Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on February 24, 2025, 12:54:34 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were a beside companion, and now it is time for you to post until the bedside cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: NITID!
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Notes doubled. Indemnified.
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Last night, I zonked out. ::)
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Good morning, all!
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The temperatures are high today and I slept very poorly because of the heat. Annabelle has abandoned me for the cat tree, and Thatch, who sleeps there most of the day, sleeps with me. Lke a faithful dog, Stella sleeps on the floor beside the bed. At the moment, Annabelle sleeps next to me on the teacart, which she has claimed as her own.
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First thing after kitty cleanbup today is putting away the laundry. After that, I want to work on the iTunes mess.
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TOD: I am not a big beef eater. I do like groundf beef in its various permutations like hamburger, pasta sauce, etc., but I inly only like unground beef in soup and stew.
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BK - Hmm, very interesting Randy Vicar link in today's Notes.
Maybe it can be taken as a further sign that HHW is on its way to becoming the most popular site on the internet.
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I love steak. I have occasionally been to some high end restaurants where I was treated to some lovely filet mignon (always medium rare).
I rarely want anything on my steak but some salt, but the occasional Bernaise sauce or a sherry wine sauce is ok, but I generally prefer to let the meat flavor shine on its own.
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The sirloin at Texas Roadhouse is always very good, they have their own secret season which is nice, medium rare is the way to go.
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Back in the seventies, there used to be a place out here ( perhaps it was a chain, but I only ever knew the one here) called Beefsteak Charlie’s where my then boyfriend and I would often go for dinner dates.
It was perfect for young people on a budget, all the beer, sangria or soda you could drink, served in pitchers, free salad bar and delicious prime ribs.
They weren’t expensive which no doubt is how they went out of business.
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About the production BK described in today's Notes:
We've seen with licensing productions - On the one hand, it's very satisfying to see the work getting out into the world, getting done in theaters where we as the writers are not taking part in the production; but on the other hand, the productions that are licensed do tend to get reviewed and those reviews of course come up on the net when people google the show with our names.
So it's a great joy that artists and theaters outside NYC are doing the show, but there's always a risk - Reviews of those productions, from great to not as great, appear with the reviewer never having seen the show before the production they wrote about.
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BK, the fourth musician for Desperate Measures was a bass player. The original musical director was the show's orchestrator, and he's very talented. I would guess he had a lot to say to the guitar-mandolin-banjo player about what he wanted.
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Loved Desperate Measures, and I said right there that I'd enjoy doing it someday and putting together that small band. The music was colorful and supremely entertaining. And of course so was the cast.
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The Mexican meal afterwards didn't suck, either! :D
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I love many kinds of steak, and I order medium rare. I can sometimes forgive if it's slightly overdone (depends on the type of steak), but I'm not one who goes for bloody. I think I've been compelled to send one back only a couple of times, though, so those must have been pretty rare.
Oddly, though, I have had steak tartare a few times, and loved it each time. Go figure. It's a different thing.
Edit: But no raw egg yolks, please. (Sometimes tartare will be served with one.) Just sayin'.
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Good morning, all.
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Not a good night of sleep.
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I loved the Randy Vicar song in the notes.
Thanks to DR VIXMOM for the link to the Desperate Measures cast album.
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TOD:
I like a ribeye steak....no real sauce....I like a nice seasoning Montreal or Steakhouse....and medium please.....
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I laid down last night waiting to watch a show that was coming on at 9 p.m. and a basketball game afterwards.....it was about 8 p.m.
I woke up at 4:35 a.m. I guess I was more tired than I thought.
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I often like to have something on the TV to fall asleep to. For that to work best, it needs to be something I'm interested in to some extent, not just any old thing, because actually concentrating on it for a bit will get my brain into the right state for getting sleepy and dozing off.
So last night on TCM there were a few '70s winners: All the President's Men, The China Syndrome, and Network. I love all the great '70s films of this ilk dearly, so this seemed ideal. I began with the second half of the first movie, and watched the second until I finally starting dropping off during its latter portions. That was already a little bit too late for getting a good sleep before morning, and I made it worse by getting up afterward to visit the necessary, take a drink of water, and adjust the thermostat, all of which completely woke me up. I then stayed awake through quite a bit of the third which went into the wee hours, and with the already-interrupted sleep, I ended up tossing and turning the rest of the night -- which only goes to show that sometimes you just can't win.
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In general, I like just the sparest of sauces or flavorings. This assumes that the steak itself is of delicious quality from the start. Some steaks are traditionally prepared with sauces or house flavorings, however, and that's fine. I do not complain. A good piece of meat is a good piece of meat.
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Had a bit of an allergy attack - going back to bed in a moment.
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I'm so sick of allergy attacks. Allergy be gone vibes for BK.
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As I think I made clear, it may just well have been this production of the show. However, thus far it's gotten excellent reviews from the usual LA critics. I probably would have enjoyed the York more, but there are shows that I love that others don't and there are shows that others love that I don't - and the world goes round. Funnily, the piano player, playing an electric keyboard, did occasionally program bass into it. Not quite enough. But not every production of a show is equal.
