Today's rain was totally annoying for walking around the city. I took care of my business downtown in the morning. The Metrocard service center was nicely staffed (with nice staff) and I was in and out of there in hardly more than twenty minutes.
But I then realized I did NOT want to spend several hours schlepping around in the rain before my film showing at 4:30 pm. I'd originally planned to walk around, stop in Academy Records/CDs, get something to eat, maybe browse the Juilliard store, that kind of thing. But at this point I didn't feel the need to do any of that, including eating, and I wondered if I could get into an earlier showing.
So I trained it straight to Lincoln Center -- very likely just missing DR Elmore at the box office! -- and the nice redhead replaced my 4:30 ticket with a 12:30 one. There were all of a dozen people at that showing, so I guess that wasn't too inconvenient for them.
That got me out of there and on a 3:00 train back home, including grabbing a sandwich for the train. Traffic looked absolutely miserable everywhere, and even my ten-minute drive home from the station felt like an hour. But the film is well worth the trip, and the day goes into the success column in spite of less than optimal conditions.
