If it's Wednesday; we went to the theater................

The ballet leaves for the season on July 10. I went to the ballet to see Romeo & Juliet at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center; Ed went to see American Idiot which was written by Green Day. Ed had the camera so we have here pictures of his day. However, at the ballet I witnessed a debut performance of a young ballerina from S. Korea. Her name is Hee Seo and she was quite magnificent. There were a lot of orientals in the audience, I guess to see her.

The Natural History Museum

On Tuesday when temperatures reached 103 we went to the Natural History Museum. So did a lot of other people who had the same idea. Here are some shots of the museum.

Today we took the literary tour of Greenwich Village

Three young actors conducted this tour. We began at the White Horse Tavern where Dylan Thomas drank his last drink. We had a great group on the tour; there was a kid who had graduated from Duke and Georgetown premed but wants to be an actor and a creative writing professor from Britain and Ed and me. The tour proceeded on to explain architectural details of the Village as we walked around but when we stopped at the Kettle & Fish, the serious drinking began, and I explained to the young kids that I had lived across the street and Rod Steiger had a pied a terre in my building and the kiddies were all blown away. Then I explained that the guy who wrote Catch 22 had also been in this very same bar and they began taking notes. All things I had forgotten. That's my building, the tall one. We ended up at Marie's Crisis which was built on the spot where Tom Paine died. That's why it's named The Crisis.

Yesterday we went to Lincoln Center

This is where the Julliard School is, the Metropolitan Opera and a lot of other things. We bought a ticket for me to go to the ballet on Wednesday. The ballet will end on July 10 for the summer. A lot of things shut down.

Some shots of the animals at the Zoo...........

Trip to the Bronx Zoo

On Thursday we journeyed to the Bronx Zoo. It is quite a trek requiring 2 bus changes with one subway in the middle. I insisted we have lunch at one of the recommended restaurants on Arthur Avenue. Here is Ed in front of the one we chose as well as a shot of the interior. The zoo is very nice. Built in a time when there was money for such luxuries.

Wednesday we went to see Chicago

Neither of us had seen this show before. Wow. I had no idea everyone in the cast had to be such fabulous singers and dancers. I was exhausted just watching it. Everyone in the cast was very powerful.