{"id":472,"date":"2014-06-22T08:20:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T12:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=472"},"modified":"2014-06-22T08:21:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T12:21:00","slug":"new-york-city-blog-june-15-june-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=472","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog: June 15 – June 21"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s been a busy week. \u00a0Diana Vishneya and Marcelo Gomes were superb in the ABT\u2019s GISELLE. Gillian Murphy, as Myrta, the Wiilis’s Queen, and her creepy followers, the corp de ballet were perfect. But the forest was so dark. It was almost as dark as the Charles James\u2019s reverential exhibit at the Met, beautiful but I felt the need of a seeing eye dog.<\/p>\n

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Charles James’s Poster at the Met<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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BELLE was predictable and boring. Not even Tom Wilkinson\u2019s performance saved it. I ran into some neighbors, Joe (the man) and Winston (the bird) outside the theatre.<\/span><\/div>\n
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MALEFICIENT was lots of fun. Angelica Jolie was her\u00a0chiseled best. A friend and I saw the movie at AMC 25 in tacky, tourist infested 42nd Street. The movie house\u2019s decor is\u00a0vaguely Hollywood Egyptian with escalators that go who knows where. Afterwards, to Ginger, a huge Chinese restaurant, where we filled up on duck and Tom Collins.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Mutton chop, anyone? A dear friend took me to Keens. It\u2019s Con Haggerty\u2019s favorite restaurant. He\u2019s Steve Kulchek\u2019s retired uncle. We were offered a reservation at 5:30 or 9:30. We took the earlier hour. Keens has casino lighting. In other words, the minute you enter time doesn\u2019t exist. It\u2019s got everything: great food, great service, great decor, and a great history.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Lady Keen over the bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
That\u2019s not the Goodyear blimp floating over lower Manhattan, that\u2019s me, having indulged alla Paul Bunyan in two –2 — two restaurants this week.<\/div>\n

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