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As to yesterday's finishing up of the keyboard cleaning and reassembly:
I won. Or mostly won, for which I thank the universe. I'll just need to open it one more time and install a couple of replacement thingies when they arrive.
I had the brilliant idea of fixing a bad note in the middle of the keyboard by literally moving the thing that was probably causing it to a different part of the keyboard, and it worked. It's a novel opportunity, "moving a problem", but in this instance it can be done. Doing so proved that the problem was what I hoped it was, because it's easily fixable with readily available replacement parts.
(Without attempting to explain, I have two of these coming: https://syntaur.com/Part-4156-Contact-strip-12-note)
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I wonder how an L.A. area production of something like this ever came to skimping on one of only four musicians.
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Having just heard a bit of the cast album - well, whole different ball game - piano, harmonica, cello, violin, guitar/banjo/mandolin - they must have expanded it for the album?
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Also, I didn't mention that the York production, prior to the move to New World Stages, starred Emma Degerstedt as the potential nun. The girl I saw was very good, but Emma is fantastic. She plays in the Outside the Box Taxi Driver episode as Betsy. Also, of the LA company, I liked the sheriff best - beautiful voice, subtle with the comedy - I'd use him for Kritzerland.
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I just took out the program from New World Stages.
No cello listed, but:
Conductor/Piano/Harmonica: David Hancock Turner
Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin: Justin Rothberg
Double Bass: Joseph Wallace
Violin/Mandolin: Martha McDonnell
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Probably added the cellos - two listed.
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It's sad hearing how extensively the Long Beach area has gotten leveled and rebuilt. I knew it had happened, of course, but hearing the extent of it is always disheartening. I sadly never knew the amusement park. I went to a few things at the civic auditorium, I was in Acres of Books a couple of times, and I enjoyed the Queen Mary when the Spruce Goose was there (the idiots even let that go). But as for getting to "know" the town, I just wasn't there enough.
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RIP Roberta Flack:
https://apnews.com/article/roberta-flack-dies-61ad9755cc7b4f37b29884adc49c9340
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Met a friend this morning for breakfast at a chain called the Black Bear Diner. No surcharge for eggs. Very nice meal.
Good to see Steve. He’s starting radiation today for some skin cancer on his head.
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It was good to see Iris post last night. Hugs and vibes.
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RIP Roberta Flack:
https://apnews.com/article/roberta-flack-dies-61ad9755cc7b4f37b29884adc49c9340
Saw her twice in the past. Velvety voice.
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I can’t eat a huge steak anymore, but my preference has always been for a well-marbled ribeye.
I have been known to indulge at high-end places like the Palm, Ruth’s Chris and Morton’s, but I actually prefer to grill my own. Costco’s regular cuts of ribeye or New York strips are preferred with Montreal seasoning on top. Five minutes for each side for a perfect medium rare. I then like to follow the Ruth’s Chris style of crowning it with melted butter after it has rested.
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Since I live in Texas, no discussion of steak is complete without mentioning chicken-fried steak. I’m a fan of hammering it thin and breading it before frying it up. But I always want the cream gravy on the side until I determine if it’s handmade. Store-bought or mix gravy is too boring and flat to eat much of it. I would never order it at a chain place like Cracker Barrel.
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RIP Roberta Flack:
https://apnews.com/article/roberta-flack-dies-61ad9755cc7b4f37b29884adc49c9340
Oh, that's sad news!
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Good to hear from DR IRIS that things are going well.
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The first time I heard a Roberta Flack song was in PLAY MISTY FOR ME.....
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Not a good night of sleep.
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RIP Roberta Flack:
https://apnews.com/article/roberta-flack-dies-61ad9755cc7b4f37b29884adc49c9340
Sad news. Thanks for linking the article, MichaelG.
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From DR MichaelG:
Yes it was, thanks! Our biggest house of the run, nearly sold out, and probably the best overall performance.
Fantastic!
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DR Iris I'm very glad your radiation treatments are a breeze compared to chemotherapy and surgery. Vibes they stay that way and there aren't any complications. Most of all, MEGA VIBES they work!
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I'm so sick of allergy attacks. Allergy be gone vibes for BK.
Same here. Allergy be gone vibes for all of us that suffer.
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As to yesterday's finishing up of the keyboard cleaning and reassembly:
I won. Or mostly won, for which I thank the universe. I'll just need to open it one more time and install a couple of replacement thingies when they arrive.
I had the brilliant idea of fixing a bad note in the middle of the keyboard by literally moving the thing that was probably causing it to a different part of the keyboard, and it worked. It's a novel opportunity, "moving a problem", but in this instance it can be done. Doing so proved that the problem was what I hoped it was, because it's easily fixable with readily available replacement parts.
(Without attempting to explain, I have two of these coming: https://syntaur.com/Part-4156-Contact-strip-12-note)
Congratulations on mostly winning.
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RIP Roberta Flack:
https://apnews.com/article/roberta-flack-dies-61ad9755cc7b4f37b29884adc49c9340
:(
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Met a friend this morning for breakfast at a chain called the Black Bear Diner. No surcharge for eggs. Very nice meal.
