Compulsive list-makers, show me what you've got.

[Sugar Smack]

I'm afflicted with the inability to NOT make lists. If I lose a list, I feel completely disorganized. You who can go without; count yourselves lucky. Here are 3 random lists:

Top 10 Foods:

1.Devilled eggs
2.Cold meatloaf sandwiches
3.Crab Rangoon
4.Olivieh in a pita
5.Beef chimichanga at South of the Border
6.My father's corned beef spread
7.Spanakopita at Mariakakis
8.Scrambled eggs & cream cheese on a bagel
9.Spaghetti with butter
10.Havari alongside strawberries

Things to do:

Make bed
Call Dan
Call Dani
Snuggle with Cat

(vacuum eventually)


Ways to tell freepers "shut up":

Keep it precious
Silence is golden
Less is more
Shut your cakehole
Shut your piehole
Shut up
Hush
Silence
Stop talking
Stop sharing
Bag it
Can it
Enough said
Save it
Cool it
Choke on it
Quiet
End of discussion
Hold your fire
Spare me
Give it a rest
Wrap it up
Stifle it
Shush
Fermez la bouche
Put a sock in it
Put a lid on it
Clam up
Go tell it on the mountain
Kill the noise
Say no more
Shut your trap
Keep it a mystery
I don't want to hear it
Are you done?
Gotta run








:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

1. I am in a sea of lists currently

Compulsive list maker here! :hi:

I'm looking at one right now, my life is mapped out on a nearly hourly basis for the next 3 days, sigh...I want my free will back!! :cry:

stupid edumacation, taking up sooooo much time :P

[Sugar Smack]

3. I knew it! I knew there was yet another reason

I loved you! Isn't it odd looking at your life, as you say, "mapped out"? Sincerely beautiful turn of phrase. I had to break back into my office once to retrieve a shopping list and a list of things to do.

Sad. :P

Just one day of unplanned time, but no, I'm a slave to my compulsions!

[bicentennial_baby]

5. hahahaha!

me too! and i know of at least one other DUer who shares our compulsion, although i don't know to what degree...she's definitely a lister though, oh yes. :D

yes, it is odd, and sometimes a bit stressful...i feel like if i break the schedule, it'll all fall apart! :o

but if i didn't make the list in the first place...oh my, i can't even fathom THAT thought :scared:

damned if i do, damned if i don't, hehe :dilemma:

:P

and btw, if i haven't already, congrats on your relationship happiness!! yay! yay! i'm soooo happy for you two, seriously. :hug:

[Sugar Smack]

7. Oh, thank you, my honey!

Things I look for in another:

Sense of humor
Kindness
Ability to listen
Surprises
Being able to cuss like Hunter S Thompson
Smell of skin
Honesty
Intelligence
Humanity

Hehe- who's the other DUer who can't help herself? I think I know. :D

[sniffa]

32. i saw this thread

and just assumed you started it.

:loveya:

[XemaSab]

2. 580

n/t

[Sugar Smack]

4. 580 lists?

compulsions? favorite foods? things to do?

[XemaSab]

13. 580 birds

on my life list :D

[Neil Lisst]

6. I'm a lisst maker, too.

1. get pad
2. get pen
3. start list
4. and so on ...


Every occasion needs a lisst. I can make one on a paper napkin at a restaurant. There will always be lissts with things I haven't gotten done yet.

List, list
everywhere a list
keeping me organized
makin' me pist

he's my illisst lisst, Neil Lisst
http://www.webcomicsnation.com/neillisst/

[Sugar Smack]

8. No way! That's GREAT!

Hey, fellow cartoonist & list-maker! :hi:



This is "Phoebe".

[Left Is Write]

9. I *just* now started on a grocery list for the holidays.

I haven't had a chance to organize the list yet, but here is what I've written down:

coffee (regular and decaf)
mixed nuts for snacking
nuts for baking
Chex, pretzels, and bagel chips
Worcestershire
coconut
flour, sugar, brown sugar
eggs
yeast
dried fruit
egg nog (regular and boozy)
wine, Carolan's, gin
cinnamon
beef roast
ground beef and ground pork
ham
turkey
crackers (Ritz, Club, variety of table water crackers)
dried cranberries
fresh cranberries
apple cider
cranberry juice
potatoes (reds and Yukon Gold plus russets for lefse)
bacon & sausage
evaporated milk
pumpkin
squash
croutons for stuffing
chocolate + other chips for fudge
butter
apples
molasses
green beans
carrots
cream cheese
whipping cream
lingonberry preserves


The list isn't complete yet. When it is, I'll divide it into perishables/non-perishables, then I'll go through the pantry to see what I already have a good stock of, what I need more of, and what I don't have. The non-perishables I'll stock up on a little at a time beforehand.


