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[Jane]

Thank you DRs Ginny & Laura. 

Bryan took the subway to our hotel & escorted us back for a visit at their new apartment.  It looks nice, plus he fed us his delicious hummus.  Kate then went to the airport to pick up a friend while we went with Bryan to pick up his wedding ring.  I like his semi-dark grey ring.  I can't remember what the metal is.

[Matt H.]

I also have Friday night's PSYCH which I haven't watched yet, and I'll look at it while I eat lunch tomorrow.

[Jane]

'night

[MBarnum]

DR Ginny, I am so sorry to hear that things have taken a bad turn for your brother in law.

[Matt H.]

I'm going to do a little writing and then I'll head down to bed.

Good night!

[FJL]

Welcome home Jane.  And welcome back.

[Cillaliz]

Pain free vibes to DR Matt~~~~~~~~~~

[Laura]

How are you feeling tonight, Cillaliz?

[Cillaliz]

DR Jose, not sure I said it earler, but congrats on your photos possibly making New York Magazine.  That's really cool.  You're photos are fabulous, glad you're getting recognition for them.

[Cillaliz]

How are you feeling tonight, Cillaliz?

Better.  I've been researching diet for gallbladder issues and am glad to see that it's essentially a low fat high fiber diet, which is what I've been eating on WW, so I'm used to it.   I do plan to go to bed soon.  I'm still tired, even with all the sleep this afternoon.

Tomorrow I need to start emptying out the kitchen cupboards to prepare for removing the old countertops on Wednesday after work and the installation of the new ones on Thursday. So I'm hoping I really feel better in the morning

[Cillaliz]

I also need to make more tomato sauce to freeze so I can get the tomatoes off the counter.   And I bought all the fixings to make low fat strawberry ice cream.  So, I'm still going to make it. 

[Laura]

I'm glad you're feeling better. That was quite a scare.

[Sam]

Wow, 11 pages, this might take me a few few minutes to read.

Be back.

[bk]

I'm watching Never Say Never Again - it's as bad as I remember it, and I must say that one of the major culprits is Michel Legrand - it may be, for me, the worst thing he's ever written.

[Sam]

HEALTH AND COMFORT VIBES TO EVERYONE WHO NEEDS THEM.

[JoseSPiano]

Good Evening!

I'm back from Westchester County - White Plains, NY, to be exact.

My friend, Allen, picked me up, and we drove up to meet up with some other friends (a couple - Fernando and Jenni) who recently moved there.  -They'll both be starting grad school at SUNY in a few weeks.

Since my brother, Don, had given me a P.F. Chang's gift card to me when I was home last weekend, and since there are no P.F. Chang's in the NYC-limits, we dined at P.F. Chang's. Of course, there was about a two-hour wait for a table - we had even called ahead for a reservation - so we just wandered around The Westchester mall for a while.

Of course, when I stepped into Williams-Sonoma, I happened to notice that they had just put on some new Summer Clearance items.  Thankfully, I resisted the almost-half-off Le Creuset dutch oven, but I did pick up a bottle of their now-discontinued Wasabi/Green Tea Multi-Purpose Cleaner.  -It smells better than it reads.  I also picked up some glassware at Crate & Barrel.

*And the dinner at P.F. Chang's was pretty decent too.  Especially since half the bill was covered by the gift card.

[JoseSPiano]

DR Jose, not sure I said it earler, but congrats on your photos possibly making New York Magazine.  That's really cool.  You're photos are fabulous, glad you're getting recognition for them.

Aw, Thank You, DR Cillaliz.

[Sam]

I will always remember a fountain drink called the grasshopper.  The only soda stand in Coolidge, Arizona.  Soft serve vanilla ice cream and green slushy.   Delicious.

[JoseSPiano]

Bryan took the subway to our hotel & escorted us back for a visit at their new apartment.  It looks nice, plus he fed us his delicious hummus.  Kate then went to the airport to pick up a friend while we went with Bryan to pick up his wedding ring.  I like his semi-dark grey ring.  I can't remember what the metal is.

Pewter?



However, I'm guessing it was probably a Tungsten ring. -Which has become the metal of choice for many rings since Tungsten does not scratch nor tarnish.

[JoseSPiano]

DR Jane - And it does sound you had some wonderful visits while you were away.  And some good cocktails too! Mazel!

*And I like The Violet Hour too.

[Cillaliz]

When I was a kid I drank a lot of Cherry Pepsis at the Rexall Drug store.   growing up there were soda fountains with counters in two drug stores and at Woolworths.   Now there are none.

