From my hotel room window just now — from this angle, you can see how close I am to Lincoln Center!! 🎹🎼🎻
From my window
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Round One Complete!
This round of rehearsals is over and it was incredibly productive, gang. All things considered, though — oddly enough — I am ready to be back home!!
NYC has been way too hot to enjoy the things I would normally have wanted to do.
I head back to the Hinterlands tomorrow morning.
Meanwhile — a couple of quick shots from the rehearsal studio today!
Okay. Hope you had a wonder-filled Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!!!
Thanks for visiting!
Oh, wait! I watched this documentary last night (free on Tubi). It was really good!!
“The Jersey Sound”—
Okay!
I love you guys. See ya!
Another Great Day!
The rehearsal went great again today! Really productive!!
Unfortunately, the heat was god-awful today. Valerie from Brooklyn drove into Manhattan and met me at the hotel for an early dinner, but she was really done in by the extreme heat. (Almost 100 degrees Fahrenheit.)
So we had a nice dinner but we did not hang out at all after dinner. I was worried about her getting home as soon as she could. I didn’t want her to faint behind the wheel.
But at least I got to see her for about 2 hours. And the day, overall, was another really good one.
Tomorrow, the heat won’t be nearly as bad so I’m hoping to maybe get to take a little walk around the neighborhood after tomorrow’s rehearsal. We shall see!!!
Meanwhile… the view from my hotel room window just now.
I hope everyone had a terrific Tuesday, wherever you are in the world!!!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!!🙋♀️💖
Good morning!!!😃
Me, 5:03AM !!
Happy Tuesday, gang.🥰
A great day
The rehearsal was GREAT! We got so much done. Most of it was on the music side of things— our first time in the same room with Jo Lynne, the Music Director.
Then dinner up in the rooftop restaurant with Wayne!!
And now I am exhausted, gang, and it isn’t even 8PM 😂!! I’m not used to the big city anymore!!
Wow. Great Breakfast!
Another guest here at the hotel recommended The Smith, across the street on Broadway, for breakfast since there is no breakfast served here at the hotel.
So I went to The Smith and the food was incredible, gang! (I’m 2 for 2 — incredible dinner last night, incredible breakfast today!)
Look what I found
I was going through the side pocket of my flight bag just now and I found an old receipt in there!
7 years ago! From Los Angeles. I guess I bought some Altoid mints and a bottle of water at LAX 😆
I’m heading out for breakfast now.
I have to say, gang, that Sandra is not going to be happy with this hotel. Remember the No-frills hotel I stayed in over on W.48th Street back in November? This hotel is way more expensive but has even LESS frills. Nice rooms, but absolutely zero amenities. Not even a little coffee maker. And even though they have an expensive rooftop bar/restaurant, they have no room service.
Okay. Well. I slept TEN hours last night!! Straight through. It felt incredible to just sleep so deeply. In air-conditioning. Wow. I miss the cats, of course, but it’s been 3 months since I had no little kittens waking me all night.
All righty. I will probably post again later. Today is our first day of rehearsals, then dinner with Wayne!
Thanks for visiting… See ya!! 🙋♀️💖
More from the Empire Hotel
The view out my window from another angle:
Yes!! I’m already in bed!! 😂🤣😂 Me in the mirror across from the bed:
Hello From the Empire Hotel in NYC!
It’s a small room but very nice!
Plus!! I finally got a room with a view!!🥰 (Lincoln Center is out there!)
Nick Cave and Colin Greenwood played their second sold out show in Paris earlier and it looks like it was even more spectacular than the previous! Not sure that’s possible! I think Paris even outdid Hamburg!!
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Well, for me, everything went smoothly today!! Got to the airport in plenty of time. Landed at LaGuardia on time. Both of my Uber drivers were great. And I just had dinner (a table for one) across the street at Cafe Fiorello. The food was fantastic.
You know, gang. As reluctant as I am to even think it, because I really do care about my clients so much, it is such a relief to not have to be taking care of anyone for the next 6 days.
Okay. Since Sandra won’t be getting to the hotel until tomorrow morning, I’m just going to chill in my room now and maybe even watch TV!!!😮
Hope your Sunday has been swell, wherever you are in the world! Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!🥰
Totally NOT Me Today!
Jeepers McCreepers, gang. The kittens just won’t quit this morning.
Can you say:
“Jesus fucking Christ, do NOT tell me you just knocked over my ENTIRE cup of Coffeeee!!!!”
“Jesus fucking Christ, will you STOP chewing on my phone charging cord??!!” (times 4)
“Jesus fucking Christ, who the fuck just THREW UP??!!”
That’s a little bit of what it’s been like around here this morning — in my room. The rest of the housecats are as quiet as little mice.
I had so much extra time this morning and I was planning on really just relaxing in bed with my cup of coffee before heading out for my shift.
But I had to switch over to Plan B and I have no real clue what Plan B is…
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Anyway.
Yesterday turned out to be reasonably okay, regarding having to work a double on the 4th of July.
My 94-year-old Japanese man and I will go get sushi/sashimi today, because Peony Bistro was indeed closed for the holiday yesterday. But we had a nice time just hanging out in his air- conditioned living room, chatting about Hong Kong, Tokyo, NYC — and all his many memories from the past.
And, as always, my shift with the woman who has returned from Florida flew by in a nano second. I left there just as fireworks were getting ready to start all over the place. (And I even got to see some fireworks as I was pulling up into Crazeysburg — one of my neighbors was putting on a really impressive show in his backyard.)
So, I’m just trying to face forward, you know? And hope that things come together soon and I can stop having to work on holidays, and I can start just sitting at my desk again and writing everyday.
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Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File yesterday about his songwriting process. It was very interesting — and very different from any songwriting process I ever experienced. He said, in part:
“The hard part for me, the most agonising and uncertain part, the part that keeps me up at night and makes me a complete pain in the arse through the day, is in the initial creation. That is, the unpredictable arrival of those first two lines….”
You can read it in full here.
And don’t forget!!
Tonight and tomorrow night in Paris!! TWO sold out shows, neither of which can you attend if you don’t already have your precious ticket!! Alas…
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Okay. I don’t have much to post about today. I’m not only focused on trying to get my suitcase packed as minimally as possible, I am also a little out of sorts mentally, since my prized morning Cup o’ Joe ended up all over my night table AND all over 3 brand new books!!!
But here’s what I’m grateful for– the coffee didn’t spill all over me in the bed, and the coffee mug didn’t break… because I only have about 17 million other coffee mugs to choose from…
I’m going to be out of here early tomorrow morning, in that Uber heading to the airport (an hour from here), but I will probably post something from my hotel tomorrow evening.
Enjoy your Saturday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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Not me this morning… but it’s something to aim for.
A song I have LOVED since the very first moment I heard it on my AM radio.
Enjoy, gang!
The Eagles. “Peaceful Easy Feeling”, 1972.
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