After 8 days, or a life time, we both were clear of Covid – whatever variant and ready for some fun. We started with dinner at Bar Bantam before proceeding to GEVA for Sister Act. Dinner was with Victor and Joyce Poleshuck and Neil and Sandy Frankel. We had not been to the restaurant in at least 4 years and expectations were limited. Seating was fine. The menu is limited but we all found items to please us. I had Tuna over Black Rice which was done to perfection and and Carol found lovely lettuce wraps to satisfy her.
We headed out the door for the short walk to GEVA with Joyce and Victor. We could not remember going to a play there in several years. Sister Act is a fun musical and I would recommend the GEVA performance to anyone. Production was really good, Acting and staging were also very good. This is not intended as a review!
We have been taking some time in the apartment to continue our recovery of strength. Sunday was a magnificent day with temperatures in the mid to high 80’s and The Corn Hill Festival was on. Corn Hill is a section Southwest of downtown (barely) that once was the 3rd Ward better known as the Blue Stocking District. It was once entirely lovely Victorian home and later became more inner city and in the last couple of decades has become a vibrant mixed community less than a mile from our apartment. All the streets of the district are given over to vendors of all sorts for the two day event. There are 4 music stages and in the past there have been many street buskers.
We walked back along the banks of the Genesee River which borders the area and were please to see the fine work restoring the river wall and even including a special launch location for wheelchair bound individuals to board a canoe or kayak.
If anyone really wants to read the instructions, let me know and I will send the closeup along.
It is indeed Festival Season and the Rochester Jewish Film Festival is on, 21 films in 7 days. We went to ONE today, not sure how many more we will get to. We saw The Automat which is a documentary about the famed Horn & Hardart Automats. Mel Brooks provides introduction and some narration along the way. It is both fascinating and hilarious. Ruth Bader Ginsberg also has an important role as do many other familiar characters.
It has finally starting to rain as promised. We will stay in for the evening and get on with other plans tomorrow.
Glad that you are doing better. We saw “The Automat” at the Baddeck Library last Thursday. It was delightful! David has fond memories of the automat, so he really enjoyed it. According to the library coordinator she curated the film for David. One of the joys of being in a small community – your interests are known.