7
   

Bagels, Pizza, Hot Dogs and Race Tracks - New York City?

Forums: New York, New York City, North America, Food, Nyc
Email this Topic • Print this Page
 
 
Walter Hinteler
 
  1  
Reply Sun 12 Nov, 2006 08:20 am
June 07.
0 Replies
 
Ethel2
 
  1  
Reply Sun 12 Nov, 2006 08:33 am
The sofa. The bed. They're all the same.

You're welcome too Beth. You know you are.
0 Replies
 
Ethel2
 
  1  
Reply Sun 12 Nov, 2006 08:35 am
Walter Hinteler wrote:
June 07.


See to it please. We're counting on it. I'll feed you until you pop, just like I did McTag and Thomas. Actually we all popped.
0 Replies
 
McTag
 
  1  
Reply Sun 12 Nov, 2006 08:36 am
It's a very comfy bed, as I can attest. And sometimes the cat does not sit on your face.
0 Replies
 
Ethel2
 
  1  
Reply Sun 12 Nov, 2006 08:43 am
Thomas wrote:
I just got back home a few minutes ago. The flight was bumpy, but mercifully short. I have a strong sense I shouldn't have left New York. Thanks, everyone, for a wonderful trip.

Lola wrote:
well, Thomas is on his way. When you get home Thomas, I just want you to know that I ate the last piece of pecan pie. Yum.

Yeah ... go ahead ... rub it in that you're in New York and I'm not ... Fine with me, honest. [sigh]


Glad you made it home ok and just in time too. It's so foggy outside, we can't see the buildings in our front yard. Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration. But it's very foggy and it's turned a bit chilly. So you and McTag lucked out on the weather for sure.
0 Replies
 
Ethel2
 
  1  
Reply Sun 12 Nov, 2006 08:49 am
McTag wrote:
It's a very comfy bed, as I can attest. And sometimes the cat does not sit on your face.


Too funny for words. She's a very friendly cat. Hilarious.

(Did she really? And I told you she wouldn't. Sorry.)
0 Replies
 
McTag
 
  1  
Reply Sun 12 Nov, 2006 10:36 am
Lola wrote:
McTag wrote:
It's a very comfy bed, as I can attest. And sometimes the cat does not sit on your face.


Too funny for words. She's a very friendly cat. Hilarious.

(Did she really? And I told you she wouldn't. Sorry.)


No, not at all, I was only joshing. Smile
I never saw, or heard or felt, the cat after lights-out.

Let me put that another way: I was unaware of the presence of the cat.

Very comfortable nights spent, with the patio door open, and the lights and sounds of the city outside. Marvellous.
0 Replies
 
Steve 41oo
 
  1  
Reply Sun 12 Nov, 2006 12:18 pm
oh thats a shame mctag, I'm sure you and the cat would have got on so well.
0 Replies
 
Ethel2
 
  1  
Reply Sun 12 Nov, 2006 12:41 pm
Steve 41oo wrote:
oh thats a shame mctag, I'm sure you and the cat would have got on so well.


That's what Bernie said.
0 Replies
 
Thomas
 
  1  
Reply Sun 12 Nov, 2006 02:50 pm
blatham wrote:
Thank you for not publicly mentioning the actual and fullsome offer made.

I'm sure that was just an oversight. I'm all ears, ehBeth!
0 Replies
 
Eva
 
  1  
Reply Sun 12 Nov, 2006 09:29 pm
blatham,

About joefromchicago, Thomas & the postmodern opera...joe could do this justice better than I, but here's how it started...

Joe & Thomas are both avid opera fans who lamented the fact that not too many people are into opera any more. I noted that all the best operas were written hundreds of years ago, so a lot of people consider them hopelessly outdated.

But we all agreed it would be pointless to contemporize them. Stories like those simply could not be written today. Life just doesn't have the same drama.

A drive-by shooting just wouldn't have the same oomph as a mano-a-mano swordfight. No deathbed confessions...the consumptive heroine would be given a Z-Pak and told to contact her primary care physician. And instead of having unfaithful lovers killed in the end, they would inevitably wind up in counseling...(here's the part where you have to imagine joefromchicago waving his arms in a dramatic gesture as he sings in a slightly off-key basso profundo)..."It's not his fault, it's not his fault, he's not a bad person." And the chorus swells...
0 Replies
 
ossobuco
 
  1  
Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2006 01:36 am
I just spent this afternoon with Diane watching a dvd on Casa di Verdi in Milano, where some old opera singers of small means spend their time. She'd seen it before, so it was only me with tears running down my face repeatedly. Dys said, is that actually them singing? Yes, it was them singing. Man, that was both touching and exhilarating. Il Bacio di Tosca....

