The Return
Today, I went home.
Not for long, it was just a visit, I was only in the city for about 8 hours, but what a glorious day! There are a number of technicians here from the south who had never been to New York City, and today was an "Equity Monday," so we decided to take a small day trip into the city. (Actors equity, the union, requires Monday nights off for the actors. Every other monday we load in a new show, but on the odd weeks we take that day off as well.) We parked in my neighborhood, so that we could park on the street and avoid paying for it, and took the subway into midtown. I took them by Times Square, and to the Drama Bookstore, and then we went into Chinatown for lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had errands to run, so I split off and left them in the capable hands of our Wardrobe Supervisor who is from Staten Island. They took the ferry over and back so that they could see the Statue of Liberty, and then met me at Columbus Circle. We walked through Central Park for a while, saw the Imagine Memorial, and the Dakota, then we had Gray's Papaya and Tastee-D-Lite, and then stopped off at my apartment so that I could pick up some things I needed, and now we are back in the mountains, all resting comfortably in the barn again.
It really was a nice day, coming just after the halfway mark of my time here, and was a great way for me to re-energize myself for the rest of my stay here. Time has picked up speed, and the days are flying by now, probably owing as much to the fact that I am doing outside work, as well as work for the theatre as anything else, but still, the first 6 weeks seemed like 6 months, but the remainder of the time is starting to seem all too short already.
Not for long, it was just a visit, I was only in the city for about 8 hours, but what a glorious day! There are a number of technicians here from the south who had never been to New York City, and today was an "Equity Monday," so we decided to take a small day trip into the city. (Actors equity, the union, requires Monday nights off for the actors. Every other monday we load in a new show, but on the odd weeks we take that day off as well.) We parked in my neighborhood, so that we could park on the street and avoid paying for it, and took the subway into midtown. I took them by Times Square, and to the Drama Bookstore, and then we went into Chinatown for lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had errands to run, so I split off and left them in the capable hands of our Wardrobe Supervisor who is from Staten Island. They took the ferry over and back so that they could see the Statue of Liberty, and then met me at Columbus Circle. We walked through Central Park for a while, saw the Imagine Memorial, and the Dakota, then we had Gray's Papaya and Tastee-D-Lite, and then stopped off at my apartment so that I could pick up some things I needed, and now we are back in the mountains, all resting comfortably in the barn again.
It really was a nice day, coming just after the halfway mark of my time here, and was a great way for me to re-energize myself for the rest of my stay here. Time has picked up speed, and the days are flying by now, probably owing as much to the fact that I am doing outside work, as well as work for the theatre as anything else, but still, the first 6 weeks seemed like 6 months, but the remainder of the time is starting to seem all too short already.
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