JURY DUTY DIARIES
By Anita Sarko
Sunday, 8/26/2007 9:14 PM
Jury Duty
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Everyone (living here legally) knows that sick feeling one gets when a certain white multi-layered cardboard “envelope” sporting a red slash above the addressee’s name appears in the mailbox. You know what it is even before you read the dreaded words “Important: Jury Summons Enclosed”. Argh!
Mine summoned me during a really busy time here at the PMc studio, so I immediately requested a postponement for August. Alas…along came August and along came my new summons. The gig was up. Nowadays, we are only allowed one extension and outright dismissal from one’s civic duty has gone the way of those cell phones that were the size of baby whales.
I still get misty-eyed over those halcyon days of yore. I was free and clear for YEARS because I had dragged my ass over to the County Clerk… ... Read More
“THE SIMPSONS” SCREENING AND THE “EL CANTANTE” AFTER PARTY: A NIGHT OUT WITH MUSTO
By Anita Sarko
Tuesday, 8/21/2007 8:33 PM
Movies
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My darling Musto invited me to accompany him to a screening and another movie’s after party. The screening was for “The Simpsons” and the after party was for “El Cantante”, which Musto had already seen. It all sounded great because I’m not enough of a “Simpsons” fan to have ever thought to pay to see the LONG version and, even though I’m a big Marc Anthony fan and would have wanted to see THAT movie (I’m also a fan of Hector Lavoe’s work, whose bio “El Cantante” is based upon), I was sure it would play well on TV some other time. Besides, I already knew the story of Lavoe’s messed-up life.
The party was slated for Cipriani 42nd St., so it was certain to be lavish and filled with food and drink. Of course, WHY it was at an ... Read More
I LOVE MY BIKE
By Anita Sarko
Thursday, 8/9/2007 12:29 PM
Blog
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This is a love story.
Though my pink Schwinn Cruiser and I met each other by happenstance, Michael Musto was actually the matchmaker. Mikey has been riding his bike forever and has never tired of extolling the virtues of this form of transportation. Not only does it get him everywhere in much less time, for much less money and is far more reliable (even considering the occasional blown tire or vandalism) than walking, taxis, subways and busses, it didn’t hurt that he gave his year-round pedaling credit for his perky rock-hard posterior. The downside (all puns intended) was his forever expanding foot size, a never-ending horror that has him wearing flip-flops and socks year-round. This quasi-Oriental approach to footwear became a necessity because the $1000 special-ordered shoes he’s been forced to rely on always arrived too small because his feet had grown by the time it took to ... Read More