Good to see Steve. He’s starting radiation today for some skin cancer on his head.
We ate at original Black Bear Diner in Shasta. At the time I didn't realize it was a chain. Our first experience was our best.
Vibes to Steve!
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Bruce excellent news on the first results from the scan.
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Giving up steak was one of the easier foods for me to stop eating. I didn't dislike it, and when ordered it was always medium rare without anything on it. A baked potato with sour cream and chives was the side dish, plus vegetables if offered. I enjoyed the potato with the sour cream and chives more than the steak. There was a restaurant in San Diego that also had a delicious dish of mushrooms in butter we ordered. Because of the mushrooms I think it was my favorite steak house.
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Met a friend this morning for breakfast at a chain called the Black Bear Diner. No surcharge for eggs. Very nice meal.
Good to see Steve. He’s starting radiation today for some skin cancer on his head.
Sending vibes for your friend Steve.
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RIP Roberta Flack:
https://apnews.com/article/roberta-flack-dies-61ad9755cc7b4f37b29884adc49c9340
I just saw that. :(
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Met a friend this morning for breakfast at a chain called the Black Bear Diner. No surcharge for eggs. Very nice meal.
Good to see Steve. He’s starting radiation today for some skin cancer on his head.
There used to be a Black Bear Diner in Olympia, but it closed quite a few years ago. Then it became an El Sarape, and now I think it's something else again. :-\
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Since I live in Texas, no discussion of steak is complete without mentioning chicken-fried steak. I’m a fan of hammering it thin and breading it before frying it up. But I always want the cream gravy on the side until I determine if it’s handmade. Store-bought or mix gravy is too boring and flat to eat much of it. I would never order it at a chain place like Cracker Barrel.
Topic of the Day: I don't care for steaks at all, except for chicken fried steak. I do like those. :)
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~~~Vibes of All Kinds for Steve!!~~~
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So glad to see that Amazon Fresh was able to include a dozen eggs in our order today, after all. The selection of eggs had been very limited, but nice to have a dozen on hand here in our fridge.
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Also on the egg front: We also got a few of the frozen, easy to microwave, breakfast sandwiches which include eggs on the sandwich. (Simple thaw, then microwave on high 50 seconds, let stand a minute - and viola, it's a real egg!). The eggs seem to be the real thing, not just some fake egg product, so we'll have those while that option is still there.
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I forgot to mention on here that our friends Bill Parry and Maureen Silliman, who started dating since 1991, and met during Skip's show BLANCO! at Goodspeed summer of 1990, got married over the weekend.
It was a beautiful ceremony, and Skip did the piano playing for the service, and also did a lovely vocal solo. (We were given some of the leftovers from the wedding eats and I just recently finished having the wedding leftovers, so I was reminded that I hadn't mentioned the wedding here yet.)
BK, of course, has performed with Maureen in our NYMF reading of LAST STARFIGHTER in 2006 - the year before both BRAIN FROM PLANET X and LAST STARFIGHTER full productions were in NYMF. In that reading, BK played the role originally played by Bill in our show LAST STARFIGHTER's world premiere in 2004 and on the Kritzerland original cast album of LAST STARFIGHTER.
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I had the strangest dreams last night. in the first, though it's vague now, I was a librarian working for Donald Trump, who of course was the boss from hell, and I believe I was worrierd that my job was on the line. In the second, I was at a big party for some theatrical event on a high floor in Manhattan. Rebecca Luker and Danny Burstein were there, and Rebecca was behaving very flirtatiously with me, reminding me of my proposal years ago. Victoria Clark was also there, and I was trying to avoid her. At some point, Rebecca and Danny had a disagreement, and she left with Ms Clark. Danny wasdistraught, and he got into an elevator. I got into another, trying to beat him to the ground floor. Then I woke.
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Too true to be funny!
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We've had so many happy occasions with Bill and Maureen to note over the years.
Maureen was one of the official witnesses at Skip and my wedding in 2014.
And this below was one of my favorite happy occasions - where Bill and Maureen had dropped in on video from NYC and were a happy part of my Dads 100th birthday in Florida, which include Youtube wishes from outside of Florida.
Nat Landau's 100th birthday was Sept 7 2020. Bill & Maureen were at Miami party by "remote" from NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c8mnxhJn5E
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I forgot to mention on here that our friends Bill Parry and Maureen Silliman, who started dating since 1991, and met during Skip's show BLANCO! at Goodspeed summer of 1990, got married over the weekend. It was a beautiful ceremony, and Skip did the piano playing for the service. (We were given some of the leftovers from the wedding eats and I just recently finished having the wedding leftovers, so I was reminded that I hadn't mentioned the wedding here yet.)
(BK, of course, has performed with Maureen is our NYMF reading of LAST STARFIGHTER in 2006 - the year before both BRAIN FROM PLANET X and LAST STARFIGHTER full productions were in NYMF. In that reading, BK played the role originally played by Bill in our show LAST STARFIGHTER's world premiere in 2004 and on the Kritzerland original cast album of LAST STARFIGHTER.)
