Many actors leave as we’re leaving too.

百老汇剧 承受 (和同名的一本书没有关系)

真不错 … 期待下场！

美国发现艾滋病是1981 在旧金山
到现在这个关于男同性恋
承认 出来 挣扎 接受
警句多多 剧情有同感
推荐

对同性恋接受的程度各个地方不一样
想象不出这个剧会在其它地方公演
纽约伦敦赞一个

剧三个多小时 2个间歇. 没有化妆和道具 … 演员和我们一起离开.
 

2 W 32nd St
New York

Not returning.

I had lunch but accidentally passed by it. When I saw the two ladies making dumplings in the window, I walked in. It reminds me of the Dumpling House at 328 Spadina Ave,  in Toronto – a must for me whenever I visited there.

The decor is simple and neat. I ordered small portion of chive pork dumpling (App Mewl Mandoo). Thick skin and the filling is too solid (packed, feeling dead), totally subpar.

My adventure for a good dumpling place in New York, Continues.

225 Park Ave S.
New York

Still like it. Will return.

Nice decor and the upright by the wall adds ambience. Years ago I was impressed by their scallops. Today I ordered it again and again, was pleased. The branzino is equally good. Their house wine Bordeaux white is delicious, so is the bread and butter – yes I finished the butter all by myself. Never seen a butter in my life -:)

Oh, when they discard the fake flowers for fresh ones, I’ll change to five star rating – at the price they’re charging, surely they can afford it. Pls make sure to refill the toilet seat paper.

It’s lunar new year for the Year of Rat. I found this photo of four girls appropriate for the occasion. I found this 90 minute tour on AirBnB, ($35). The host Ally meets us at Cowgirl bar to begin the tour. I watched many episodes and the movie.

It’s a rainy day. We first stop at Carrie’s apartment. The show was about four women as they navigate their dating life in Manhattan. But clearly it has male audience. These men inserted themselves in front of the apt and took photos. Oh boy.

The Magnolia Bakery at 401 Bleecker Street and W. 11th Street

… and at the end, we caught the rainbow …

519 Hudson St
New York, NY 10014

A bar in the West village owned by a lady from Waco Texas. Checkered white and green plastic covered tables. To the left is the bar and right is a restaurant, serving chill and dogs. The Cosmo is $13 but strong. We were there because of Sex and the City …

It’s Saturday 2pm. No one is cleaning the table and service the drinks. Not a problem at all. I got two cosmo from the bar and oh boy, they’re strong.
The bar side of the hall is narrow. Many guitars and other memorabilia are displayed on the wall. The light features over the bar are pretty.

125 W 44th St,
New York, NY 10036

We went during the Restaurant Week. The two course lunch is $26. They messed up my reservation: first they sent me an email to say that my res is cancelled. When I got there at 12, the girl insisted that my reservation is 12:30. Not a problem since it was empty. But it’s kind of turn off. The fabric curtain by the entrance – suppose to keep the lounge from the cold – is funny, as if in a small street eatery. Over all, the food and service – other than too big of a portion – are ok. The decor is bit old, and stuffy, an out of date feel.