Andrew J. Lederer

my friend leaves for montreal this morning, then edinburgh on sunday.

i bought him a roll-n-roaster sandwich and coney island t-shirt yesterday. then went to see the conclusion of "to sir with love" in bryant park, 'cause i wanted to precede my own trip to the uk with the experience of seeing lulu, in london's east end, singing to sidney poitier, on a big screen, outdoors, surrounded by skyscrapers, in new york.

i'll arrive in montreal tomorrow, then edinburgh in a couple of weeks.

i think it's kind of cool that last week's bryant park movie took place partially in montreal while this week's was in the uk -- an omen of some sort, i would guess.

and i sort of started my journey after last night's movie by heading over to birdland to see british bossa nova king,earl okin, who'll be in montreal and edinburgh as well. missed his song but at least i showed up -- that's all that matters, right?

tomorrow at about this time i should be in canada.