Sunday, February 9, 2014

BEATLES ED SULLIVAN 50 YEARS






THE BEATLES
On THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW
NEW YORK, NY
February 9, 1964



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BEATLES 50th ANNIVERSARY
of
ED SULLIVAN
APPEARANCE



It was 50 Years Ago Today ! "No Seargent Pepper didn't teach the Band to play .. Well not yet anyway. That came a few years later .. 50 years ago today the Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show for one of, if not the greatest moments in Rock-N-Roll History .. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison, The Fab Four as they later came to be called, were a sensation in England and Euorope when 







Sunday, February 2, 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman Rest in Peace

FAREWELL TO A GREAT ACTOR
And
I'm Sure a Nice Human Being





Philip Seymour Hoffman

1967 - 2014

R.I.P.




As "BRANDT"

In The BIG LEBOWSKI

"A lovely woman . We're all very fond of her."




THE BIG LEBOWSKI


The DUDE To BRANDT (Philip Seymour Hoffman)
"He thinks Carpet Pissers did this" ?



BOOGIE NIGHTS


As SCOTTY
with MARK WALHBERG & JOHN C. RIELLEY





HOFFMAN In His OSCAR WINNING PERFORMANCE
as TRUMAN CAPOTE
In
CAPOTE





At His Favorite Italian Restaurant
in GREENWICH VILLAGE
BAR PITTI




Very sad on this Super Bowl Sunday, to lose Philip Seymour Hoffman. He was a phenominal actor, but more important, I'm certain he was a nice human being .. It's sad that he was not able to ocercome drugs ..
Hoffman was one of the greatest actors of his time and a favorite of mine .. He talent and range were incrediable .. I see some great actors turn in lots of great performances but often some great actors play almost the smae similar rolls .. Not the case with Hoffman, who as I observed myself over the years that most of his rolls were very different and he was able to portray different varied charactors and personalities with great aplomb .. Take for examples hsi rolls as Scotty in Boogie Nights, the smug kid in Scent of a Woman, Brandt in the Big Lebowski opposite Jeff Bridges and John Goodman, and his Oscar Winning performance for Best Actor portraying Truman Capote in Capote .. Hoffman was always marvelous, witness his roll in Charlie Wilson War, Pirate Radio, and Before The Devil Knows You're Dead ...

I saw Philip around the neighborhood on occasion in my local cafe, at Bar Pitti, adn walking the streets of our beloved Greenwich Village ..
 I had a nice little encounter with Phillip once. I walaking into my local cafe and philip was walking out with a coffee .. I just told him that I loved his work, and he  nodded and sincerely thanked me .. And I do beleive it was sincere, that it was just a little brief complement that he did appreciate, he was on his way, and I was on mine, and happy that I got the oportunity to just let a great artist know how i enjoyed his work and the artistry in it, and that all. 
Philip Seymour Hofaman,  "Rest in Peace" sorry you left us too soon ....





Sunday, January 19, 2014

Rocco's Milady's Caffe Dante & Joe's Dairy Closed





















The OLD ROCCO'S SIGN

The traditional Italian restaurant Rocco in Greenwich Village has closed due to “greedy landlords,” as Rocco’s owner Antonio DaSilva says on the now-defunct restaurant’s voice greeting.



THE OLD ROCCO'S SIGN

"Yes the Old Sign with CARBONE Superimposed
Over ROCCO


GREENWICH VILLAGES LOSES CHERISHED CAFFE RESTAURANT BAR 
            and BAKERY (Vesuvio's)


First it was Rocco's a couple years ago. Rocco's Restaurant on Thompson Street was just one of few surving Old-School Italian Red-Sauce Restaurants left in New York's Greenwich Village .. As per usual with greedy-landlords and insane skyrocketing rental priced, the rent on Rocco's was jacked-up by another "Greedy Landlord" and Rocco's was "pushed out of business" and forced to shut its doors after almost 90 years in busines (Since 1922).

Milady's, one of the last remaining old-school neighborhood bar was forced out of business by "greedy landlords" and served their last Beer to sad and loyal customers on Sunday, Juanuary 12, 2014 ...

The beloved classic Italian Caffe, "CAFFE DANTE" Closed on Sunday, January 19, 2014
"What is this World Coming to?"


