Can You Believe It??????????? A Stabbing In Times Square??????????? The Theater District?????????? My Part Of Town????????????????

                          For those who remember, I used to write a weekly column on Thursday called "Bitch Of The Week."  I stopped it around the time of the pandemic, because it seemed outmoded and I wanted to move on to other things.  But were I still writing it, Pamela Cisneras, the woman who, at 4:30 yesterday afternoon, stabbed a 32-year-old woman, and a 68-year-old man, who managed to survive would have made it for this week.   She told the cops she would kill them all, would not drop her knives, so they shot her.  She had a record of mental illness.

                            The kicker to all this was just several hours before, David and I walked through the area, enroute to the subway, on way home from The Algonquin.  Who do not have a new Hamlet yet.

                             Listen, bitches, don't mess with my areas.  Stick to the Bronx, especially Hunts Point, where all the dregs and prostitutes are.

                               We Theater Queens will not stand for it!  Jessica Tisch, you have nice hair but get a grip and do your job!

                               Are we to be permanently isolated?  NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lately, It Seems Everyone I Know Is Talking About Cataract Surgery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                        It all began last November.  I received a notice from my current eye doctor that he was giving up his NYC practice, keeping his one in Teaneck, New Jersey.  He offered to keep me as a patient, but that would not work.  I mean, Bay Ridge to Teaneck?  By public transportation?  That could take up an entire day!  And what if I had to have cataract surgery?  He always said he would do it, but now the situation has changed.

                          As a favor he offered to give me an exam (I was scheduled for February of this year) in December, so I took it.  He felt I was not yet ready for cataract surgery, but soon.  He did say if I went to new doctors, they might want to do it right away or wait.  Well, from my PCP, whom I trust implicitly, I got a reference to an eye doctor at NYU.  What a mistake!  This butch thing, who looked like she spends her Saturday nights at Henrietta's walks in and berates my former eye doctor, then tells me I have dense cataracts, which I have never been told before.  A friend of ours, it turns out had a similar experience with this same doctor, so I say run for the hills.  Her initials are RM.  Beware!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                          So, like I said in my last post, January I am in for it. The 7th, to be exact.  That is when I go to see David's eye doctor whom he likes so I hope I will.  David had cataract surgery under him, and he introduced me to our dermatologist, whom I like, so I am hoping I like this doctor.

                           I am certain he will say I should have cataract surgery right away, though I have no symptoms.  But neither did David.  If I like him, I will do as he says; on the other hand, I don't have much choice because I do not want to jeopardize my eyes by waiting too long, and I am afraid the procedure will take my sight.  I mean, what am I supposed to do in recovery?  I know about the drops and David can help me with them, but am I supposed to just sit and do nothing?  My eyes are the window to my world!  What am I supposed to do????????????

                            So, already 2027 seems a challenging year.  It is also the 50th anniversary of my graduation from college, and my 20th anniversary writing this blog.  Which I want to continue to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                               Mother Mary, have mercy on me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"See You In September, Darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                                         "Ring around the rosy, a pocket full of posy."

                                         Darlings, can you believe it is that time again?  Not only for Labor Day, and then back to school, but now we have entered the "ber" months, in which the year goes its fastest.  This month we have Labor Day, school, the Jewish holidays, me singing "Frank Mills" in front of the Waverly," not to mention Proserpina going back to Hell in just 20 days.  And by then I will have to pick my next mammoth book for the season.  But watch out--with the mild and soggy Summer we have had, I predict a sizzling September, so watch out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                              October brings birthdays, Halloween, and the weather chills.  Summer is gone and long past.

                                                November is my birthday month, along with Musical Theater Week, and Thanksgiving.  We shall dine at Chadwick's, as usual.  I have not decided on my birthday yet; I have to check with ANNA.  Oh, and don't forget All Saints Day, which starts the month!

                                                 We all know what December is. Jesus, Chanukah, The Rockettes, Christmas Trees, The Nativity, Latkes, and a final farewell to 2026.  It will happen faster than one thinks.

                                                   Then comes January, when I am really in for it.  Stay tuned for what in the next post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                    "They say that all good things must end someday.  Autumn leaves start to fall."