This is a happy story. Wishing them many years of joy.
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Thanks, Jane!
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Vibesfor Steve
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Prayers and vibes for our Iris
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Thank you for the happy story Freddie!
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I had the strangest dreams last night. in the first, though it's vague now, I was a librarian working for Donald Trump, who of course was the boss from hell, and I believe I was worrierd that my job was on the line. In the second, I was at a big party for some theatrical event on a high floor in Manhattan. Rebecca Luker and Danny Burstein were there, and Rebecca was behaving very flirtatiously with me, reminding me of my proposal years ago. Victoria Clark was also there, and I was trying to avoid her. At some point, Rebecca and Danny had a disagreement, and she left with Ms Clark. Danny wasdistraught, and he got into an elevator. I got into another, trying to beat him to the ground floor. Then I woke.
Small world and even smaller business all around! Bill Parry was in the 1996 Old Globe production of Skip's show TIME AND AGAIN, which was where Danny and Rebecca first met (though they started dating a good while after that production.
Skip's show seem to have good karma for some wonderful couples to have met for the first time. Howard McGillin first met his future spouse at a reading of TIME AND AGAIN which was just before the Old Globe production. And as I mentioned, Bill and Maureen first met at a production of Skip's show BLANCO!
P.S. And it was when BK came to San Diego to see TIME AND AGAIN at the Old Globe where, if I'm remembering correctly BK and Skip first met in person.
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Thank you for the happy story Freddie!
Thanks, vixmom!
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I love steak. Carl's Chop House in Detroit was a family favorite for special occasions. Porterhouse is my favorite overall. I also like making steak au poivre, complete with lighting the brandy or bourbon on fire.
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Steak au poivre was a favorite back in my L.A. days. I wish I could remember a place where friends who felt the same about it took me, where it was just the best ever. I think it was west of the 405 on the south side of Wilshire, but how far out towards Santa Monica, I have no idea.
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I'm almost always up for steak Diane or steak Oscar. Especially if someone else is paying.
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Kitties!
https://youtu.be/CRis3n2FN-c?si=JH2CmF5By1mwBSQ-
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I'm up again. Maybe I had seven hours of actual sleep.
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It's always good to see dear reader Iris here.
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I'm pretty sure we have a Black Bear Diner here - over in Reseda - ate there once. Pretty good, as I recall.
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Not Reseda, Tarzana, and I didn't recall correctly - here's what I wrote back in 2019: I got ready and moseyed on over to a jernt called the Black Bear Diner in the heart of Tarzana, although I’m not sure Tarzana has a heart. This was formerly a Coco’s – now it’s another chain, the Black Bear Diner, which I’ve never heard of. The menu was promising, but sometimes reality is different. I got the “light” version of the chicken fried steak (five ounces instead of ten, and only 600 calories). There was something in the gravy, some spice, that just wasn’t to my liking. Still, I ate it up along with some of the redskin mashed potatoes, and a couple of bites of salad, as I also didn’t care for their bacon ranch dressing – everyone needs to leave bacon out of ranch dressing – that’s simply not done, not in civilized society.
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LOL DR BK.
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Most interesting posts DR FREDDIE.
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Ruth's Chris Steakhouse is for the millionaires on HHW.
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we have one in Indy but I have only driven BY it.
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I am hoping my cousin stops calling me now since her mother's demise......everyday is too much.
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Page FOur.
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It is 54 degrees here....and I welcome it!
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Most interesting posts DR FREDDIE.
Thanks for reading them, Jrand!
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I am hoping my cousin stops calling me now since her mother's demise......everyday is too much.
Vibes that she gets the hint, if any hints have been given.
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Good afternoon.
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TOD: The best steaks in town were at Monti's La Casa Vieja in Tempe, just over the Mill Avenue Bridge. The oldest building in Tempe.
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The only place (except Arthur Treacher's) we ever went to for dinner when I was a kid.
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My DH and I went several times for the lunch menu. We were priced out long before they went out of business.
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I agree on bacon in ranch dressing.
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we have one in Indy but I have only driven BY it.
How much did that cost you?
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Kitties!
https://youtu.be/CRis3n2FN-c?si=JH2CmF5By1mwBSQ-
Awwww!
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I am hoping my cousin stops calling me now since her mother's demise......everyday is too much.
Sending hugs.
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Watching/listening to an infamous press conference Godard had at Cannes after the audience threw tomatoes at the screening of King Lear. It’s as pretentious as his movie.
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At one point, he says King Lear is a play only students know. So, while he made the movie, he wasn’t interested in the play once his original star, Orson Welles, died.
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It’s 73 outside.
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Please sign:
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/291/925/190/?z00m=33449248&redirectID=3465415479
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Today my book group is meeting to discuss Precipice by Robert Harris.
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There might only be three of us today. Three is fine. I'm relieved there will be enough of us for a discussion.
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All three of us are from my building. It is possible a couple more people will show up from other buildings.
