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[Jane]

Jennifer and George, I tried one more time and it worked-so sad.

[Jennifer]

DR Jane, the Laura Branigan site is very slow to load.  It took me a while too to get it.

[bk]

There is a link to one review of The Little Princess and it's pretty bad.  The problems, according to this wag, are mostly with the book.  I was happy to see that our very own Remy Zaken is in it (I know how to pick 'em), although this particular reviewer didn't care for her, or rather the way her character has been conceived.

[S. Woody White]

Seems like a mighty walk from the Hollywood/Highland subway stop to the Hayes house to me, but I'm sure DR Jose is redefining "walking distance" for us all.

No, not really.  I'm sure Dear Reader Laura, Jane and I could keep up with him easily.

Jose: I don't remember, but have you tried hiking up to the Griffith Observatory yet?  The view from there can be magnificent!

[S. Woody White]

Do what others do and write under a different name.  

That's what we need, a contest to come up with new names for Panni!

For example, she could write a series of how-to books (with slightly risque asides) for Home Depot or Lowe's, under the name Fred Ollaffsonn.  I bet no one would ever figure out Fred was really a Fredrika!

[MBarnum]

I think Jose went to the Griffith Observatory...or tried. It was closed for renovation. It was closed last time I was down there too. I was very disappointed because I had wanted to see the spot where Sally Fraser confronts her giant brother in WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST! lol!

[SwishySarah]

1) Gene Kelly is the epitome of sexy. Sex-On-Toast, etc.

2) Exciting news: I am engaged to Michael Phelps, Marc Kudisch, and Neil Patrick Harris. Hilarity ensues.

3) I've just finished a two-week workshop of Annie in which I played Grace and designed costumes.  A crazy and exhilarating experience, but I don't think I'll ever be in Annie again. Those songs were killing me.

4) School starts next week. Depression ensues.

5) I am possibly coming to chat tonight. Which will be wonderful. Someone needs to kick my butt and get me back on here! Where is the time?!

6) Hello, all .

[MBarnum]

Hi Swishers! Glad to see your lovely eye on the board! LOL!

I must now fix some lunch and finish watching my second Bollywood movie...the action/comedy...the action is annoying but the comedy is pretty funny! Some good actors in it.

Then I will try to watch JUNGLE HEAT (1956) which Mr. Rhodes Reason was nice enough to loan me his copy of. It is a typical Columbia second feature starring Rhodes along with Lex Barker and the lovely Mari Blanchard!

[Sandra]

I am eating some pizza that appears to be a little past its prime. But it's the stuffed crust kind, and you can't just throw that away.

Tuesday was the first day of my Communist class. Two minutes into class, I realized that it was a mistake and I wanted OUT OF THAT CLASS. So I am now enrolled instead in a different class called The History of the English Language. It wasn't my first choice, but there were a couple seats left so I went for it.

I went to get a Cherry Coke on Thursday and it was out of order.   Luckily, it was working again on Friday.

Haven't I had an exciting week?

[Matt H.]

Gene Kelly in THE PIRATE (and especially "The Pirate Ballet"), one of THE sexiest sequences in all movie musical history.

I never found Frank Sinatra sexually appealing despite his history as a babe magnet.

[Matt H.]

I cued up DEATH IN VENICE for later today. This afternoon instead, I re-watched MAURICE which ranks high of my list of all-time favorites.

[Michael]

I think Jose went to the Griffith Observatory...or tried. It was closed for renovation. It was closed last time I was down there too. I was very disappointed because I had wanted to see the spot where Sally Fraser confronts her giant brother in WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST! lol!

Or where Sal Mineo died

[Michael]

Okay folks here is part one of the list.

Soundtracks

2001: A Space Odyssey
Aladdin (Animated)
American In Paris, An
Anastasia (Animated)
Angels In America
Back To The Titanic
Bandwagon, The
Bye Bye Birdie (Film)
Bye Bye Birdie (TV)
Chitty Chitty, Bang Bang
De-Lovely
Earthquake
Fiddler on the Roof
Funny Girl
Grease
Hair
Harvey Girls, The
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (Animated)
Jesus Christ Superstar
Lion King, The
Lost Horizon
M*A*S*H (Music and Dialogue Highlights)
Meet Me In St. Louis
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
My Best Friend's Wedding
Pocahontas
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Simpsons: Songs In the Key of Springfield, The
Singin' in the Rain
Sleepless in Seattle
Star Is Born, A (1st Columbia Release)
Star Wars: A New Hope (Black Book Release)
Television's Greatest Hits of the 70's and 80's
That's Entertainment III
Titanic
Torch Song Trilogy
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Wiz, The
Wizard of Oz, The (Radio 1950)