Reported From The VILLAGER   ........ January 19, 2012



In November of last year, the New York City restaurant blog Eater reported that the traditional home-style dining spot’s lease was up at the end of 2011. And to renew that lease the landlord was asking for $18,000 a month — a $10,000 monthly increase from what DaSilva traditionally paid.
Assuming the lease are young up-and-comers Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi, both chefs belonging to the Torrisi Italian Specialties team. Together with partner Jeff Zalaznick, the group operates a mini-chain of restaurants with two spots in Little Italy and a stand at Yankee Stadium.
Word is the Torrisi team struck a deal with Rocco restaurant’s landlord and then slyly advertised the restaurant takeover in a 16-second video on their Web site.
“It’s pretty bad and it’s a shame,” said Ralph Redillo, the superintendent of the restaurant’s building. “A lot of outsiders came into the neighborhood just for Rocco’s.”

Pat Gombos, a neighborhood regular of Rocco's says, “Great prices, great food and great atmosphere,  I’ll totally miss it.”








"La TAVOLA" Is GREENWICH VILLAGE ITALIAN




New York And The Three Dollar PBR






Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer



New York and the $3.00 PBR, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer has been a God-Send to many New Yorker's. As you all know, the US Economy has been in the Shitter for the past 3-Half years or so.
Many people are out of work, and many who are working are taking home Half-as-Much Money or less of what they used to make. People have had to buckle down and give up and curb many things they previously enjoyed .  In the current state of our economy, which is and has been an almost a Depression Era state.
Yes, "they" say  that we are not in a Depression, we're in a recession. To many, the state of our Union and their feelings are of Depression. So, because of the Terrible State of our Economy you have given up eating out 3 times a week, you buy less clothes, spend less on Entertainment and any number of things you extravagantly spent money on previously. Now, whatever you have, you want to hold on to. You haven't had a vacation in the past two or 3 years, maybe more. You given up a lot. We all have.
Now when it comes to socializing, going out for a few Beers or Cocktails with friends, you've had to cut back on that too. But hey, you gotta draw a line somewhere, and everyone is entitled to a few drinks to unwind every now and then. If you live in  the great city of New York this can be a costly undertaking, especially in this day and age. And of all times, to be having a Boom of $14.00  drinks and cocktails that cost 16 and $17 and more, "it's Ludicrous!"  What is a Poor Working Guy or Working Girl to do??? Well Boys and Girls, let's Thank God for that great thing of wonder and the Bars and establishments who so graciously and kindly serve it, The $3.00 PBR .. That's right, a $3.oo Beer in The Land of The Over-Priced $16.00 Cocktail, Manhattan, New York, NY..... It's quite Sad, Greedy too.

   Yes, Thank God and let's thank the Kind-Hearted proprietors who serve $3.00 PBR'S or any Beer for just $3 or $4 in a New York Bar. You are doing your fellow man a public service and we thank you for that. Whoever you are, you are to be commended, and Shame-On-You, all those places that serve $14 PLUS Cocktails. "RIP-OFF" !!! Wish the masses would Boycott these places and patronize places like Blue & Gold Bar and 7B, and all place who have a heart and give a break to "the working-man," the bars that serve 3 and 4 Dollar Beers. It's great to go to a place like Blue and Gold Bar on East 7th Street and know that you can have 3 or 4 Beers for just $12 to $16, accounting for a Buck a Pop for the Barkeep. Three beers for $12.00 includung tipping the hard working bartender, now that's pretty good. I have had the best times hanging at Blue & Gold with some friends. You sit at the Bar or get into a nice comfy booth, drink your Beers ($3 PBR'S), relax, listen to the Music, Chit Chat, and just enjoy, and it's not going to cost you The Shirt Off Your Back, $12 for 3 PBR's, now that you can afford, and you probably can afford to do that 2 or three times a week.
    Yes, you can have 4 Beers, tip included for the price of 1 "Rip-Off Cocktail," at one of those Clip-Joints. And if you are Dumb enough to have four drinks in one of those places, guess what it's going to cost you? About $75 my friend.

   Well, do the Math, and if you can afford $75 for only 4 drinks, God Bless You. And if you can't, you've got an alternative. Right, your local $3.00 PBR Joint, and that my friends is a a God-Send.



Daniel Bellino-Zwicke







MCSORLEY'S OLD ALE HOUSE

SINCE 1854





                                                                               
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

25 RECIPES YOU SHOULD KNOW BATALI



25 DISHES YOU SHOULD KNOW
Click Links For Dishes





3.  ROAST POTATOES





7.  CHILI



10.  GUACAMOLE

11.  RAMEN

12.  CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES 


14.  MEATLOAF

15.  FRITTATA







22. PANCAKES

23.  PORK CHOPS


25.  CHEESECAKE





LEARN How to COOK
The Perfect STEAK
The PERFECT BURGER
BUFFALO WINGS
CHILI
GUACAMOLE 
And Other GREAT RECIPES
In
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The DUDES
BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK