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Ok, now you are killing me. Where is this place?
Regards to all,
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I am having lunch at Musso & Frank's
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6667 Hollywood blvd. across the street from the Egyptian theater.
This is Bogie & Becall's old hang out.
6667 Hollywood blvd. across the street from the Egyptian theater.
This is Bogie & Becall's old hang out.
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Aha! Now I am embarassed I did not know. [huh] Gee, to think, I am only 500 miles north of you. 
Order me an Old Fashioned and spin the computer around the room so I can see everything.
Do they have pictures and memorabilia?
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Order me an Old Fashioned and spin the computer around the room so I can see everything.
Do they have pictures and memorabilia?
Regards to all,
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No....but I have pictures of them....and several other stars of the era there.
No....but I have pictures of them....and several other stars of the era there.
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I have never heard of it, what kind of resterant is it, what's the best dish etc? I will put it on a list of places to go to when I am on the west coast.
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MK said:
Except Bogie didn't have a laptop or a Blackberry, right?
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It is the oldest restaurant in LA. They opened in 1919. They serve hearty food and the waiters are my father's age. Leather booths, dark woods and hat racks everywhere. My kind of joint.
It is the oldest restaurant in LA. They opened in 1919. They serve hearty food and the waiters are my father's age. Leather booths, dark woods and hat racks everywhere. My kind of joint.
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Sounds like my type of place too.
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Canadave said:Except Bogie didn't have a laptop or a Blackberry, right?
David
Found out MK uses a Hewlett Packard PDA, not a Blackberry. I made that assumption too.
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HP 6315 to be exact. One the smartest purchases I have made in a long time. It is my internet, phone, database and I can even show pictures of my kids. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are iceing (sp?) on the cake.
.......now...to get back on topic,.......the waiter hooked my up with several drink napkins and a menu.
He received a nice tip.
HP 6315 to be exact. One the smartest purchases I have made in a long time. It is my internet, phone, database and I can even show pictures of my kids. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are iceing (sp?) on the cake.
.......now...to get back on topic,.......the waiter hooked my up with several drink napkins and a menu.
He received a nice tip.
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Obviously, you're happy with the web-browsing?
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Obviously, you're happy with the web-browsing?
David
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If only someone would build those PDAs to look like a vintage cigarette case !
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Given the choice I still prefer my desktop, but when away from the home or office it is great. T-Mobile uses the GSM system. I notice a big difference from the signal in LA opposed to up here. LA service for GSM is still not as great as in the Portland area. My guess is that there are so many cell sites in LA it is taking a lot longer for them to update them.
Given the choice I still prefer my desktop, but when away from the home or office it is great. T-Mobile uses the GSM system. I notice a big difference from the signal in LA opposed to up here. LA service for GSM is still not as great as in the Portland area. My guess is that there are so many cell sites in LA it is taking a lot longer for them to update them.
I'm glad to see Musso fans here...and I hope your lunch was good! I had my first LA dinner there in '82. My aunt and uncle live up the hill a mile and are regulars. What a classy place! A real American restaurant. So few left, I fear. (A list is in order!) I really enjoy strolling down for a nightcap when I'm out visiting. I saw Mickey Rooney using the back phone booth there about 15 years ago, I think.
My imagination and bad memory loads that place with many of the old greats who were in Hollywood or visited: Faulkner, Hammett, Chandler, Hemingway even.
I also really like the atmosphere (and live piano and singing) at Miceli's just a few blocks away. Also period correct!
Phillipe's sandwiches downtown...oh yeah (they invented the hot-dip...sawdust on the floor). And Canter's and Langers delis. Cat & Fiddle even. Noodle counters in Little Tokyo. You folks are lucky!
The last time I walked by Musso's I can't tell if I bumped into someone with class or what. I'm from Michigan and, well, am not always up to speed. I was peeking in Musso's window on my way to Miceli's when a well-dressed fellow going in said "When you're ready, come on in for a drink." I thought it was a nice, civil thing to say, like I don't hear in our suburbs.
The jazz clubs of LA are where it's at. Or were. And I mean Burbank, actually. I'm thinking there are only one or two of the oldies left and the young owner of the one I visited last year (Money Tree? China Trader? There was a third, too...) seemed to have other "bright idea" plans for the place, including a new name! Ugh! When I was young I appreciated the fact that they were no-cover. And also featured the best music in town. What a combo! A great date idea. I used to really enjoy Simply Blues in the mid-80's on the 30th floor of a bank on the corner of Sunset and Vine. What a view!
My imagination and bad memory loads that place with many of the old greats who were in Hollywood or visited: Faulkner, Hammett, Chandler, Hemingway even.
I also really like the atmosphere (and live piano and singing) at Miceli's just a few blocks away. Also period correct!
Phillipe's sandwiches downtown...oh yeah (they invented the hot-dip...sawdust on the floor). And Canter's and Langers delis. Cat & Fiddle even. Noodle counters in Little Tokyo. You folks are lucky!