I also have a list of treats I plan to make - some for the preschool fundraiser, some for parties, some for gifts, and some to keep around here...


Cookies:

white chocolate cranberry
peanut butter cranberry drops
cherry-almond chews
peanut blossoms
molasses crinkles
sugar cookie cutouts
sandbakkelse
spritz
cherry-coconut bars
rugalach
egg nog logs
Russian tea cakes

Fudge:

milk chocolate
semi-sweet chocolate
white chocolate with walnuts


Pie:

pumpkin
pumpkin eggnog
apple
cranberry apple


Those are today's lists.

[Sugar Smack]

11. I LOVE YOU.

Your list made me have to catch my breath. That was one eloquent list. You know, I don't think of myself as being, you know, psychic or anything, but I will swear that you were the first person who came to mind when I started this post.

Not only that, I asked nnns who he thought would respond to such a thread (last night) and he said YOU.

I can practically smell the wonderful things cooking in your kitchen soon.

:pals:

[Left Is Write]

15. That's actually kind of cool!

I wish I could have both you and nnns over here for the holiday parties.

I have more holiday-related lists also. Things to do, gift lists, and so forth.

Lists are wonderful!

[asthmaticeog]

10. Some of mine...

10 Nicknames for Dictators that Utterly Fail to Inspire Fear-Based Respect:

1) Il Scrupulous
2) Cuddles the Surrender Puppy
3) El Malta Goya
4) Der Seinfeldwatcher
5) King No Smo
6) Zeppo
7) Lord High Fancypants
8) Daffy
9) Kenneth Whose Handshake is Unexpectedly Firm for a Poof
10) The Edge



5 things that could be Social Gestures or Organic Herbal Teas:

1) Forgiveness
2) Altrusim
3) Openness
4) Laughter
5) Welcome



6 things guitar store employees have called me that I didn't much care for, no, not one little bit:

1) Buddy
2) Chief
3) Guy
4) Dude
5) Pants
6) Mister



"In Russia" -- the proverbs of Yakov Smirnof

1) In Russia, all work and no play makes Jack a dull YOU!
2) In Russia, a bird in the hand is worth two in the YOU!
3) In Russia, a rolling stone gathers YOU!
4) In Russia, actions speak louder than YOU!
5) In Russia, all that glitters isn't YOU!
6) In Russia, you can't have your cake and eat it YOU!
7) In Russia, there's no use crying over spilt YOU!
8) In Russia, nothing is certain but death and YOU!
9) In Russia, two heads are better than YOU!
10) In Russia, if something's worth doing, it's worth doing YOU!

[SIU_Blue]

12. LOL

2) Cuddles the Surrender Puppy

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Sugar Smack]

14. OMG! Can I nominate that post?

:rofl: Can I do such a thing?

Top 2 asthmaticeog lists:

1) Buddy
2) Chief
3) Guy
4) Dude
5) Pants
6) Mister

4) In Russia, actions speak louder than YOU!

I have some lists of names I have for Bush that I'll shyly present to you:

Cartwheeling Purveyor of Death
Little Lord Scabbychin
Gummo

and dammit, I went to look for that list but I lost it. Thank you for making me laugh. I love your lists.

[asthmaticeog]

17. Little Lord Scabbychin!

:rofl:

NICE!

And thanks for the kind words. :blush:

[Sugar Smack]

19. We can't help it!

God, those are great. And I will tell you, asthmaticeog, that we have such an abundance of material from which to play. It's both thrilling and depressing, right?

:pals:

Oh, yes, I forgot "Captain Vegetable".

[asthmaticeog]

20. Thrilling and depressing - yes.

Thrilling to come up with a ridiculous premise that you can actually work with, depressing when you get to 10 and have to think of something else...

