SPEED BLOG 2008.3

SINCE I HAVE NOT BEEN KEEPING UP WITH MY BLOG (SLACKING) OR WRITING AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO (LAZY), I WILL PROCEED TO SPEED BLOG! (SHORT SNIPPETS OF MY STUFF!) AM A GONNA START WITH MARCH 2008 , SO HERE I GO!

MARCH 22: ME N THE MRS WENT TO SEE A PLAY AT THE LINDA GROSS THEATER BY THE ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY IN NYC. IT WAS A DIFFICULT SHOW TO HAVE TO SIT THRU. THE PLAY IS ABOUT A COUPLE IN MARITAL LIMBO AND THE RELATIONSHIP TRIANGLE WITH THE NEIGHBOUR WHO INEVITABLY ENDS UPS SLEEPING WITH HIS FRIEND'S DISENCHANTED WIFE. THE HIGHLIGHT FOR ME WAS THAT IT WAS KIND NEAT TO SEE CHRIS BAUER SPEAKING WITH A PASSABLE ENGLISH ACCENT! OH, THE NAME OF THE PLAY IS PARLOUR SONG.

WE DID MANAGE TO GET HOME IN TIME TO FEED THE HUNGRY, FEROCIOUS, FEARSOME, FOUR CATS IN TIME BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO EAT THE DRY FOOD SITTING IN THEIR OVERFULL BOWL!

MARCH 21: TO START THE WEEKEND ME N THE MRS DROVE THE THREE HOURS & WENT TO MOHEGAN SUN FOR FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS YET AGAIN! IT IS ALWAYS A GREAT TIME AT THE SUN EVEN IF THE FIGHTS ARE MEDIOCRE. WE HAD A MOST DELICIOUS MEAL A THE SUMMER SHACK AND THEN WATCHED SOME SPIRITED FIGHTS CULMINATING WITH A FANTASTIC UPSET WITH BRIAN "ALOE" VERA KNOCKING OUT ANDY "LIMERICK" LEE IN THE MAIN EVENT. BONUS FIGHT WAS WATCHING THE LANKY AARON PRYOR JR WIN A TOUGH DECISION!

MARCH 8: AFTERNOON PLAY AT THE NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP DOWNTOWN NYC (LOWER EAST SIDE). THE ONE WOMAN PLAY IS ABOUT A CHILD'S EXPERIENCES DURING 1980'S MIAMI RACE RIOTS. APRIL YVETTE THOMPSON DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN A MESMERISING ROLE IN LIBERTY CITY. I GOTTA TELL YA THERE ARE A BUNCH OF DIVERSE, TASTY REASONABLY PRICED DINING OPTIONS IN THIS AREA OF THE OVERWHELMINGLY OVERPRICED NYC. EATING AT ZERZA WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS DAY! WE ENJOYED THE WONDERFUL BOUREKAS (Pastry bread stuffed with spinach, pine nuts, raisins & feta cheese) THIS DISH WAS OBVIOUSLY PILFERED FROM THE GREEKS * SPINACH PIE! ALONG WITH THE SPICY PRAWNS MARINATED IN CHERMOULA SAUCE ( whatever that is!). WE THEN ENJOYED A WHOLE GRILLED FISH ACCOMPANIED WITH A BEET & GOAT CHEESE SALAD. WE WERE SO STUFFED THAT WE SKIPPED DESSERT & THE HOOKAH LOUNGE!

GOT HOME IN TIME TO WATCH HBO WEST VERSION OF THE JUAN "BABY BULL" DIAZ VS NATE "THE GALAXY WARRIOR" CAMPBELL & OLEG "MUSHY" MASKAEV VS SAMUEL "TUB O NIGERIAN NIGHTMARE" PETER FIGHTS. BOTH FIGHTS WERE ENTERTAINING BUT SOMEWHAT ODD AS THE CANCUN VENUE SEEMED LIKE A DON KING MINOR LEAGUE SHOW? OH WELL!

MARCH 6: WE HAD AN ENCHANTING ( BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO GET THIS WORD IN MY BLOG!!) EVENING AT THE TILLES CENTER ON C.W. POST CAMPUS ON LONG ISLAND. WE ATTENDED A HIGHLY ENTERTAINING AND ENERGETIC CONCERT BY THE RENOWNED PINK MARTINI. IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING SHOW THAT ME N THE MRS WOULD GLADLY ATTEND AGAIN! PINK MARTINI IS KIND OF A THROWBACK MINI 1930'S- 1940'S INTERNATIONAL BIG BAND WHICH WAS BIG FUN FOR ALL!!!