The last time I walked by Musso's I can't tell if I bumped into someone with class or what. I'm from Michigan and, well, am not always up to speed. I was peeking in Musso's window on my way to Miceli's when a well-dressed fellow going in said "When you're ready, come on in for a drink." I thought it was a nice, civil thing to say, like I don't hear in our suburbs.
The jazz clubs of LA are where it's at. Or were. And I mean Burbank, actually. I'm thinking there are only one or two of the oldies left and the young owner of the one I visited last year (Money Tree? China Trader? There was a third, too...) seemed to have other "bright idea" plans for the place, including a new name! Ugh! When I was young I appreciated the fact that they were no-cover. And also featured the best music in town. What a combo! A great date idea. I used to really enjoy Simply Blues in the mid-80's on the 30th floor of a bank on the corner of Sunset and Vine. What a view!
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Musso & Frank is one of the joints that makes this town tolerable. Its history, its ambiance, its vinegrette! You can pop in and get anything from a lovely prime rib to a hot, comforting dish of mac and cheese! It's old school Hollywood, only blocks from Raymond Chandler Square (in actuality, just the intersection of Hlywd. Blvd. and Cahuenga). It's up there with other aforementioned eateries AND The Pacific Dining Car, The Formosa Cafe and the Tam O'Shanter over in Los Feliz. Oh, and forgive me, The Pantry down on 9th and Fig. Wolfgang can kiss my...
Oh, and JeffOYB, the Money Tree has closed, again. And changed hands, again. I don't know if it will open with Jazz again, but I sure hope so - I live two minutes from there - and I have some friends that used to gig there all the time.
Oh, and JeffOYB, the Money Tree has closed, again. And changed hands, again. I don't know if it will open with Jazz again, but I sure hope so - I live two minutes from there - and I have some friends that used to gig there all the time.
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...you can hang your hat there!
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LA is such a noir place.
But almost everyone I talk to who hasted there does the lame parroting of "nothing to do" "too much traffic" "just visited the relatives and got out." Their loss!
The whole place has seemed classic vintage to me from day one.
I've only rarely participated in the "kiddy world" that it also offers. I've been to one show at Whisky a-go-go.
But...Mulholland Drive? The Hollywood Bowl? The reservoir in the hills? The observatory? Griffith park? Topanga canyon? The canyon park? The frickin' San Juaquin valley says "Jack Nicholson...it's all about the water" to me. The good restaurants seem pretty noir, but I've heard there are mighty fine members of a new breed popping up...I wouldn't know, though. Great newstands that stay open late into the noir night.
What's more...I lived on an old wood sailboat in LA Harbor among winos and oil refineries, but also in Marina del Rey...and sailed to Catalina often. My my, if it was good enough for Natalie Wood, it's good enough for me!
I worked for an archery magazine in San Clemente in the early 80's then drove up to LA on weekends to visit my relatives. The traffic jams were noir then, all right, but they're the only ones I've had to suffer in years. Real pros don't do traffic in LA, do they? My archery hero made B&W talkies: Howard Hill. The stuntman for Robin Hood. Pal of Erroll Flynn. Frequenters of...Catalina Island!
My relatives had a syndicated columnist living in a nice apt below their bungalow in the Hills. He had polio and drove the same black Mercedes for decades. He wrote on a manual typewriter. The studios sent scuttling couriers to him daily. I'd have a drink in the evening on their veranda overlooking the Blvd and hear his typewriter going. Then I'd stroll down to the corner of the Blvd and Cahuenga...I just learned that's Raymond Chandler Square, eh?
I mean, it's all noir!
But almost everyone I talk to who hasted there does the lame parroting of "nothing to do" "too much traffic" "just visited the relatives and got out." Their loss!
The whole place has seemed classic vintage to me from day one.
I've only rarely participated in the "kiddy world" that it also offers. I've been to one show at Whisky a-go-go.
But...Mulholland Drive? The Hollywood Bowl? The reservoir in the hills? The observatory? Griffith park? Topanga canyon? The canyon park? The frickin' San Juaquin valley says "Jack Nicholson...it's all about the water" to me. The good restaurants seem pretty noir, but I've heard there are mighty fine members of a new breed popping up...I wouldn't know, though. Great newstands that stay open late into the noir night.
What's more...I lived on an old wood sailboat in LA Harbor among winos and oil refineries, but also in Marina del Rey...and sailed to Catalina often. My my, if it was good enough for Natalie Wood, it's good enough for me!
I worked for an archery magazine in San Clemente in the early 80's then drove up to LA on weekends to visit my relatives. The traffic jams were noir then, all right, but they're the only ones I've had to suffer in years. Real pros don't do traffic in LA, do they? My archery hero made B&W talkies: Howard Hill. The stuntman for Robin Hood. Pal of Erroll Flynn. Frequenters of...Catalina Island!
My relatives had a syndicated columnist living in a nice apt below their bungalow in the Hills. He had polio and drove the same black Mercedes for decades. He wrote on a manual typewriter. The studios sent scuttling couriers to him daily. I'd have a drink in the evening on their veranda overlooking the Blvd and hear his typewriter going. Then I'd stroll down to the corner of the Blvd and Cahuenga...I just learned that's Raymond Chandler Square, eh?
I mean, it's all noir!
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