[Michael]

Part Two

Vocals

ABBA (Benny Anderson & Bjorn Ulvaeus & Agnetha Falskog & Abbi-Frid Lyngstad)   Gold
Akers, Karen   In A Very Unusual Way
Akers, Karen   In a Very Unusual Way
Akers, Karen   Unchained Melodies
Allen, Peter   Live At Carnegie Hall
Anderson, D.C.   All is Calm, All Is Bright
Anderson, D.C.   Blue Summer Day
Anderson, D.C.   Box Under the Bed, The
Anderson, D.C.   Time Was
Andrews, Julie   Best Of...: Thoroughly Modern Julie, The
Andrews, Julie   Broadway Fair/Don't Go In The Lion's Cage
Andrews, Julie   Broadway: The Music of Richard Rodgers
Andrews, Julie   Broadway: The Words of Alan Jay Lerner: Here I'll Stay
Andrews, Julie   Christmas With...
Andrews, Julie   Greatest Christmas Songs
Andrews, Julie   Little Bit of Broadway, A
Andrews, Julie   Sings
Andrews, Julie   Sounds of Christmas
Andrews, Julie   Souvenir Album, The
Andrews, Julie   Tea For Two (aka Love, Julie aka The Essential Julie Andrews)
Angela, June   Broadway Asiana
Arlen, Harold & Barbra Streisand   Harold Sings Arlen (With Friend)
Asford, Christina Saffron   Temporary Insanity
Ball, Michael   The Musicals
Ballard, Kaye   Hey, Ma!
Barnnett, Elena   Wrinkle in Swingtime, A
Barr, John   Anything Can Happen
Barry, John   Moviola
Bell, Joshua   West Side Story Suite
Bennett, Tony   Songs For the Jet Set
Bergen, Polly   All Alone By the Telephone/Four Seasons of Love
Bermardi, Herschel   Fiddler On the Roof & Applause
Boswell, John   Count Me In
Boswell, John   Love
Bregman, Buddy   Swing
Buckley, Betty   London Concert, The
Buffett, Jimmy   Don't Stop the Carnival
Burnett, Carol   Carol Burnett Sings (Remembers How They Stopped The Show & Let Me Entertain You)
Cain, Jackie & Roy Kral   Sondheim
Carmichael, Hoag   Songbook (Various Artists)
Chenoweth, Kristen   Let Yourself Go
Church, Charlotte   Enchantment
Cole, Natalie   Unforgettable: With Love
Collins, Judy   Classic Broadway
Coward, Noel   Mad Dogs and Englishmen: The Complete Recordings Vol.: 2 1932-1936
Coward, Noel   Room With A View: The Complete Recordings Vol.: 1 1928-1932, A
Crawford, Michael   Songs From Stage and Screen
Criswell, Kim   Back To Before
Criswell, Kim   Lorelei, The
De Carlo, Yvonne   Sings
Diefenbach, Gerry   Well Informed
Domingo, Placido   Love Songs
Draxl, Tim   Insongniac
Durante, Jimmy   As Time Goes By: The Best of...
Dvorsky, Holmes, Muenz, Nease, Raines   Leading Men Don't Dance
Eder, Linda   Broadway My Way
Eder, Linda   Christmas Stays the Same
Eder, Linda   It's Time
Feinstein, Michael   Isn't It Romantic
Feinstein, Michael   Nice Work If You Can Get It: The Songs of the Gershwins
Feinstein, Michael   Sings: The Burton Lane Songbook Volume 1
Feinstein, Michael   Sings: The Burton Lane Songbook Volume 2
Feinstein, Michael   Sings: The Jerry Herman Songbook
Feinstein, Michael   Sings: The Jule Styne Songbook
Fierstein, Harvey   This Is Not Going To Be Pretty
Fifth Dimension, The   Greatest Hits On Earth
Fitzgerald, Ella & Louis Armstrong   Sing Gershwin
Flack, Roberta   Softly With These Songs: The Best of...
Frey, Glenn   Solo Collection
Gaelic Storm   Gaelic Storm
Garland, Judy   Collector's Gem From The M-G-M Films
Gifford, Kathie Lee   Sentimental
Guillaume, Robert   This Is the Moment
Hampson, Thomas   Leading Men
Hampson, Thomas   Night and Day: Thomas Hampson Sings Cole Porter
Holiday, Billy   First Issue: The Great American Songbook
Holliday, Judy   Trouble Is a Man
Hyslop, Jeff   Jeff Hyslop
Isaak, Chris   Forever Blue
Jamison, Cory   Here's To Hoagy
Jillian, Anne   Songs of Steve Alllen
John, Elton   Greatest Hits
Jones, Spike   The Best of
Kitt, Eartha   Miss Kitt To You
Krall, Diana   Only Trust Your Heart
Land, Peter & Robert Meadmore   That's What Friends Are For
