Structured Daydreams

One of my plays with the above named title has been accepted into the Primary Stages “Detention #8″ ten-minute play festival.
The play will open (and close) on Friday November 4th with performances at 7pm, and 10pm.
Also, I just finished another ten-minute play called Exchange Students, that is looking for a home. So if your Read the rest of this entry »

I walk into this coffee shop and beneath this small framed picture of something to do with bicycle racing lies a picture of my four year old sons drawing of a monkey bar playground.
I walk in, order coffee, point and say Read the rest of this entry »

There have been some major changes.

The General Manager of my restaurant has left, and a new woman has taken her place. So far, she fired a counter person, cut a kitchen workers hours, and told me to clean up my face.
She’s wild!
She has new ideas for the menu. She thinks croissants and coffee are a thing of the past. She has this ancient recipe passed down from her Albanian grandparents… Tarator. I heard her speaking to one of the kitchen staff, “This is favorite of my country—chilled yogurt with mint cucumber soup.”
Frankly, I’m a little concerned Read the rest of this entry »

So now it’s a category one hurricane.
What a joke.
What a state of emergency.
Though there was certainly a bit of tension at the local Key Foods. Also, the lines were halfway out the door. I’ve never seen the place so busy.
There were these really groovy dressed people near the bottled water section. As I walked by I heard them say “People are freaked out by anything.” She had on these red glasses and yellow Read the rest of this entry »

I’m swimming one mile tommorow at Glenn Cove, Morgan Memorial Park. I want to thank everyone who supported me. I could not have done it without your generous contributions and I want you to know I have spent hours and hours in the pool perfecting my stroke, breathing Read the rest of this entry »

The set is incredible. It’s gothic, Spanish. There were african dances. In fact, Juliet is introduced in this really impressive african dance. She can move, and make no mistake she can act. The girl has got talent. She was one of the best performers on stage. Mercutio was very good as well, and sorry that I’m jumping around, but did it bother anybody else that everyone had Scottish accents? I like the Scottish accent fine, but I guess living in New York you don’t hear it that much, so if Tybalt has it, then you’re like, “okay, bad guy is Scottish.” But Mercutio Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t kill lobsters. Unless you’re going to eat them. If you do eat them don’t put them on a barbecue, put them into boiling water. If you must barbecue, ensure your lobsters have been in the frigidaire for at least twenty minutes, and make Read the rest of this entry »

Dear Elan,

Mark wanted me to let you know he really appreciated your wonderful email. It meant the world to him. You’re a good dad.

Cheers.

Sincerely,
K. Prentice
U. S. Assistant to Mark Rylance

On August 13th, 2011 I will be participating in a 1-mile swim at Morgan Park in Glen Cove, NY to raise money for cancer research and treatment priorities.

Although I completely support cancer research, Read the rest of this entry »

Brooklyn, New York-More and more people on the subway have been covering their faces for a duration of more than three stops. This alarming epidemic is something of an enigma that has sprung on 2 and 3 trains, as well as 4 and 5 trains heading into Brooklyn.

“I’ve seen it,” said Lorraine Hampstead of Crown Heights. “It’s Read the rest of this entry »

This letter is about a month in the making. I was sure I was going to write it then I thought better, and said ‘nah, you probably get thousands.’ Then I thought better again and decided ‘yeah, but you won’t get thousands like this, cause there’s only one of me, I’m an individual,’ and la da dee—here I am writing to Mark Rylance.

I had nowhere Read the rest of this entry »