{"id":981,"date":"2016-01-23T12:05:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T16:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=981"},"modified":"2016-01-23T12:05:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T16:05:34","slug":"new-york-city-blog-january-18-january-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=981","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog January 18 – January 23"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hello, snow! I\u2019m sitting in my twelfth story aerie with icy patterns on the windows, cosy and warm inside and peering out at a deserted, white world. I\u2019m pulling a Nero Wolfe, aside from orchids, and reading The Gazette, the Wolfe Pack journal.<\/p>\n

Have you seen Janis: Little Girl Blue<\/em>? A friend and I went to one of IFC\u2019s tiny theaters and sat nose to nose with the screen. During her career, Joplin scared me. Her raw emotion and sound invaded parts of my subconscious I was avoiding. To this day, I sidle up to friends and ask if they liked her. The response has always been a resounding and unanimous yes. I went to the documentary to see if I\u2019d grown up. Yes and no. Joplin no longer scared me. Instead, I was fascinated by her middle class background and revolted by the unkindness she encountered. For me, she was a social phenomenon. I\u2019m still waiting to appreciate her music. The documentary had great shots of 1960\u2019s San Francisco and Woodstock. Afterwards, we trotted down Sixth Avenue and had an afternoon snack, the best pork buns in town and lovely green tea.<\/p>\n

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Gonzalez Y Gonzalez is a great guacamole\/tequila\/chips joint that\u2019s two feet from the Angelica movie house. A friend and I tucked into everything fried and alcoholic before seeing Carol<\/em>. It\u2019s a very pretty movie, that turned a good book, The Price of Salt<\/em>, into a soap opera.This time, Patricia Highsmith has eluded the director, Todd Haynes. If there\u2019s an academy award for props like fur coats and cigarette lighters, \u00a0Carol<\/em> is a shoo-in. I was more interested in the luscious clothes, hair styles -those straight parts are such a turn on – and vintage cars than I was in the women.<\/p>\n

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