Last night on DVD I watched the 1945 Best Picture--The Lost Weekend, with Ray Milland (drunk writer who doesn't write) and Jane Wyman (adoring, helpful, and apparently un-dismay-able) girlfriend.
Most of the action centers around this guy trying to get soused, looking for hidden bottles, and avoiding his loved ones. The music behind this action is that horrible forties high-pitched horror music, which really grates on the nerves after awhile, but is proabably accurate to feelings leading up to delerium tremens.
The opening scene pans the NY skyline from left to right and the closing scene the same view from right to left. The left most building I recognize as the Chrysler building, and maybe there is the Empire State in there as well but I don't really recognize it as that. Anyway, great skyline shots depicting a scene that obviously has changed in the last fifty years, I can't imagine for the better, architecturally speaking.
Most of the action centers around this guy trying to get soused, looking for hidden bottles, and avoiding his loved ones. The music behind this action is that horrible forties high-pitched horror music, which really grates on the nerves after awhile, but is proabably accurate to feelings leading up to delerium tremens.
The opening scene pans the NY skyline from left to right and the closing scene the same view from right to left. The left most building I recognize as the Chrysler building, and maybe there is the Empire State in there as well but I don't really recognize it as that. Anyway, great skyline shots depicting a scene that obviously has changed in the last fifty years, I can't imagine for the better, architecturally speaking.
heard steingarten on npr discussing it must have been somthing i ate / just advised by my mom she's getting some turducken roll for X-mas diner. yum.
Vanishing Point
Life in the emptying Great Plains.
Life in the emptying Great Plains.
new minibio of dario argento from senses of cinema as part of their great directors series.
grimes on grimes
brat out of hell
Joe Dressner on the Alias full moon dinner. Get your spot now.
A great night out was had by six of us crammed into the tiny but fantastic Bar Jamon (Mario Battali and Andy Nusser's new joint on 17th Street and Irvington). They are due to open a bigger place next door but for now get great Spanish wines and delicious small things and feel like you are somewhere else.
not a new article but smells good from here. those new yorkers sure have it good. ill have to get up there some time.
"I believe I speak for at least 90% of pub owners in Dundee. Burberry has become the badge of thuggery."
recent spam:
If GOD isnt in your life maybe it is time. If you are not saved do it now do not put it off another day. Say, "Oh God, save my soul.I'm so sorry that I have sinned against you, but I have come home.I will serve you, Lord, the rest of my life. Deliver me from all my sinful habits. Set me free! I do believe Jesus died on Calvary for me, and I believe in His blood, that there is power in His blood to wash away all my sins, all my sins!" "Come into my heart, Jesus; come on in, Jesus. Come on in!" If you meant it, He has come. If you meant it, Jesus is yours. Start reading your Bible, pray daily and believe that somebody's listening; His name is Jesus Make plans while you still can contact a local church or prayer hotline.
If GOD isnt in your life maybe it is time. If you are not saved do it now do not put it off another day. Say, "Oh God, save my soul.I'm so sorry that I have sinned against you, but I have come home.I will serve you, Lord, the rest of my life. Deliver me from all my sinful habits. Set me free! I do believe Jesus died on Calvary for me, and I believe in His blood, that there is power in His blood to wash away all my sins, all my sins!" "Come into my heart, Jesus; come on in, Jesus. Come on in!" If you meant it, He has come. If you meant it, Jesus is yours. Start reading your Bible, pray daily and believe that somebody's listening; His name is Jesus Make plans while you still can contact a local church or prayer hotline.
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by istlef but the wrod as a wlohe.
mural on indian red ground is getting alot of attention lately. how about a nice lichtentstein (brattata) instead ?
colour theory
nice development there Alex.
Hearth was very very good, clean tasty not too rich food, we tasted 12 different dishes, I had to order another one of the scallops....quail, monkfish with squid tenacle risotto, lamb w/ cranberry beans, f gras, cheese, terraine's all worthy.....no liquor licence so BYOB for now.....
On last nights antique roadshow an appraiser was, well appraising a victorian icewater pitcher.
he described it as heavily decorated with geometric pattern and then I missed the term he used, I believe it was latin. He clarified it as (i believe) "vacume fear", The compulsion to fill space. Any one hear are are familar with the actual term ?
Aint No Crime / NO MORE GRIMES
Mr Grimes said that in 2001 the two best burgers were DB Bistro and Dim Sum Go Go. In the window of DSGG there is a sign,
DB Bistro Burger $27.50
Dim Sum Go Go $8.95 for 4
I never had the DBBB but for sure the DSGG rocks the burger dept.
the bun is steamed and the burger slippery delish, maybe made with pork and beef tendon plus toes hoof and tail, textured more like sausage to me, so move over Jimmy Dean, and the taro fries so crisp and clean with more texture than potato....HOME RUN
Mr Grimes said that in 2001 the two best burgers were DB Bistro and Dim Sum Go Go. In the window of DSGG there is a sign,
DB Bistro Burger $27.50
Dim Sum Go Go $8.95 for 4
I never had the DBBB but for sure the DSGG rocks the burger dept.
the bun is steamed and the burger slippery delish, maybe made with pork and beef tendon plus toes hoof and tail, textured more like sausage to me, so move over Jimmy Dean, and the taro fries so crisp and clean with more texture than potato....HOME RUN
Cops Seize 756 Pounds of Smuggled Bologna
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 24, 2003
EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Border agents last week landed a meaty bust, seizing 756 pounds of bologna arranged into the shape of a car seat and covered with blankets in a man's pickup.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 81 rolls of Mexican bologna Friday at the Paso Del Norte bridge as the pickup entered the United States.
``It puts the ultimate consumer at risk,'' said customs spokesman Roger Maier. ``Who knows how long these products have gone without refrigeration or without proper handling?''
Children were sitting on top of the illegal load before it was discovered, Maier said. The rear seat had been removed from the extended-cab pickup and the bologna was put in its place.
He said the agency plans to pursue civil penalties against the Mexican man driving the truck. Maier said the agency won't release the man's name until the case goes to trial.
Maier said the bologna goes for about $1 a roll in Juarez. When it is sold to a customer in the United States, it can go for between $5 and $10 a roll , he said.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 24, 2003
EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Border agents last week landed a meaty bust, seizing 756 pounds of bologna arranged into the shape of a car seat and covered with blankets in a man's pickup.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 81 rolls of Mexican bologna Friday at the Paso Del Norte bridge as the pickup entered the United States.
``It puts the ultimate consumer at risk,'' said customs spokesman Roger Maier. ``Who knows how long these products have gone without refrigeration or without proper handling?''
Children were sitting on top of the illegal load before it was discovered, Maier said. The rear seat had been removed from the extended-cab pickup and the bologna was put in its place.
He said the agency plans to pursue civil penalties against the Mexican man driving the truck. Maier said the agency won't release the man's name until the case goes to trial.
Maier said the bologna goes for about $1 a roll in Juarez. When it is sold to a customer in the United States, it can go for between $5 and $10 a roll , he said.
triumph, the insult comic dog interview on npr.
""It may come as a suprise to pregnant mothers but many of the oders and falvors to which they are exposed are also experienced by the fetuses. The ability to smell begins aroung 28 weeks.....throughount the 3rd trimester she could smell almost everything that mom ate or inhaled, perfume, exhaust, soup at lunch....One Isreali report even noted that mothers who ate strongly spiced food shortly before going into labor gave birth to "peculiar-smelling newborns."".....off to dim sum....
Linda's thanks for the hard work baby gift ......
