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Title: A WHOLE LOTTA LENYA GOING ON
Post by: bk on December 23, 2020, 12:10:32 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had a whole lotta notes going on, and now it is time for you to post until the whole lotta cows come home.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2020, 12:11:53 AM
And the word of the day is: MATUTINAL!
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 12:30:50 AM
George, I like the idea of not exchanging gifts, and that you are getting your mother something she needs,
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 12:42:47 AM
George, I like the idea of not exchanging gifts, and that you are getting your mother something she needs,

It's really hard to figure out what to get people who pretty much get what they want when they want it (almost an Irving Berlin reference ;) ).
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 12:44:00 AM
~~~Excellent Vibes and Xylophones for a Major Miracle for BK!!~~~
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 12:46:06 AM
And a Very Happy Birthday to (occasional? former??) DR William F. Orr!
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 12:48:10 AM
Happy birthday DR William F Orr 🎂🎁🎂
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 12:48:39 AM
~~~Excellent Vibes and Xylophones for a Major Miracle for BK!!~~~

DITTO!
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 12:50:20 AM
George, I like the idea of not exchanging gifts, and that you are getting your mother something she needs,

It's really hard to figure out what to get people who pretty much get what they want when they want it (almost an Irving Berlin reference ;) ).

Extremely hard, and more difficult every year.
Title: Re: A WHOLE LOTTA LENYA GOING ON
Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 01:13:28 AM
George, I like the idea of not exchanging gifts, and that you are getting your mother something she needs,

It's really hard to figure out what to get people who pretty much get what they want when they want it (almost an Irving Berlin reference ;) ).

Extremely hard, and more difficult every year.

Yup. ::)
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 01:13:47 AM
And now, I'm off to bed.

Have a good day, all!
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Post by: Michael on December 23, 2020, 03:15:18 AM
Good morning to all
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Post by: Michael on December 23, 2020, 03:16:01 AM
Happy birthday to Dr William. All the best
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 03:51:25 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 03:54:10 AM
I have a busier day than I would like.  I must dress warmly and walk to the bank at the corner of Broadway for some crisp $50 bills.  When I return from thjat, I must continue the bathroom cleanup from yesterday.  That will be grisly.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 03:56:33 AM
Last night I dreamed I was walking barefoot through the snow and carrying a full score for a number from 1776 to a rehearsal on Fifth Avenue.  I have no idea why I was barefoot.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 04:01:26 AM
DR Ginny, yes, indeed. Paul Gemignani conducted that Plaza Hotel celebration.  He was friendly at rehearsal, but that was it.
Title: Re: A WHOLE LOTTA LENYA GOING ON
Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 04:04:48 AM
In 1973, I wrote a fan letter to Lotte Lenya, who answered it in a typed note.  I'm still  bothered that I have no idea what became of it.  The note was typed, and she was clearly a student from the Vixmom School of Typing.  In a handwritten postscript she wrote "It's a good thing I became an actress. I would have starved to death as a secretary."
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 04:05:48 AM
Speaking of DR vixmom, I wish everyone in your office excellent health and negative test results.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 04:53:57 AM
What a wonderful story, DR elmore3003.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 04:54:43 AM
~~~MOST EXCELLENT AND HARDY MAJOR MIRACLE VIBES~~~ for bk!
Title: Re: A WHOLE LOTTA LENYA GOING ON
Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 04:55:45 AM
~~~HUGS~~~ for DR George and family this holiday season
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2020, 05:20:24 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2020, 05:21:57 AM
This morning I must go out on one last round of errands. Nothing huge, just several little things that require a stop here and a stop there.

There'll be a last one tomorrow morning, too, but that will just be a five minute stop at the supermarket.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 05:22:14 AM
Well, here's something I had never seen and it moved me to tears. In May 1984 HBO aired a program "Being Homosexual," which followed an elderly New York gay couple, who attend the Dec. 1983 Carnegie Hall performance by the New York City Gay Men's Chorus and the first performance of my late friend Mark Riese's "Fantasia on God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen."  I saw myself briefly turning pages for the pianist, but what broke my heart were the shots of so many Chorus members who lost their lives to AIDS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1sXd-akjlU
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2020, 05:24:53 AM
There was a lotta Lotte in those notes, and as far as I'm concerned you can keep it coming.

