Oddest "Wanted" sign ever!

I was in the Village today, and passed by the Knickerbocker Bar & Grill on East 9th Street and University Place. They had a sign in the window that said:

"Looking for the REAL Gilbert Gottfried.

Legit ID required and

You will get comped drinks on Tuesday, July 29."

I am taking it that all he has to do is be Gilbert Gottfried, as there was no job description written.

A gorgeous photo of Istanbul!

The site www.away.com, to which I have belonged for several years, sent me this today as "My Daily Escape".

Dali and Destino

I went to MOMA today to see the Dali: Art & Film exhibit. I am a big fan of Dali (as all 4 of the readers on this blog know). I did my best not to look at the films, though, but of course walked right in and came face-toface with a huge screening of "An Andulusian Dog", right at the majorly disturbing scene of an eyeball being sliced by a razor (!) I could hear people aying "OH! EW!!!!"

Interestingly enough, there was a cartoon called "Destino" that Dali worked on with Walt Disney back in the 1940s, but was only just completed in 2003. Set to a Mexican ballad called "Destino", a young woman dances in a desert while all around her, the iconic images of Dali form and disappear. Amazing! It is 6 minutes 40 seconds long and nominated for an Oscar.

An aside: one of my older clients remembers seeing Dali in the cafes of new York before he passed away in 1989. He looked like the above, according to his self-portait.

July's donation: Bide A Wee

so ... Bide-a-Wee is an organization helps out all sorts of dogs, cats and animals. And as the proud bidepal roommate (who gets stuck with all the bills) of 2 birds, 2 cats and 2 bunnies, I thought it only fitting that I send a donation in.

Check them out at: www.bideawee.org

The enlightened A train

My seatmate on the A train today was a Buddhist monk, dressed in the traditional robes and some aviator sunglasses. He wished me a nice day when I got off at 168th Street. I did the same to him.