Posted by Kit Lo @ 06/02/2003 07:01 AM PST

I have read one half of KRITZERLAND and will finish it once SOUTH PACIFIC opens on Thursday. Yes, it is a very funny book, and yes I am enjoying it as much as I did enjoy BENJAMIN KRITZER. Oh, no one asked me - but I told you anyway.

What a great time it must have been at Joe Allen's last night. And what a wonderful thing to look forward to - DR Susan Gordon doing YOU'RE A DOLLY, a perfect combination of song and singer.

8-D

Hmmmmmmmmm...restaurants....I am fortunate enough to eat at home a lot. But if I were to choose one, it would be Zydeco's a Cajun food emporium right in my home town of Mooresville. DR Kurt and I have eaten there - he is a fan of Cajun cuisine and introduced me to it. There is a terrific shrimp and potato dish there that I like a LOT!

Zydeco's - with locations in BOTH Mooresville AND Monrovia Indiana!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 06/02/2003 07:28 AM PST

What a fine time Ray and I had last night. We have been at all 3 NYC get-togethers and have met different other DRs each time. Al Pacino didn't join us this time, but we saw the back of Harriett Harris.

There are several restaurants we enjoy, but we most enjoy finding new restaurants. When we went to the season's final Musicals Tonight a couple of weeks ago we found a restaurant whose name I don't remember but it was one of the few Polish restaurants in NYC and the best we've been to. We had their sampler platter with kilbessa, perogi (4 kinds), stuffed cabbage and something called bilgo (or something like that) which is a mild sauerkraut with several kinds of meat. And all of this was only $20 for the two of us combined. We certainly know where we'll eat when the new season starts next fall.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 06/02/2003 07:52 AM PST

Thank you, DR Jrand, for the sweet compliment! I had a grand time doing the recording. BK made it all seem so easy and fun. I was sorry to see it end.

As for favorite restaurants, it would have to be a sushi restaurant, and there are so many good ones in the New York area, that it's hard to choose. Most important is Japanese ambiance and really fresh fish. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it!

Posted by Susan @ 06/02/2003 08:19 AM PST

My favorite restaurant in Montreal is called Baton Rouge. It's a very popular restaurant that specializes in Louisiana cuisine. Their main speciality is BBQ babyback ribs, which I LOVE!!!! They are so good.

Posted by Jennifer @ 06/02/2003 09:06 AM PST

My favorite restaurant(s)? The Kraft at 460 W. 42nd Street and the Waverly (385 6th Avenue). Anywhere I go, there must be a diner - it's a pseudo-religious thing.

Posted by Kit Lo @ 06/02/2003 09:14 AM PST

Just dragged my sorry butt out of bed. I took a four-day weekend just for fun. Thus far, it has been just that.

In gorgeous downtown Oakland (forget the modifier)and its environs, I have a couple of favorites:

Shan Dong, a Chinese restaurant with house specialty Shan Dong chicken -- very spicy, crispy on the outside and totally divine on the inside. They also serve a spectacular hand-cut noodle with peanut sauce. And their braised green beans are TDF!

In nearby Piedmont (it's close to Piedmont at any rate) is an Italian restaurant called Colors -- and the menu is ecstasy! I have no particular favorite...just whatever mood I'm in, and the food transports me.

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 06/02/2003 09:29 AM PST

Glad you all had a sparkling evening last night. It's nice to know that someone is having fun.... somewhere. sniffle

Also glad the sessions are going so well. Tell Vinnie Hello for all of us.

Took DR MusicGuy to the airport this morning. He has a concertin Philadelphia next weekend. .....Sad to be all alone in the world..... Mazal and I have many things to do to keep busy with. Places to go, people to see (a Strouse and Adams reference).

Some favorite local restaurants:
Lazy Lou's: Yes, it's fast food, but it's wonderful fish and chips. I've been going there off and on for more decades than I care to admit to.

Bamboo Club-- a terrific place specializing in Pacific rim cuisine. Their lemon grass chicken is a must.
Sam's Cafe: Their grilled chicken salad is one of my favorites (esp. served with the Caesar dressing and not whatever usually comes with it)
Pizza Bianco: a small but wonderful place. The pizza is not ordinary at all. It's fresh, and is the closest thing I've found to the sidewalk places in Paris or Rome. One of their salads and pizza eaten in the cool surroundings, and you're overcome by a sense of satisfaction and serenity-- almost like you've just had a great yoga session but with your tastebuds satisfied too.

