Greetings from SW Ohio. I am home after the glorious New York weekend. Had a great time at Penny's show and the partay afterward and will post a couple of photos later.
Sunday, niece Laura and I met my Michigan friend Doug for brunch at Josephina's (Larry & Jose, you were right!), then picked up our tickets for the Illinois State U Wind Symphony concert at Alice Tully Hall. We had a couple of hours to spend in the Lincoln Center area and happened across a small cinema that was showing the Annette Bening movie
Being Julia. It fit nicely into our timeframe and got us in out of the rain. Loved the movie, in which the actress character has many of the same food sentiments as Miriam Rosen/Abigail Paine.
The concert was unbelievably wonderful. It was the first time I'd seen Laura's guy Steve conduct. It was the NY premier of 3 pieces and all 3 composers were in attendance. They had a good sized house, which included a woman who sat dead center and belched (loudly) at almost every quiet part

There was a very festive partay at Cafe Fiorello after the concert, where I had a heavenly salmon dinner and an exquisite cheesecake dessert.