Lemper, Uta   Sings Kurt Weill
Lightfoot, Gordon   Gord's Gold
LuPone, Patti   Heatwave
LuPone, Patti   Matters of the Heart
Madonna   The Immaculate Collection
Marcovicci, Andrea   I'll Be Seeing You
Marcovicci, Andrea   Marcovicci Sings Movies
Mathis, Johnny   Mathis on Broadway
McBroom, Amanda & Lincoln Mayorga   Growing Up In Hollywood
McCorkle, Susannah   Easy To Love: The Songs of Cole Porter
McDermott, Sean   New York Nights
McDonald, Audra   How Glory Goes
McDonald, Audra   Way Back To Paradise
McDowell, Kristopher   Faces Of Love
McGuire Sisters & Andrews Sisters   Sing The Big Hits
Merman, Ethel   Mermania Volume two
Metzger, Derek   Me And My Songs
Midler, Bette   Beaches
Mills, Stephanie   Home
Minnelli, Liza   Liza Minnelli at Carnegie Hall
Molaskey, Jessica   Pentimento
New York City Gay Men's Chorus   Look To the Rainbow
New York City Gay Men's Chorus   Love Lives On
O'Hara, Jill   Jill O'Hara
O'Hara, Jill   Sol Album
O'Hara, Paige   Dream With Me
O'Hara, Paige   Kids album
Parton, Dolly   The RCA Years: 1967-1986
Patinkin, Mandy   Mamaloshen
Patty, Sandi & Kathy Troccoli   Together
Piaf, Edith   25e Anniversaire
Pink Floyd   Dark Side of the Moon
Pitre, Louise   All Of My Life Has Led To This
Pizzarelli, John   After Hours
Pizzarelli, John   All Of Me
Pizzarelli, John   Dear Mr. Cole
Pizzarelli, John   New Standards
Portland Gay Men's Chorus   Breaking the Silence With Songs
Postilio, Tom   Dream
Prince, Faith   Leap of Faith: Live At Joe's Pub At the Public Theater. A
Ronstadt, Linda   What's New
Russell, Anna   Again?
Russell, Anna   Anna Russell Album, The
Russell, Anna   Encore?
Salonga, Lea   I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus   Naked Man
Schenider, Helen   Right as Rain
Schenider, Helen   Walk On the Weill Side, A
Schwartz, Stephen   Reluctant Pilgrim
Sellers, Peter   Classic Songs and Sketches
Short, Bobby   Bobby, Noel & Cole
Simon & Garfunkle   Greatest Hits
Simon, Carly   Film Noir
Sinatra, Frank   Duets
Stevens, Cat   Greatest Hits
Stratas, Teresa   Stratas Sings Weill
Streisand, Barbra   Back to Broadway
Streisand, Barbra   Christmas Memories
Streisand, Barbra   Love Like Ours
Streisand, Barbra   One Voice
Streisand, Barbra   The Beginning Period
Streisand, Barbra   The Broadway Album
Streisand, Barbra   The Concert: Recorded Live at Madison Square Garden New York City
Streisand, Barbra   The Movie Album
Stritch, Elaine   Stritch
Terfel, Bryn   If Ever I Would Leave You
Terfel, Bryn   Rodgers and Hammerstein
Terfel, Bryn &    Duets
Torme, Mel   The Duke Ellington & Count Bassie Songbooks
Travelena, Fred   We All Need To Love Today
Trones, John   Forward
Tune, Tommy   Slow Dancin'
Upshaw, Dawn   Sings Vernon Duke
Van Dyke, Dick   Put On a Happy Face
Various   American Songbook: Johnny Mercer
Various   Color and Light: Jazz Sketches on Sondheim
Various   Funny Business: The Best of Uproar Comedy Volume One
Various   Great Jazz Vocalists Sing Hoagy Carmichael
Various   Songs of Faith and Inspiration
Various   The Great Jazz Vocalists Sing Hoagy Carmichael
Various   Travelin' Light: The Johnny Mercer Songbook
Various   Winter Moon
Ver Planck, Marlene   My Impetuous Heart
Village People   The Best Of
Vollenweider, Andreas   Dancing With the Lion
Von Stade, Frederica   My Funny Valentine: Frederica Von Stade Sings Rodgers & Hart
Wakeman, Rick   Journey To the Center of the Earth
Waugh, Barrett   I Love You, Goodbye
Webb, Marti   Performance
Who, The   Tommy
Wilson, Julie   The Cy Coleman Songbook
Wilson, Julie   The Kurt Weill Songbook
Wilson, Julie   The Stephen Sondheim Songbook
Wilson, Lambert   Musicals
Zahn, Sara   Witchcraft: The Songs of Carolyn Leigh

