It occurred to me that I neglected to tell you about one of my adventures in New York!
Now, I've been going to New York regularly, every year since 2007 or so, and in between SUNSET BLVD and THE LITTLE FOXES this last visit, I realized that I had never eaten at Sardi's!
I popped right on over and with no problem, got a nice table in the main dining room. The thing is, since this restaurant is famous for being a celebrity hang out, everyone turned to look to see who was being escorted to a table. I'm sure they were trying to figure out if I was famous or not, but it started to feel like they were staring at me because I was being seated ALONE. Being single for most of my adult life, I have no problem with dining solo, but this is the first time I ever felt like people were watching me do it.
Seated among and beneath the world famous caricatures of Broadway's biggest stars, and seemingly in a spotlight, I wondered why I had never been there before. I shook out the old noodle and found ideas that it was "too fancy" and probably "too expensive" for the likes of me. I am amazed at how sometimes I will have little revelations about why I have never done some things. It is because I have in the back of my head the idea that I can't afford it or don't deserve it. I'm even more amazed because, when I realize it about one thing, I assume that ALL of those thoughts are banished, until I find myself seated somewhere like Sardi's. With those thoughts firmly out of my mind, I ordered my favorite drink, Campari and Soda.
Then, after making sure it is all Gluten-Free, I go with a prix frixe mesclun salad
and a chicken dish,
followed by a delightful Tahitian Vanilla Bean Crème Bruleè.
It was a lovely meal! So lovely I didn't feel singled out anymore. As a matter of fact, I realized that single gay men must be a very common clientele. I mean, this is a New York, Broadway centered restaurant. Of course, there's always single gay men eating alone here. If there weren't, would they even have these cute little tables, clearly sized to accommodate one person. I mean look at the gay sitting next to me...
...Obviously gay and clearly single.
(No, I didn't try to hook up. I had a THE LITTLE FOXES ticket!)
All in all, it was a nice time and I'm glad I got out and didn't end up somewhere like Sbarro's (...as if) since my favorite in-between shows haunt,
Angus McIndoe, went away.
I couldn't help wondering if I would ever have my own caricature up on the wall there someday (at 49 years old, unlikely, but not impossible!) and until then, I'd just have to be happy with eating in my dining room, alone, gazing at my caricature (quick sketch actually), of me as Frieda Laye, drawn by fabulous artists
Glen Hanson!