Posted by Kerry @ 06/02/2003 09:53 AM PST

My favorite place here in Baton Rouge is a little place called Montreal's.

Posted by Paul Prudhomme @ 06/02/2003 09:57 AM PST

My favorite place in Montreal is a little place called Toronto's.

Posted by Eric Lindros @ 06/02/2003 10:12 AM PST

Susan, I love sushi, too -- well, at least sushi rolls. I don't care for sashimi, which I know makes me a philistine. Our favorite place 'round these parts for sushi is Ichibans. The Hubby got shrimp tempura last time we went, which I had a couple bites of...FABULOUS! Often tempura is heavy and/or greasy...this wasn't at all. Light and crispy and delicious with huge (like eight inches long!), tender, succulent shrimp...mmmmmmmm! My Mexican and California rolls were delish, but I must admit they paled a tiny bit in comparison to that tempura, which was absolutely incredible.

Posted by Lulu @ 06/02/2003 10:15 AM PST

Not living in much of a "city"
(only 3,000 or so here in my
town), excellent restaurants
are a bit less plentiful, but still
we do alright here. We have a
marvelous Italian place called
Visconti's. Fantastic food for a
price much more reasonable
than many inferior restaurants.
Also a local favorite of mine is
the Renaissance Cafe.
Simple little place below street
level. Great breakfasts,
lunches, and dinners. Most
lunches and dinners come
with their delightfully garlic
laden God Food. Mmmmm.
May have to sneak down there
for lunch!

Posted by Jed @ 06/02/2003 10:17 AM PST

Lulu - isn't "big shrimp" an oxymoron?

Posted by Jrand52 @ 06/02/2003 10:26 AM PST

My favorite has to be Sugar Bowl, an ice-cream parlor in old Scottsdale which hasn't changed since it opened in the 50's. We used to do all our family celebrations there, but now rarely go.

Another swell place in town is Organ Stop Pizza. I think DRs Kerry and MusicGuy may have heard of it.

Posted by Laura @ 06/02/2003 10:29 AM PST

Laura, Organ Stop Pizza almost sounds like a place that used to be very popular in Indianapolis: Paramount Pizza Place. Jrand, do you remember this joint? Lines around the building to get in during its first couple of years, then business fell off precipitously, and it closed several years ago. There was a HUGE pipe organ that would periodically rise from the center of the floor (is it me, or are today's notes replete with phallic imagery galore>) while a merrie organist played tunes for the patrons as we noshed pizza. Fun place, and definitely the "in" spot for grade-schoolers. If you'd never been there, you were *nobody*. :)

Posted by Lulu @ 06/02/2003 10:49 AM PST

I feel like Walter Winchell reporting the news, but some of you may not get a chance to check out other sites. First of all, the revival of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS has closed on the road and will not be opening in NY as planned. I'm sure that Alice Ripley will find work soon and Hunter Foster can always return to URINETOWN.

Also on a more cultural note, after 40 years the New York Philharmonic is moving from Lincoln Center to Carnegie Hall, leaving the Avery Fischer Hall without a major tenant starting in 2006.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 06/02/2003 11:04 AM PST

Living in the Northwest, we, naturally, have a lot of seafood restaurants around us. One of the best in Tacoma has always been a place on the water called Harbor Lights (I know, how original). The place was never big on atmosphere or presentation, but they were famous for their very strong drinks and their huge portions of seafood and steaks.

A couple of years ago, a restaurant chain around here called Anthony's Homeports bought the Harbor Lights. They promised to keep everything about the food and the service the same, but everyone had their doubts. However, so far they have kept their word, and have even managed to remove about thirty years worth of tobacco stains from the walls and the windows.

The best pizza available around here is at a tavern called the Cloverleaf. Anyone who has eaten pizza on the East Coast would still be shocked for what passes for pizza out here, but this is good stuff. This also happens to be Miss Linda Evans favorite spot to eat in Tacoma. She has a house not far from here, and she has been known to frequent the Cloverleaf, at least long enough to enjoy a pizza and a beer.

Posted by TCB @ 06/02/2003 11:41 AM PST

Of course, Lulu - the Paramount Pizza Palace.

If you wrapped your request around $5 bill, the organist would give it more consideration. The most memorable tune I ever heard him play (and that organ was HUGE and LOUD) was Oklahoma! with riffs and yahoos from the crowd.

