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  1. Steve R.

    Paris

    We're staying in the 11th again, but this time further down from where we were last time (off rue du Chemin Vert). In fact, we're about 2 blocks from Les Funambules, on rue des Boulets off rue de Montrueil, and will drop by as needed. Thanks.
  2. Yeah, read the interview and we'll talk. And, when you go, count the # of people around you who may not know what pinball was (is?). Luckily, acid hasn't lost its reference point. (or, unfortunately, pedaphilia or post-traumatic injury for that matter)
  3. Steve R.

    Paris

    So, another month stay in Paris is coming up for us early May. Having done this several times now, our list of places to return to has gotten sizable, our list of places we haven't yet gotten to but want to is also not small & our list of newly recommended places from reputable sources living there or there very regularly is long. Anything anyone want to add? Mitch: glad you liked Soces. Its pretty high on my listing.
  4. Reasonably good. It's in previews and we expect there to be quite a bit of "tightening up" (as Ginny puts it) before the opening date. I liked the 1st production better, but it had more of an audience memory to work with. Here, they have to assume that they may be playing to an audience who isn't very familiar with the history and context (or fans). And, they aren't totally going for the same "take away" in this one either (as Townsend pretty much said in his NYT interview). For me, on the other hand, well I had immediately bought the album when released (I was a huge "The Who Sell Out" fan), saw The Who perform Tommy in its entirety in 1970, then saw the movie, then the 1st Broadway production. So, I was doing more of a comparison than an "in its own right" viewing. And I still liked it well enough.
  5. Are you sure that there's an upstairs from the bar/restaurant? I just went to their website & the "our story" section (see below link) says the theater is downstairs (& talks a little about the Lewis Black days - "playwright in residence"?!). https://www.westbankcafe.com/our_story Maybe you walked backwards on the stairway? I've done that. Especially back in those days. On the "learn something new" front, I didn't know until I read that section that The Who played the restaurant while the 1st staging of Tommy was on Bdway. We went to that production & have now gone to the new one (currently in previews). We sure as hell would've found a way to see The Who when they were there had we known.
  6. We love The West Bank Cafe. Always a friendly bar with food that’s better than you’d expect. Been going for 30+ years. Ginny directed some shows downstairs when Louis Black was the m.c. We were there as recently as a couple of weeks ago.
  7. Cant wait to hear what "Monster" was about. eta: other than it was about 70 minutes too long
  8. Steve R.

    Maloya

    I really liked the piece in The New Yorker and, of course, I went to his website afterwards & took a look, noting some interesting places I want to try (including this one). I especially got a kick out of him starting his quest after eating at Mombar. I took a group there just last year, after not going for several years. Mustafa is still cooking up a storm (I also went to Ali's Kebab Cafe that month). At any rate, although Maloya might seem out of the way (& it is, for most of us), folks should note that its only blocks from Roberta's and that the B57 bus goes right there (well, so does my car). Thanks for the reminder. Soon.
  9. My wife, who has years in the movie biz, has explained to me that photographs add 50lbs (& subtract hair). Very reassuring. We’re not sure about the properties of mirrors.
  10. Steve R.

    Eater

    Mina? The funnier part of that was that she was smart enough to basically rent her reputation by becoming the chef at a place for a couple of weeks, draw the followers, then be "on vacation" or "off today" from that point on, with folks still coming until it became clear that she was not part of the place. My favorite was the place on 6th St where her "cousin" swore it was her kitchen but she was already at another place in Jackson Hts. (where she did cook for a year or so). I heard she moved back to India a number of years ago.
  11. That was great! "this is just afternoon tea... is he gonna have an entire water buffalo for dinner"? 😂
  12. Not that I know of. It was just a listing of my most valuable possessions.
  13. Thinking the exact same thing, we made a list of all the things we own that our inheritors might not realize are worth paying attention to when figuring out how to best cash in and spend our lifetime accumulation of "stuff". Rare or signed books, vinyl, art, Navajo weavings and of course my 1st edition copy of Leff's "The Eclectic Gourmet Guide to Greater NYC" (should've had him sign it - or at least put his paw print). They're just around, alongside stuff that will be worth nothing once our memories of them aren't attached.
  14. Steve R.

    Flaco

    it'll make your head spin.
  15. Steve R.

    Flaco

    frankly, I don't give a hoot.
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