PRIMOLA
Dateline Nueva York:
We just got back in from seeing Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (with the wonderful Frances McDormand as the title character and Amy Adams as Amy Adams), which was as delightfully insubstantial as a successful soufflé - and thanks to jmhm for the recommendation.
This was followed by dinner at Primola, a very decent Italian restaurant on 2nd Ave. Sitting at the next table was Barbara Walters and what, at first, appeared to be a table full of corpses. On second glance, the cadavers turned out to include John Updike, Liz Smith, Sumner Redstone, and several others who looked familiar, but whom we couldn't place. The again, how many people would recognize Updike (or even, sadly, know who he is). Sean wanted desperately to trip Redstone on his way out, thereby becoming something of a folk hero, but unfortunately he was out smoking a cigarette as the party was preparing to leave.
Whatever, Primola does a decent Pasta Fagioli, an excellent Veal Scallopine al Limone e Capperi (if a little heavy on the capers) and The. Best. Crème. Brûlée. that I have ever tasted.
Anyway, we're headed to the Jasper Johns exhibit at the Met in the morning, lunch at Patsy's (more decent Italian), then back to Pennsylvania for the foreseeable future. :( Yeah, well - it's been a pleasant enough couple of weeks on the road. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to post a few pics when I'm settled back in to Mennonite Country.
We just got back in from seeing Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (with the wonderful Frances McDormand as the title character and Amy Adams as Amy Adams), which was as delightfully insubstantial as a successful soufflé - and thanks to jmhm for the recommendation.
This was followed by dinner at Primola, a very decent Italian restaurant on 2nd Ave. Sitting at the next table was Barbara Walters and what, at first, appeared to be a table full of corpses. On second glance, the cadavers turned out to include John Updike, Liz Smith, Sumner Redstone, and several others who looked familiar, but whom we couldn't place. The again, how many people would recognize Updike (or even, sadly, know who he is). Sean wanted desperately to trip Redstone on his way out, thereby becoming something of a folk hero, but unfortunately he was out smoking a cigarette as the party was preparing to leave.
Whatever, Primola does a decent Pasta Fagioli, an excellent Veal Scallopine al Limone e Capperi (if a little heavy on the capers) and The. Best. Crème. Brûlée. that I have ever tasted.
Anyway, we're headed to the Jasper Johns exhibit at the Met in the morning, lunch at Patsy's (more decent Italian), then back to Pennsylvania for the foreseeable future. :( Yeah, well - it's been a pleasant enough couple of weeks on the road. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to post a few pics when I'm settled back in to Mennonite Country.