My but the road is getting littered with the Broadway bound shows this season...or is it next season already, since it is June. THE MIRACLE WORKER and now LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. Alice Ripley (aka Alicia here at DePauw oh so many years ago) - will resurface no doubt. A nicer and more talented performer has never come out of old DP.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 06/02/2003 11:43 AM PST

Jrand---
Why did she change it from Alicia to Alice? Alicia seems like a much better name for an actress.

Posted by William E Lurie @ 06/02/2003 12:07 PM PST

Never heard the reason...first time I heard her called Alice was when she showed up as one of the HeeHaw Honeys. Maybe Alicia was already registered at Equity - I know I had to choose a different name since mine was already in use.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 06/02/2003 12:15 PM PST

Salem Oregon is truly lacking in good places to eat, and we have only one Japanese place (it is actually run by a Korean family) and I enjoy going there now and then as I am a big fan of sushi! We have a nice Hungarian restaurant here called Paprikas. I love the people who run it (actually from Hungary) and the food is filling! But my all time favorite place to dine is Kim's Chinese Restaurant in Medford Oregon (my birth place...Medford, not Kim's). They have been open since 1950 and I have been eating there since about 1965, possibly earlier. Whenever I go to Medford for a visit I force my mom and brothers to eat there.

I am big on eating out and love to try new and different places to eat...especially foreign ones...love trying new foods! We should do a day where we tell about the strangest thing we ever ate! Have I got stories!

BK, Susan, William, et al, it sounds like you all had a blast. Would love to have been there to meet you all...and to meet Richard Valley (who I have only met via e-mail and the Scarlet Street board), and Tom also!

Posted by MBarnum @ 06/02/2003 12:28 PM PST

Oh, Bruce...what did you talk to Beth Howland about? I always liked her and wondered whatever became of her (If I am thinking of the correct actress...the one from the Alice TV series).

Susan, if we could just dig up Marlene Willis you two could have done a duet of "You're a Dolly"

Posted by MBarnum @ 06/02/2003 12:32 PM PST

Beth was in the original Broadway cast of COMPANY and was married at one time to Michael J. Pollard.

Posted by Miss Information @ 06/02/2003 12:46 PM PST

Yes, Lulu and Jrand -- our Organ Stop Pizza is just like that. It's still doing good business -- especially in the wintertime when our winter visitors fill our town.

Posted by Laura @ 06/02/2003 12:56 PM PST

Organ Stop - I just got it....duh!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 06/02/2003 01:09 PM PST

Jrand52: Even I've been to the Paramount Pizza Palace!! It was back in the early 1980s and the specialty de la organist was the main title for "Superman". They did pretty good business, but I always wondered what the might have been had the pizza been any good at all! : )

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 06/02/2003 01:24 PM PST

Alice Ripley a Hee Haw Honey???

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 06/02/2003 01:30 PM PST

Have you noticed that we talk about food alot?!

Nabe restaurants in LV:
ITALIAN: Carluccio's Tivoli Gardens, Pasta Mia East

MEDITERRANEAN: Paymon's Mediterranian Cafe & Hookah Lounge

CHINESE: China Joe's, P.F. Chang's (more garlic-y)

BEST PIZZA: Metro

Posted by KT @ 06/02/2003 01:47 PM PST

Best local restaurant: "Clover Cottage" in Berwick (8 miles from my home). Yes we take visitors there!
Best Restaurant I've been to the USA: Brennan's in New Orleans. Favourite Restaurant: Home.
And I still can't get to the late posts from May 31st. I only get the first page. Guess I will survive. Every other day I try seems to be fine.
Is the Guy Haines song "Look For A Star" from "Circus Of Horrors"?

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 06/02/2003 02:54 PM PST

Jennifer - I HAVE to meet you and take you to better restaurants! Baton Rouge is... well... not very good at all as far as Montreal restaurants. Then again, as far as rib places go - maybe it is the best this city has to offer. We're barbecue deficient when it comes to pork. Now Montreal style bbq chicken is another story... yummmm :)

My absolute favorite restaurant is the asian noodle house (it doesn't actually have a name in the traditional sense) on the corner of de Maisonneuve and Saint Mathieu and . It is the epitome of a hole in the wall. Their shrimp dumplings are the only thing standing between me and vegetarianism!

