TODAY WAS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY, A LITTLE COOL, BRACING, STIMULATING.
THIS FRIDAY WAS THE FIRST "FRIDAY'S AT ONE" LECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY, AND ONE I HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO. NICHOLAS BIRNS, A PROFESSOR AT THE NEW SCHOOL GAVE A LECTURE ABOUT ANTHONY POWELL'S 12 NOVELS, TITLED "DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME'' ALL WHICH I READ LAST YEAR AND ENJOYED
TREMENDOUSLY. SO THAT PART OF THE DAY EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS. AFTER THE INEVITABLE, UNAVOIDABLE COFFEE HOUR LILLIAN AND I TOOK A LONG WALK IN THE WEST VILLAGE ENDING IN WASHINGTON SQUARE. AFTER A REST WE WENT TO MARIO BATTAGLIA'S "OTTO" AT FIFTH AVE AND NINTH STREET FOR MY FAVORITE THIN CRUST PIZZA AND SOME PROSECCO.
I WENT HOME, LILLIAN TO CASA ITALIANA TO SEE "AMARACORD," A FELLINI FILM ABOUT FASCISM-----RELATED TO AN IRP COURSE SHE'S TAKING.
WE'LL SEE EACH AT AN 80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION TOMORROW.