[JoseSPiano]

I loved seeing JULIE & JULIA yesterday.  Streep and company look like they had a ball making this movie and their obvious merriment infected me throughout the Julia Child portions of the film. The modern day parts are fine but they do sort of pale in comparison.

I never had the opportunity to meet them as a couple, but I couldn't help but think of an ex-couple here on HHW while watching the scenes with Amy Adams and her screen hubby.

"JULIE & JULIA" SEMI-SPOILER AHEAD




It's been interesting reading some of the reviews that keep mentioning the disparity between the two stories.  A good number of reviewers have been "blaming" the disparity between the level of acting  of each of the actor-couples. However, I think any disparity is just due to the fact that the Julia story-line is just much more interesting and involving - especially considering all that was going on in the world during Julia Child's "formative" years.

*And I really do love how they managed to make Meryl Streep seem a couple of inches taller than she actually is.










FINI

[Sam]

Today was good.  I listened to Blind Faith, Revolver, and Curious George this morning.  Then went to the salon (this month I will be a brunette).  Then to Aron Bros., and ordered mats for new prints for the walls (my next apt., decor will be color color color on the walls and lots lots lots of open floor space).  And I just watched Johnny Depp in Blow (very sad ending).

[JoseSPiano]

Good Afternoon!

So... I called my mother a little while ago to inform her that it would require a two and a half hour bus ride to get out to West Orange this afternoon - keep in mind  that is already almost 1:00pm and the reception is due to end at 4:00...

My Mom: "Oh, that's OK.  You can still make it out here for the reception, right? We'll see you later."
-I really don't think I'll have enough time to make it out there.
Mom: "Oh... Call me back later, the ceremony is still going on."

SHE HAD HER CELL PHONE ON DURING THE WEDDING CEREMONY!?!?!?!?!?

OY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh no, she didn't! 

...And then she calls me as they're about to start the drive back down to Virginia..

"Oh, you really should have come!  There was so much food, and it was so good. All Italian!"

Italian food at a Filipino wedding?  Now that's a first!

[JoseSPiano]

DR Sam - Good to hear that you had a good day, and it sounds like you were able to have some "me time". 

[Sam]

dear bk,  Jerry's deli serves egg creams (or they did before the renovation).

[Sam]

Hi Jose ,  good news about the picture for the magazine.  You do take wonderful photos.

[JoseSPiano]

We spent the day chair shopping. Our love seat/couch is wearing out and we have decided it might be easier, in our small apartment, to have two small club or wing chairs and a table between them instead of a love seat. We have seen some possibilities but nothing jumped out at us. There was something at Macy's we would have bought if it had different fabric but to get different fabric without the nail buttons would have been another two months of waiting and another at least $200 to the price so we passed on that. We went to West Elm and the Door Store and we've looked on line. There are things at Penney's Home Store but that will have to wait until another trip to Long Island (probably around Labor Day) since there is a new J.C. Penney in Manhattan but they have no furniture. That is only available at the Home Store. We don't want to buy chairs without looking at them and sitting in them. Oh, well. We got out in the beautiful Manhattan day so it wasn't a total loss.

I don't know what we will have for dinner. We had a wonderful Anniversary dinner last night at East of Eighth. Anthony had a wrap and I had grilled chicken breasts and we split a piece of chocolate cake for dessert. Anthony's camera has decided it needs to stop working so there are no pictures available.

DR Ben - You may want to make a trek up and over to Pottery Barn.  They are in the process of clearing out some of the "seasonal merchandise", and some of the discounts are pretty substantial.  Additionally, the E. 59th Street location features furniture sized for New York City apartments.  Everything is just a bit smaller than the standard furniture sizes.

Oohhh.. East of Eighth... Knife & Fork Fried Chicken... Hmmm..   -Well, that's what I would have ordered if it was my anniversary.  Or even if it was just a Tuesday.

[JoseSPiano]

T.O.D. Part 2


When I was a kid, I always liked the soda fountain drink, Green River.  I doubt anyone around here sells it anymore since Green River is pretty much synonymous with the serial killer.

Ohh... Green Rivers were what I always ordered at Farrell's!  Some of the Goodburgers here in NYC serve them, as well as Lime Rickey's.

[Sam]

I think it's time to put on music and do chores, I still have a couple of boxes of paperwork to go through from my dad's place.   And of course laundry and car wash on the list for Sunday.