DR Elmore, I am so sorry you are missing that note. It kills me when something like that happens. How many years ago do you last recall seeing it? Here's hoping you still come upon it sometime when you least expect it.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2020, 05:26:00 AM
I've got that video open on another tab to watch later.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 05:27:53 AM
The big question is, where the fat hell did I put that box of Christmas and other cards? I need one for the super.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 05:31:23 AM
We are expected to receive up to a foot of snow by tonight.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 05:31:40 AM
And on THAT note...
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 05:31:50 AM
TWO!
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 05:32:19 AM
I just knew I should have gone grocery shopping yesterday.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2020, 05:33:10 AM
I just received an email from Indiegogo asking if I've received my perk for The Creature Wasn't Nice -- said perk (whichever it was) having an expected delivery date of December 15, 2019.
Title: Re: A WHOLE LOTTA LENYA GOING ON
Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 05:42:27 AM
I got the same, DR ChasSmith.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 05:55:22 AM
There was a lotta Lotte in those notes, and as far as I'm concerned you can keep it coming.

DR Elmore, I am so sorry you are missing that note. It kills me when something like that happens. How many years ago do you last recall seeing it? Here's hoping you still come upon it sometime when you least expect it.

That note, along with a nice one from Benjamin Britten, were lost between 1973 and 1979 before I moved to New York.
Title: Re: A WHOLE LOTTA LENYA GOING ON
Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 05:57:34 AM
I just accomplished something I thought might be impossible: I put on a pair of long pants for the first time since May. I wasn't sure my legs would willingly wrestle with that much fabric.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 06:17:57 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 06:19:21 AM
I lost a letter Frank Capra wrote me after I read The Name Above the Title.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 06:19:37 AM
The things we lose.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 06:20:14 AM
~~~HUGS~~~ for DR George and family this holiday season
Big group hug!
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 06:21:23 AM
What a wonderful story, DR elmore3003.

Yes, it was.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 06:23:34 AM
Happy Noche de los Rabanos, y’all! May you enjoy your radishes in wonderful ways tonight.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 06:25:56 AM
(https://lasillarotarm.blob.core.windows.net.optimalcdn.com/images/2017/12/24/noche_rabanos_oaxaca.jpg)
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 23, 2020, 06:40:18 AM
Vibes for DR GEORGE and his family!
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 23, 2020, 06:40:32 AM
Getting a negative result vibes for DR VIXMOM.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 23, 2020, 06:41:19 AM
I enjoyed the Lotte notes as well.....indeed her singing and songs should have put the CABARET OBC on my list yesterday!

So what!
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 23, 2020, 06:41:42 AM
Warm today and temps in the teens tonight and tomorrow and Friday.....
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 23, 2020, 06:42:43 AM
I still don't understand how I could have had six teeth extractions and not have ANY pain the next two days.....either my constitution is remarkable or those pills last 72 hours.......
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 23, 2020, 06:43:44 AM
I stocked up on stuff last week - so I don't have to go to the grocery or other stores or the bank until NEXT week.....
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2020, 06:44:31 AM
There was a lotta Lotte in those notes, and as far as I'm concerned you can keep it coming.

DR Elmore, I am so sorry you are missing that note. It kills me when something like that happens. How many years ago do you last recall seeing it? Here's hoping you still come upon it sometime when you least expect it.

That note, along with a nice one from Benjamin Britten, were lost between 1973 and 1979 before I moved to New York.

I was so hoping the answer would be "oh, a year or two ago".

Sorry to hear that.
Title: Re: A WHOLE LOTTA LENYA GOING ON
Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2020, 06:47:53 AM
FYI, last night's lovely little repast:
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Post by: KevinH on December 23, 2020, 06:55:21 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 07:07:29 AM
Well, the bathroom is mopped.  When the floor is dry, I will go to the bank. When I return, I will step in and wash down the toilet exterior with ammonia. Tomorrow I will launder the bathroom rugs and a towel on which Annabelle was sick.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2020, 07:34:04 AM
I just spent another hour sanding and salting the lower half of the driveway that I didn't have to do yesterday, so that the oil and propane supplier's trucks can get up okay. Will the this storm never end?
