Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (40403)	3/30/1999 10:16:00 AM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

>Johannes--- I have begun to discuss our spring/summer trip to New York with my wife, and I wanted to ask you if you had ever gone to Little Odessa (Brighton Beach) to check out the Russian enclave. If so, was it worth the trip, in your opinion?< Well. I do not want to offend anyone, but I thought it just a bunch of Russians with a lot of junk to sell. The food was interesting, but I can't say I was able to find an all-time favorite dish there. I've never enjoyed vodka, which to me tastes remarkably similar to Isopropyl alcohol (I honestly have never tasted Isopropyl alcohol, but its smell is all I need to make the vodka connection). I do not like the beach areas of New York, particularly Coney Island and Brighton Beach. All in all it's not my kind of place, but were I visiting New York City for a good stretch of time I would visit Little Odessa anyway. On the other hand were I visiting for only a few days or a week, I would skip the Russians without a second's thought. Too many very appealing things to do elsewhere. Now having said all this, I would like to completely erase it by saying that where you go is in many ways irrelevant. I visited Little Odessa with my wife and had a pure blast. >I will be in Manhattan in April as a chaperone for my son's high school chorus. Get this-- somehow they have arranged that a couple of the singing and instrumental groups will perform in Avery Fisher Hall! Lincoln Center must be desperate for revenue....but it is nice for the kids :-)....< I think it a fabulous idea. I don't think the Lincoln Centre is desperate at all. Groups have performed there that were not exactly critically acclaimed, shall we say. You likely will find the same thing occurring with your Kennedy Centre. I think it is part of an effort to make these venues (as well as the segments of the arts that typically use them) more accessible. I hope you have a good visit.