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[Jane]

Potato salad and chili 

[TCB]

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[George]

Grandfather Laurence.

Great picture...except the shoes aren't period.

[TCB]

Potato salad and chili 

That was my feeling.

[George]

TCB, I hope you are the happy victim of "the worse the dress rehearsal, the better the opening night" situation. Many vibes.

Thanks John.  You and George and I seem to be on the same wave length.

Great minds think alike. 

[TCB]

Grandfather Laurence.

Great picture...except the shoes aren't period.

Of course those are my running shoes.  You can tell that they have never been used.   

[Jane]

Nice photo DR TCB!!!!

[George]

Well, it's time for me to head downtown to work concessions for Olympia Family Theater's production of "Orphan Trains."  I saw it a couple of weeks ago, but this time I hope to see the beginning of the second act.  We usually have to clean up the concessions before we can go back into the show, but in the past if I've wanted to clean up later, the house manager has let me.  We'll see about tonight.

Until later!

[TCB]

Nice photo DR TCB!!!!

Thanks

[ChasSmith]

And I do like a proper Old Fashioned.

Do you also have trouble ordering one?  Craig has had small arguments with bartenders who insist he is wrong.  At dinner near the Dulles airport the bartender was very nice about making it however we wanted it.  We called Craig for the recipe.  The waiter was extremely interested and plans to try a proper Old Fashioned vs the typical ones which he doesn't think are very good.  He agreed with Craig's choice of bourbon

It's not something I typically take a chance on ordering -- but in the two places I did, I was exceedingly lucky to get wonderful ones -- so wonderful, in fact, that I could hardly believe my good fortune, and ordered again...and again...   

LOL  Craig used to make them when he lived here, I just didn't know what I was drinking.  The first night in Silver Spring we went to a restaurant he wanted to try, for the bar not the food.  I had ordered a glass of wine when I heard him say bourbon and changed my order.  I was truly glad I did.  It also came with one big ice cube which didn't melt and water down my drink

If you like good bourbon and good ice, check out this Manhattan at the private club in Disney's California Adventure.

[ChasSmith]

I took three days this week as a staycation and it was great. Yesterday I was at the old Helms Bakery complex. They now have an old Helms truck there and are selling cookies and ice cream (?!) out of it. They are also putting in a cafe and bakery on the premises. It was announced maybe a year ago, but nothing actually took place. They're starting construction now. Great for those nostalgic for old LA.

Ask them if they would please be so kind as to also start construction on a Diamond Jim's, Ollie Hammond's, Ship's Galley, Dolores Restaurant, and Coffee Dan's, would you?  Thanks.

[ChasSmith]

Thank you to all of you for the good wishes, both yesterday and today.  Yes, tonight is opening night.  The less said about last evening, the better.  I came home very angry.  I am over it now.  I am hoping for a successful opening night.

Hopefully the saying, "Bad rehearsal, good performance" holds true.

It does.  Have a great opening night, TCB!

[Jane]

And I do like a proper Old Fashioned.

Do you also have trouble ordering one?  Craig has had small arguments with bartenders who insist he is wrong.  At dinner near the Dulles airport the bartender was very nice about making it however we wanted it.  We called Craig for the recipe.  The waiter was extremely interested and plans to try a proper Old Fashioned vs the typical ones which he doesn't think are very good.  He agreed with Craig's choice of bourbon

It's not something I typically take a chance on ordering -- but in the two places I did, I was exceedingly lucky to get wonderful ones -- so wonderful, in fact, that I could hardly believe my good fortune, and ordered again...and again...   

LOL  Craig used to make them when he lived here, I just didn't know what I was drinking.  The first night in Silver Spring we went to a restaurant he wanted to try, for the bar not the food.  I had ordered a glass of wine when I heard him say bourbon and changed my order.  I was truly glad I did.  It also came with one big ice cube which didn't melt and water down my drink

If you like good bourbon and good ice, check out this Manhattan at the private club in Disney's California Adventure.

I will have to tell Keith who ordered Manhattans while I had Old Fashions.

[Jane]

I took three days this week as a staycation and it was great. Yesterday I was at the old Helms Bakery complex. They now have an old Helms truck there and are selling cookies and ice cream (?!) out of it. They are also putting in a cafe and bakery on the premises. It was announced maybe a year ago, but nothing actually took place. They're starting construction now. Great for those nostalgic for old LA.

Ask them if they would please be so kind as to also start construction on a Diamond Jim's, Ollie Hammond's, Ship's Galley, Dolores Restaurant, and Coffee Dan's, would you?  Thanks.

LOL None of those come anywhere clothes to the Helms Truck.

[Jane]

How does one get into the private club at California Adventure?

[ChasSmith]

By spending millions of dollars, or by being there with someone you know who's a member of it. 

I recommend the latter.

[John G.]

Potato salad and chili. Don't like the sound of it, but you could probably get that at a few barbecue joints in this state if you mixed and matched items on the menu.

[John G.]

Hoping to watch the last 2:30 of Shoah tonight.

[Jane]

By spending millions of dollars, or by being there with someone you know who's a member of it. 

I recommend the latter.

LOL

[elmore3003]

Break a leg, DR TCB!

[Ginny]

Another fond memory from Morgantown:  shopping for glassware at the factory stores.  I have stemware and vases that my Mother bought when we first started visiting there in the mid '60s.

I didn't see glassware but then we didn't go inside a single store.

The glass factories closed a long time ago 

[Ginny]

We have returned from our Good Friday service and dinner with our senior warden, his wife, and their friends Barry and Patty.

[bk]

Back from a long rehearsal and then some Eyetalian food.  Tired.

[Ginny]

Opening night vibes for DR TCB and company!

[vixmom]

DR VIXMOM PM me your address (again), I may have something for you.

thank you!

[ChasSmith]

Well, I dillied and I dallied, and it's a little late to be starting BROADWAY DANNY ROSE ... but I'm doing it, and will finish up tomorrow night if I don't get through it tonight.

[Jeanne]

I took three days this week as a staycation and it was great. Yesterday I was at the old Helms Bakery complex. They now have an old Helms truck there and are selling cookies and ice cream (?!) out of it. They are also putting in a cafe and bakery on the premises. It was announced maybe a year ago, but nothing actually took place. They're starting construction now. Great for those nostalgic for old LA.

Ask them if they would please be so kind as to also start construction on a Diamond Jim's, Ollie Hammond's, Ship's Galley, Dolores Restaurant, and Coffee Dan's, would you?  Thanks.

LOL None of those come anywhere clothes to the Helms Truck.

Actually, the investors in the Helms Bakery complex seem to be on the same wavelength. Jane may get her chocolate donuts after all.

http://helmsbakerydistrict.com/sherry-yard-partners-with-sang-yoon-to-open-their-own-helms-bakery.html

[Jeanne]

I hope TCB's opening night is going well.

[Jeanne]

Oh, and Jewish foods: bagels (love bagels) and rugelach.
 
(A couple weeks ago I learned that Trader Joe's now carries rugelach, but only one flavor--raspberry walnut. This could be the death of me.)

[singdaw]

Grandfather Laurence.

Is he related to Friar Lawrence?