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2020, 07:37:58 AM
Big two-day thaw starting tomorrow, with Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in the mid-to-high 50s -- but with much rain, and Friday night it goes back down to 22.
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Post by: Druxy on December 23, 2020, 07:49:15 AM
Happy birthday DR William F Orr
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Post by: Ginny on December 23, 2020, 07:59:32 AM
Wednesday morning greetings!  Today is gingerbread day for me.  I'll make the dough now, chill it for several hours, then make the cut-outs this evening.
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Post by: Ginny on December 23, 2020, 08:11:21 AM
My Lenya story:

In 1967 my mother worked at a Detroit bank with a young woman whose brother had some connection to Lotte Lenya.  My parents cooked up a surprise trip to NYC for my mother and me, to occur at the beginning of the summer before my senior year.  Through her co-worker, Mom secured third row center seats for CABARET, then playing at the Imperial Theatre.  We saw the entire original cast and met 4 of the 5 principals at the stage door afterwards.  I still have the autographed pictorial program book, signed by Joel Grey, Bert Convy, Jack Gilford, and Lotte Lenya.  We missed Jill Haworth because she'd swapped her short dark hair for long blond and we didn't recognize her until she called "Good Night" in her raspy British voice.

Anyway, what I suspect is that we sat in Lenya's house seats for which Mom had paid the outrageous price of $12.00 each.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 23, 2020, 08:17:52 AM
Great story DR GINNY!
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Post by: Ginny on December 23, 2020, 08:19:41 AM
Great story DR GINNY!

Thanks, DR JRand!  It was a great "first Broadway show" experience.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 23, 2020, 08:20:01 AM
My question for ASK BK DAY:

I know residuals for actors in many old movies and tv shows are done......but do composers of songs sung in old movies and tv shows and composers of soundtracks still receive royalties when those are shown on television or released on DVD?
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 08:57:57 AM
Great story DR GINNY!

Indeed.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 09:10:38 AM
DR Ginny, I knew most of your CABARET story, but not the Lenya connection. How wonderful.

A friend with whom I acted at La Comedia Dinner Theatre was an assistant on the off-Broadway production of Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill, and he said Lenyta used to come to rehearsal, smoke hash, and say, Dat vasn't how ve did it in Berlin.  I love her.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 09:12:17 AM
I thought the walk to the bank would kill me, but I got there and back in one piece.  I saw the bank manager - a lovely, wonderful lady - and we had a nice visit.  As soon as I'm ready to move, I will finish up the bathroom.
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Post by: Matthew on December 23, 2020, 10:01:25 AM
Good Morning!  I slept later than usual, took the boys out for their walk, and then found this

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Veteran-Rebecca-Luker-Has-Passed-Away-at-59-20201223?fbclid=IwAR1ghg5FaCUUXiyjSu_NTC5zU-pncmKY3JaiOQnjYpNaE8RJwulsoRsr7pc

My day - and I think a lot of ours - has just become a little darker.   RIP - Rebecca
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 10:06:53 AM
Good Morning!  I slept later than usual, took the boys out for their walk, and then found this

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Veteran-Rebecca-Luker-Has-Passed-Away-at-59-20201223?fbclid=IwAR1ghg5FaCUUXiyjSu_NTC5zU-pncmKY3JaiOQnjYpNaE8RJwulsoRsr7pc

My day - and I think a lot of ours - has just become a little darker.   RIP - Rebecca


OMG, this is so sad. Poor Rebecca! I had no idea she was in such a poor state. How I loved her.
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Post by: KevinH on December 23, 2020, 10:40:44 AM
Terrible news about Ms. Luker.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 10:45:37 AM
I've finished the bathroom and had a good cry.

I've known and loved Rebecca since she played the Princess in my reconstruction of the Cole Porter-Moss Hart musical, Jubilee. She was brilliant, one of the best people in the cast. That was 34 years ago.  In her last email, she told me she was having physical issues, and it was later that she announced it was ALS.  We sympathized over each others' ailments, and swore we would see each other soon.  I will miss her.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 23, 2020, 10:51:48 AM
Good Morning!  I slept later than usual, took the boys out for their walk, and then found this

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Veteran-Rebecca-Luker-Has-Passed-Away-at-59-20201223?fbclid=IwAR1ghg5FaCUUXiyjSu_NTC5zU-pncmKY3JaiOQnjYpNaE8RJwulsoRsr7pc

My day - and I think a lot of ours - has just become a little darker.   RIP - Rebecca


OMG, this is so sad. Poor Rebecca! I had no idea she was in such a poor state. How I loved her.

Oh no. This is so sad. :(
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 11:06:49 AM
~~~HUGS~~~ for DR George and family this holiday season

