A Steady Rain

Conversations I have had:

MOTHER: You're going to spend a day in New York? Are you going to see something?
ME: Yeah, A Steady Rain
MOTHER: Yes, I've seen the weather report. What's the name of the show you're going to see?

When shawan_7 first said "Let's get tickets to see Hugh Jackman!" of course I was up for it. Who cared what it was? It was Hugh Jackman!

Then I heard more and more about A Steady Rain and had a sinking feeling. This was just about a checklist of Nea's idea of Do Not Want entertainment: nonlinear, sad, about unsympathetic characters. But I said I'd go and what the heck it was short and I'd get dinner in NYC....

It is short. It's also dark, intense, and BRILLIANT. This was tragedy done *right* as it so rarely is, dark and bitter like premium chocolate. It's not a story about someone who couldn't make up his mind to save his life. (I'm looking at you, Hamlet.) While it is about a couple of guys making stupid mistake after stupid mistake, you can see how that arises out of their character and worldview, and their mistakes are not the kind of thing that could have been cleared up with a single honest conversation with other people involved (are you listening Othello?) or a moment's skepticism (paging MacBeth to the cluephone). Nor is it really about piling on trauma after trauma after trauma until over the top isn't traumatic enough anymore (*ahem* Mr. Davies).

( It was more like Richard III... only with less aristocracy and more use of the word 'fuck' )

For travel details, shawan_7, boogiebabe_smap, maureen_the_mad & I took the Vamoose Bus (although along the trip we passed both Megabus and Bolt busses). The downside of this is that it takes an hour longer each way and you don't have as many departure choices as the train. The upside is that round trip on the bus costs less than a one-way train ticket. (Another upside is that there's a Starbucks by the DC departure point, which is open early on a Saturday and sells a shelf-stable breakfast good for taking with.)

Due to my writing the address wrong, we didn't have lunch at my beloved Da Roscina (warning, web page plays music). But it's not like you can't find good food on Restaurant Row and Da Roscina doesn't do that amazing salmon fettuccine for lunch anyway. So we ate at Tramonti Ristorante (364 W 46th; I'd link but their website is broken) which was superb.

We had a little time after the show so we walked down to the bead district, where I was looking at charms for stitchmarkers and the others were looking at beads. (I'd also swear that we passed jigglykat walking uptown on 7th.)

A good day, if a short one, and now I have reviews that must be written. Fortunately, I drafted some of them on the bus.

Question for the knitters

I've bought what seems to be the only set in town - anyone know anywhere online I can buy another set (or two) of Prym size 3 6-inch metal DPNs?

(Considering that the only Pryms I've seen previously were in England, I might mention that they're 15mm long and 3/3.25mm wide, if you know anywhere that'll ship to America.)