Curtains: Ann

A great one-woman show playing now.

Sis got tickets for "Ann," the one-woman show written by and starring Holland Taylor, the wonderful actress who played Elle's tough, master-of-the-withering-look law professor in "Legally Blonde" and plays the mother in TV's "Two and a Half Men."

The play was at the Vivian Beaumont Theater @ Lincoln Center. I loved it. I haven't paid Sis for the ticket yet, but I will.

My love list:

• Dinner first @ Cafe Fiorello on Broadway & 64th. So good. This is one of Sis's favorite restaurants, especially when she goes to the Metropolitan Opera. We had excellent bread, crisp white wine and shared fried artichokes, tagliatelle bolognese and claypot red snapper livornese. I felt so civilized and so pampered. And when you walk out, help yourself to matzoh dipped in dark chocolate and strewn with dried cranberries. [They vary the sweets for your parting treat.] Need I say more.
• The play! Getting to know Ann Richards. I loved seeing the way she wove dedication to her four children--she divorced after a long marriage--with fearless, fast-talking, hard-hitting talent and skill as governor of Texas. Ann's working relationship with her secretary [whose voice we hear offstage] is such a great slice of life. The show also addresses Ann's alcoholism, and her AA road to recovering. That really caught my ear. I have such a struggle of my own [though not with alcohol] and the idea that this woman of stature tackled her addiction and was in recovery leaves me with even greater admiration. This is an up-close and personal look at a woman of power with a golden heart--calling her kids to arrange a family vacation and talk about who's bringing the ham, the turkey, the pies. Reminded me of Dad calling me at work, to talk about the Thanksgiving turkey. I miss Dad.
• My Sis! I miss her. Our mom is gone, but we have each other. And that always hits me hard when I sit next to Sis in a darkened NYC theatre. Our mom was all about culture, taking us to the opera, ballet, etc. Our mother surely saw us in ways that we don't see each other.....I wish we could know.....I lost her at age 20. Sis was 27.

Going to bed more cultured.

Good night.

TCOY

1. Bought some healthy groceries--oranges, apples, feta, strawberries.
2. Did some stairs in NYC, up and down the subway steps.
3. Savored sister time.