BTW "Eric" my favorite place in Toronto is the place where all the ex-pats Montrealers are eating! :)

Posted by Emily @ 06/02/2003 03:10 PM PST

I was really shocked to read of the cancellation of LITTLE SHOP for Broadway. I was sure it would be a smash hit. The article on Playbill said a new production would ppotentially be mounted with Jerry Zacks directing and some of the cast holding over from the present production. I hope so. I think the show would work like gangbusters in a fairly intimate house like the Booth.

I really do most of my own cooking here as I don't like eating in restaurants alone. But there is a Chinese restaurant here in town that serves the most scruptuous lemon chicken, the China House.

Posted by Matt H. @ 06/02/2003 03:15 PM PST

What the heck was Guy Haines doing in NYC? I'd think he'd have found someplace more promising than a currently wet city with few opportunities for practicing his tennis swing. Still, it's good to know he was able to fit the recording session into his busy schedule.

The ever-lovin' der Brucer and I have several places we enjoy for dining here in Long Beach, places we will miss when we move. Towards downtown, on Broadway, there's a very nice place called Lasher's, on Broadway. It's located in a converted Craftsman house, and specializes in American comfort food, like their cranberry-glazed meatloaf. Very downtown is Kings Fish House, on Pine Avenue, where we can always get a wonderful bowl of clam chowder and other good seafood.

In the North Long Beach neck of the woods, and closer to home, are the homier flavors of Nino's, on Atlantic, a very friendly Italian red sauce joint. Our favorite Mexican restaurant is Avila's El Ranchito, on Long Beach Blvd., where I always have trouble deciding whether I want the chicken enchiladas in tomatillo salsa or the near-perfect chiles rellenos.

But if you want to try something quite different, our very very favorite place is called the House of Fondue, on South St. We've been going there almost since we met. It's a totally unpretentious joint, run by a family from Thailand, so the food is this odd blend of Asian and European. Like their name suggests, their real specialty is the beef fondue, that wonderful experience where you skewer the chunks of prime beef, and dip them into the boiling oil to cook. After the meat has cooked, which doesn't take long, there's a selection of dipping sauces. The combination fondue of beef and shrimp is our particular favorite. But we also go there when we want something inexpensive, like a lamb curry, sweet & sour pork, or a giant bowl of won ton soup. Of all the places in Long Beach, we'll miss House of Fondue most.

Hopefully, in a year, I'll have a list of new favorites from Rehoboth Beach. BK, you'll have to ask us about favorite restaurants again next June, so we can get the update!

Posted by S. Woody White @ 06/02/2003 03:34 PM PST

MBarnum, I have heard Kim's Chinese Restaurant is very good. We have never eaten there as it looks so American from the outside. Maybe we will try it. Except for Italian and French, we feel this area is truly lacking good ethnic food. My favorite restaurant in Ashland is a charming French place called Lela's. I especially love her pizza with a blending of wonderful flavors. The decor is just lovely, with beautiful flower arrangements all around. There is a row of table along one wall with love seats.

I just returned from taking our friend Penny up one of our mountains for an easy hike with spectacular views. The mountain side was in bloom with various wild flowers.

Posted by Jane @ 06/02/2003 03:36 PM PST

Emily - I didn't mean to say that the Baton Rouge is the best restaurant in Montreal. It's just my favorite. I love babyback ribs and the BR has my favorite ones.

Posted by Jennifer @ 06/02/2003 04:26 PM PST

Guy Haines? In New York? At the same time as BK so that he's available to record a song?

Go figure!

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 06/02/2003 05:01 PM PST

Home from another nice session and Joe Allen. Now, where in tarnation IS everyone? Thirty-six posts - this is how to kick off June? We must have a flurry, I tell you, a flurry. So hurry and flurry or else I shall worry. Today's posts must have made you so hungry you're all out stuffing yourselves. And, of course, quite a few of our regular posters spent the day at the studio. Well, to the flurry.

Posted by bk @ 06/02/2003 05:48 PM PST

Bruce: Did you get the CD spool of my CD-ROMS?

Posted by Kit Lo @ 06/02/2003 06:12 PM PST

WOW - WHAT A WEEKEND! First, tsting in on Sunday's studio session (and getting not only to see BK work his magic, but to hear Christiane Noll, Judy Kaye and Guy Haines do their thing - and I even got a great shot of Guy at work - coming soon to a web site neart you!) And of course, meeting DR Craig, Michael, Jason and Susan prior to our dinner together at Joe Allen, where we were joined by Kit, Rich and Ray.

