American Traveler

John Leguizamo does it again with his electric one-man show at the Lyceum. For more than 2 hours he prances, dances, and rules the stage, holding the audience totally rapt with his funny, exuberant, poignant stories. He even throws in a hilarious Al Pacino impression. IN rat-tat-tat style he chronicles the ups and downs of his career and personal life. I didn’t cry, but i laughed out loud at his family portrayals. What energy! What smarts! Go see it before it closes in July.

P1010146, a photo by wjsvt on Flickr.

Looming over the landscape like an otherworldly spaceship, this dome, designed by Fuller also stops traffic in the midst of this lush garden populated by works of art by Yoko Ono, Chihuly, Roy Lichtenstein, and many more. Fuller’s plan was to fit the dome out as a residence and have someone live their for a year and document the experience, by local zoning lawns blocked the project.

110416-morgado-132, a photo by wjsvt on Flickr.

The 21 Club in NYC did a fantastic job of hosting our wedding. They gave us a separate room (the Remington) for our ceremony and put us in the Jack room for dinner. The food was great from the shrimp appetizer to the beef short ribs and salmon.

We enjoyed the white chocolate mousse and the tiramasu at La Petite Maison.

Had a wonderful dinner at the elegant La Petite Maison on 54th St. in NYC last night.

The service was impeccable; the room was elegant and the food was delicious.

We started with  squash blossom beignet and tuna carpaccio.

For entrees we had broiled jumbo shrimp and branzino with artichokes and mushroom.

Everything was fabulous.

Went to Circle on the Square the other night to see Lombardi. What a great show! Don’t need to know anything about football or care about sports in teh least to enjoy. Just ask Lauren Ezersky! Magic Johnson sat right across the aisle from us and told me he really enjoyed the show. Dinner first at this great downstairs japanese place on 49th St. I think it’s just called Sake Bar. Lauren had her usual: eggplant with miso paste.

Lauren is ready to dig in to her tuna salad nicoise at Pastis on Sunday morning.

Does Love Live Forever when the Lover is Not Alive?

Last 2 Shows!

Friday, Jan 21 and Sat Jan 22 will be the final two shows of Over My Dead Booty! at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre, 303 W. 42nd St., NY, NY. Call 646-329-6588 for Reservations.

Don’t Miss It!!!

What $16 Gets You at Rowdy Hall

I’m thinking that Rowdy Hall’s half an acorn squash stuffed with spinach is a bit pricey at 16 bucks. Agree?

Next stop: Nick and Toni’s.

New Year’s Eve 2010: Early dinner at Nick and Toni’s. Started with cocktails, of course. A hot pepper infused vodka martini for Lauren and for me, a Rosemary’s Baby—organic gin with homemade limoncello and rosemary. Delicious! Lauren had a wild mushroom and frisee salad which she loved. I chose the warm cauliflower salad which blew me away. Cauliflower was al dente and perfectly cooked. They snuck some bacon in there too. Main course, whole branzio stuffed with citrus for her. Osso Bucco for me. Lauren finished hers down to the eyeballs. Me? I couldn’t get through mine. Too much moist tender, delicious meat.

Reasons why this hotel is so inexpensive

As much as we enjoyed our Thanksgiving stay at the Gideon Putnam, we couldn’t couldn’t resist the $75 a night rate at the downtown Hilton in Saratoga. Really, how could you pass it up? The place, attached to the under-construction City Center is huge. The lobby is refined, large… and empty. There’s no restaurant, bar, coffee shop, just the front desk and a small gift shop. Room service is provided by the Old Bryan Inn, across the parking lot. You can get a cup of coffee in the gift shop. On our first visit they nice lady behind the counter told us that they serve “delicious breakfast sandwiches in the morning.” We had a gift basket of muffins, so i eschewed the delicious sandwiches the first day and the second. The third i decided to give them a try. but when i arrived i didn’t see any sandwiches so i decided on a banana and a coffee instead. Charge? $5.00. What?! How much is the banana? $2.50. Well, needless to say, i made the poor fellow behind the counter refund the charge and left him with the banana.

The final morning i decided i wasn’t going to leave without enjoying one of their delicious breakfast sandwiches, so around 10:00 i meandered down and asked for one at the gift shop. Easy, the counter lady pulled a box of Weight Watchers Smart Ones frozen breakfast sandwiches from teh freezer and popped one in the microwave. Voila! I took one bite and tossed it in the trash.

But the room was nice. The pool water temperature was 86 degrees. And parking was free.

We had a fabulous make-up dinner at the Half-King on 23rd St. in Chelsea, NYC. Comfly dining room cum gallery that serves upscale pub food. Sure, you can get your Kobe Burger and onion rings (They are great!) and guacamole, but the menu goes much deeper. We were blown away by one of the specials, Jalapeno Turkey meatloaf with mushroom gravy. Two thick and moist slices of meatloaf on a heap of mashed potatoes. Yum! Also good: beet and artichoke salad, baby spinach and shrimp salad, bean soup, and finally… caramel apple pie. We’ll be back!