[no name no slogan]

16. Hey Sugar! Here's my to-dos for the next 48 hours

Tonight:

* Talk to Stefania for as long as she stays awake ;)
* Work on new card/present for Stefania :loveya:
* Play with Edgar (the cat)
* Figure out if that cat-shaped lump under the covers is actually Leo, my other cat
* Rip a few more CDs to my iTunes collection, and dump some to my iPod
* Take my pills
* Get coffee maker ready for tomorrow morning

Tomorrow:
* Do a load of laundry
* Restring my electric guitar
* Go through some of my books, look for one I've been meaning to reread
* Figure out why engine light in my car won't turn off
* Vacuum bedroom
* Change cat litter
* Do dishes
* Track down missing New Order CDs

:*

[Sugar Smack]

18. LOL! Guess what?

If I call you, maybe I can undermine your plans!

Here goes:

[bridgit]

21. i got bupkis, Sugar...

:cry:

[Sugar Smack]

23. Lucky, lucky you!

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[bridgit]

30. ee-yup, hubby's the list/time management guy....

makes my life gloriously compendious in many ways :woohoo: :loveya:

[fudge stripe cookays]

22. Oh Good Lord.

You've been spying on me, haven't you?

Anal does not begin to cover my listmaking propensity. When I prepare to go to the grocery store to stock up on reprehensor/fudge foodstuffs, I always organize it by dish.

Here is my Halloween shopping list for tomorrow: (take a deep breath!)

Meringue Bones
12 eggs
3 cups sugar

Petrified Pears
4 cups ruby port
3 cups honey
1 vanilla bean
1 cup raisins
24 Bosc pears

Cranberry Tart
16 oz graham crackers
3 cups sugar
unsalted butter (18 T.)
24 oz fresh cranberries
2/3 cup orange juice
1 orange for zest
8 oz pkg cream cheese
confectioners sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
4 T ground cinnamon

Wild Lice
1-2 cups light cream
Parmesan cheese
fresh parsley

Pumpkin Spice Cake w/Bleeding Choc Glaze
8 t baking powder
unsalted butter (2 cup)
2 t baking soda
2 T ground ginger
5 cups brown sugar
8 large eggs
2 cups buttermilk
Glaze:
2/3 cup heavy cream
2 T honey
10 oz semisweet chocolate

Human Heart
2 3 oz boxes raspberry Jello
2 envelopes gelatin
6 oz canunsweetened evap milk
1/4 cup grenadine
red food coloring

Pina Ghouladas
3 T. corn syrup
1/4 red food coloring
40 oz pineapple juice
1 cup heavy cream
2 cups orange juice
20 oz rum
large squat pitcher with lid

Sparkling Harvest Punch
Equal parts cranberry, apple juice, and club soda (2 cups)
Orange juice (1 1/2 cups)
(one alcoholic, one non-alcoholic)

Mold and mildew Dip
2 boxes artichoke hearts
1 bunch green onions
10 oz frozen spinach
2 cup grated Parmesan
green food coloring

Trail Mix
8 c. popcorn
1/2 c. salted pumpkin seeds
1/2 c. banana chips

Blue Corn tortilla chils
Pace Picante Sauce
Pumpkins and Gourds
Pastry bag

Eerie Eyeballs
1 cup heavy cream
rounded ice trays

1 cabbage
1 fennel bulb
1 head cauliflower

I'm a little nuts about my lists. :crazy:
fsc

[Sugar Smack]

25. I'm going to bow to you, my queen!

*bow, curtsey*

WOW. OK, between you and LIW, I'm speechless! :o :pals:

Can I just say, with my deepest regrets that I won't actually be there, it sounds like the BEST party anyone could cook up! The only thing missing is Krissy & my propensity for molding "foil faces" around the unsober & damned! FSC- Have a freaky, wonderful blast!

[fudge stripe cookays]

29. He he...

Told ya!

Yep, I wish you guys could be here too! I'll post piccies later for your edification, though.

