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Dodo cutlet parm was the big seller

I was the opening chef back in '93

Jaaysus!!! I knew Josh. he judged me best burger in a Baldor contest a couple of years ago and I would then bump into him at various Beard award dinners. Shit, Much too young.

I'm helping out at Orama this Saturday. Let you all know.

Sous Chef at the old "America" in Tenafly

Lute?

Still on it Steve Vai and Sharon Isbin--Allegro and Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez

http://www.callahanshotdogs.com/progress.html

and since I'm on a guitar jag; I finished the day with my son.

Gorging on Sharon Isbin all afternoon.

Dowland on an 8 string guitar

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/nyregion/joe-franklin-local-talk-show-pioneer-dies-at-88.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0 I grew up with this guy. Parked in front of the B&W TV as a pre-schooler by my mom. He came into and out of my life randomly during his late night show. Always a blast to watch particularly through the marijuana haze of my late teens/early twenties. The strangest mishmash of guests you'll ever see. For all the trite, schmaltzy stuff; he was ori

Voices of Light The soundtrack to the silent Joan of Arc refurb.

PM replied. Dinner at Joyce in River Edge last night. Not Good. Will post details later. ETA: The much touted Ox Tongue and Tripe dish was an OK mass of protein heavy on the tripe with some, I repeat some, thin slices of tongue.. Chewier than I liked; the dish was fine, not transcendent. The chili oil dressing (its a chilled dish) was a one-dimensional to my taste. As I said OK. It was a very large portion. The larb like chicken and lettuce wrap dish was also fine. The Szechuan Beef dish had more dried chilies than than the dried strips of beef--handfuls of the stuff.

Craig Levy and I used to work together years ago. If you guys want to get together for a "check it out" dinner I'd be good to go.

That's good, isn't it? It's one of my favorites. Late night on I-80 listening to David Garland several years ago. I was gobsmacked as they say.

Vladimir Godar with Iva Bittova--"Mater"

Palestrina radio on Spotify. All day

Janis Joplin's cover of Ball and Chain from the old Cheap Thrills album

Met him once. Made a comment about Jack Spicer which he misinterpreted and got huffy about. Only book I've read is his non-fiction memoir about rough sex in Times Square. The sex thing permeates his books from the 70s on. He won a nebula for a terrific little story called "Aye and Gomorrah" .

What's the charity/event? I am the restaurant chair for Table To Table. http://tabletotable.org

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/03/arts/television/donna-douglas-the-fairest-beverly-hillbilly-dies-at-82.html?ref=obituaries

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/sports/football/allie-sherman-giants-coach-in-the-1960s-dies-at-91.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well Goodbye Allie, Goodbye Allie, Goodbye Allie. We hate to see you go. At least I do. One of those coaching names that will be forever intertwined with my tween/early adolescent years. I remember being thrilled to see him dining with, I believe, Ed Koch at Fresco by Scotto (Just Fresco back then IIRC) in the 90s.

Thank effin' Gawd!! It's about time!! Good Luck John

Reminds me of Tony Shaloub in Big Night