This was a quiet day. Denise had a bunch of errands and I did not feel like going along. I slept in, did some work, and did some writing. One of the places Denise had been wanting to go to was a casino. I have not been to one in ages and neither had she. […]
After the Desert Botanical Garden, Kate and I went to The Vig Arcadia (there are several locations) and sat on the patio and talked some more and had margaritas and guacamole and fish tacos. Since we still had time until Denise was finished, Kate drove through the “chicken neighborhood.” The area used to have something […]
One thing I forgot to mention about the airport is that we had a celebrity sighting. As Denise and I were walking to the elevator to get to her car, we see a blonde woman pushing a luggage cart flanked on either side by younger women and a young man with a walkie-talkie. I do […]
I saw this on the plane, so I do not know what, if anything, was cut. It did not seem to be the type of movie where they would have to cut anything. By now, I think, everyone is familiar with the premise of Yesterday. A “failed” musician, Jack Malik, gets hit by a bus […]
My plane ride last night was uneventful, which is good. It was about 10:30pm local time when I arrived and I told Denise I wanted to check out a dollar taco truck, which was outside a club. When we got to the address we couldn’t find the truck and Denise suggested In-N-Out Burger, which I […]
I just needed to hear pig roast in order to be there. The Queens Dinner Club would be holding a pig roast at the Anable Basin Sailing Bar & Grill in Long Island City with proceeds going to Immigrant Families Together, an organization committed to the reunification of families separated at the US/Mexico border. Don […]
Peter Fonda had an idea. For the 50th anniversary of Easy Rider, a live band would play the music while the film was shown. Calls were made and John Kay and Roger McGuinn – two musicians who contributed to the original soundtrack – were in. For New York City, Radio City Music Hall was booked. […]
Saturday of the week before last, Peter and I went to see Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice. I confess – I was never a fan of her voice. Of her, yes, very much. She chooses brilliant songwriters and songs to cover. And technically, she is as close as you can be to a […]
I missed the last Queens Dinner Club dinner but was able to make this one and I was looking forward to an Argentinian meal. El Gauchito is a 40yo butcher shop in the Argentinian section of Corona, Queens. After a while the owner added some tables and chairs and later his son broke through to […]
Earlier in the week, rtb posted about two upcoming free concerts. The last few summers I have not seen the many free concerts available to us in NYC and I thought I have to take advantage of at least one this year. What’s Going On: A Marvin Gaye Tribute was a celebration of Gaye’s classic […]