:hi:
fsc

[RetroLounge]

24. I cannot function well without To-Do Lists

Here's mine from this weekend:

1) Wash windows in house
2) Put up Storm Windows
3) Call about the $2500.00 cell phone bill.
4) Go grocery Shopping
5) Put up Halloween decorations
6) Change burnt out light bulbs in hallway
7) Pick up prescriptions
8) Fill gas tank, buy smokes
9) Call mom & dad

RL

[Sugar Smack]

26. Yours looks almost exactly like mine from today-

Thank you, baby, for your list. You had things on there I'd forgot to put down! :D

[RetroLounge]

27. I hope your cell bill was cheaper than mine!

:D

RL

[skygazer]

28. I always have several lists going

Both at work and at home (at work, there's a running joke about how lost I'd be without my clipboard - I'm the ONLY person anyone has ever seen at a grocery store who always carries a clipboard. I have to - all my lists are on it).

I keep a list of every single item I have in the back room of the store (I'm in charge of wine and liquor).

I have a list of items to order and a list of orders from customers.

At home, I have the list of exactly where my money is going for the next four weeks.

The list of things to get done.

The grocery list.

The lists of what foods are in the storage cabinets downstairs.

The list of my book collection (divided up by subject and author).

The list the movie collection.

The list of movies to put on my Netflix queue.

The list of books to get from the library.

The list of books I already have out of the library.

There are quite a few more but this is becoming a list in itself. ~sigh~

[mvd]

31. My kind of topic!

Celeb crush list -

Katie Holmes
Colleen Haskell
Alyssa Milano
Scarlett Johansson
Natalie Portman
Reese Witherspoon
Claire Danes
Ali Larter
Thandie Newton
Salma Hayek
Eliza Dushku
Anna Faris
Alicia Silverstone
Jennifer Connelly
Kaley Cuoco
Morgan Webb
Marisa Tomei
Kristen Bell
Amanda Peet
Zooey Deschanel
Amber Tamblyn (#1 crush)
Sharon Case (plays Sharon on Young And The Restless)
Lauren Woodland (plays Brittany on Y&R)
Ashley Jones (plays Bridget on B&B)
Adrienne Frantz (plays Amber on B&B)
Carrie Underwood
Jerra
Anna Nalick
Michelle Branch
Andrea Corr

2005-released albums I bought:

Loved:

New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Hope 7 - self-titled
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Teenage Fanclub - Man-Made
Anna Nalick - Wreck Of The Day
Cindy Alexander - Angels & Demons
Martha Wainwright - self-titled
Fisher - The Lovely Years
Liz Phair - Somebody's Miracle (will get as Christmas gift; have heard it all)
White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Brandi Carlile - self-titled
Garbage - Bleed Like Me
Amy Rigby - Little Fugitive
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Sheryl Crow - Wildflower
Decemberists - Picaresque
Trisha Yearwood - Jasper County
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene
Lee Ann Womack - There's More Where That Came From
Bruce Springsteen - Devils And Dust
Courtney Jaye - Traveling Light
Wallflowers - Rebel, Sweetheart
Eisley - Room Noises
Mary Gauthier - Mercy Now
Brad Paisley - Time Well Wasted
Tracy Bonham - Blink The Brightest
Emma - Free Me
Brie Larson - Finally Out Of P.E.
Laura Veirs - Year Of Meteors
Miss Mary - Ready 2 Pop
Tori Amos - The Beekeeper
Doves - Some Cities
Tristan Prettyman - Twentythree
Annie - Anniemal
Alexz Johnson - Songs From Instant Star
Marion Raven - Here I Am
Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart
Aslyn - Lemon Love
All American Rejects - Move Along
Deana Carter - Story Of My Life

Liked:

Mae - The Everglow
Lily Holbrook - Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt
Kathleen Edwards - Back To Me
Kelly Osbourne - Sleeping In The Nothing
Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
Kelly Buchanan - Bastard Daughter
Faith Hill - Fireflies
Chely Wright - Metropolital Hotel
Aly & AJ - Into The Rush
Hope Partlow - Who We Are
Coldplay - X&Y
Juliette And The Licks - You're Speaking My Language

Disliked:

Emma Roberts - Unfabulous And More

Websites (besides DU) that I go to frequently -

www.metacritic.com (check out my user ratings under "Matt.")
www.google.com
www.yahoo.com
www.comcast.net
www.amazon.com
www.ghoststudy.com
www.rollingstone.com
www.buzzflash.com
www.dailykos.com
www.broadbandreports.com
www.wilderssecurity.com
www.christmas.com
www.theanimalrescuesite.com

My computer security -

Router
Kaspersky Personal Pro 5 (resident AV)
NOD32 (on demand AV)
ZoneAlarm Pro 6 (software firewall)
ProcessGuard
BOClean (anti-trojan)
Ad-aware
Spybot S&D
Firefox set to drop cookies on exit

Top 5 restaurants -

Texas Roadhouse
Limerick Diner
Classic steaks/hoagies
Harrisons (State College, PA)
Backyard Burgers

[bridgit]

33. well whada'ya know, i got one after all...

