Come Saturday morning......

 My calendar for today (as with every Friday, Saturday and Sunday) starts with a bike ride.  Only we slept in late - like to 9:20am this morning - and how absolutely delightful a morning it was!

Yesterday I was supposed to bike ride - Katherine thought I did - I did not.  I went on a photoshoot, walking westward on Santa Monica Blvd from Sawtelle in West LA to Bundy.  I passed Talay, a Thai-Chinese restaurant where I returned later the same day to go to the Laemmle Royal, next door to Blick Art Supplies.

I intended to go to see Bad Shabbos, an art house comedy reviewed favorably in the NY Times.  I made a mistake and found myself in the wrong room of the three screen theatre - I started seeing the French-English comedy Jane Austen Ruined My Life.

Hey, it was a great mistake because it simply re-kindled an interest in going to the movies again - especially where I can take advantage of Senior Citizen discounts ($7 for first show of the day at the Royal for old farts!!!).   Of course it'll be more expensive for later shows in the afternoon but still, why the hell not go and 'embellish' the lifestyle I have been developing, centered around school......other activities beckon and I am happy about that!

Who knows - I think I can write something very funny - can I work it all into a much longer comic routine?  With a harmonica as a instrument to laugh over???

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