Il bacio di Tosca
0 Replies
 
the prince
 
  1  
Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2006 02:34 am
McTag, tell us abt the legs. Did you do what I asked you to do???????
0 Replies
 
blatham
 
  1  
Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2006 05:14 am
the prince wrote:
McTag, tell us abt the legs. Did you do what I asked you to do???????


He did indeed. But, insensitive scottish oaf that he is, he expressed disappointment that I'd shaved them.
0 Replies
 
blatham
 
  1  
Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2006 05:22 am
Eva wrote:
blatham,

About joefromchicago, Thomas & the postmodern opera...joe could do this justice better than I, but here's how it started...

Joe & Thomas are both avid opera fans who lamented the fact that not too many people are into opera any more. I noted that all the best operas were written hundreds of years ago, so a lot of people consider them hopelessly outdated.

But we all agreed it would be pointless to contemporize them. Stories like those simply could not be written today. Life just doesn't have the same drama.

A drive-by shooting just wouldn't have the same oomph as a mano-a-mano swordfight. No deathbed confessions...the consumptive heroine would be given a Z-Pak and told to contact her primary care physician. And instead of having unfaithful lovers killed in the end, they would inevitably wind up in counseling...(here's the part where you have to imagine joefromchicago waving his arms in a dramatic gesture as he sings in a slightly off-key basso profundo)..."It's not his fault, it's not his fault, he's not a bad person." And the chorus swells...


That was a conversation I would not have been part of. My niece sings with the Toronto Opera Company but I haven't been able to attend performances because I had to do laundry and there were the crossword puzzles piling up. But I like the idea of thomas and joe dressed up fancy, though I imagine this more in the manner of a Tony Curtis/Jack Lemmon Rockettes thing.
0 Replies
 
Ethel2
 
  1  
Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2006 08:43 am
the prince wrote:
McTag, tell us abt the legs. Did you do what I asked you to do???????


So darling prince, when are we going to see you in NY? You can check out the legs for yourself. Both Bernie's and mine, if you like.

What did you tell McTag to do?
0 Replies
 
wandeljw
 
  1  
Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2006 09:09 am
LOLA (fyi):

the prince wrote:
McTag, give my best to everyone when you are there, and do stare at Lola's legs for a full 5 minutes on my behalf.
0 Replies
 
McTag
 
  1  
Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2006 10:02 am
the prince wrote:
McTag, tell us abt the legs. Did you do what I asked you to do???????


But of course. But, SuperG, aren't you going to the Apple on Wednesday?
Then you can take a cab uptown and do the job yourself. :wink:
0 Replies
 
Setanta
 
  1  
Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2006 10:44 am
Opera Atelier in Toronto is doing a critically acclaimed version of The Magic Flute, with the Taffelmusik period instruments group as the orchestra.

You know, Papageno and the Queen of the Night?
0 Replies
 
ehBeth
 
  1  
Reply Mon 13 Nov, 2006 11:58 am
Walter Hinteler wrote:
June 07.


that's a long month ... got anything a tiny bit more specific?
0 Replies
 
 

Related Topics

New York New York! - Discussion by jcboy
Da Bunny's visiting New York. - Discussion by dlowan
Transportation options -- New Jersey to NYC - Discussion by joefromchicago
Do New Yorkers really go visit this "artwork"? - Discussion by DrewDad
Police Find Explosives in an S.U.V. in Times Square - Discussion by tsarstepan
Calling All a2k New Yorkers: - ) - Discussion by tsarstepan
New York, on a budget - Question by shewolfnm
Ossobuco in New York - Discussion by ossobuco
JCPENNEY LONG ISLAND LOCATIONS - Question by Johngranito24
How old is the Dunkin’ Donuts on Stewart Ave in Bethpage, NY - Question by Johngranito24
 
  1. Forums
  2. » Bagels, Pizza, Hot Dogs and Race Tracks - New York City?
  3. » Page 140
Copyright © 2025 MadLab, LLC :: Terms of Service :: Privacy Policy :: Page generated in 0.05 seconds on 05/28/2025 at 11:46:30
▲ ▼