THE MADSCIENTIST NETWORK
International Dada Archive HomePage
Gallery Illuminati
Francisco ~ Southwestern - Modern Art
45. Kunstmesse M�nchen
Salvador Dali on the Internet
Hubble Site � News & Views
Welcome to COIN OP CITY
Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun , HomePage
Glass Pages: Philip Glass on the Web
Philip Glass
Ryland � Ry Cooder
Astrocam � Live From The Sun
Rabbit In The Moon: Mayan Glyphs & Architecture
Independent Agents of the Illuminati
Kronos Quartet Official WebSite
TWYLA THARP & TWYLA THARP DANCE
Spumco� s Wonderful World of Cartoons!
Koyaanisqatsi � Independent Film
MASONIC POETRY
C 8
Dharma The Cat
From the Naked High Desert
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Indian Reservation of Oregon
Tibet House U.S. Website
Malfunction NYC�s New Industrial
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Knights Templars
Illustrator: Mark Brewer � Illustration Official HomePage
Artcyclopedia: The Guide to Museum � Quality Art on the Internet
The Western Wind Acappella Vocal Ensemble
The Association for the Study of Dreams
Louvre Museum Official WebSite
Live at Dada
Welcome to Notre-Dame de Paris
The World of Escher � Artwork Gallery
Indian Art Centre � Indian & Northern Affairs Canada
Ancient Egyptian Clipart
T-Bone�s Knotty Kitty � Boneland.com
TOUT-FAIT: The Marcel Duchamp Studies Online Journal
Corporate Avenger Official Site
darkfiles.com
Navigation � How to Dance Properly
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Lourdes France Official WebSite
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Moonlight On Van Vliet - The Captain Beefheart Radar Station
�����̐M�y, ̗l�q
Crash Course in Electronic Art Music
The Gyorgy Ligeti Site
CMCC � Mystery of the Maya, Maya Civilization
Sci�t� du Mus�e Canadien des Civilisations/Canadian Museum ofCivilization
Cracked: Welcome to the Webs Number One Humor Site!
FRANK ZAPPA: The REAL Frank Zappa HomePage
Caf� Orbital - Paris
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Karlheinz Stockhausen HomePage
Author Network 'e. Publishers'
The HTML Writers Guild
DaDa Online � Your Source of Information on European DaDaism
Library of Congress HomePage
Zoot Horn Rollo
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International Dada Archive HomePage
Clicks & Klangs � Where music is an adventure not a commodity
World Map of Live Web cams � Santiago de Compostella, Spain
The Cat, The Crow & The Crown
The Spiritualized Page
NASA HomePage
Kubrick Online
Welcome to Smalltime Industries
Four Minutes, Thirty Three Seconds by John Cage
Welcome to the Maniacal Monkey
On-line Art Gallery � 911 Gallery
Champs-Elys�es� Live!
Random Goth Lyric Generator (R.G.L.G)
John Cage
Zen Arts
CRUMB6
Eight Gates of Zen
Warm Springs Community
The Virtual Museum of New France
Carol & Robert @ One Heart - Austrailia
Rennes-le-Ch�teau, ou le Myst�re de la France.
T-Bone�s Book of Spells � Boneland.com
explodingdog

[mvd]

34. A couple more lists

Favorite books:

All the Harry Potter books - J.K. Rowling
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
The Firm - John Grisham
A Time To Kill - John Grisham
Bleachers - John Grisham
Complete encyclopedia of dogs - Esther J. J. Verhoef-Verhallen
1984 - George Orwell
Mistaken Identity - Lisa Scottoline
The Family - Kitty Kelley
What Liberal Media? - Eric Alterman

Favorite foods:

Cereal (for breakfast)
Steak
Baked potato
Pork chops
Spaghetti
Clam chowder
Cherry vanilla ice cream
Hoagies
Cheesesteaks
Popcorn

[mvd]

35. One more list

Favorite sports players & coaches ever:

Cal Ripken
Joe Theismann
Allen Iverson
Joe Gibbs
Donovan McNabb

[bridgit]

39. 'steak' & 'popcorn' are on my random, list rotation...

