Like most Monday nights we go to the reading at Half King. They have an author read from their book and take questions. Tonight the book was 'Priviileges' by Jonathan Dee. I haven't read it yet but I never read the author till I've heard them read & get an idea of what the book is about. Rae reviews a lot of them and they are published at Gatehouse Media (a group of around 500 papers around the country who will pick the review up if they want). She does it free to be back in the game and to get her name & book out there.
The reading was fun, although the audience was sparse. I guess the day after the Superbowl and sorta cold. He didn't read particularly well but the section was fun and it peaked my interest enough so I will read it. I asked him if that was the best part of the book (& got a laugh) and was assured that it built up from there.
Then..... Daniel Holzman opened a new restaurant on the lower east side - The Meatball Shop on Stanton. He is the son of a long time friend, John. The place was jammed so we didn't stay long but got to see Eli (his other son the producer of 'Undercover Boss') who I haven't seen in years.
Anyway a fun night.
We are going to try to have breakfast or something before Eli leaves Thursday.