Thanks, Singdaw!
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2020, 11:15:54 AM
I'm up, I'm up - seven hours of sleep.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2020, 11:18:36 AM
Sorry to hear about Rebecca - I tried to have her and Danny drop in to the anniversary show, and his e-mail response, which was very nice, led me to believe it was just a matter of time, sadly.  She was a wonderful gal and I have so many wonderful memories of her in the studio, right from Unsung Sondheim on, and then doing her Cole Porter album was wonderful.  RIP and ALS sucks.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 11:23:57 AM
Sad news about Rebecca Luker. My friend Carol worked with her on Music Man. I will have to look up her singing on All the Things You Are. And her Brigadoon, too. Loved that Cole Porter album from BK.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 11:38:55 AM
Good Morning!  I slept later than usual, took the boys out for their walk, and then found this

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Veteran-Rebecca-Luker-Has-Passed-Away-at-59-20201223?fbclid=IwAR1ghg5FaCUUXiyjSu_NTC5zU-pncmKY3JaiOQnjYpNaE8RJwulsoRsr7pc

My day - and I think a lot of ours - has just become a little darker.   RIP - Rebecca

:'( I'll be watching her videos on YouTube today.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2020, 12:30:30 PM
Oh my god, so sad about Rebecca Luker. And to learn that she was only fifty-nine. There are no words.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 23, 2020, 12:38:26 PM
On a happier note, it's my pleasure to announce on Lotta Lotte Day:

DR Ginny wins haineshisway.com.
Honorable Mention goes to DR Elmore.

Please pick up your prizes on the way out.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 12:42:23 PM
I still don't understand how I could have had six teeth extractions and not have ANY pain the next two days.....either my constitution is remarkable or those pills last 72 hours.......

Wow!  Just count your blessings.  Continued vibes you quickly heal.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 12:43:42 PM
My Lenya story:

In 1967 my mother worked at a Detroit bank with a young woman whose brother had some connection to Lotte Lenya.  My parents cooked up a surprise trip to NYC for my mother and me, to occur at the beginning of the summer before my senior year.  Through her co-worker, Mom secured third row center seats for CABARET, then playing at the Imperial Theatre.  We saw the entire original cast and met 4 of the 5 principals at the stage door afterwards.  I still have the autographed pictorial program book, signed by Joel Grey, Bert Convy, Jack Gilford, and Lotte Lenya.  We missed Jill Haworth because she'd swapped her short dark hair for long blond and we didn't recognize her until she called "Good Night" in her raspy British voice.

Anyway, what I suspect is that we sat in Lenya's house seats for which Mom had paid the outrageous price of $12.00 each.

Great story and memory.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 12:44:13 PM
Great story DR GINNY!

Thanks, DR JRand!  It was a great "first Broadway show" experience.

Making it even a better story and memory :)
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 12:45:51 PM
I had just read the sad news before coming here. 
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 12:47:33 PM
We are expected to receive up to a foot of snow by tonight.

:o Glad I don't live where you live!!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 12:48:07 PM
I just received an email from Indiegogo asking if I've received my perk for The Creature Wasn't Nice -- said perk (whichever it was) having an expected delivery date of December 15, 2019.
I got the same, DR ChasSmith.

I feel left out.  I didn't the e-mail from Indiegogo. :-\

;)
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2020, 12:52:50 PM
I got several things from Indiegogo about The Creature campaign - I just nuked them because every perk was sent out and I know people got them.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 12:53:23 PM
I just accomplished something I thought might be impossible: I put on a pair of long pants for the first time since May. I wasn't sure my legs would willingly wrestle with that much fabric.