:thumbsup:

[trackfan]

36. Here are the bars I've been to in the L.A. area

Gilhooly's Once nestled in a dark corner of May Company.
Columbo's A good horn.
Topper's Last of the old time Eagle Rock dives.
Red Carpet They had a shuffleboard game.
E.R. Lanes The Safari Room was the name of the bar.
Dragon Old Chinese restaurant with a big bar.
Violet's Now Caf� Beaujolais
All Star Lanes Kind of run down
Big O Once an Occidental College football hangout. Gone.
Dusty's Dive on York Blvd.
Villa Sombrero Good Mexican food; tiny bar.
John Bull (Old) The best old British Pub; long gone.
John Bull (New) Now a restaurant.
LochNess Monster Still going as the Old Towne Pub. Spent a lot of time here.
Reuben's Featured dancing in the early 1980's.
Monahan's Was a great place for the Lake Ave. business crowd.
Handlebars Hard to find beer bar. Good sized dance floor.
Manana Quiet fancy Mexican restaurant. Long gone
Slik's Dance club atop the Hilton.
1 West Used to feature live music. I don't know what's there now.
Prime Time Mid-Pasadena R&B club.
Hamburger Hamlet I own stock in this chain
Nightwatch Once was Henry's Chicken in a Basket. Gone.
Hazel's Only place other than the Loch Ness where I ever saw Snotty Scotty and the Hankies playing.
Casa Maria
Ritz Grill
Black Angus (Monrovia)
Gus's Barbecue Saw Robert Reed there.
Barney's LTD
Romeo's
Arriba
Billabong
Velvet Turtle
Dodsworth Now the Cheesecake Factory.
Monty's
Fannie's The Bar at the Hilton.
Italian Fisherman Years ago it was really nice inside. Then they remodeled. They had great food.
Parkway Grill Once considered one of the best restaurants in Pasadena.
Brown Derby The only restaurant for which I was ever told
De Lacey's Club 41 Still a great place for steaks and chops. The Caesar Salad and the Oysters Rockefeller are noteworthy.
Charley Brown's
Crown City Brewery Vast selection of beers here. Not a bad place to take lunch.
Stoney Point
Crossbow
Inn Arty's
Beckham Place
Menage
Pappagallo
Holly St. Bar & Grill
CT's Bar & Grill (Alhambra)
Cafe Catavino
35er Once a local dive. Remodeled into a more respectable
McNamaras Idle Hour
Market City Caffe
Cal State L.A. Pub I think it was called Union Station.
Le Papillon
Cafe Rialto
Rumors Small dive on Colorado Blvd.
Old Timer A neighborhood beer bar.
Green Street
Tony Roma's
Sawmill
Bona Corso Family syle Italian restaurant which
Mijares
Sunset I went there to write a music review for the Pasadena Weekly.
McCarthy's
Jake's Billiards
Sammy's
Mi Piace
Q's
CT's Bar & Grill (Pasadena) Last place I saw Bill "The Fox" Foster perform.
Lucky Baldwin's (Old) Burned down
Il Fornaio Good Italian restaurant with a long bar.
McMurphy's
Gordon Biersch Good food
Mecca Room Now the busy Louise's Trattoria.
Cafe Santorini I've always liked the atmosphere on the balcony.
Twin Palms This place is real nice
McCormack & Schmicks This fish house used to have some good appetizers. I don't know the current status.
Papashon Gone now. One in a rather fancy small chain of restaurants. We ducked in here on a rainy night
Crocodile Cafe This is the one on Lake Ave. The bar was bearable
Jerry's Famous Deli (Pas.) I think it either is
Buca Di Beppo Great for a big crowd.
Houstons Dark wood and fancy hamburgers.
Lucky Baldwin's (New) Nice
Bahooka The famous Polynesian venue.
Clearman's Galley AKA The Hamburger Boat.
Front Runner
Peppers
Cameron's
Sorriso
Sirona Grille
Frank & Dean's
100 to 1 Club
Derby The restaurant that Seabiscuit built.
First Cabin
Trifecta
Drinker's Hall of Fame
Matt Denny's
Lady Jane's
