9/21: WEDNESDAY

AN ACCIDENTAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY: The Selected Letters of Gregory Corso, edited by Bill Morgan

America's Greatest Unknown Poet: Lorine Niedecker Reminiscences, Photographs, Letters and Her Most Memorable Poems, by John Lehman

Close to me & Closer ... (The Language of Heaven) and Desamere by Alice Notley

two cups of coffee

one cab ride

one subway fare

diet coke

"feminine protection"

Chambers Hotel stay

Lunch at Krystal's:
...steamed rice
...fish and tofu stew
...2 types of pork dishes
...sotanghon soup
...diet coke

Dinner at Jean Georges:
...1996 Le Bahans Haut Brion
...Pellegrino
...Amuse Bouche: tuna sashimi, cantaloupe soup with sea salt foam, basil and tomato encrusted goat cheese
...foie gras terrine with slow roasted strawberries and aged balsamic vinegar
...porcini risotto with chevril, tarragon and mint
...veal tenderloin with parmesan and lavender
...sangria poached figs with burnt orange ice cream
...chocolate medley
...sweet corn panna cotta
...crispy Madeleine
...spiced walnuts
...concord grape sorbet
...cavallon melon soup
...plate of fresh marshmallows, chocolate pralines and mascarpone cookies


Negative Purchases:
Discarded cup of coffee

Gave cake to PJ

free cab courtesy of MM