[Michael]

Part 3

Sondheim

Anyone Can Whistle (Concert)
Anyone Can Whistle (Original Issue)
Anyone Can Whistle (Reissue)
Assassins (Off-Broadway)
Birdcage, The
Celebrating Sondheim (BBC)
Company (London Revival 1996)
Company (Original Release)
Company (Reissue)
Dick Tracy (Madonna: I'm Breathless)
Do I Hear a Waltz?
Follies (Broadway)
Follies (Lincoln Center)
Follies (London)
Follies (NJ)
Funny Thing Happened On the Way To Forum, A (Bay Cities)
Funny Thing Happened On the Way To Forum, A (Broadway Revival-Lane)
Funny Thing Happened On the Way To Forum, A (Soundtrack)
Gypsy (Angela Lansbury)
Gypsy (Merman) (Original Release)
Gypsy (Merman) (Reissue)
Gypsy (TV)
Gypsy (Tyne Daley)
Into the Woods (Broadway Revival)
Into the Woods (London)
Into the Woods (Original Broadway)
Little Night Music (Broadway) (Original Issue)
Little Night Music, A (Broadway) (Second Issue)
Little Night Music, A (London Studio 1990)
Little Night Music, A (Royal National Theater)
Marry Me a Little
Merrily We Roll Along (Broadway) (Original Release)
Merrily We Roll Along (London)
Musicality of Sondheim, The
Pacific Overtures
Pacific Overtures (Complete London Recording)
Passion
Passion (London Concert)
Putting It Together (Off-Broadway)
Saturday Night (London)
Saturday Night (Off-Broadway)
Saturday Night (Sealed Copy. Withdrawn release Misspelling of Sondheim's name
Side by Side by Sondheim
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
Sondheim: Book of the Month Club
Sondheim Tonight: Live From the Barbican
Stephen Sondheim Evening, A (You're Gonna Love Tomorrow)
Sunday In the Park
Sweeney Todd
Symphonic Sondheim
The Frogs/Evening Primrose
West Side Story (Original Issue)

[Michael]