Then it was on to Monday and INTO the studio. I had the privilege of joining Jason (and at the last minute, Jose) as one of the crowd of villagers in "Song of the New Moon". Grant had sent me the charts and demo CD the week prior, and Jason and I had met in NY last Thursday so that I could pass on copies of the material to him. For an hour or so we rehearsed with the other "villagers", and then it was into the studio to sing for our supper (a poor R&H reference - sorry!). And if that wasn't enough for one day, we had the distinct pleasure of watching (and hearing) Brent Barrett's rendition of "Stella By Starlight" (Hey BK - edit this out if I spilled too many beans!) Unfortunetely, I had to depart before Alison Fraser got underway, and I do hope that the remaining crew had a good time dining at JA tonight!

For all you may hear about how tempermental theater folk are, I can't begin to describe how much fun it was to meet Christiane, Judy and Brent (actually, Christiane was the first one to introduce herself when I walked into the studio on Sunday). Should we be fortunate enough to get Michael's videos of Judy singing "New Wine" on the site (do you hear me, Mr. Bakalor????), you'll see (and hear) what I mean.

BK - thanks again for letting me take part. In many ways int was a dream come true. And I hope we can do it again soon!

Jonathan - congrats for a job well done.

Susan - let's get our next H/K outing organized.

Michael - safe trip back to sunny FL. I look forwards to seeing your photos!

Jason - best of luck in Bucks County. Hope we can get together after the season's over.

Craig - Certainly someone here can use your talents. C'mon fellow Kimlets - let's find DR Brockman a job!

Posted by Phil @ 06/02/2003 06:32 PM PST

Oy, the typos!! Will someone remind me to proof what I write???

Posted by Phil @ 06/02/2003 06:33 PM PST

Kit Lo: I did indeed get the DVDs, thanks much and I look forward to them.

We DID have fun doing the sessions (which you'll read about tomorrow) - but it was almost as much fun reading all these great restaurant posts. More please.

Posted by bk @ 06/02/2003 06:36 PM PST

I do indeed have a favorite local restaurant: EINE KLEINER DEUSTCHMAN (The Little German Boy). Great food at moderate to high prices, though the portions are huge. Run by two very kind gentlemen, who hail from New York City, and who ALWAYS buy me drinks at the end of the meal. Great Veal cutlets, latkes, borscht and weinerschnitzel.

Also, my other favorite is a restaurant in Pawley's Island, South Carolina (and since I lived and worked there, it counts as a locoal): THE MAGNNOLIA CAFE. Specialities include mostly Italinanate dining, but for the best "Godfather" pizza, see Jim and Ruth at Cafe Maggie.

Posted by td @ 06/02/2003 06:57 PM PST

Wow, if I thought I was envious
of the NY HHW crowd before,
I've reached all new heights
after reading Phil's post.
Sounds so utterly wonderful
for all lucky enough to be
involved! Also very pleased to
hear that "Stella By Starlight" is
one of the songs on the new
CD... one of my favorite tunes.

Posted by Jed @ 06/02/2003 07:02 PM PST

The restaurants I frequent most often are the fast-food-types. However, here in Olympia there is a restaurant called The Urban Onion. From what I've been told, it used to be called The Herb and Onion. Cute, huh? (a Patti LuPone reference.) They have really good burgers and instead of beef you can also get chicken, garden and Boca burgers. They also have the best hash browns I've ever had. (They don't have french fries...and they never had "freedom" fries.) Their desserts, however, are not the best...not bad, but not great. They also have what's called a vegan salad. It has rice and lettuce (and not just iceberg), some other stuff and salsa. It's fabulous and doesn't need any dressing other than the salsa. (It's been quite awhile since I've had it, and I think their menu has changed, so I don't know if they still have it.)

There is also a local Anthony's Homeport and they have a fabulous chicken-almond salad. Their burgers are also pretty good. However, they have this melting chocolate cake that takes 10-15 minutes for them to make. They don't make it unless someone orders it. It's this small chocolate cake with raspberry sauce on top and some kind of flavored whipped cream (the real stuff) and when you put your fork or spoon into it, chocolate cream stuff just oozes out of the center. It's totally delicious! One of the absolute best desserts that I've ever had.

Posted by George @ 06/02/2003 07:13 PM PST

Bruce. I saw you at Joe Allen's but you didn't come over to say hello. Now I am sad.

