Yes, my loyal and faithful readers and followers ... I know ... I know ... you were let down yesterday by your favorite blogger when he failed to make a timely posting.
MY BAD!! But, there is a reason for this omission ... not a excuse ... but a reason ...
What is it, I know you are rather snarkily asking your inner selves? Well, selves ... it is rather simple ... yesterday was a rare entertainment tripleheader and Billi Pod just couldn’t find the free time to sit down in front of this ‘puter and write.
There is another factor too ... for whatever reason the blog’s website has been acting up and it is taking longer to correctly post the pics that have become such a vital part of this blog ...
So ... please accept my apologies and lets get back on track ... shall we ... with ... first ... in chronological order ... Billi Pod’s report cards on Friday and Saturday’s entertainment events ...
Friday - HOLIDAY ON BROADWAY: The Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band, was a lot of fun and a totally enjoyable evening of holiday themed pieces, emceed by Jim Caruso, who also performed several numbers.
The entertaining evening ended with a sing-along of 8 songs from “The Sound of Music” ending with "Climb Ev’ry Mountain."
I definitely left Symphony Space with a smile on my face.
The total walking mileage for Friday was==>4.25 miles.
Saturday - this was the tripleheader that started with ...
Breakfast at the trendy Iroquois Hotel on West 44th Street with my FaceBook friend Carolyn Stoia and her attorney husband Patrick.
They, and members of Pat’s Lakeland, FL, law firm are in town for a whirlwind visit, that included seeing THE BOOK OF MORMON, which they totally enjoyed.
It was great being with you guys!!
Then it was the matinee performance of GOLDEN CHILD, David Henry Hwang’s award winning semi-biographical play about a dangerous power struggle in a polygamous Chinese household==>B<==interesting and thought-provoking. Didn’t blow me away though.
I am glad I finally got to see the show (it closes today) even though both of my theater-buddies, Dian Crystal aka My Lady and Marty Kosarik aka Who??, totally hated it.
Then for the evening, downtown in The Village, was ...
MUMMENSCHANZ, the Swiss performance troupe making common materials spring to life as fantastical characters==>FANTASTIC!!<==totally enjoyable and entertaining.
Folks, this performance troupe is incredible and they had the audience enthralled for the entire 2 hours, that flew by.
The show runs through January 5th at the Skirball Center @ NYU. See it if you can, you won’t be sorry.
That brings you up-to-date on Friday and Saturday, so let’s talk now about Sunday ... which is yet another doubleheader for Billi Pod in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World ...
3:00==>HOLIDAY BRASS @ Avery Fisher Hall - “The Principal Brass Quintet of the New York Philharmonic again teams up with the Lee Musiker Jazz Trio for festive seasonal favorites guaranteed to put you in the holiday spirit.” (full price ticket)
This event has pretty much become a holiday staple for Billi Pod and it is always a lot of fun. I have an excellent seat in the mid-orchestra section.
Unfortunately, when I booked this event almost 6 months ago I didn’t know at the time that the date would conflict with the only NYC appearance of THE VIENNA BOYS CHOIR, which, as you loyal and faithful readers know, has also been a holiday staple for Billi Pod. They are performing at Carnegie Hall. Damn!!
Oh well ...
Then for the evening is a Broadway show in early previews ...
7:00==>PICNIC - “A revival of William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about lust and shame and the line between restraint and desire, set in a small Kansas town.” (Broadway - complimentary ticket)
This show is in early previews and so far there has been very little, if any, advance buzz.
The rather amazing thing about yesterday ... even though it was a tripleheader Billi Pod was able to clock in over 6-miles ... awesome!!
Moving on ...
I am still unable to process the full extent of the horrific event that occurred in Newtown, CT. I find myself repeatedly asking my Higher Power, whom I choose to call God, how an all-powerful deity could permit the slaughtering of those innocent children ... how?
Would stricter gun-control laws have prevented it, or prevent a similar massacre in the future? I don’t know. But, please, you NRA people out there in the wilderness, hinterlands and boondocks==>explain to me why anyone needs to have the following in their homes: Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle; Sig Sauer rifle; and, Glock 9mm pistol.
I will be waiting for your answer.
Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>6.60 miles (or, 14,429 steps)
Total mileage since 7/1/12==>900.37 miles
Mileage remaining until 4/23/13==>178.63 miles
GO GATORS!!
Billi Pod
“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.
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