August 27, 2005
ALMOST-END-OF-SUMMER EXTRAVAGANZA
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I bemoan the end of summer in NYC mostly because it means every idiot
in town who thinks blowing several grand to play "Spring Break, The
Hamptoms: Older, Fatter, More Ridiculous" is a great idea returns and
starts crowding me. The last weekend before Labor Day weekend,
however, holds out some hope for some last-minute city-centered
enjoyment tomorrow.
Last weekend I had the pleasure of meeting playwright Michael Puzzo,
who was hilarious and has a show at this year's
href="http://www.fringenyc.org/">Fringe Festival. The last
performance of his play The
Dirty Talk is Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at The Flea
Theater on
href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=41+white+street+new+york&spn=0.0286
13,0.059197&hl=en">White Street, between Broadway and Church
Streets.
If you're on the lower West Side already, go ahead and check out the
href="http://cityguide.aol.com/newyork/bars/event.adp?evid=2422749">Blu
es, BBQ, & Fireworks party on the Hudson River. The
href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/upcoming_events/event
s.php?id=24819">NYC Parks site informs people that it's on Pier 14,
but that's on the East River. The actual party is on
href="http://www.hudsonriverpark.org/parkmap/greenwich.html">Pier
54, just west of West 14th St. and the Meatpacking District.
[note to NYC Parks Dept.: please get your shit together; that's
not even the right river!]
The Blues, BBQ, and Fireworks party was great last year, although I
remember a styrofoam plate of ribs filling with rainwater in weather
that precluded even sticking around for the fireworks. On the plus
side, Hell's Kitchen BBQ masters Daisy May's had the great idea to
staff its stand with very personable young women decked out in
restaurant t-shirts.
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Here's this year's line-up of performers and purveyors:
2005 Line up 2:30pm Kenny Neal/Billy Branch Duo 3:45pm Corey Harris and the 5x5 Band 5:00pm Guitar Shorty 6:15pm Candye Kane 7:45pm Hubert SumlinThis year’s restaurants include:
Daisy May’s BBQ U.S.A
Dinosaur Bar B Que
RIB
Smoked Barbecue
Spanky’s BBQ
Sated with off-off-Broadway theater and smoked meat, one may want to
make his or her way up to href="http://www.pier63maritime.com/">Pier 63 Maritime, which is
less of a pier than a floating railroad barge and the home of the
resurrected floating lightship href="http://www.fryingpan.com/">Fying Pan. 63 Maritime
is one of the hidden summertime gems of NYC. Just off West 23rd St.,
the former Lackawanna rail barge was how the railroad company used to
transport cargo from its eastern terminus (ending in Hoboken) across
the Hudson to NYC. Now it's the home of a retired fireboat href="http://www.fireboat.org/">John J. Harvey, the
Fying Pan, and a href="http://www.pier63maritime.com/p63m_tiki_hut.htm">food-and-drinks
stand that caters to people who want to spend their weekends
soaking up the sun on a barge instead of a beach--and I guess that
person would be me. Musical acts are the norm throughout the day and
if you stay long enough, you might get to catch the fireworks from the
BBQ festival just south of you.
Summer Sundays don't have to be lazy. Get your ass out there and enjoy
Gotham before the locals return and ruin it.
Posted by Lexiphane at August 27, 2005 10:12 PM
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