Their is a reason why so many stay so close to new York
it is a city of possibilities. Its a city where you can meet and talk with a cool cabbies, a door man, a millionaire business man or a movie star.
Its moving on up to the east side, or just visiting there for a while
I was with a wonderful friend of mine just the other day. Brook Anderson the Director and Curator of the American Museum of Folk art in new York. Brook is my Guardian angel, she has become like a sister to me.
In any case i had the pleasure of giving a talk at Columbia University, to Brooks class. They were simply a wonderful diverse mix of people.
But that not why i am writing you its about new York
And Brook reminded me of the treats and secrets that new York holds
My daughter Lauren in interned for Brook a few years past.
Brook told me a story that i had heard from my daughter, who didn't tell it the way Brook could.
anyway Lauren was working at the booth at the outsider fair on Houston street a few years ago.
anyway Brook is married to the most wonderful, warm man, Jay.
Now when i say a man is handsome i mean it and Jay is handsome. He is tall and lean and a cool guy to boot.
I know i am talking too much
but he is a actor, who recently had a part in the New Che movie..
Ok Ok
Jay took my daughter under his wing and they have become great friends and my daughter is with Brook.
ok to the story
Brook tells the story that Lauren and Jay were walking
around the fair.
Now my daughter is stunner if i must say so myself
anyway here are two beautiful people walking around the fair together
Brook is watching when she spy's Whooper Goldberg
who is a bit collector
she watches Whoopee watching Jay and Lauren
then she sees Whoopee
actually start following them
with a puzzled look on her face
cant you see it
that face Of whoopee
that face we all love
that voice
following Lauren and Jay around the fair
anyway finally with brook watching
Whoopie walks right up to Jay and Lauren
and says
i have got to just ask
i guess she see's this tall handsome white guy
with this short beautiful young black girl
and just cant take the drama
Whoopie asked
who the hell are you
they both laugh
and Whoopie winds up talking to both of them for a while
later my daughter said that when Whoopie saw
my daughter later on
talking to one of the only other black girls working at the Fair
that she came back over to them
and spent some quality time with them
laughing and talking
Brook was amazed as i am
Other new York stories
i used to go and visit new York all the time
on several occasions
for some reason
i would stand out side of my gallery
which used to be on Broadway and prince st
next to deanand delucas
anyway
at on at least three occasions
when i was smoking a cig
a woman would come over to me
and ask for a light and stand next to me and smoke
we wouldn't say a word
just smoke
and enjoy the quiet of each others company
she when then drop her stogey
and give me a shy smile and leave
i knew i knew this woman's face i mean she was beautiful
the second time this happened
i knew who she was
Julie Delpy
she was a actress who played
waking life, the countess and the American werewolf in Paris, I am sorry to say that is the movie i remembered her from
Do i wish i would have said some thing
not really
if she wanted to talk she would have
i think that i am a big black guy
scary and she was able to smoke her cig
without any one bothering her
i think that must have been why
ok one more new York story
Ben Fleck, Casey and Gus Van Sant
ok a few years back
all three of these guys showed up at my gallery
when i was there
Ben Affleck was actually really nice and cool
he reminded me of a cop or fire man to be honest
he had just gotten out of rehab and was dating
Jaylo
but that not the story
Gus was cool
they brought allot of work
movie posters from Africa
but anyway
i was out front
smoking a cig
i got in the elevator
and Casey Affleck
got in the elevator with me
anyway punk
he looked at me
and not in a nasty way
said
second floor
as if i were the elevator operator
you know me
what do i look like the doorman
yes i did
but my pride was hurt any way
black guy Doorman
hum
i am not the door man sorry
luckily
i bit my tongue
i didn't know this guy from Adam
until i got upstairs
and he walked into the gallery
and hugged his brother Ben
he and i looked at each other a smiled
and that was it
i always thought after this
that the guy has class
i don't
anyway
new York story's
i have hundreds and i will talk about them
in time
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