{"id":638,"date":"2014-12-14T10:17:54","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T14:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=638"},"modified":"2014-12-14T10:17:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T14:17:54","slug":"new-york-city-blog-dec-7-dec-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=638","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog Dec. 7 – Dec. 13"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Dec. 7 I met old friends at Jing Fong Restaurant for dim sum. The entire world poured onto the escalators that went to the 700? 800? people restaurant. It stretched a city block. Lots of fun and very Cantonese. Afterwards we, along with the rest of the world that hadn\u2019t been at Jing Fong\u2019s, walked across Brooklyn Bridge.<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn Bridge, looking toward Manhattan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That evening we went to see Judson\u2019s Sarah Bernhardt, Ruby Rims, give his last performance. After twenty five years, Ruby and his teddy bears are hanging up their paws. Ruby was in full regalia – Dusty Springfield hair and yards of shimmering blue cloth, but he copped out on the heels. I spotted comfortable sneakers between the folds. It was essential cabaret fare: funny and bitter sweet. Rick Crom, Maureen McNamara and Jeff Harnar brought the house down. Throughout the years, Ruby has been accompanied by the terrific pianist, John McMahon.<\/p>\n

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John McMahon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursday was Dawn Powell night. The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation sponsored a talk at the Jefferson Market Library. In spite of its unwieldy name, the GVSHP is a smartly run organization that presents enticing talks, lectures, walks about NYC. Dawn Powell, a novelist championed by Gore Vidal, lived in Greenwich Village from the late 1910s to the 1960s. She lived and breathed the NYC atmosphere. We met in a vast room with Willa Cather staring down at us.<\/p>\n

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Dawn Powell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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