Topic: WHEN THE DUST SETTLES (Read 12997 times)

Ginny · « **Reply #90 on:** March 22, 2017, 09:56:08 AM »

We've settled into our hotel on 46th St., walked to TKTS, bought tickets for the Miss Saigon matinee, and are having lunch at Pret á Manger across from the Broadway Theatre.

Ginny · « **Reply #91 on:** March 22, 2017, 09:57:21 AM »

Looks like we found Page 4 in Times Square!

George · « **Reply #92 on:** March 22, 2017, 10:15:17 AM »

Quote from: Druxy on March 22, 2017, 06:14:20 AM

Neck surgery tomorrow.

I'll be off the board for a few days.

Positive thoughts, please.

~~~Successful Neck Surgery Vibes for Druxy!!~~~

George · « **Reply #93 on:** March 22, 2017, 10:18:35 AM »

Quote from: FJL on March 22, 2017, 06:28:14 AM

Link to a warm parody-tribute to Bette Midler in Hello Dolly
(a parody by Fred Landau & Jan Horvath, with a vocal by Bruce Horvath)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv4JujI26zM

in the spirit of the fan who fainted at "Hello Dolly" the other night, but told the paramedics "I'd sooner die than miss Act 2!" (per the Page Six article in the Post)

That's great, Fred! I wish I could see this...and just about anything in New York!

George · « **Reply #94 on:** March 22, 2017, 10:19:19 AM »

Quote from: ArnoldMBrockman on March 22, 2017, 06:28:31 AM

Happy Birthday To Stephen Sondheim....Give Us More To See....and Hear !

Ditto...and Ditto...and DITTO!!

George · « **Reply #95 on:** March 22, 2017, 10:22:02 AM »

Shameless plug ahead...a friend posted this on FB about TAO's production of 1984:

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I had the privilege tonight of catching a dress rehearsal of 1984 at TAO. It was a dress rehearsal (a good one), so I won't say more about the production. What I will say, and I'm saying it now because the podcast episode won't hit for nine days, is this dramatization of 1984 is the single most important play I've seen in this century. No exaggeration, no b.s.: It has to be seen by as many people in this region as logistically possible. And you can quote me on that.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #96 on:** March 22, 2017, 10:47:14 AM »

Quote from: George on March 22, 2017, 10:22:02 AM

Shameless plug ahead...a friend posted this on FB about TAO's production of 1984:

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I had the privilege tonight of catching a dress rehearsal of 1984 at TAO. It was a dress rehearsal (a good one), so I won't say more about the production. What I will say, and I'm saying it now because the podcast episode won't hit for nine days, is this dramatization of 1984 is the single most important play I've seen in this century. No exaggeration, no b.s.: It has to be seen by as many people in this region as logistically possible. And you can quote me on that.

Excellent!

FJL · « **Reply #97 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:00:53 AM »

Quote from: George on March 22, 2017, 10:18:35 AM

Quote from: FJL on March 22, 2017, 06:28:14 AM

Link to a warm parody-tribute to Bette Midler in Hello Dolly
(a parody by Fred Landau & Jan Horvath, with a vocal by Bruce Horvath)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv4JujI26zM

in the spirit of the fan who fainted at "Hello Dolly" the other night, but told the paramedics "I'd sooner die than miss Act 2!" (per the Page Six article in the Post)

That's great, Fred! I wish I could see this...and just about anything in New York!

Thanks so much, George!

FJL · « **Reply #98 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:01:14 AM »

Congrats to BK on your millstone!

Laura · « **Reply #99 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:25:01 AM »

Good morning.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #100 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:25:07 AM »

Yes indeed that is quite a millstone MR BK!

Laura · « **Reply #101 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:25:21 AM »

Vibes to Druxy for his surgery tomorrow.

Laura · « **Reply #102 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:26:40 AM »

Joshie has not been feeling well. I took him in for a recheck today and we found out that his thyroid is way high. That's good news. Bad would have been kidneys or cancer. He got some fluids and some meds to start on. He should be feeling better soon.

Laura · « **Reply #103 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:27:35 AM »

I just took my Happy Pill, so I should be getting nice and mellow in a few minutes. We leave for the periodontist in about a half hour. Last time they gave me some laughing gas and I slept through the whole thing. I hope they do the same today.

Laura · « **Reply #104 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:28:20 AM »

I'm happy so many of us will be having a great time in NYC the next few days.

Jane · « **Reply #105 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:34:35 AM »

Quote from: Laura on March 22, 2017, 11:26:40 AM

