{"id":380,"date":"2009-12-09T08:38:55","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T08:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=380"},"modified":"2009-12-09T08:38:55","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T08:38:55","slug":"in_which_i_am_accused_of_steal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2009\/12\/in_which_i_am_accused_of_steal\/","title":{"rendered":"In which I am accused of stealing electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Alice Tully Hall, <\/p>\n<p>I hope this blog post finds you well. I often work at the cafe in your beautifully redesigned space, as blogged about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2009\/03\/lobbyist.html\">here<\/a>. I enjoy the glass walls, the proximity to that BCBG that always has good sales, and having Campari at my disposal at all hours of the day. <\/p>\n<p>This is all why I was saddened a few months back when I realized that the only outlets in the cafe area had been mysteriously turned off. Too bad, I thought: I look so hip and awesome with my MacBook Pro; don&#8217;t you want me working in your window?&nbsp; Let me be your mannequin. <\/p>\n<p>Around 5pm last night, I was delighted that my spot in the cafe was open and&#8211;what&#8217;s this??&#8211;a fancy new outlet had appeared! A <i>working <\/i>fancy new outlet. I immediately e mailed about four people and put the good news on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/amandaameer\">Twitter<\/a>. No sooner had I finished publicizing your cafe as a great work space, though, did a sinewy figure (i.e. waitress) approach. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you plugged in?&#8221; she asked. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To the wall? Or like..to society?&#8221; I replied. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry: Lincoln Center provides free internet, but you&#8217;re not allowed to use Lincoln Center&#8217;s electricity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did <a href=\"http:\/\/nicomuhly.com\/news\/2009\/alice-tully-hall-sounds-great\/\">Nico Muhly<\/a> put you up to this?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So really, I can&#8217;t plug my computer into this here empty outlet that&#8217;s right behind me?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, I&#8217;m sorry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Really? <i>Really?<\/i>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She was perfectly pleasant, but I remain confused. Any information you can provide on this policy would be greatly appreciated. Additionally, I put <a href=\"http:\/\/new.lincolncenter.org\/live\/index.php\/as-2010-mar-03\">American Songbook<\/a> flyers on your tables before I left. Sorry for littering\/you&#8217;re welcome for marketing. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks for doing your part to further classical music&#8217;s reputation for being rigid and inaccessible, and all the best &#8211; <\/p>\n<p>Amanda <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Alice Tully Hall, I hope this blog post finds you well. I often work at the cafe in your beautifully redesigned space, as blogged about here. I enjoy the glass walls, the proximity to that BCBG that always has good sales, and having Campari at my disposal at all hours of the day. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}