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Barfly, May 24, 2001
DebL
Opening: Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin’ alive! Saturday Night Fever the musical opens this Tuesday, May 29 and shakes its booty through Sunday, June 24 at the Shubert Theatre, LA. Call 800.447.7400 for ticket info; Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel at the Civic Light Opera, RB opens this Wednesday, May 30 and runs through Sunday, June 17. Call 372.4477 for ticket info. Special Performance: Gladys Knight stars in the Broadway smash Smokey Joe’s Café at the Wilshire Theatre, Beverly Hills for eight performances only, this Tuesday, May 29 through Sunday, June 3. Call 213.365.3500 quickly for ticket info. Bam-Shooka-Bam-Bam: Head over to the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, San Pedro for the Grunion Run this Friday, May 25 and watch those little buggers get it on. Now Open: Cupid Hotdogs, Rolling Hills Plaza, Torrance, the sister store to the San Fernando Valley location established in 1946. On Tap: Brewworks, Eleventh Street, HB just off Hermosa Ave, "Brew-Your-Own" facility now offers a selection of lagers and ales at the brewery tap room. Four 8-ounce sample brews for $5…
Longer Week-end: Ein Stein’s, Pier Ave, HB just keeps pushing back the week-end. First it was a dance club Fridays and Saturdays, then DJ Armando started promoting Thursday nights and now Trey and Silent Dave in association with Funk That Productions are promoting Wednesday nights. No cover from 9pm-1am, DJ MC Tazz spinning Hip-Hop, R&B, Rap, and "Rare Grooves," $2 house pints, $3 well drinks, $2 polar shots, $5 well martinis — who drinks well alcohol? I guess Sunday, Monday and Tuesday is the week-end away from the week-end…
Here We Go Again: This Memorial Day Week-end Saturday, May 26 through Monday, May 28, enjoy or abhor the 26th Annual Fiesta Hermosa, Downtown HB, the temporary annihilation of our sleepy little beach town, overrun from 10am-6pm daily with visitors, arts and crafts vendors, kiddie games for the kiddies, live entertainment, beer garden thank-you-very-much, and food. Free admission, free parking, if you can find any, and free continuous shuttle service, 7:30am-7:30pm from Mira Costa High on Artesia and Peck, MB and a TRW parking lot at Manhattan Beach Boulevard and Doolittle, RB. The event is sponsored by the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce. I’ll be happy when it’s over…
Goodbye Party: Well sort of — I just needed a tag line actually. This Sunday night, May 27 at Ein Stein’s, Pier Ave, HB, join Berry Bly from Soul Shaker, Jeffrey Buscher from VIPmodel.com and Steve Fowler formerly of Sunsets/Beaches, Harry O’s, The Firm, etc for a party on Bly’s last night in town before moving to Virginia. The festivities start at 9pm with a DJ spinning Hip-Hop, R&B and House. No cover. Go say goodbye to one of our local band faves…
The Other Side Of The Table: Reactions to my "Tipping" comments in
the April 12 column varied from cheers from service industry folk to jeers from
patrons with complaints of the high incidence of poor service here in the South
Bay and what should they do if not under tip. My answer to that is this: should
you suffer through a meal due to poor service, the best thing to do is to tip
adequately (no less than 15 percent), and then complain (with specifics), to
the owner/manager. In saying that, should you complain and then the server/owner/manager
and then they look at the bill and see you left five or ten percent, guess where
your comments will go? That’s right — in one ear and out the other
as you are probably just a miserable person anyway. On the other hand, when
you leave the proper tip and then complain you seem more credible and the server/owner/manager
will be more apt to take your comments to heart.
(Remember that the word "TIPS" comes from the acronym, "To Insure
Promptness of Service.") My mom always taught me to "keep my side
of the street clean." If you do that, karma should bring the rest back
to you…
Sports: This week-end and the upcoming week should prove exciting for round-ball fans with games just about everyday starting tonight, Thursday, May 24 with game two of the East Finals, Milwaukee at Philly, 5:30pm, tomorrow, Friday, May 25, game three of the West Finals, San Antonio at the Lakers, 6pm and continuing everyday alternating conferences through next Wednesday, May 30 game sevens if necessary. In hockey, Lemieux, which translates from French to "The Best," couldn’t get his Penguins past the Devils. New Jersey will attempt to repeat Stanley Cup victories beginning this Saturday, May 26 at 5pm against the Colorado Avalanche…
Questions? Comments? Contact DebL at BarflyDebL@aol.com