{"id":330,"date":"2014-02-09T12:01:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T16:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=330"},"modified":"2014-02-09T12:01:57","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T16:01:57","slug":"new-york-city-blog-feb-2-feb-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog Feb. 2-Feb. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"
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February 2nd: R. I. P. Philip Seymour Hoffman. The last movie I saw him in was \u00a0A Late Quartet. He and the other wonderful actors created the impression that they were highly skilled musicians who had been playing together for years.\u00a0Hoffman was buried from St Ignatious Loyola, another man who had his own terrors. Although there were many mourners present, not one carried the coffin. Instead, it was carried, I guess, by minimum wage employees of Frank Campbell.<\/p>\n

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While the rest of you were watching. agonizing over\/ betting on\/ Super Bowl, a friend and I went to Craft, Tom Colicchio\u2019s laboratory, I mean, restaurant on 19th Street. The service was fine, the space was ample (we\u2019re talking Manhattan) and the greens were gritty. Feb. 2 was the first time I’d been back in three years. Now, there’s music. Did a consultant suggest that that would make the restaurant more hospitable? I preferred the more formal atmosphere.<\/div>\n
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Highlights in Jazz celebrated its 41st anniversary on Feb. 6. Jack Kleinsinger, its creator, was in fine form. A woman approached him in Las Vegas and said, \u201cI hope you don\u2019t mind my saying this, but you look like Jack Kleinsinger.\u201d Kenny Barron, the jazz pianist, was also in fine form.<\/div>\n
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Don\u2019t tell me NYC isn\u2019t a carny town. From my window I see the Empire State Building. During daylight hours it\u2019s as staid as a banker. Once the sun goes down, it turns vibrant multicolors every few seconds, resembling a hypodermic needle crossed with a jukebox.<\/div>\n

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