Joshie has not been feeling well. I took him in for a recheck today and we found out that his thyroid is way high. That's good news. Bad would have been kidneys are cancer. He got some fluids and some meds to start on. He should be feeling better soon.

The meds should work fairly quickly. Vibes I am correct and he is better super fast.

George · « **Reply #106 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:35:07 AM »

Oh, no! First Chuck Berry, now Chuck Barris.

Jane · « **Reply #107 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:35:07 AM »

Quote from: Laura on March 22, 2017, 11:27:35 AM

I just took my Happy Pill, so I should be getting nice and mellow in a few minutes. We leave for the periodontist in about a half hour. Last time they gave me some laughing gas and I slept through the whole thing. I hope they do the same today.

I am afraid to try laughing gas.

Laura · « **Reply #108 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:36:31 AM »

His temperature was low today. So I plugged in his heated bed, upon which he is now curled up.

Laura · « **Reply #109 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:37:29 AM »

I had laughing gas when I had my wisdom teeth removed when I was young. It was great.

Last time, I fell asleep. That was also great.

Jane · « **Reply #110 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:38:07 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on March 22, 2017, 08:12:07 AM

A very popular McDonald's in my neighborhood has shuttered its doors and removed its innards.

A completely gutted space.

I never once saw this McDonald's "lightly" used. Customers were aplenty.

I think there has been some national downsizing...and with little regard for popularity of various sites.

I am curious if these two McDonald's were corporate owned or franchises.

Jane · « **Reply #111 on:** March 22, 2017, 11:39:32 AM »

Quote from: Ginny on March 22, 2017, 09:51:15 AM

Quote from: Jane on March 22, 2017, 07:33:24 AM
I hope DR Ginny is in the air by now.

DR Jane, when I last posted we'd landed in New York and were waiting for a gate. After 45 minutes they parked us as close to the terminal as possible and we walked across the tarmac right into baggage claim.

That explains why you settled in so quickly

elmore3003 · « **Reply #112 on:** March 22, 2017, 12:08:52 PM »

Here's the City Center footage from last night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uhJCnX8tJc&feature=youtu.be

ChasSmith · « **Reply #113 on:** March 22, 2017, 12:32:23 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on March 22, 2017, 12:08:52 PM

Here's the City Center footage from last night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uhJCnX8tJc&feature=youtu.be

Wonderful!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #114 on:** March 22, 2017, 12:37:38 PM »

Back from my meeting, which was fine. And from Guitar Center where I bought a new MIDI/audio interface because my existing one seems to have bought the farm.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #115 on:** March 22, 2017, 12:41:44 PM »

Quote from: bk on March 22, 2017, 09:27:40 AM

Quote from: ChasSmith on March 22, 2017, 06:05:40 AM
Something else is bugging me about that Du-Par's and McDonald's location.

Ask BK: Did that McDonald's originally replace something older and more interesting like maybe another Bob's Big Boy or [you name it]? I'd be thinking back as far as the '70s, and I could be totally wrong, but I'd almost swear I remember there was something more of interest in that spot than just the Du-Par's.

I think the McDonald's was always where it was, but there was a Tiny Naylor's to the west of Du-Par's by the car wash that used to be on the corner of Laurel Canyon and Ventura, where there is now yet another strip mall.

Nice. Even though I didn't know the term Googie style back then, a Tiny Naylor's like that would also have caught my attention.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #116 on:** March 22, 2017, 12:46:37 PM »

Another silly question:

Mid-to-late 1980s, I think this was in the shopping strip behind Du-Par's, but it might have been some other such strip along that same stretch of Ventura and on the same side of the road -- I recall being taken to an informal but nice sit-down Italian jernt that was popular for a while. No idea how long it lasted. Does that sound familiar?

ChasSmith · « **Reply #117 on:** March 22, 2017, 01:39:06 PM »

Quote from: John G. on March 22, 2017, 09:44:29 AM

Our flight is now delayed an hour because of winds in the city.

Rule #1 in aviation: NOSE-PICKING IN TURBULENCE PROHIBITED

John G. · « **Reply #118 on:** March 22, 2017, 02:08:25 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on March 22, 2017, 01:39:06 PM

Quote from: John G. on March 22, 2017, 09:44:29 AM
Our flight is now delayed an hour because of winds in the city.

Rule #1 in aviation: NOSE-PICKING IN TURBULENCE PROHIBITED

Duly noted.

John G. · « **Reply #119 on:** March 22, 2017, 02:08:50 PM »

I have arrived. Waiting for transportation.

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