Haines His Way

Oh, yes, thanks for mentioning "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote. I used to teach this story to my honors students, and then we'd watch the video of it featuring one of Geraldine Page's Emmy winning performances. Both are highly recommended.

Probably my all-time favorite Christmas film - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, which was really directed by Henry Selick.  Burton has a "thing" for Christmas, as it also plays into Edward Scissorhands and Batman Returns for their settings (but not thematically).

I totally forgot about this!  I'll have to watch it!

OK.. I'm off to reading-land.. and then, most likely, a walk.  It's another bright, blue clear day here in Richmond!  Gotta take advantage of it while I can!

Laters...

I hope DR td that it is your "Shout" now! A David Campbell reference. He would know when and how to shout.

Back from Reading-Land!

Bravo, BK!

It was a great read, and I'm glad I got it read in one and a half sittings!  Helped to keep the suspense going.

-Now, I guess I should finish the last few chapters of "Kritzer Time"...  

And in an interesting bit of timing, this was posted on Playbill.com today...

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89815.html

DINNERS:
Renaissance Diner on 9th Ave - Alex and I both had the Black and Blue Burger
Joe Allen - well, thanks to DR Elmore3003, it's been posted.
Breakfast at Amy's Breads on 9th
Light Lunches at the Deli right beside the hotel
PIzza slices just around the corner from Don't Tell Mama

Where did you stay?

I applaud your restaurant choices.  Too many visitors to our fair city get stuck in the wide array of Theatre District eateries that locals call Tourist Traps.  The farther from the Broadway houses (say, 9th), the more likely you are to find good food, at a reasonable price, and it sounds like you've done just that.

I just read the release - funny, ain't it?  I'd never heard of Curtains, a show that they've been working on for twelve years.  Oh, well, my book is out and about and they're still on the "reading" track.  It also sounds very different, but it's always funny when this sort of thing happens.  And to think I sent Mr. Kander an invitation to my signing in NY.  Wonder what he must think.  

LOL timing is everything.

Loretta Young - in one of her last acting roles - played a family matriarch trying to get her kids together for one last holiday.  It was very good.   I will see if I can find the title.

WHITE CHRISTMAS onstage....oh that sounds lovely.  DRMATTHEW thanks for the on the spot report.

DR DamnNiece Danise previously observed:

I also wanted to tell DerBrucer that you are a bad influence on me.  I sent your “recipe” to several friends and they all ask where do I get that stuff.  LOL!

I shall gladly put you on my "people upon whom I have been a bad influence" list - and a very lengthy list it is.

The source of much of the odd-ball humor I post is Emailed to me by a lovely octagenarian Republican widow friend of ours. The lovely lady hails from a New York City Italian-American family, started life as a fashion model, and then married a Doctor.

She (DamnNiece, not Republican Widow) also asked:

I still don't know how pictures get put into the body of a message--I only know how to attach them to the message.

One embeds an picture by using the "Insert Image" button on the Post Reply screen - it is on the second row, fourth from the right, just under the Glow button.
For this to work, however, you must have the picture file hosted on another Website - just like you would need to do to post a pic on EBay. There are many sites that provide hosting services. I prefer Picture Trail. You can sign up for a rather lenghty free intro period, and if you like the service you can subscribe to their Premium version for $19.95/year.  The site lets you import many different picture formats and sizes and then stores them in albums in a small .jpg file suitable for posting. Once you have the pictures imported, you see the URL link right under the picture that you can cut and paste into the {img} {/img} created by clicking on the button mentioned above.

If I wanted to post a picture of my Widow friend, it would look something like like this:

[imx]http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/1624689/66988045.jpg[/imx] - execept "imx" would be "img"



If you right-click the above picture and select "properties", you can see the link. Although the original pic I had was a 43K file, PictureTrail reduced it to just under 4k so the picture will load in a jiffy. This gadget also lets you embed more than one picture in a post, and to place pictures side by side.

der BlessedUncle Brucer

Would love to see it!  

Brian D'Arcy James & Jeffrey Denman pairing up with Anastasia Barzee and Meredith Patterson!

Directed by Walter Bobbie and choreography by Randy Skinner.

DRMATTHEW did they do the lovely "Best Things Happen While You're Dancing" duet and routine?  

I love "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing" as well. Tood bad Academy rules wouldn't allow more than one song nominee per picture. It's as lovely as "Count Your Blessings" (which did get nominated but lost to "Three Coins in the Fountain").

DRMatthew, thanks for the update on WHITE CHRISTMAS in San Francisco.  I'm not surprised that my good friend Larry Blank provided excellent orchestrations.  He's one of the best, and we spoke on the phone last night.  He's been a busy boy:  the new LA CAGE AUX FOLLES revival, THE PRODUCERS in London, WHITE CHRISTMAS, and John Barrowman's new Cole Porter recording.  It wears me out thinking about it!

I didn't know THAT MBARNUM...wow!