Yesterday evening, Dina performed at the Starlight Lounge. It was the second try at her monologue and the first time I had seen it. Dina, you were great! The show ended way too soon. You could have gone on for another hour.
So I get to the Starlight at about 9 pm last night were I see Dina's mom Gail. We chatted for a few minutes before they opened the back and started letting us in. I grabbed a seat towards the back counter and put my jacket down when Dina came over and asked me to work the camcorder (which is completely in Japanese). So I learn what I needed to do and I walk back to my seat and there's this guy sitting next to me. This was a little odd as there was plenty of seating yet to be had. So we chat briefly and I realize that this guy, Darryl, doesn't know Dina. Apparently he's in town on a business trip for a few days from California. It's just coincidence that he's in the Starlight about to catch Dina's show.
So this guy, Darryl, continues to chat me up and I'm beginning to think he's hitting on me. Whatever. Unfortunately, my good looks don't discriminate between men and women. Amy comes up to say hi and Darryl catches on that I'm part of a couple and we're expecting twins. Turns out, Darryl is also a twin and proceeds to give me advice on raising twins. He asks about my accent and then proceeds to tell me about when he was going to school in Wisconsin and the Arab and Egyptian friends he had, and how they had a bottle of champagne during the Camp David Summit of 1978, and so on and so on. He also tells me about his wife (?) and two kids who are 18 and 16 and how proud and happy he is.
So now I'm thinking that I was wrong about this guy trying to hit on me. On the other hand, let's consider the following: the Starlight is a gay bar, and a pretty famous one at that here in NYC. Still, that doesn't mean Darryl knew that, and maybe he just walked in off the street. But, walked in from where? As far as I know, there are no business hotels on the Lower East Side. And he was by himself, so its not like someone led him there. If you find yourself in the Lower East Side, in a gay bar, chatting up a handsome young man, I think you're looking for some (don't ask what 'some' is? I don't know! Double life anyone?). Thankfully, Dina's show started and she came on at that point. Much to Darryl's credit, he sat through most of her show and laughed very loudly and he seemed to really enjoy it.
Dina was very funny. She spoke about her life and the people in it and it was funny to see them portrayed on stage. She started by talking about her life as a writer for porn magazines and read us excerpts of her writing from said mags that had me on the floor LOL. I especially loved the lesbian bit with the vaginal farting but the cheap date with the new boxers was good too. They were all good, and Dina: You were great. She also spoke about her Dad and her Mom Gail who was in the audience as she was spoken about. It was all very funny and very poignant because you could see the love come through.
Dina, I like hot hot fudge on my sundaes too, but not so much the wet dripping sticky nuts.