Congrats, Larry!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 12:53:33 PM
~~~HUGS~~~ for DR George and family this holiday season
Big group hug!

Thanks, John!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 12:53:43 PM
{{{HUGS FOR ALL!!}}}
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 12:53:59 PM
Vibes for DR GEORGE and his family!

Thanks, Jrand!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 12:56:07 PM
FYI, last night's lovely little repast:

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6356.0;attach=10991)

Yummy!  I was thinking about going to Subway for lunch today, but I might (mind you, I said "might") have to get me a chili dog. ;D
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 12:56:38 PM
My Lenya story:

In 1967 my mother worked at a Detroit bank with a young woman whose brother had some connection to Lotte Lenya.  My parents cooked up a surprise trip to NYC for my mother and me, to occur at the beginning of the summer before my senior year.  Through her co-worker, Mom secured third row center seats for CABARET, then playing at the Imperial Theatre.  We saw the entire original cast and met 4 of the 5 principals at the stage door afterwards.  I still have the autographed pictorial program book, signed by Joel Grey, Bert Convy, Jack Gilford, and Lotte Lenya.  We missed Jill Haworth because she'd swapped her short dark hair for long blond and we didn't recognize her until she called "Good Night" in her raspy British voice.

Anyway, what I suspect is that we sat in Lenya's house seats for which Mom had paid the outrageous price of $12.00 each.

That's so cool, Ginny!  Except for the part about missing Jill Haworth.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 01:18:35 PM
I am very pleased, and hope the rest of us do at least as well, Bryan only had a very sore arm after his vaccination.  He did not have any other symptoms.
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Post by: Matthew on December 23, 2020, 01:27:45 PM
I am very pleased, and hope the rest of us do at least as well, Bryan only had a very sore arm after his vaccination.  He did not have any other symptoms.

That's good to know.  From what I read, the reactions seems to be likened to a flu shot.  This is good to hear
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Post by: Matthew on December 23, 2020, 01:28:04 PM
Anyone else on a Rebecca Luker listening marathon today?
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Post by: Ginny on December 23, 2020, 01:30:51 PM
I’m so sorry to hear about Rebecca Luker.  ALS is such a cruel disease. 
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Post by: Ginny on December 23, 2020, 01:32:32 PM
Thank you to everyone who made nice comments about my story.  That trip was a defining experience for me.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 01:34:43 PM
I just discovered this on YouTube: one of my favorite songs ever and Rebecca. Heartbreaking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yd5ga0G6Fs&fbclid=IwAR2INXq0P6djmDXLB5dIuTuxdpT9oa9SbkH9NssBEC5_pye9CVWE7nDN-zM
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 23, 2020, 01:42:02 PM
Anyone else on a Rebecca Luker listening marathon today?

Not me. It's too painful.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2020, 02:10:08 PM
Had hot dogs for food - just mustard and onions today.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2020, 02:10:33 PM
Kay has come and gone, waiting on dealer to get his stuff - always, always late.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 02:43:43 PM
On the "lost letters" thread, I regret losing a letter I had received from Ned Rorem.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 02:44:17 PM
Thankfully, the one I received from bk's close personal friend, Stephen Sondheim, was not lost.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 02:44:40 PM
Very very sad about Rebecca Luker.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 02:45:04 PM
Wonderful story, DR Ginny. Thank you for sharing.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 02:45:26 PM
Good medical news from DR Jrand70 and DR Jane about her son.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 02:46:32 PM
The snow continues apace, but it may not be as bad as they predicted. They have NOT called off the prediction for winds tonight of 60mph and temps dropping to below zero for Christmas Day.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 03:01:23 PM
I am very pleased, and hope the rest of us do at least as well, Bryan only had a very sore arm after his vaccination.  He did not have any other symptoms.

That's good to know.  From what I read, the reactions seems to be likened to a flu shot.  This is good to hear

Hmmm, I have been reading the arm hurts more than your average flu shot.  It sounds more like our Typhoid or Shingrix shots.  I think his arm hurt more than my worst flu shot.  Still, I will take a sore arm for a few days, even flu like symptoms, as long as I don't get covid.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 03:02:32 PM
Good medical news from DR Jrand70 and DR Jane about her son.

Thank you.  In 12 days he will be 56% protected.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 23, 2020, 03:04:24 PM
