Yentl…

~Sunday~ Next in the series of La Streisand movies was Yentl, which I’ve seen before, but it’s been years. The synopsis Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the … Read more

The Main Event…

~Saturday~  Bob and I watched the next movie, The Main Event, in the list of Barbra Streisand movies, which we’re working our way through in chronological order. The synopsis Hillary Kramer (Streisand), a successful perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through … Read more

A Star is Born…

~Saturday~  Bob and I watched the next movie, A Star is Born, in the list of Barbra Streisand movies, which we’re working our way through in chronological order. The synopsis Esther Hoffman, an aspiring singer/songwriter, meets John Norman Howard, a famous, successful and self-destructive singer/songwriter, whom, after a series of coincidental meetings, she finally starts … Read more

Funny Lady…

~Saturday~  Bob and I watched the next movie, Funny Lady, in the list of Barbra Streisand movies, which we’re working our way through in chronological order. The synopsis A sequel to the 1968 film Funny Girl, it is a highly fictionalized account of the later life and career of comedienne Fanny Brice and her marriage … Read more

A most memorable 55th birthday! “It was like buttah, you said?”

~Saturday~ I was up at around 8:30 and I hopped on the #1 downtown train to Columbus Circle. Coming up out of the subway, I saw a Subway (sandwich shop), which I just found both interesting and redundant. I made my way over to 9th Avenue, between 57th and 58th, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood … Read more