a Full plate in NYC

8-07-2010 Sat. warm, sunny


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- ( from McDonald's ) coffee | hash brown
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- (at Luke's) Maine lobster rolls | New England calm chowder
BEFORE-THEATER DINNER --- (at K.P. Korean restaurant) Bibimbap ( sizzling stone bowl of rice, vegetables and grilled octopus ) | stir-fried sweet potato noddles | boiled spinach with sesame dressing | beer

Luke's Maine Lobster Roll

bibimbap, glass noddles, spinach

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Bruce Nauman: Days at MOMA

Mark Morris' at Lincoln Center

"Little Night Music" violin recital Isabelle Faust
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center

• Luke's is a relatively new hot spot in Manhattan, serving fresh Maine lobster rolls and other shell fish food in Maine tradition.

• Alastair Macaulay of NY Times writes: "L'Allegro, il penseroso ed il Moderato", Mark Morris' full-evening Handel-oratorio dance, made me quote Schumann's line about Chopin: “Hats off, gentlemen, a genius.”