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No Recession Here!


Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House is not a restaurant we’d usually go to.  We’re not huge meat eaters and opt for more eclectic menus.  But we were there last night and here’s the reason why:  my very dear friend who shall remain nameless was at Del Frisco’s last week and impersonated me and 2 at the bar.  Okay, very funny!  But, on Tuesday I received a note from her waitress thanking me for dining at Del Frisco’s and to please come back!  So, we had to go.  My 2 at the Bar reputation was at stake!  Well, try and make a reservation for Saturday night.  Impossible.  We decided to have an early bird dinner and hopefully nab 2 seats at the bar at 5:30P which we did but not without a little wait. Continue reading “No Recession Here!”

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Levon Helm…R.I.P

I thought I’d share this with you.  It’s an excerpt from my blog about our road trip to Woodstock last summer and going to Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble for the second time.  We were so blown away the first time we saw the Midnight Ramble, we had to do it again and I’m so happy we did!

Now it’s time for the Levon Helm Midnight Ramble.  The Ramble is held at Levon’s home in a studio attached to his house and is known as THE place to hear not only Levon’s band but surprise guests.  Tonight, Ray Wylie Hubbard is the guest.  He’s one of the Austin, Texas legends.  He’s a scruffy, gruff, singer songwriter storyteller that you can listen to all night long.  After Ray, Levon’s band of 12 appears nonchalantly on stage.  5 horns including sax, trombone, tuba, and trumpet, Brian Mitchell (Google him) on keyboards, 2 female singers, Theresa Campbell and Levon’s daughter, Amy and Larry Campbell as lead guitar and frontman.  Larry is well-known.  He’s played with Bob Dylan for many years and others too numerous to count.  It’s an intimate setting, acoustically perfect and accommodates only about 250 people.

It’s a dream night if you love music.  The set list is mixed with something for everyone and of course songs from The Band.  Levon’s voice is not well enough for him to sing but his spirit and drumming leads the band.  His smile lights up the room and everyone is so happy to see him!

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Red Sauce and Rocky Road

It ‘s hard to even blog about this one.  I’m not sure why we decided to go to East Boston.  We felt like some good old red sauce Italian and D’Parma’s is supposed to be good, gets solid reviews and we could make a reservation on Open Table.  I emphasize “supposed to be”.  Our friends are up for anything so into Boston and through the tunnel we went to East Boston.   Continue reading “Red Sauce and Rocky Road”

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A Movie and Abigail’s

Yesterday afternoon we saw Jiro Dreams of Sushi, a documentary about Jiro Ono the owner of  Sukiyabashi a sushi only restaurant universally regarded as the best sushi restaurant in the world.  The restaurant, inconspicuously located in a Tokyo subway station, has only 10 seats and a dinner there costs a minimum of $350 per person.  People come from around the globe and call months in advance for reservations.  Jiro who is 85 years old has no signs of slowing down.  It was a fascinating movie and we will never look at sushi in the same way. Continue reading “A Movie and Abigail’s”