Don't Eat the Tomatoes- A New York Sayonara

Well this is the last day I am in the New York/New Jersey area.

This has been one crazy week, memories of giving homeless people dirty looks, throwing food at pigeons, spraining my foot and hobbling around the city, seeing Adding Machine, Sunday in the Park with George and Jump.

Memories of touring Brooklyn College, Columbia University, and Rutgers.

Rice to riches=best rice pudding store imaginable.  Seeing the performing garage where the Wooster Group displays their shows, trying to see the Annuals, but staying home because I had food poisoning- don't eat the tomatoes-they have salmonella, don't eat them, seriously. 

Now there is nothing better than in 80 degree weather freezing with chills and going to a stuffy emergency room for 7 hours, so seriously don't eat the tomatoes.

All in all a pretty rocking time, I will be back in the Philadelphia/West Chester area for the next three weeks.

Durktown, USA   

Pack ya caa at Haavad yad- A Boston Requiem

Well folks this is my last day in the wonderful city of Boston.  

Let's re-cap, the shows:  Awesome production of She Loves Me at Huntington Stage, a contemporary King John in a church, a very so-so production of Shakespeare's lost play, Cardenio at A.R.T, a spooky, far out take on Alice in Wonderland, called: Impossible Things.

The neighborhoods: South Boston, living out my Mystic River fantasy; the South End, where it is so serene and perfect; Kenmore area, where I saw the film The Fall; Allston, where I have been living for 10 days now, which I thank the people I have been staying with so much (it is in walking distance of Harvard University- yea my first choice in college); Mission Hill and Museum of Fine Arts, seeing so many paintings and artifacts, making me want to be an anthropologist.

The experiences:  seeing two homeless men fight, one homeless man faint from the heat, o yea 99 degree weather for 5 days in a row was quite awesome......not, walking around the city for a large portion of each day, stepping in the Boston Sea Harbor, not having to move my car, giving directions around Boston, UFO beer (not that great-like Blue Moon), meeting up with long lost friends, spending two hours looking for a bus stop my first night in Boston, and of course drinking it in at the museum of fine arts, a tour/visit/interview at Boston University for the MFA Directing program, visiting Tufts University, a wicked chicken parm at Flying Penguins, and bacon and cheese stuffed burger at Playwright, o yea Beat LA...go Celtics.

Well it has been an unbelievable time and i truly will remember this, next up NYC for a week.

A Connecticut Farewell

Well, after two crazy days in East Haddam and Hartford I am off to Boston.

Summing Up:

East Haddam= most boring town in the country, being stuck in traffic for three hours due to a bridge construction, Goodspeed Musicals (only bright spot), Happy Days: The Musical, sleeping in my car inside of a barn (i'm pretty sure someone put garbage in the back of my car), and trying to steal internet (nope- didn't happen)

Hartford (the rich man's Wilmington)= A rocking production of The Milktrain Doesn't Stop Here Anymore at Hartford Stage Company, a sweet BBQ Joint- Sally's, a carousel ride, homeless people, a beautiful city with a wonderful park, Church and High Streets, staying at a seedy Motel 6 and locking my key in the room multiple times.

Wow...so much has happened next up Boston, here I go.

Durktown, USA

Send Off

Well, tomorrow is the big day where I ship off to Connecticut for a couple of days.  After that I will be in Boston until the 16th of June.  I will be updating as often as possible.  I can provide any pictures, essays, reviews, or other items if you need.  

Email: durkin44@msn.com

Cell: 570-236-5436

That is all for now...wish me luck

Durktown, USA