"Michael Odom" > wrote in message
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> We did tonight, anyway. I had to take some notes and start work on a
> short piece I have to write on a painting show in the city this
> afternoon, and we had an art benefit for an ailing friend this evening
> in another gallery. In between the two, D and I killed some time
> picking up blood oranges and gorgonzola and good oatmael at Central
> Market. Next we quaffed some wine at Cafe Express (merlot for me and
> a kooky Aussie shiraz for D) -- admittedly not a wine destination, but
> it's usually okay for the likes of us. And it was so tonight.
>
> We decided to eat at the Stonleigh P. For ya'll who live where it's
> colder than here, and for ya'll who live in Old Europe and Oz and
> other such foreign lands, the Stonleigh P is a bar and grill across
> Maple Ave. from the Stonleigh Hotel. The P was once the Stoneleigh
> Pharmacy, but part of the neon sign burned out ages ago. Basically
> the "harmacy" left the Pharmacy, and we were left with a "P" about the
> time it was converted from a drug store to an eatery-***-bar back when
> Nixon was on everybody's mind and Vietnam wasn't a cuisine option but
> a quagmire in the making. They have a seriously cool juke box and
> good burgers. http://www.stoneleighp.com/
>
> D is doing South Beach with good success, so she had a cup of Xotillo
> soup (sans rice) and a spinach salad with a delicious Creole mustard
> vinaigrette. I went for the trusty Rancho Delux burger: 1/2 lb of
> ground beef on a ciabatta roll with onion, tomato and a fine chipotle
> mayonnaise.
>
> It was fine. Really fine. And the waitress was cute, too. I was
> full enough when we left for the gallery that I didn't snack on any of
> the munchies there.
>
>
> modom
>
> "Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
> -- Jimmie Dale Gilmore