Continued good news vibes for DR JANE.

Thanks, so far so good.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 03:24:01 PM
Anyone else on a Rebecca Luker listening marathon today?

I've listened to a few.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 03:24:14 PM
I just discovered this on YouTube: one of my favorite songs ever and Rebecca. Heartbreaking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yd5ga0G6Fs&fbclid=IwAR2INXq0P6djmDXLB5dIuTuxdpT9oa9SbkH9NssBEC5_pye9CVWE7nDN-zM

Wow...just wow.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 03:24:54 PM
Thankfully, the one I received from bk's close personal friend, Stephen Sondheim, was not lost.

I have one of those, also! :)
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2020, 03:59:49 PM
Dealer has come and gone, picked up some packages, including the mono replacement Blu-ray for Psycho and two screeners, which surprised me - maybe we'll get some more - maybe some Netflix - the two we got don't interest me - Borat II and One Night in Miami.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 23, 2020, 04:04:57 PM
Hello, everyone.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 23, 2020, 04:08:54 PM
At the end of every year I look forward to a couple weeks of R&R, but somehow little things often get in the way. This week has been hectic so far and I just want to crawl under a rock and tell everyone to go away. I know that part of it is Covid, knowing that many, many people would prefer to be celebrating with family and friends, but feel unable to do so. It's disheartening.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 23, 2020, 04:10:59 PM
I stopped at Julie's today and picked up several take-out favorites for the next few days. There's nothing like comfort food! (I have ChocZero here, too.)
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 04:11:46 PM
I wanna see One Night in Miami
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Post by: Jeanne on December 23, 2020, 04:12:15 PM
Speaking of comfort food, DR Elmore's Christmas dinner sounds very nice indeed.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 23, 2020, 04:16:33 PM
Vibes to all as we go through a very bizarre holiday season.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 23, 2020, 04:16:39 PM
TTFN.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 04:17:37 PM
It is hectic, isn’t it.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 04:20:20 PM
For dinner, it was watermelon radish sandwiches with truffle goat cheese and latkes made with radishes, potatoes and apple. Then radish bread for dessert.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 04:20:37 PM
Five!
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 04:33:56 PM
At the end of every year I look forward to a couple weeks of R&R, but somehow little things often get in the way. This week has been hectic so far and I just want to crawl under a rock and tell everyone to go away. I know that part of it is Covid, knowing that many, many people would prefer to be celebrating with family and friends, but feel unable to do so. It's disheartening.


(https://www.lovethispic.com/uploaded_images/54109-A-Christmas-Hug.jpg)
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 04:35:32 PM
All of our Christmas gifts, not that we send many, have been received except for one.  Hopefully the replacement baby's first Christmas ornament will be delivered tomorrow.
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:05:23 PM
I was so sorry to hear about Rebecca Luker, my deepest sympathies and prayers for comfort for all who knew and love her
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:06:37 PM
I had to go for the covid test again
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:08:30 PM
I spent two hours standing on line out in the cold waiting to put my name on the virtual line
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:08:59 PM
When I arrived at 6:45 there were about 175 people ahead of me
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:11:36 PM
But by 9 am I was advised I was on the list with a 6-8 hour wait and they would text me when it was my turn
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:15:23 PM
So I headed home made a quick breakfast of ham and eggs and coffee
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:16:10 PM
Then rejoicing that I could once again feel my toes and fingers I arrived at work by 9:45
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:19:06 PM
The boss bought lunch
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:19:23 PM
I had a very nice Apple butternut squash soup
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 05:20:02 PM
I stopped at Julie's today and picked up several take-out favorites for the next few days. There's nothing like comfort food! (I have ChocZero here, too.)

Jeanne, just last week, I got me some ChocZero chocolate peppermint syrup and (don't tell Jane!) some chocolate hazelnut spread!  Both are delish! ;D
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 05:20:28 PM
The boss bought lunch

Nice!
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:20:49 PM
Around 630 I finally received the message I had 30 minutes to arrive for my appointment
