Topic: THE WAY OF THE WORLD (Read 70411 times)

FJL · « **Reply #300 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:07:12 PM »

We started with a quiche lorraine as an appetizer, followed by salad grand ferme with homemade croutons, followed by a three-cheese pasta with red bell pepper sauce, and finished with red velvet cake with raspberries and blueberries.

The raspberries and blueberries made it all healthy.

Jane · « **Reply #301 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:07:50 PM »

You will miss MBarnum. Our reunion is on the 14th, however, we will be in West L.A. & couldn’t go to Santa Ana.

Were do you normally enter California when you drive to Los Angles? For this event will you go through near San Diego?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #302 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:08:17 PM »

Good Evening!

...I hate it when I leave the house without my cell phone...

$:-\$

*Of course, in my pre-cellphone days, that "disconnected" feeling was never an issue. So, ah well...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #303 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:09:24 PM »

...And if I had had my cell phone on me then, I would have returned DR FJL's call earlier... although I don't think I would have made it time for dinner for dinner with the Corgis.

Sandra · « **Reply #304 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:09:25 PM »

Happy birthday, Dear Reader Adriana, who is 19 years old!

**Throwing confetti**

Have some Cherry Coke!

Sandra · « **Reply #305 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:10:29 PM »

Quote from: MusicGuy on March 03, 2007, 04:51:18 PM

Dear Esteemed BK -- oh yes..... you can make me pee myself with 8 simple little words.

**Starts filling out Oops! Report**

Jane · « **Reply #306 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:10:34 PM »

FJL-Next time I’m in NY I want to go to your house for dinner. It sounds delicious, except for the raspberries.

Our home came with raspberry bushes & I have eaten more than enough to last a lifetime.

François · « **Reply #307 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:10:52 PM »

Quote from: bk on March 03, 2007, 05:22:44 PM

See, Francois - I'm not the only one, re Brokeback. I didn't hate it, mind you, I just didn't find it anything other than ordinary and it never involved me emotionally.

Gee!

G*d forbid you'd be THE only one not to care for that movie! Well, it's sure is ordinary since it deals with cow-boys and nothing exciting happens to them at all, except that they fall in love (big deal), have to hide it from society (dull) marry and pretend to be "normal" (so what?!) and then one is killed because, so it seems, of his sexual orientation (Nothing to write home about! Happens everyday!)

I do believe it DOES help a lot if one is slightly"gay concerned" to be emotionally moved by the whole film and cry during the last minutes! "Straight" people might be more difficult to be "convinced"!
But that's alright! One can live without having to like that film!
We're not Miss Coulter! We're.... "tolerant"!

Just thought Hollywood had guts to produce such a film in our days and age!

Am I too verbose?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #308 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:11:31 PM »

And just for anyone's future reference... If you're roommate says it will be fun waiting in line for tickets to a taping of "Showtime At The Apollo" ... Well... I guess it would have been fun if there were still tickets left by the time we almost got to the theatre lobby... $:-\$

François · « **Reply #309 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:14:27 PM »

Quote from: bk on March 03, 2007, 05:32:35 PM

Miss Patti is here in her birthday suit.

Ready to perform at the Opera I guess!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #310 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:15:08 PM »

...Apparently, they were giving out two tickets per person... So, the "smart people" at the front of the line brought their children with them - who, apparently, since the have "kid-friendly" nights, were also entitled to two tickets (per person). In any case... We did have a sort of fun time waiting along 125th Street.

*And my roommate bought me dinner at Manna's, so that was nice. And the peach cobbler was very good today. -You betcha I ordered dessert!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #311 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:15:34 PM »

OK - Time to catch up on posts...

François · « **Reply #312 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:16:23 PM »

Quote from: bk on March 03, 2007, 05:32:46 PM

Get your minds out of the gutter.

"I want ot be a lady in a flow'r shop..."

Sandra · « **Reply #313 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:18:14 PM »

Today, DB (Dear Bloog) and I buried three Slinkies on the playground. I wonder how long before all three of them are dug up.

We also buried two keys that go to the swimming pool and a mailbox at an apartment complex Bloog used to live at. Lately, Brody has been looking for the key to fit the lock on the gate so he can "get out of here." He was convinced that the key I keep on my shoe (so I don't lose it) went to the gate. He kept asking me for my key, so I let him use it. He was shocked when it didn't open the gate. Now he and his accomplices think that the key in Brandon's dad's car will open the gate.

We buried one key right next to the gate and the other in Brody's favorite digging spot. Now let's see how long before he digs them up and tries to escape again.

