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About xaviertrevino

I like to write, take things apart and put them back together. Also our cat Snookie, turtles, and my lovely wife Danusia.

THE GESTAPO TRENCH COAT

When Alan Cumming first appears in the current version of Cabaret at the Studio 54 Theatre he is wearing a long black leather trench coat, the kind favored by Gestapo officers during the Nazi era. He takes it off to … Continue reading

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THE THRILL OF IT ALL

Yesterday morning I went to my very first Taskrabbit gig. I had been hired right off the bat by a young woman whose profile said: “first time using Taskrabbit.” So she was a first timer, I was a first timer. … Continue reading

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BLACKOUT!

  37 years ago today I was living in a place called Francine Towers on Washington Avenue in Brooklyn. I was working at the Audio-Visual Department at Pratt Institute just blocks away, and living with my first live-in girlfriend Anna. … Continue reading

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THEY’RRRE BACK!

My friends the Amish farmers are back at our local Greenmarket on Cook Street. I’ve been anticipating their arrival for a month now, actually more than eight months, since they left the last week of November. Their produce is the … Continue reading

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ALL FOR THE LOVE

  On Mondays the lovely Danusia goes to some kind of spiritual workshop at the West Side Y on 63rd Street. I went once, there’s an early blog post about it if you care to look, and you can understand … Continue reading

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THE BIG BANG

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    Last night we went to a fourth of July party at our friend Jennifer’s place in Sunset Park. The emailed invitations promised “good food” (some Mexican) and a fireworks display on the street in front of her home. … Continue reading

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MESSAGE TO RUDY

There was an article in yesterday’s New York Times by Michael Powell about how the infamous Kenmore Hotel on East 23rd Street was cleared out of undesirables with the help of a confidential informant. The guy’s name is Earl Robert … Continue reading

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DIFFERENT DRUMMERS

                                            I was walking up Broadway yesterday, headed to the green market in Union Square from a shopping trip … Continue reading

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THE END OF THE LINE

      This is the last post in the Writing 101 blog a day challenge. I did one a day for twenty days as required, though I posted on Saturdays instead of Tuesdays because I had to work on … Continue reading

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NOVICE TASK RABBIT

    Three months ago I did a reading at a really cool loft in Bushwick, at the Bug House Spin. One of the women in the audience started talking to me about my story, which was about working for … Continue reading

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