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:21:30 PM
I was already waiting in the parking lot
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 05:22:15 PM
I stopped at Julie's today and picked up several take-out favorites for the next few days. There's nothing like comfort food! (I have ChocZero here, too.)

Jeanne, just last week, I got me some ChocZero chocolate peppermint syrup and (don't tell Jane!) some chocolate hazelnut spread!  Both are delish! ;D

LOL both sound bad to me.
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:23:04 PM
By 7 pm after 2 swabs in my nose and one somewhere in the center of my brain two tests were completed and I was on my way
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:23:27 PM
By time I arrived home the text messag3 was there: negative
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:24:43 PM
Lost letters:

The letter  I received from Katherine Hepburn
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 05:25:09 PM
I stopped at Julie's today and picked up several take-out favorites for the next few days. There's nothing like comfort food! (I have ChocZero here, too.)

Jeanne, just last week, I got me some ChocZero chocolate peppermint syrup and (don't tell Jane!) some chocolate hazelnut spread!  Both are delish! ;D

Both sound lovely
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 05:34:35 PM
By time I arrived home the text messag3 was there: negative

Excellent.  Vibes the next one is also negative.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 05:35:53 PM
Lost postcard:

The one I received from Davy Crockett aka Fess Parker.
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Post by: Matthew on December 23, 2020, 05:55:42 PM
I had a surprise COVID test opportunity today as I was at school/church testing some equipment and the principal showed up with the kits and asked if we wanted a COVID test.  I mean, why would you turn down a COVID test??
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 05:56:56 PM
I wouldn't.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 05:57:24 PM
I really should have gone and gotten one on my own. 
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 06:04:12 PM
Lost postcard:

The one I received from Davy Crockett aka Fess Parker.

Cool!  My dad met and got a picture with Fess Parker when he (my dad) was in the army!  I don't think he got his autograph, but I remember seeing the picture when I was a kid.  I wonder if my mom or my sister still has it.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 06:18:05 PM
I was very upset when I discovered it missing after one of our moves.  I still remember my excitement when I received the postcard.  I was probably 7 years old.
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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 06:48:28 PM
Vixdad just handed me a box and said, “oh I forgot this was delivered today”

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Post by: vixmom on December 23, 2020, 06:48:52 PM
Mmmmmmm Godiva Under my tree now
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 06:59:23 PM
By time I arrived home the text messag3 was there: negative

Great news.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 06:59:32 PM
Six!
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 07:00:49 PM
Mmmmmmm Godiva Under my tree now

I’m surprised she fit under your tree. Was she clothed?
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 07:01:43 PM
Glad for your good test result, DR vixmom.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 07:02:09 PM
Amazed at your restraint. Mine never would have made it under the tree.
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Post by: singdaw on December 23, 2020, 07:02:35 PM
I have never heard of ChocZero, but...  interested!
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 07:04:59 PM
I have never heard of ChocZero, but...  interested!

If you haven't already found out, they have their own website, https://www.choczero.com/ (https://www.choczero.com/), and they also sell on Amazon. :)
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 07:06:23 PM
And on that note (C#), I'm outta here.  No one else is here in the building, so it's time for me to follow their lead and get going.

Be back later!
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2020, 07:44:47 PM
Trying to watch One Night in Miami - anytime the first thing on the screen is "inspired by real events" I want to shut it off - it's okay so far, nothing special.  A fictional account of a real night - a meeting between Sam Cooke, Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, and Jim Brown.  Based on some play I never heard of.  Listed as an Amazon Original Film, even though Amazon had nothing to do with it other than purchasing it for release.  The play began here in LA at the Rogue Machine Theater, a little 99-seat house in 2013.
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Post by: Druxy on December 23, 2020, 08:00:17 PM
Sad news about Rebecca Luker.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 08:15:25 PM