Posted by Remy @ 06/02/2003 07:20 PM PST

What a lovely day today! Phil pretty much summed it all up, so I won't say much more, but I do want to thank BK again for allowing us to be there for the session(s) and a personal thank you for being so darn cool and letting me sing on the CD! "Who, ME?" I had a really good time both at the studio and at Joe Allen, and I hope that we can get together again next time you're in town. And what a nice surprise to have Ms. Susan Gordon show up for dinner tonight! And another nice surprise was having Jose get into town in enough time to get to sing on the CD. Its always a pleasure to get to see him.

And to BK's assistant, Jonathan: It was very nice to meet you...thanks for keeping us all in line and on (and even ahead) of time. Keep me posted on any of your upcoming directing projects!

Also, it was very nice to meet Richard and Tom of Scarlet Street Magazine. I think the CD is going to turn out beautifully. Thanks for putting up with all of us for the last two days. Hope you had fun at the Theatre World Awards.

Anywho, I'm exhausted and I wanna go to bed, so...I'll post again tomorrow, but this is it for tonight.

Thanks again, BK!!

Posted by Jason @ 06/02/2003 07:21 PM PST

What a day, WHAT A DAY... Brent Barrett, Alison Fraser, Lynette Perry. I am telling you (not really shilling, but I guess I am) - this is going to be such an enjoyable album to listen to. I was skeptical when I heard the term "horror music album" but the tracks are so fun and perfectly matched with talented performers. I wish there was a DVD, because to see Alison Fraser's THE BLOB would be worth the price alone!

Kudos to DR Jason and Phil for teaching the greek chorus on Judy Kaye's number. They all did a fabulous job - with our very own Jason performing a SOLO!

I took pictures (and some video) - I will try and get them available as soon as possible.

Best of luck to Bruce for the remainder of the sessions with the LA folk.

More later

Posted by Craig @ 06/02/2003 07:34 PM PST

The other local place here in the Olympia area is a pizza place called "Dirty Dave's Gay Ninetys Pizza Parlor" (the original 1800's meaning of "Gay Nineties) and they have the best pizza with the old-fashioned thin crust. One of their specialty toppings is cashews. I LOVE cashews, and because of Dirty Dave's, especially on pizza! The main drawback is that they allow smoking...always have and probably always will. They do have a non-smoking section, but it never has been smoke-free...never has, never will be.

To change the subject for a moment, today on msn.com, they had a little article on Ty from "Trading Spaces". It's called "Ty Trades Gossip on 'Trading Spaces' Cast: Pinup dishes on show designers." My sister loves this show (she HATES Doug's work more than anyone's), and although I'm not a regular viewer, I have seen a few episodes. Click on my name for a link to the article, if you're interested. (It formats better in Internet Explorer as opposed to Netscape 4, which is what I have.)

Posted by George @ 06/02/2003 07:35 PM PST

Jason - we both forgot to mention who we supped with..

Our very own Alison Fraser - who was quite pithy and enjoyable!

Posted by Craig @ 06/02/2003 07:35 PM PST

Jane, Kim's Restaurant is very Chinese inside...lots of decor! My favorite dishes are the Pressed Duck, the Kim's Foo Yung, and the Pea Pod Chow Yuk...same stuff I have eaten there since I was knee high to a grasshopper!

You would think that Ashland would have a better variety of places to dine. I have heard good things about that French place, however.

Posted by MBarnum @ 06/02/2003 08:28 PM PST

George - Cashews on pizza? I can't imagine it, but if you say it's good I am willing to give it a try. I love good pizza! Where is this place located? Have you ever tried the Cloverleaf in Tacoma? It is out by the Narrows Bridge. And sadly, since it is a tavern, they also still allow smoking and lots of it. But you can always call ahead and take it out, or if you happen to live in my neighborhood, you can even get it delivered.

Also, George, I too enjoy the Urban Onion. Their Mexican Burger or Guacamole Burger (whatever it's called)is out of this world - very messy, but good. I am afraid I am still into beef, so I go for the real thing, which is very good quality beef.

Posted by TCB @ 06/02/2003 11:34 PM PST

George - That was kind of fun, talking about two different restaurants (three if you count Anthony's) that we both have visited, and none of them are in New York!

