The occasion: "Open Mic at Symphony Space".
As you might have guessed from the red carpet outside and the omnipresent police officers, this was a special occasion: opening night at the Prudential Center, the gleaming new arena in downtown Newark.
"That's how I met Derrick!" All of this struck a nerve, because on occasion, opening up and exposing myself to someone (and no, I'm not referring to my birthday suit!) can make me a wee bit skittish.
He has on a number of occasions opened the doors of the Vatican to homeless people, invited them to Mass and recently celebrated his 80th birthday by dining with several homeless individuals.
Some other major points: isn't it startling that baseball, a sport/business generally considered less progressive than hoops has on TWO separate occasions opened its' Hall of Fame to the Negro Leaguers.
Where there was darkness on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, the architect Santiago Calatrava would bring a flood of light in the form of a winged railway station, draped in glass, suffused with natural illumination and, on occasion, open to the clear skies above.
Afterward, voting booths, trucked in for the occasion, are opened.
Woodward isn't just any reporter, though, and on this occasion he opened himself up to ridicule.
Lancôme, rising to the occasion, has opened Brow Zone studios, one of which happens to be at the Bloomingdale's in New York.
He bought a house at Mepal in his constituency, holding an annual fundraising fete, ably supported by his wife Jill, which on one occasion I opened.
On one occasion, Warren opened a meeting with a potential donor with a recording of Garrison Keillor and the mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade singing a country-and-western duet about a cat.
