We had a nice weekend. Friday we had dinner with Ellen and Bruce and Bette and Lonnie at Ursino’s in Union on the campus of Kean University. The restaurant is definitely worth a re-visit. We all hashed, chopped and grilled NJ state politics.
Saturday was an early morning visit to Bridgewater, NJ for Ethan’s bar mitzvah, and then a trip to NYC, through the snow, for our annual family outing for the winter birthdays of Howie, Valerie, Steve and Dan who were joined by Judy, Alison, Anna and Lucy for dinner at db Bistro Moderne, excellent, one block east of the beautiful Belasco Theatre. [How’s that for one long sentence?]
We saw “Shakespeare’s Globe” production of Twelfe Night, or What You Will featuring Mark Rylance. Shakespeare done by the competent hands of British companies comes alive. The set is a reproduction of the Globe Theatre. The actors, all male as in the day, are dressed by the dressers on the set before the show. The musicians, using period instruments, play on stage during the prep. The costumes are period appropriate and use no modern materials. We haven’t seen this play done as well since the Thetford Academy production a few years ago.
Bally shows the falling snow flakes.
Mr. Junco is finding the seeds.
Snowy Holly tree.
Judy and I got into the city so quickly that we were too early for dinner and walked around the neighborhood. We warmed up at Grand Central Station, main concourse. The arched ceiling depicts the winter night sky, some of the constellations of the zodiac and other constellations.
The ceiling showing part of Cancer at the top, then Gemini, Orion and the Milky Way, Taurus, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries and Pegasus.
Diners at db Bistro Moderne on 44th St.
Belasco Theatre stage before the performance. The dressers are dressing the actors and the musicians are warming up on the set.
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