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I forgot to mention on here that our friends Bill Parry and Maureen Silliman, who started dating since 1991, and met during Skip's show BLANCO! at Goodspeed summer of 1990, got married over the weekend.
It was a beautiful ceremony, and Skip did the piano playing for the service, and also did a lovely vocal solo. (We were given some of the leftovers from the wedding eats and I just recently finished having the wedding leftovers, so I was reminded that I hadn't mentioned the wedding here yet.)
BK, of course, has performed with Maureen in our NYMF reading of LAST STARFIGHTER in 2006 - the year before both BRAIN FROM PLANET X and LAST STARFIGHTER full productions were in NYMF. In that reading, BK played the role originally played by Bill in our show LAST STARFIGHTER's world premiere in 2004 and on the Kritzerland original cast album of LAST STARFIGHTER.
Congrats to Bill and Maureen!
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Too true to be funny!
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7883.0;attach=25474)
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We've had so many happy occasions with Bill and Maureen to note over the years.
Maureen was one of the official witnesses at Skip and my wedding in 2014.
And this below was one of my favorite happy occasions - where Bill and Maureen had dropped in on video from NYC and were a happy part of my Dads 100th birthday in Florida, which include Youtube wishes from outside of Florida.
Nat Landau's 100th birthday was Sept 7 2020. Bill & Maureen were at Miami party by "remote" from NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c8mnxhJn5E
That's so sweet! :)
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I had the strangest dreams last night. in the first, though it's vague now, I was a librarian working for Donald Trump, who of course was the boss from hell, and I believe I was worrierd that my job was on the line. In the second, I was at a big party for some theatrical event on a high floor in Manhattan. Rebecca Luker and Danny Burstein were there, and Rebecca was behaving very flirtatiously with me, reminding me of my proposal years ago. Victoria Clark was also there, and I was trying to avoid her. At some point, Rebecca and Danny had a disagreement, and she left with Ms Clark. Danny wasdistraught, and he got into an elevator. I got into another, trying to beat him to the ground floor. Then I woke.
Small world and even smaller business all around! Bill Parry was in the 1996 Old Globe production of Skip's show TIME AND AGAIN, which was where Danny and Rebecca first met (though they started dating a good while after that production.
Skip's show seem to have good karma for some wonderful couples to have met for the first time. Howard McGillin first met his future spouse at a reading of TIME AND AGAIN which was just before the Old Globe production. And as I mentioned, Bill and Maureen first met at a production of Skip's show BLANCO!
P.S. And it was when BK came to San Diego to see TIME AND AGAIN at the Old Globe where, if I'm remembering correctly BK and Skip first met in person.
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match...
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Power went out twenty minutes ago
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I had the strangest dreams last night. in the first, though it's vague now, I was a librarian working for Donald Trump, who of course was the boss from hell, and I believe I was worrierd that my job was on the line. In the second, I was at a big party for some theatrical event on a high floor in Manhattan. Rebecca Luker and Danny Burstein were there, and Rebecca was behaving very flirtatiously with me, reminding me of my proposal years ago. Victoria Clark was also there, and I was trying to avoid her. At some point, Rebecca and Danny had a disagreement, and she left with Ms Clark. Danny wasdistraught, and he got into an elevator. I got into another, trying to beat him to the ground floor. Then I woke.
Small world and even smaller business all around! Bill Parry was in the 1996 Old Globe production of Skip's show TIME AND AGAIN, which was where Danny and Rebecca first met (though they started dating a good while after that production.
Skip's show seem to have good karma for some wonderful couples to have met for the first time. Howard McGillin first met his future spouse at a reading of TIME AND AGAIN which was just before the Old Globe production. And as I mentioned, Bill and Maureen first met at a production of Skip's show BLANCO!
P.S. And it was when BK came to San Diego to see TIME AND AGAIN at the Old Globe where, if I'm remembering correctly BK and Skip first met in person.
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match...
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Power went out twenty minutes ago
Oh no! On your whole block, or is it a wider power outage?
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Electric vibes for BK.
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Let’s move on …
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In one
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Five!
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Bruce, good luck your power doesn't stay out too long.
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I'm almost always up for steak Diane or steak Oscar. Especially if someone else is paying.
I only had Steak Diane once, in January 1987, shortly after Vixdad had proposed , he took me to a lovely little restaurant ( alas long gone) called The Frog and Peach.
The steak was delicious and the presentation spectacular.
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Six people showed up for the discussion which was good.
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Laura, did I miss the explanation of your blurb?
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Six people showed up for the discussion which was good.
Nice!
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Laura, did I miss the explanation of your blurb?
Laura said it was from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9hxwgH2tN0
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Same as Keith.
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I love steak. I have occasionally been to some high end restaurants where I was treated to some lovely filet mignon (always medium rare).
I rarely want anything on my steak but some salt, but the occasional Bernaise sauce or a sherry wine sauce is ok, but I generally prefer to let the meat flavor shine on its own.
Complete agreement.
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Power still out and could be out till eight. So irritating. Lit some candles
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I'm almost always up for steak Diane or steak Oscar. Especially if someone else is paying.