Part 4

Musicals

110 in the Shade (Broadway Cast)
110 in the Shade (Complete London Studio)
1776 (Broadway Cast)
1776 (Broadway Revival)
9 (Original Broadway Cast)
Annie (Reissue Release)
Annie Get Your Gun (Complete Studio based on Lincoln Center Revival)
Annie Get Your Gun (Complete Studio based on Original Broadway Version)
Annie Get Your Gun (Merman/Lincoln Center)
Anything Goes (Lincoln Center)
Anything Goes (Studio based on original version)
Applause
Babes In Arms (Studio)
Balancing Act
Beaitiful Game, The
Beauty and the Beast
Boy Meets Boy
Boys From Syracuse, The (Broadway Angel)
Boys From Syracuse, The (Encores)
Brigadoon (Studio Almost Complete)
Bring Back Birdie
Cabaret (1998 Broadway Revival)
Cabaret (Broadway) (Original Release)
Cabaret (Broadway) (Reisussue Release)
Cabaret (Complete London Studio)
Cabaret (London Revival 1986)
Call Me Madam/Panama Hattie
Camelot (London Revival 1982)
Camelot (Original Issue)
Can-Can
Candide (Broadway Cast)
Candide (New York City Opera)
Candide (Studio Bernstein's "Final" Version)
Card, The
Carnival (original Issue)
Chess (Broadway)
Chicago
Children of Eden (NJ Cast)
Chorus Line, A (Original Release)
Chorus Line, A (Reissue)
City of Angels (London)
Cole Porter Sings Porter
Comden and Green Perform Their Own Songs
Destry Rides Again
Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls (Concert)
Evening With Alan Jay Lerner, An (Tribute 1987)
Evening With Alan Jay Lerner, An (With Lerner)
Evening with Dorothy Fields, An
Evening with Kander and Ebb, An
Evening with Sammy Cahn, An
Evening with Sheldon Harnick, An
Evita
Fantasticks, The (Japan Touring)
Fiddler on the Roof (Original London Cast)
Floyd Collins
Forbidden Broadway Volume 1
Forbidden Broadway Volume 2
Forbidden Broadway Volume 3
Forbidden Broadway Volume 4
Forbidden Broadway Volume 5
Forbidden Broadway Volume 7
Freeway Dreams
Funny Girl (Broadway Angel Release)
George and Ira Gershwin: A Musical Celebration
Gershwin Jazz (Verve Collection)
Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls
Gershwin, Kern, Portrer Overtures
Get Used To It
Gigi (Broadway Cast)
Girl Crazy (Studio)
Grease
Hair (Broadway & Off-Broadway)
Hair (Broadway)
Hair (London)
Hey! Mr. Producer!
House of Flowers (Reissue Release)
How To Succeed (Broadway Revival)
How To Succeed (Original Broadway Cast) (Reissue)
Human Comedy, The
In Gay Company
Infite Joy
Inside Out
It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues
Jacques Brel is...(London Revival)
Jacques Brel is...(Off-Broadway) (Reissue Release)
Jamaica
Jekyll & Hyde
Jello Is Always Red (The Cabaret Songs of Clark Gessner)
Jelly's Last Jam
Jerome Robbins' Broadway
King and I, The (Complete London Studio)
Kiss Me Kate (Complete London Studio)
Kiss of the Spiderwoman (1st Broadway Cast)
Kiss of the Spiderwoman (2nd Broadway Cast)
Kurt Weill on Broadway
Lady Be Good (Studio)
Lady in the Dark (London)
Latin Broadway
Leave It to Jane (Off-Broadway Revival)
Les Miserable (London)
Let 'em Eat Cake
Life Upon a Wicked S.T.A.G.E. Jerome Kern Tribute
Lion King, The
Little Shop of Horrors (Broadway Cast)
Little Shop of Horrors (Off-Broadway Cast)
Lola
Lorelei
Lost In the Stars (Studio)
Lyrics By Lerner
Man of La Mancha (Broadway)
Man of La Mancha (Complete London Studio)
Martin Guere (1999 Cast Version)
MASS
Mikado, The
Minnie's Boys
Most Happy Fella (Complete Studio Cast)
Most Men Are
Moulin Rouge (Not the Soundtrack) Paris Sealed
My Favorite Year
My One and Only
Myths and Hymns
Naked Boys Singing
New York, New York
Nymph Errant (London Concert)
Of Thee I Sing
Oh, Kay! (Studio)
On the Town (Concert Version)
Once On This Island
Once Upon a Matress (Original Cast)
Out On Broadway (St. Louis Cast)
Pal Joey (Encores)
Party With Betty Comden and Adolph Green, A  (Original Version)
Party With Betty Comden and Adolph Green, A  (Revival Version)
Phantom of the Opera (Original release)
Pippin (Original Issue)
Pirates of Penzance, The (Broadway Revival
Porgy and Bess (Huston Grand Opera)
Premiere Collection: The Best of Andrew lloyd Webber
Prettybelle
Producers, The
Purlie
Quiet Place, A
Rags
Ragtime (Concept Album)
Ragtime (NY Cast)
Raisin
Rent
Requiem
Robber Bridegroom, The
Rocky Horror Show, The (Complete London Studio)
Scarlett Pimpernell, The (Original Broadway Cast)
Secret Garden, The
She Loves Me (Original Broadway Cast)
She Loves Me (Original London Cast)
Show Must Go On, The
Side Show
Skyscraper (Broadway Angel)
Smokey Joe's Cafe
Songs For a New World
Sound of Music, The (Broadway) (Reissue)
South Pacific (Original Cast) (Sony Classic Issue)
St. Louis Woman (Broadway Cast)
St. Louis Women (Encores)
Street Scene (Scotish Opera)
Strike Up the Band (Studio 1st Version)
Student Prince, The (Complete Studio Cast)
Subways Are For Sleeping
Sugar Babies (IBR Release)
Sunset Blvd (Broadway Mini Album)
Sunset Blvd (London)
Sweet Charity (Broadway) (Reissue Release)
Sweet Charity (Complete London Studio)
Sweet Charity (Complete London Studio)
Tap Dance Kid, The
Threepenny Opera, The (Original Issue)
Together With Music
Top Banana
Tryout (Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin)
When Pigs Fly
Whoop-Dee-Doo
Whoop-Up
Windy City (London)
Wiz, The
Wizard of Oz. The (London Cast)
Woman of the Year (Bay Cities Release)
Wonderful Town (Complete London Studio)
Working (Broadway)
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (Original Issue)

