Dear Diary,

Today I ventured into unchartered territory in New York -- I did my laundry!

Actually, it wasn't so bad. They have a nice big laundry room in the basement of my building and it uses smart cards not stacks of quarters -- yeah! -- to power the very new-looking washers and dryers. Of course, I chose the incorrect dryer setting so everything was still damp after 45 minutes of tumbling...if only it was a microwave, then I'd be able to run it like a pro...

As I was going back and forth and back and forth to the laundry room I noticed that there was continuous vocalizing going on in a couple of the apartments! I felt left out since I didn't have my trusty piano with me. Fortunately, our very generous musical director, Seth Weinstein, has lent me the use of one of his keyboards! Yeah!

On my many outings today I had two celebrity sightings in the Upper West Side. First, I saw Mark Harelik who is currently starring in The Light in the Piazza as the Italian father. You might recognize him as Jack's boss at the Gay Network on Will and Grace. Then I saw a very sweaty Jere Burns talking on his phone, sitting on a bench. I loved him in Dear John! He was so funny -- come to think of it, he'd make a great Clive in Plane Crazy!

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