I have now seen The Prom on two 10-best lists (WaPo and USA Today). I wouldn't go that far, but it's nice to see some sheer entertainment being recognized for allowing some much-needed escape.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 08:25:18 PM
Sometimes You Have to Lie, a biography of Louise Fitzhugh, who wrote Harriet the Spy, is proving to be entertaining, if not terribly deep.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 08:26:13 PM
After the news of all the reprehensible pardons, entertaining is something to treasure.
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Post by: John G. on December 23, 2020, 08:26:21 PM
Good night, all.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2020, 09:52:22 PM
Listening to lots of different music this evening - right now the marvelously entertaining soundtrack to the 1996 Japanese film Shall We Dance - I love the film - I know I have it on DVD, but heaven knows where.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2020, 09:56:48 PM
Previously heard - cast album of Ciao Rudy starring Marcello Mastroianni - weird but fun.  A Decca Entartete CD featuring the second symphony of Ernst Krenek - which I liked very much.
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Post by: bk on December 23, 2020, 09:57:23 PM
I made tuna pasta salad - for the little four-person distanced visit tomorrow.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 10:20:01 PM
Mmmmmmm Godiva Under my tree now

Yum.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 10:25:48 PM
After the news of all the reprehensible pardons, entertaining is something to treasure.

I was reading Hell at the Breech and returned it to the library. As much as I enjoy Tom Franklin's writing the story was too depressing.
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 10:27:30 PM
We received a surprise gift in the mail today, a tin of homemade bourbon bon bons.  A neighbor also dropped off some Christmas cookies :)
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Post by: Jane on December 23, 2020, 10:29:01 PM
Of course eating them made me feel sick. Sigh.
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Post by: TCB on December 23, 2020, 11:16:58 PM
Last night I dreamed I was walking barefoot through the snow and carrying a full score for a number from 1776 to a rehearsal on Fifth Avenue.  I have no idea why I was barefoot.


Were you in Central Park?
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Post by: TCB on December 23, 2020, 11:24:36 PM
FYI, last night's lovely little repast:



Is that Skyline Chili?
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Post by: TCB on December 23, 2020, 11:26:39 PM
I just this evening finished watching Rebecca Luker on the American Theater Wing’s 100th birthday concert.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 11:36:33 PM
Hi, Tom.
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Post by: TCB on December 23, 2020, 11:37:22 PM
I stopped at Julie's today and picked up several take-out favorites for the next few days. There's nothing like comfort food! (I have ChocZero here, too.)



Jeanne, just last week, I got me some ChocZero chocolate peppermint syrup and (don't tell Jane!) some chocolate hazelnut spread!  Both are delish! ;D


You lost me at hazelnut.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 11:42:54 PM
I stopped at Julie's today and picked up several take-out favorites for the next few days. There's nothing like comfort food! (I have ChocZero here, too.)



Jeanne, just last week, I got me some ChocZero chocolate peppermint syrup and (don't tell Jane!) some chocolate hazelnut spread!  Both are delish! ;D


You lost me at hazelnut.

I know that not everyone likes hazelnuts. 
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 11:43:33 PM
Otherwise, just about everything else that I've gotten of theirs has been pretty darned good.  The only thing that was less than great (for me) is their white chocolate.  That's just not very good...to me.
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 11:51:50 PM
Well...
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 11:51:58 PM
...since we're so close...
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Post by: George on December 23, 2020, 11:52:11 PM
PAGE SEVEN DANCE!!
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Post by: TCB on December 23, 2020, 11:53:14 PM
I have now seen The Prom on two 10-best lists (WaPo and USA Today). I wouldn't go that far, but it's nice to see some sheer entertainment being recognized for allowing some much-needed escape.


I probably wouldn’t call it the best film of the year, but I would certainly put it on a Top Ten list.  I am thinking of watching it again tomorrow night.
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Post by: TCB on December 24, 2020, 12:04:10 AM
I stopped at Julie's today and picked up several take-out favorites for the next few days. There's nothing like comfort food! (I have ChocZero here, too.)



Jeanne, just last week, I got me some ChocZero chocolate peppermint syrup and (don't tell Jane!) some chocolate hazelnut spread!  Both are delish! ;D


You lost me at hazelnut.

I know that not everyone likes hazelnuts. 


A couple of years ago, I received an entire box of those nasty hazelnut balls for Christmas.  They were never touched.