Topic: THE POINT (Read 21464 times)

Jane · « **Reply #120 on:** October 24, 2004, 06:33:08 PM »

SWW was Ma Maison the restaurant in Beverly Hills with the great French onion soup?

elmore and Jennifer we don't get the WB station.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #121 on:** October 24, 2004, 06:42:29 PM »

Yes, Desperate Housewives is a hoot tonight. If you're a James Denton fan, he shows some skin tonight.

td · « **Reply #122 on:** October 24, 2004, 06:46:36 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on October 24, 2004, 04:36:53 PM

Today is Helen Reddy's birthday. (Tomorrow for you). perhaps you can all wear your red dresses.

I haven't got any ruby, should I still wear a red dress?

Jane · « **Reply #123 on:** October 24, 2004, 06:50:05 PM »

td what is the name of your restaurant? If I look online will I find it?

bk · « **Reply #124 on:** October 24, 2004, 06:51:50 PM »

I must have eaten at Ma Maison, probably several times, but I now can't even remember where it was located.

Jane · « **Reply #125 on:** October 24, 2004, 06:56:04 PM »

On Beverly Drive south of Wilshire.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #126 on:** October 24, 2004, 06:56:17 PM »

Quote from: Jane on October 24, 2004, 06:33:08 PM

SWW was Ma Maison the restaurant in Beverly Hills with the great French onion soup?

elmore and Jennifer we don't get the WB station.

I don't know about the soup, but it was located at 8368 Melrose, which certainly sounds like BH. The restaurant's patio was described (by it's owner, Patrick Terrail, no less!) as "a shower curtain with Astroturf." Still, it drew in the stars, the famous, and the would-be's. Orson Welles practically lived there. And several notable chefs, such as Mark Peel and Susan Feniger, worked earlier in their careers in the kitchen.

Panni · « **Reply #127 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:05:29 PM »

I bought some furniture in Burbank tonight from a lady who looked like an older Doris Day - sounded like her, too. Same raspy voice.
She was in her late sixties, I'd say. Finally I blurted out, "You really remind me of Doris Day!" She said she was often told that in her youth. Would sometimes hear people whispering as she went by, "Look! It's her! It's Doris Day!"
This furniture store is privately owned - same family for 70 years. The average age of the sales people was around 60. The woman who tallied up my bill looked like Ann Miller - and wore about as much jewelry. They were hugging me and calling me "Annie" as I left. Quite a difference from the huge chain I visited last night. I never thought furniture shopping could be fun -- but this was. I now have a new bed, BTW (among other other things).

Panni · « **Reply #128 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:07:22 PM »

...And the prices were excellent. And they let me haggle.

Panni · « **Reply #129 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:08:23 PM »

****WELCOME DEAR READER (DR) GINNY!****

bk · « **Reply #130 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:16:07 PM »

Were there two Ma Maisons or is dear reader Jane thinking of another place on Beverly Dr.? I think the latter, because I THOUGHT Ma Maison was on Melrose - not exactly in BH but close. I had lunch there several times - it was THE hangout of Orson Welles. So, now we must figure out the restaurant that Jane is talking about, because I think I remember that, too.

Panni · « **Reply #131 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:16:12 PM »

****COOKING QUESTION (SORT OF)****

I haven't had a gas stove in years. At my new home environment there's a wonderful double oven six-burner stove. I notice that the top of it is always warm. In fact, I usually keep a kettle on top of the stove and bought a new one recently to put on my new stove. When I went over to the new place to do some work today, the kettle was a bit warm.
Is it normal for a gas stove to be always slightly warm?

S. Woody White · « **Reply #132 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:17:04 PM »

Quote from: Panni on October 24, 2004, 07:05:29 PM

...I now have a new bed, BTW (among other other things).

Have you found a new broom yet?

Jane · « **Reply #133 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:17:05 PM »

While looking for an address on Ma Maison I came across a site “where actors died”. It lists all the locations famous people in L.A. died-very strange.

A chef at La Maison killed his beautiful 22 year old girlfriend, Dominique Dunne, the daughter of author Dominick Dunn. The chef confessed and received a mere six year sentence but was let out in 2 1/2 years. Upon his release he became a top chef again, in LA. Dominique's mother set up a grievance support group called, "Justice for Victims of Homicide." On the nights that Sweeney worked, Dominique's brother Griffin and other friends and group members would hand out papers in front of the restaurant that stated, "The hands that will prepare your meal tonight also murdered Dominique Dunne." Sweeney was instantly fired, and moved to the Northwest. He changed his name to John Maura.

Jane · « **Reply #134 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:18:39 PM »

SWW was there more than one location. If not, what was the name of the restaurant on Beverly Drive?