I only had Steak Diane once, in January 1987, shortly after Vixdad had proposed , he took me to a lovely little restaurant ( alas long gone) called The Frog and Peach.
The steak was delicious and the presentation spectacular.
So, was that your story? The Frog and the Peach?
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Wait, he's English, not French
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Watching the extras on Sunset Boulevard. They're almost Criterion like in depth.
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No one here likes steak with a good horseradish sauce?
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Gloria Swanson, Brooke Shields, Barbara Eden and Cole Porter:
https://youtu.be/8CuOmMzG_-4?si=EbY5Q1uwR8GbE7oJ
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No one here likes steak with a good horseradish sauce?
Yes, please
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Glad your results are good so far, BK.
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~~~CONTINUED VIBES~~~ for DR DR Iris!!!!
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I have nothing interesting to report.
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Good night, friends.
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And others.
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Met a friend this morning for breakfast at a chain called the Black Bear Diner. No surcharge for eggs. Very nice meal.
Good to see Steve. He’s starting radiation today for some skin cancer on his head.
There used to be a Black Bear Diner in Olympia, but it closed quite a few years ago. Then it became an El Sarape, and now I think it's something else again. :-\
Black Bear Diner! There was one in Walnut Creek, CA. Maybe still is. That place knew how to do a breakfast!
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Met a friend this morning for breakfast at a chain called the Black Bear Diner. No surcharge for eggs. Very nice meal.
Good to see Steve. He’s starting radiation today for some skin cancer on his head.
There used to be a Black Bear Diner in Olympia, but it closed quite a few years ago. Then it became an El Sarape, and now I think it's something else again. :-\
Black Bear Diner! There was one in Walnut Creek, CA. Maybe still is. That place knew how to do a breakfast!
I did not need to eat for the rest of the day.
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I did not have a steak, with or without horseradish sauce.
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There are 3 very good upscale chains in the Vancouver BC area.
The Keg
Earl’s
Cactus Club
The Keg has the best steaks. Had a filet there on Friday night. Medium rare.
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Below them are two lesser chains. Both still above most American sit-down chains.
Milestones
Tap and Barrel
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Then there is White Spot. More of a family vibe. Like a Perkin’s. But better.
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Remember Steak and Ale? That was like out of my family’s price range growing up. My uncle took me to one in El Paso once.
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Tad’s Steaks in NYC was a good, cheap steak.
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There was a Beefsteak Charlie’s on 8th Avenue the first few years I lived in NYC.
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Now we’re being told eleven. So much for a nice evening of viewing
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No one here likes steak with a good horseradish sauce?
No thank you
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There are 3 very good upscale chains in the Vancouver BC area.
The Keg
Earl’s
Cactus Club
The Keg has the best steaks. Had a filet there on Friday night. Medium rare.
Oh we ate at The Keg in Banth and in Grande Prairie. They were both very good.
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No one here likes steak with a good horseradish sauce?
No thank you
It’s like you’re my steak twin!
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Jumping right onto the TOD:
I love steak! Adore it, actually.
Best steaks I ever ate -- every one my dad grilled for me was perfection -- "pink" on the inside...not bloody, not gray. I learned to eat N.Y. strips in Italy at our base steak house. All Italian cooks, and they grilled my steak to perfection, as well, and served each one with half a lemon...which got squeezed onto the steak. It's only good for N.Y. strips, in my experience.
Christine's Farm to Fork in downtown Edgefield SC does a marvelous filet. And the steak house at the Naval Support Activity Naples used to serve an 8 oz. filet topped with mushrooms. Simply to die for.
So, yes, i love steak.
I also love grilling or pan frying my own steaks, but nothing I make for myself ever seems better than when someone else does it really well.
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No one here likes steak with a good horseradish sauce?
Heaven forfend. On a good prime rib bite, sure. But I'd never desecrate steak with anything that detracts from the wonderful taste of a great steak.
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It was good to see Iris post last night. Hugs and vibes.
Thank you so much, John G.
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Good to hear from DR IRIS that things are going well.
Thanks, JRand.
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Also, I didn't mention that the York production, prior to the move to New World Stages, starred Emma Degerstedt as the potential nun. The girl I saw was very good, but Emma is fantastic. She plays in the Outside the Box Taxi Driver episode as Betsy. Also, of the LA company, I liked the sheriff best - beautiful voice, subtle with the comedy - I'd use him for Kritzerland.
I remember seeing Emma Degerstedt almost 20 years ago in the L.A. premiere of Jason Robert Brown’s “13”. She was terrific, and I knew even then that she would be successful.
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Keens Steakhouse in New York has great steaks and a fascinating history.
There’s a video that I will attach in my next post.
Keens Steakhouse owns the largest collection of churchwarden pipes in the world. The tradition of checking one's pipe at the inn had its origins in 17th century Merrie Old England where travelers kept their clay at their favorite inn - the thin stemmed pipe being too fragile to be carried in purse or saddlebag. Pipe smoking was known since Elizabethan times to be beneficial for dissipating "evil homourse of the brain." Keens's pipe tradition began in the early 20th century.
