Roosevelt Ave. When I passed FD/🔑F, the worker who would later be my cashier (خالدة) was smiling broadly with her coworkers at the exit. Blackberries from HF💲 (03:47). Cashier 113 was eating when I approached. Sliced packaged Turkey, smoked sausage and bag salad from FD/🔑F (“04:11”). Tuna salad, “Gouda” cheese and sour cream from Ass’d (04:07), disappointed they had no chunk cheese. The prostitutes were out, and someone was sleeping on the sidewalk at 70th St.
GA DA at Madison Sq. Pk., arriving after 21:00. (I forgot to check in online.) Standing around in various places having various conversations with various attendees, including about S’phen S.’s recent biking injuries. वीणा/ವೀಣೆ became the bottle‐opener lady after Никита showed up even later than I did with a six pack to share. Different groups started breaking up to go to different subsequent destinations, and I chose to meet some shortly thereafter on E. 14th St. H’rry G. expressed a mild interest in it but S. joked that he was not part of the venue’s demographic, but we couldn’t figure out which demographic he meant (as H’rry is Jewish like me and straight like S.).
Walk downtown with Н’та and H’rry hearing Н’та’s recent anecdote about how a man he had just met had kissed him goodby on the lips.
Saw the others already present at BB, E. 14th St. Greeted M’el T., getting a drink ticket that I gave to Н’та. Kor. arrived and joined me, D’tin K., K’von etc. on the dance floor. “Sept.,” by 🌐🌬️🔥, being followed by B. White made Kor. note the transition from high to low voices. Н’та left to smoke and didn’t return to BB, but he sent me a text message indicating he had instead returned to the Madison Sq. area to go to FF. When the group of us decided to move to another venue in the area, I decided instead to walk back up and join others of us who had not migrated so far from the park. Midnight struck as I did so.