Sandra · « **Reply #314 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:20:27 PM »

Oh, and I HATE camping! I hate it! If I knew how to get the italics and bolding thingies on this here message board to work, I would be using them right now.

I HATE CAMPING!!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #315 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:28:21 PM »

DR SANDRA HATES CAMPING!![/i][/size]

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #316 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:29:39 PM »

Little known fact, Bernstein's song cycle, "I Hate Music" was originally titled "I Hate Camping"... But then after "meeting" DR DerBrucer on a weekend outing... Well... You get the picture...

Sandra · « **Reply #317 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:29:44 PM »

Thank you.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #318 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:31:35 PM »

DR FJL - Thank you for your phone call and dinner invite. And I'm sorry for my quasi-R.S.V.P. here on the site. Sounds like a wonderful time was had by all.

-And if you happen to have any cake left, I could always come by tomorrow for afternoon tea.

Btw, where did you get the cake from? Or did Skip bake?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #319 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:31:56 PM »

Quote from: Sandra on March 03, 2007, 06:29:44 PM

Thank you.

You're most welcome.

François · « **Reply #320 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:33:24 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 03, 2007, 06:29:39 PM

Little known fact, Bernstein's song cycle, "I Hate Music" was originally titled "I Hate Camping"... But then after "meeting" DR DerBrucer on a weekend outing... Well... You get the picture...

IT'S THE BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN SYNDROME!!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #321 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:35:43 PM »

DR Cillalliz - Ah, yes, Mr. Groff's spittle. Some nights it's bad, some nights it's really bad. A friend of mine got spit on when he saw the show - and he was sitting in the fifth row!

I've always wondered if that's something that voice teachers and coaches - and even conductors - ever try to teach/prevent. There are a couple of spitters out there, including my beloved Hugh Panaro. -And since most of Lestat was dimly lit, any time he spit, it always caught the light. Howard McGillin also used to spit - I remember it during Drood and The Secret Garden.

François · « **Reply #322 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:37:36 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 03, 2007, 06:35:43 PM

DR Cillalliz - Ah, yes, Mr. Groff's spittle. Some nights it's bad, some nights it's really bad. A friend of mine got spit on when he saw the show - and he was sitting in the fifth row!

I've always wondered if that's something that voice teachers and coaches - and even conductors - ever try to teach/prevent. There are a couple of spitters out there, including my beloved Hugh Panaro. -And since most of Lestat was dimly lit, any time he spit, it always caught the light. Howard McGillin also used to spit - I remember it during Drood and The Secret Garden.

Is that why there's a spit orchestra?!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #323 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:39:04 PM »

In any case...

Spring Awakening is what it is. I'd have to say I was more taken with the whole "experience" of it, rather than the piece itself. -And from a musical standpoint, Kim Grigsby has done some wonderful vocal work with that cast.

And, frankly, I think the finale seems kind of extraneous.

François · « **Reply #324 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:40:04 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 03, 2007, 06:35:43 PM

Howard McGillin also used to spit - I remember it during Drood

Yes, they had to call the show "Drool" because of that, which he did not find that drole!

François · « **Reply #325 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:40:56 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 03, 2007, 06:39:04 PM

In any case...

Spring Awakening is what it is. I'd have to say I was more taken with the whole "experience" of it, rather than the piece itself. -And from a musical standpoint, Kim Grigsby has done some wonderful vocal work with that cast.

And, frankly, I think the finale seems kind of extraneous.

You mean Spit Awakening of course!

MBarnum · « **Reply #326 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:41:12 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on March 03, 2007, 05:21:01 PM

When in April? I have to make a short trip there in April. I don't know the details yet, though.

DearReaderLaura,
I am going to attend the Ray Courts Show in April which runs the 27th and 28th. So will probably come down the 26th and leave the 29th.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #327 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:42:11 PM »

Quote from: François on March 03, 2007, 06:37:36 PM

Is that why there's a spit orchestra?!

Well... that's why some pit players play with baseball caps.

*Actually, they usually were ballcaps if the sound designer chooses to mount the mics on the brim of the cap. -At least for the violins and violas.

And during the original run of Les Miz there was so much stuff rolling into the pit - including actors! - that they started putting netting over the pit. Alas, when Nell Carter lost her balance in DC on stage at the National Theatre in DC during one of the runs of Ain't Misbehavin', there was no net...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #328 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:42:58 PM »

Hmm... Now I want cake!

Harrumph!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #329 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:43:52 PM »

DR Cason - Congrats on the callback!

Note to self: Call San Diego Music Theatre on Monday to see if they need an assistant MD or keyboard player.

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