The hard clay churchwarden pipes were brought from the Netherlands and as many as 50,000 were ordered every three years. A pipe warden registered and stored the pipes, while pipe boys returned the pipes from storage to the patrons.
The membership roster of the Pipe Club contained over ninety thousand names, including those of Teddy Roosevelt, Babe Ruth, Will Rogers, Billy Rose, Grace Moore, Albert Einstein, George M. Cohan, J.P. Morgan, Stanford White, John Barrymore, David Belasco, Adlai Stevenson, General Douglas MacArthur and "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
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Hope this works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzc2M6q0tkM
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DR Iris I'm very glad your radiation treatments are a breeze compared to chemotherapy and surgery. Vibes they stay that way and there aren't any complications. Most of all, MEGA VIBES they work!
Thank you, Jane! ❤️
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We've had so many happy occasions with Bill and Maureen to note over the years.
Maureen was one of the official witnesses at Skip and my wedding in 2014.
And this below was one of my favorite happy occasions - where Bill and Maureen had dropped in on video from NYC and were a happy part of my Dads 100th birthday in Florida, which include Youtube wishes from outside of Florida.
Nat Landau's 100th birthday was Sept 7 2020. Bill & Maureen were at Miami party by "remote" from NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c8mnxhJn5E
This is wonderful, Freddie!
I certainly recognize THAT voice!
The Boatman in Sunday in the Park with George, and The Proprietor in Assassins, right?
Unforgettable.
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Prayers and vibes for our Iris
Thank you, Vixmom.
Much appreciated.
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It's always good to see dear reader Iris here.
Thank you, Bruce!
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Power went out twenty minutes ago
I hate when that happens, which is all too frequently here.
Vibes that it will soon come back on!
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Horseradish crusted steak
https://www.food.com/recipe/garlic-horseradish-crusted-steaks-28520
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Good night, all.
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When I lived in Phoenix, I always took visitors to a great steakhouse called Pinnacle Peak Patio.
They had a strict “no-tie” policy, and if you came in wearing one, they would cut it off and hang it on the ceiling.
DR Laura, did you ever go there?
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Hallelujah - power came back on five minutes ago - reset the clocks and started up the computer and here we are.
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With the entire evening a bust, although maybe I'll try to watch something.
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Looks like it closed several years ago, unfortunately.
The Pinnacle Peak Patio Steakhouse & Microbrewery was a restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona, the United States, known for its delicious steaks and its rigorously enforced no-necktie dress code. If anybody is found wearing a necktie, someone will sneak up on them with a pair of scissors and cut it off. The clipped necktie then joins thousands of others hanging from the ceiling like trophies reminding everyone to never, ever, walk into this place wearing a necktie. According to their website, the owners of Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse has cut over a million ties from unsuspecting customers.
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Of course, I always had ties on hand that I bought from Target, and made sure the unsuspecting visitors wore them.
It was great fun!
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Hallelujah - power came back on five minutes ago - reset the clocks and started up the computer and here we are.
Excellent news.
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Good night, all.
Good night, John.
Sweet dreams.
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Thanks for your caring thoughts and vibes, Rodzinski, Freddie, Singdaw, Jeanne, and anyone I missed.
I value and appreciate them, and certainly could use them.
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Good night, all.
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Kitties!
https://youtu.be/CRis3n2FN-c?si=JH2CmF5By1mwBSQ-
So cute! ;D
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Not Reseda, Tarzana, and I didn't recall correctly - here's what I wrote back in 2019: I got ready and moseyed on over to a jernt called the Black Bear Diner in the heart of Tarzana, although I’m not sure Tarzana has a heart. This was formerly a Coco’s – now it’s another chain, the Black Bear Diner, which I’ve never heard of. The menu was promising, but sometimes reality is different. I got the “light” version of the chicken fried steak (five ounces instead of ten, and only 600 calories). There was something in the gravy, some spice, that just wasn’t to my liking. Still, I ate it up along with some of the redskin mashed potatoes, and a couple of bites of salad, as I also didn’t care for their bacon ranch dressing – everyone needs to leave bacon out of ranch dressing – that’s simply not done, not in civilized society.
As much as I love bacon, I don't want it in my ranch dressing either. :P
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No one here likes steak with a good horseradish sauce?
No thank you
It’s like you’re my steak twin!
Well next time you’re in NY…
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RUPERT'S PAGE SEVEN DANCE!! :D
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Please sign:
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/291/925/190/?z00m=33449248&redirectID=3465415479
Signed. :(
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Power went out twenty minutes ago
Yikes! :o
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It's raining kinda hard here in Tumwater, but I don't know if we'll have a power outage.
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I certainly hope we don't. :-\
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My cell phone's battery is only charged up to 51% right now, so hopefully, it'll finish charging before a power outage occurs.
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I do have a 20,000 mAh power bank, and my power bank jumper cables, so actually, I think I'll be okay for personal items that might need to be charged.
