What an interesting cast of characters that showed up to my gathering on Saturday eve.  It was a last minute casual gathering and a nice way to create come holiday cheer in my studio apartment.  Although it is a spacious studio, it is a studio indeed but that was neither here nor there.  It began as a “girls” night and became a bit more than that.  A girlfriend (B) that I met in a professional group came with two of her friends that were visiting from San Francisco.  We were quickly reminded of how small the world is because her friends knew my other friend, G’s, best friend.  (I know, but really, it is small world!) Both my friend G and our new acquaintance H are published authors that happen to have a mutual friend at the publishing house.  Crazy talk! There was some interesting dialogue on food and places to visit while in the city when another friend, let’s call her J arrived very drunk with her very drunk guy friend.  They joked that since he is gay he too counted as a girl.  It didn’t really matter because they were our entertainment for the rest of the night, in more ways than one.  J is an opera singer and her buddy S had just signed with The Metropolitan Opera House.  We didn’t have to push too hard to get them to sing a few notes.  Between arias from Tristan and Isolde we listened in astonishment.  You would be surprised how loud an opera singer can project inside a 500 square foot studio.  Since it was still earlier than midnight, there were no complaints but it was a trip, to say the least.  Not long before they arrived I had my friend, B, sharing a few of her tunes alongside the acoustic guitar that has been awaiting me and some lessons.  B is an incredible lyricist and her voice sounds like a cross between Ingrid Michelson and Edie Brickell.  All this going on in this small studio in the West Village.  There are so many interesting people roaming this planet but it definitely seems true that only in Manhattan can you happen to have a singer/songwriter, 2 opera singers, a few published authors, foodie specialists and long lost friends…through a good friend in the same space, by chance.  This is life, living single in the city and I love it!!

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