Fellini's 8½- Not Coming Soon to the North Park:(

[captainsblog]

I could've just as easily named it 9½ if Fellini had found that extra digit- because yesterday ended two straight days that lasted that long for me, driveway to driveway.  Each began with a 9:30 court appearance in Rochester, was followed by multiple and backed-up client appointments, and ended with long walks to out-of-the-way parking spots and rolling in our door just in time to eat, watch a film (this one two nights ago, Skyfall last night), and fall down go boom.

Both days, with the foot still hurting pretty badly. By late last night, I'd eroded enough of the object so it was more Just There than Really Owie- and I made it through over an hour of cardio today with no ill effect from it, so I think this, too, shall pass.

That was my only venture from the grounds all day- well, gym after office, bank and return of Redbox. I cranked out a butt-ton of paperwork throughout the morning and almost wiped out the cash-stash in the postage meter by the time I finished posting it all.

Long weekend awaits. More at-home stuffs in the morning, a hopefully quick court gig here in the afternoon, and then three days off.  The third will be a travel day, as long as the downstate weather holds up- a group of Met bloggers got tickets to the Monday night Subway Series game at Citi Field, and Matt Harvey is due to pitch- he's plainly the best player (and possibly the only hope) on this team, and it will be a great chance to see him When He Was New.

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One chance we won't be getting much more will be to see movies at the only still-surviving active movie house from Buffalo's historic past:



Originally known as Shea's North Park, after the legendary local chain of movie palaces (its flagship is still open, but acts as a Broadway musical bus-and-truck venue with occasional concerts), it has been a North Buffalo fixture since my law school days. When Rear Window and a handful of other "lost Hitchcocks" were finally re-released in the early 1980s, the North Park got the screenings, and I saw all five of the there. For years, it's been run by a small regional chain, but it never acquired the art-house cachet that the Little did in Rochester; they split their indy films to a downtown multiplex, a just-over-the-border 50s venue, and even a dull ex-General Cinema three-screener in a local mall.  The chain is simply ending their lease, and the building's owner, a so-far-not-commenting local lawyer, might do the right thing and retain its Hertel Heritage.

Or it could be knocked down for a Rite Aid. Because, you know, you can never have enough of those around here.

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[symian.livejournal.com]

I know it! Too many Walgreens and no indy theaters. :/