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Gloria Swanson, Brooke Shields, Barbara Eden and Cole Porter:
https://youtu.be/8CuOmMzG_-4?si=EbY5Q1uwR8GbE7oJ
Fun! Who knew that Gloria Swanson was SO short??
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~~~CONTINUED VIBES~~~ for DR DR Iris!!!!
~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~
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There are 3 very good upscale chains in the Vancouver BC area.
The Keg
Earl’s
Cactus Club
The Keg has the best steaks. Had a filet there on Friday night. Medium rare.
The Keg?? I have this very vague memory of there being a Keg here in Olympia...but I'm not really sure. ::)
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No one here likes steak with a good horseradish sauce?
Heaven forfend. On a good prime rib bite, sure. But I'd never desecrate steak with anything that detracts from the wonderful taste of a great steak.
So, not even some A-1 Steak Sauce for you, Ron? ;D
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Thankfully, power is still with us. And hopefully, it will stay that way. And they NEVER tell you what the problem was.
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Hope this works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzc2M6q0tkM
It did! Very interesting, Iris.
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I really wanted to watch something tonight. Oh well.
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Had some chips and a beef stick for a snack.
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This "Fun Fact" video short from Doug Sharp is pretty funny:
https://youtube.com/shorts/VPJz8ee4gXA?si=zFN2Va5Pj1FeVdHV (https://youtube.com/shorts/VPJz8ee4gXA?si=zFN2Va5Pj1FeVdHV)
:D
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As mentioned, I had lit about six candles but boy have they done a number on my throat - all scented and my throat feels VERY odd. Hopefully, it will get better as the scents dissipate.
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We've had so many happy occasions with Bill and Maureen to note over the years.
Maureen was one of the official witnesses at Skip and my wedding in 2014.
And this below was one of my favorite happy occasions - where Bill and Maureen had dropped in on video from NYC and were a happy part of my Dads 100th birthday in Florida, which include Youtube wishes from outside of Florida.
Nat Landau's 100th birthday was Sept 7 2020. Bill & Maureen were at Miami party by "remote" from NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c8mnxhJn5E
This is wonderful, Freddie!
I certainly recognize THAT voice!
The Boatman in Sunday in the Park with George, and The Proprietor in Assassins, right?
Unforgettable.
AND the father in Road Show! AND ALSO, he was in Passion.
:)
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Hallelujah - power came back on five minutes ago - reset the clocks and started up the computer and here we are.
Very good news!
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Of course, I always had ties on hand that I bought from Target, and made sure the unsuspecting visitors wore them.
It was great fun!
That's funny! But how easily would it be to cut off a bow tie? ::)
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Gratuitous Post #200!!
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~~~CONTINUED VIBES~~~ for DR DR Iris!!!!
~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~
Thank you, George!
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Of course, I always had ties on hand that I bought from Target, and made sure the unsuspecting visitors wore them.
It was great fun!
That's funny! But how easily would it be to cut off a bow tie? ::)
They cut off long ties, too.
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I keep attempting to load photos, but always fail.
Sigh.
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We've had so many happy occasions with Bill and Maureen to note over the years.
Maureen was one of the official witnesses at Skip and my wedding in 2014.
And this below was one of my favorite happy occasions - where Bill and Maureen had dropped in on video from NYC and were a happy part of my Dads 100th birthday in Florida, which include Youtube wishes from outside of Florida.
Nat Landau's 100th birthday was Sept 7 2020. Bill & Maureen were at Miami party by "remote" from NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c8mnxhJn5E
This is wonderful, Freddie!
I certainly recognize THAT voice!
The Boatman in Sunday in the Park with George, and The Proprietor in Assassins, right?
Unforgettable.
AND the father in Road Show! AND ALSO, he was in Passion.
:)
Cool! I didn’t know!
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I hope nobody ever got angry about their cut tie.
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Here again is Roberta Flack with the Bacharach/Sager/Roberts theme from Making Love
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHQLom8oXa8&pp=ygUZcm9iZXJ0YSBmbGFjayBtYWtpbmcgbG92ZQ%3D%3D
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And I’ll remember you…
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That song breaks me up on the best of days.
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Moving on…
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Eightness achieved.
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Page eight has entered the room.
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Barely.
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New notes are up.
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We've had so many happy occasions with Bill and Maureen to note over the years.
Maureen was one of the official witnesses at Skip and my wedding in 2014.
And this below was one of my favorite happy occasions - where Bill and Maureen had dropped in on video from NYC and were a happy part of my Dads 100th birthday in Florida, which include Youtube wishes from outside of Florida.
Nat Landau's 100th birthday was Sept 7 2020. Bill & Maureen were at Miami party by "remote" from NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c8mnxhJn5E
This is wonderful, Freddie!
I certainly recognize THAT voice!
The Boatman in Sunday in the Park with George, and The Proprietor in Assassins, right?
Unforgettable.
AND the father in Road Show! AND ALSO, he was in Passion.
:)
Cool! I didn’t know!
Just go to http://castalbums.org to find out more!
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Up are new notes.
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I've seen them.
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I've read them.
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I wrote them.