Off the subject of food, tonight was first Dress Rehearsal for "Hello Dolly" What a disaster! Not only were there only a handful of finished costumes, but the damn train they built for the "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" number is too big, too cumbersome, and totally unworkable. It looks like something out of the first Billy Rose production in "Funny Lady." God, only two more rehearsals until Preview, and only three days, total, until we open. Pray for us, dear readers!

Posted by TCB @ 06/02/2003 11:54 PM PST

Late but great news: How wonderful for all the Kimlets in NYC. Happiness here too.
Kritzerland has arrived in Ozland. (aka OZtralia/Australia)
Thanks BK (especially for the postage)

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 06/02/2003 11:59 PM PST

TCB: Consider the praying to have begun. No doubt the show will still proceed with due elegance.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 06/03/2003 12:01 AM PST

TCB, Dirty Dave's is on Martin Way in Lacey, between Sleater-Kinney and Lily Road. My favorite pizza (my own special creation--a Jerry Herman reference) is pepperoni and pineapple with cashews and extra cheese. The best IMHO (In My Humble Opinion in Internet lingo.) I've never been to the Cloverleaf, but I have friends who've been there and have liked it.

Posted by George @ 06/03/2003 01:29 AM PST

Well, I will post more in the morning - or the afternoon at this rate... But for now...

What a totally wonderful, splendiferous day! The weather was gorgeous. I hit NO traffic driving up to NYC. I got a parking space right on 80th and West End Ave. - just a short walk from the subway. I made it to the studio in time to sing along. I met the esteemed and svelte BK, as well as the other H/Ks in attendance at the recording session. Then I made it to my auditions that I was playing for today - missed Brent, ah, well... The auditions were FUN, FUN, FUN! -and we saw some great people. Then walked aroung the totally gorgeous CITY for a bit. Then met everyone at Joe Allen. Then supped on a wonderful Cheeseburger and French Fries... AND Hot Fudge Pudding Cake with Ice Cream! And had a wonderful time listening, kibbitzing (kibbutzing - sp?) and laughing at all the sparkling and merry conversation around me. -And, yes, you DRs who weren't there missed a lot. A LOT! ;-) -And, it was a pleasure being in the company of Miss Alison Fraser, and then the unexpected, but greatly welcomed Susan Gordon. And then a wonderful walk uptown to my car from Times Square - gee-orgeous evening in the City! And a wonderful drive home. -I pulled out a random cassette to play, and it turned out to be a collection of 70's songs from a revue I did a a few years ago - these were the original versions. What fun! What smiling they induced! "One Tin Soldier/" "Rainy Days and Mondays," "Everyone Is Beautiful" "Sing, Sing a Song," "I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing," "Sunshine Day" (The Brady Bunch), "Sunshine on My Shoulders," "Midnight Train to Georgia," "American Pie" (the LONG version), etc., etc., etc.... (ah, a King & I reference) -My jaws are tired from all the smiling I've been doing all day...

Well, since it looks like by the time I finish these notes, BK may be posting the next day's notes before he leaves for CA...

Favorite restaurants:

Richmond, VA: Stella's - Greek food, plus... And Stella always treats me and my guests very well. Her Black Walnut-Apple Streusel "bread" at Christmas is totally amazing, and she only makes it for her "special customers" - I get two loaves every Christmas. -Each one weighs at least two pounds - just chock full of apples and almonds... oh, and the streusel topping is at least a half-inch thick! -And her "regular" bread is a Richmond legend!

-And there are some other fine places to eat in Richmond, very fine. Even nationally ranked and rated! Acacia, Mamma Zu's, Edo's Squid, The Track, Amici, Kuba-Kuba.. Great names, huh?

DC: Carlyle Grand Cafe and Sweetwater Tavern - Owned by the same company, similar menus, but each place has their signature dishes and style. Always dependable.

For sushi: Matuba - wonderful fish, and gracious service. But Makoto is the ultimate sushi experience. Practically magical - and expen$sive.

For tapas: Jaleo - The chef does amazing things, and has also just opened up a Mediterranean tapas place, Zaytinya, that serves small dishes from Greece, Turkey and Egypt.

For Spanish: Taberna del Alabadero. True Spanish cuisine served in a beautiful room.

For Seafood: Kinkead's - Simply wonderful.

I could go on and on... and I really could... But since it's just shy of 5:00AM!!!!!

More about today's wonderful goings-on in tomorrow/today's notes... Till then...

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 06/03/2003 02:06 AM PST