[DearReaderLaura]

Today while I was busy setting up for the church service, someone came in from the parking lot and told me my tire was flat. The AAA guy broke the lugnut trying to fix it and had to tow it to the tire shop to be fixed tomorrow. Isn't that exciting?

Right now, my son is watching a very disturbing movie, and I am going to have to leave the house.

[bk]

I'm going to finish The Alligator People now.  That sentence seems peculiar to me.

[MBarnum]

Is that the list of CDs that you are selling DR Michael Shayne?

[bk]

There are some nice titles on Shayne's list - I would advise the purchase of the Bay Cities Funny Thing - it sounds incredible - better than the Angel reissue - they didn't use our master.

[bk]

Might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone?  You'd think it was a lazy Sunday or something.

Chat in a mere two hours and forty-five minutes.

[Panni]

That's what we need, a contest to come up with new names for Panni!

I've already had far too many names. I was born Sandor Anna Maria (in Hungarian, last name comes first.) - but I was always called Sandor Panni. Until my father died and my mother re-married, at which time I became Koves Panni. Until we immigrated to England where I became Anna Maria Koves - but I never used the Maria - and at home everyone still called me Panni - but in the outside world I was Anna. Then when I was around 16, my stepfather died and a few years later I decided to go back to my father's name. Which is when I became Anna Sandor. Except I didn't think that was a good name for an actress, so for a time I tried calling myself Anne Alexander (Alexander is Sandor in English). Then I went back to my name, but for about a year after I got married, I attached my husband's name to mine, becoming Anna Sandor-Gough, but still remaining Anna Sandor professionally. Whew!

[bk]

Chat in a mere two hours.

This is the third time I've come on that no count them no people have been here.  Time for a bitch-slapping frenzy.

[Panni]

I fell asleep. It's Sunday and I was up late. and Sundays are for sleeping. Or is that subways?
Now I'm taking my wonderdog for a wonderwalk.

[Jane]

Panni,  Anna Maria Koves is a great name for the author of sexy books, or scripts, with a few choice naughty words and writhing bodies and acerbic witty dialogue.

[bk]

Anna Maria Koves sounds like the author of a book about the Von Trapp family.

[Jane]

No, not really.  I'm sure Dear Reader Laura, Jane and I could keep up with him easily.

Jose: I don't remember, but have you tried hiking up to the Griffith Observatory yet?  The view from there can be magnificent!

I hope so, thank you for the compliment.

Keith slipped my engagement ring on while we were enjoying the beautiful view from the observatory.

[Tomovoz]

Raindy day and a Monday here. I shall not let it get me down.

I am about to listen my favourite Paul Simon Cd "Hearts and Bones".  Very much under-rated.
"Train In The Distance", "Rene and Georgette Magritte" and "Hearts and bones" are such beautiful examples of this songwriter's craft.

[Jane]

Michael Shayne, which recording of The Secret Garden do you have?

[Jane]

Hi Swishy Sarah-my goodness you have been busy.  How do you manage so many beaus at once?