Andrew J. Lederer

. . . that i was acting as "consigliere" to one of the owners of the new "green room" venue in edinburgh.

well, there's a sister venue -- also called "the green room" -- which will be a comedy/cabaret space in "the theaters at 45 bleecker" (which is where sarah silverman first did "jesus is magic"). yesterday, designers and other planning types were scoping the place, envisioning how it might be.

it was exciting.

also lately, building on my sugar-sweetened coke experience, i had sugar-sweetened pepsi (kosher for passover) and sugar-sweetened Heinz ketchup (the organic kind is made in Canada and doesn't use high fructose corn syrup).

also exciting.

and last night, i went with friends to an australian bar on the lower east side where, between us, we went through their entire selection of australian beers ('cept for fosters), then moved onto other libations.

the employees and management were incredibly nice and the place was bursting with life.

you know -- exciting


oh, yeah -- and i don't have that writing job anymore. they're changing the format and don't know what exactly it will be.

so, i made about a thousand bucks lately and i've only received about 40 of it and when the remainder comes, it'll go to local expenses and my edfringe programme fee and then i'm down to zero again.


there's no place like home.


(also related -- getting off the train before it's arrived at the station and other stories)