Panni I love your furniture story. I would make many return trips to such a store, to visit if nothing else.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #135 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:19:13 PM »

There was, indeed, a second Ma Maison, located in a hotel. The new restaurant never caught on, however, and the dining room shut down except for banquets.

(This info from the book.)

S. Woody White · « **Reply #136 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:21:10 PM »

The heat you're detecting is probably from the pilot light. This is common with gas stoves, except for some of the newer ones that have this "thingie" that lights an electric spark that lights the gas.

I wouldn't worry too much.

Jane · « **Reply #137 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:22:20 PM »

Yes Panni, if you leave the kettle on the stove it is sitting on pilot light, or little flame.

bk · « **Reply #138 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:24:18 PM »

I don't think Jane is talking about the Ma Maison in a hotel. I think there was a wonderful French restaurant on Bevely Dr. and it may have had "maison" or something similar in its name.

bk · « **Reply #139 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:25:37 PM »

There were several world-class French restaurants in LA all through the seventies and some of the eighties and then they just disappeared. L'Orangerie was spectacularly good, and there was a place on Ventura near Sepulveda that had the best crispy duck ala orange. Anyone remember the name of that place?

Jane · « **Reply #140 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:31:56 PM »

The very fine Maison restaurant I’m talking about was definitely on S. Beverly Drive on the east side of the street. It was a short walk from where I worked at the Union Bank & I often went for a delicious lunch of onion soup.

Jane · « **Reply #141 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:34:26 PM »

Goodnight.

td · « **Reply #142 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:37:51 PM »

Quote from: Jane on October 24, 2004, 06:50:05 PM

td what is the name of your restaurant? If I look online will I find it?

Sam Morgan's Clubhouse, Jane, but unfortunately we are not online.
We'd happily send you out a fax, though, of our menu.

Our sister restaurant, Red Fin Blues, has a website; however, lately it's been down. . .
www.redfinblues.com
a menu, however is online:
http://dining.dve.com/images/redfin_full_menu.jpg
As well as a very nice write-up in The Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
https://www.post-gazette.com/dining/20031031dine1031fnp3.asp

Erik, who is pictured, is also a part owner of Sam Morgan's.

bk · « **Reply #143 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:39:08 PM »

I know exactly what you're talking about, Jane - I ate there many times and remember the onion soup, for which they were famous. Now, what in tarnation was the name of it.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #144 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:45:58 PM »

Welcome to new DRs Ginny and sanjosegirl (who I missed welcoming yesterday.)

Matt H. · « **Reply #145 on:** October 24, 2004, 08:09:32 PM »

Ah, yes, the dancing in SCROOGE is quite a jaunt, and all those words to "Thank You Very Much" are very, very hard to get cemented into the memory. When I did SCROOGE last (pplayed Bob Cratchit), the director had the family behind the chorus during "Thank You Very Much" singing right along with them. Didn't agree with that decision since I thought Bob would be at the cemetery grieving for Tiny Tim and the family would be at home, but I did what I was told.

Matt H. · « **Reply #146 on:** October 24, 2004, 08:12:36 PM »

I actually had a date tonght. An honest-to-goodness date. Nice fellow but no sparks. Hopefully, we can be friends.

td · « **Reply #147 on:** October 24, 2004, 08:21:41 PM »

Omigod! There are GAY HOMOSEXUALS posting on the Scarlet Street Message Boards ! !

I am agog and aghast. (two states for which there are no emoticons).

Noel · « **Reply #148 on:** October 24, 2004, 08:30:09 PM »

On Beverly Blvd. (not Drive), just west of LaCienega, there is one of the most horrifying pieces of architecture I've ever seen, a hotel, that, when it opened, went by the name of Ma Maison Sofitel. If Ma Maison had a branch in it when it first opened, well, the name might make some sense. But nothing about the building quite makes any sense, although its southern suites all offer a swell view of the whale of a building known as The Beverly Center. There's bright blue glass and trim on a dizzying quantity of French doors, over some sort of Spanish motif fleshed out in pink concrete. Not to be outdone, across Beverly Center is yet another shopping mall, and an even worse piece of architecture (than Beverly Center), The Beverly Connection. On the other corner, the northeast, is, I believe, a gas station, which, by process of elimination, the best looking thing on that corner.

And to think, it once was an amusement park and pony ride (Beverly Center, that is.)

It's so lonely here you could hear a card drop. (Or the Cards drop two.)

bk · « **Reply #149 on:** October 24, 2004, 08:36:15 PM »

Actually, this has been one of our busiest Sundays, a day usually filled with WUSSBURGERS.

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