Blogging has been light lately. As I wrote previously, I started to feel sick shortly after we landed at LaGuardia at the end of our vacation. Over the past week I’ve nursed a pretty terrible cold: scratchy throat, then laryngitis, then congestion and coughing. Plus a low fever that lasted two or three days. Friday seemed to be the peak; I’ve slowly been getting better since then. I’m sure I caught it from Matt, since he got sick a couple of days before we left for Disney World and was coughing almost the entire time we were there, and we shared a water bottle the whole week (there was some kissing, too). I worked mostly from home last week and barely left the apartment, except for two nights when I dragged myself out because we had theater tickets (Middletown at the Vineyard, and A Free Man of Color at Lincoln Center). And yesterday our building’s fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate for about 90 minutes because they couldn’t figure out how to turn off the alarm.
Except for the fire alarm, this weekend was all about chilling out: exploring the new Back to the Future trilogy Blu-Ray set, reading a Walt Disney biography, reading the paper, doing crosswords, and watching TV. Last night we caught up on the last four weeks of Brothers & Sisters. Oh, Kevin and Scotty: such drama, you two.
Anyway, I look forward to getting better soon and not coughing anymore.
What did you think of Middletown? The post office lost our mailer, then Dan’s going on vacation, so we’re not seeing it until the final performance.
It was bizarre and kind of pointless. It sort of seemed like it was trying to be an update or comment on Our Town, but it went on too long and didn’t really work for me.
I’m afraid to ask about A Free Man of Color, since I have a ticket for an upcoming New York trip. The buzz has been pretty dreadful. I don’t know whether to see something else instead or suffer through it because I’ve already spent my money on it.
And hope you feel better soon!
I actually liked A Free Man of Color a lot. I didn’t even know there was bad buzz about it. Maybe it helped that I’m an American history buff. (Matt didn’t like it as much as I did.)
Last night I caught up on the most recent two episodes of Brothers & Sisters. I love me some Kevin and Scotty! Love how they’re (usually) the most stable couple on there — and Nora was sweet to say as much earlier that day — but I guess they were due for some drama!
Thanks, there’s been some message board chatter and I’ve seen some stuff on Twitter from people who didn’t like it. But I’m interested in American history and the cast sounds great.
Btw, you might like the book One Drop, by Bliss Broyard. It’s a memoir of her father, the literary critic Anatole Broyard, who was from New Orleans. She researches her family history and goes back to the period in which A Free Man of Color takes place.