Carlos O'Brien's The former site of Desmond's store had many incarnations before being razed.
Rusty Scupper
Reflections (Glendale)
Reflections (LC)
Shaker Mountain Inn
Jax Still one of our favorite restaurants; very comfortable jazz bar.
Shenanigans
Churchill's
Marie Callandar's
Players
Roost
Jim's Bar
Clancy's
Forge
Castaways Famous for its great view.
Bombay Bicycle Club
Black Angus (Burbank)
Bobby McGee's
Don Carlos
Rusty Pelican
Damon's Steaks
Cellar Club Old timers used to come here and sing.
Ken & Rod's Used to go there when I worked at Sammon's Cable.
Grand Central Bowl Now a Disney Imagineering Building. They retained 4 of the 64 bowling lanes for company use.
Winchester
China Inn
Noodles
Rusty's Hacienda
Butcher's Arms Gone. A good bar too.
Tam O'Shanter
Clancy's Santa Fe Cantina
Tony Roma's
Charles Billards
Phone Company Now a Filipino restaurant.
Acapulco
Chuy's Had decent happy hour specials.
Beaches Seafood restaurant. Gone.
Jan Drake's
Golden Cue
Red Robin
Market City Cafe (Burbank)
Islands (Burbank)
Far Niente
Harvest Inn Fancy Chinese.
Red Lion Hotel Now a Hilton.
Barney's LTD (Glen)
Barragan's
Don Cuco
Elephant Bar (Burbank)
Chevy's (Burbank)
Macaroni Grill (Burbank)
Hooters (Burbank)
Red Lion Still a great place to go after a Dodger game.
Chrystie's Nice city bar. Gone.
Ginger Man Carroll O'Connor's citified Beverly Hill's bistro.
Red Onion (Beverly Hills) Popular dance place.
Pizzazz Black owned club in LA. We went to the grand opening
Hofbrau/Turner Inn Might have been where Staples Center is. If you dug doing the polka with someone's mom
Pan American Night Club Latin nightclub; I don't think this is where Red Sanders died.
Hong Kong Cafe Along with Madame Wong's
Madame Wong's See Hong Kong Caf�
Roxy Long time Rock music venue.
Body Shoppe Kind of crummy strip show. Odd thing - Mark remembered the girls to have been naked
Yee Mee Loo Great old place. Gone. I have little interest in seeing the remains of the bar at Cinnabar in Glendale.
Coconut Teaszer Saw Ralph Macchio there on a quiet Sunday night.
Cat & Fiddle Hollywood's venerable British pub. Unfortunately
Barney's Beanery Saw Julian Lennon there on the same Sunday night. (See Coconut Teaszer).
Sound Check Hangout for down-on-their-luck Hollywood-type ex-Midwesterners.
Al's Bar Artsy downtown dive. Saw George Wendt there
Crush Bar (Continental Club) Dancing to '60's music in what appears to have been a converted bowling alley.
Crush Bar (Stardust Ballroom) Same as above
Tiki Ti They had a big drink - basically a huge bowl of alcohol - called the Chief Lapu Lapu Senior. I think it's illegal now.
Rainbow For the Hollywood rockers and posers.
Cathay de Grande This somewhat raunchy club later became the site of a nice place - I forget the name - where I saw Jerry Dunphy.
Hardrock Cafe Big circular bar was very popular in the mid 1980's.
Kit Kat Club Small music joint. First saw the Young Lords there before I joined the band.
Club Lingerie Loud - too loud - popular rock music club.
Pat's Place I think someone I know lived here
Villa Taxco
Anti Club (Helen's)
Starkey's Deli
48 Crash
Silvio
Jay Sloan's
Giovanni Ate there once on an Entertainment Book coupon.
Ports
Muse I once had a great piece of flourless chocolate cake there.
Cafe Roma
Formosa Cafe
Flaming Colossus
Lawry's Prime Rib
Hank's Frank's one-time second home.
Grand Star
Bistro
Bocca
Molly Malone's
El Coyote
Coach & Horses
Pane Caldo
Walk of Fame Right in the heart of Hollywood. The only other patron at the bar
Cocola
Tuttobene
Club Tee Gee
Lo Stregone
Chi Dynasty
Pierre's Los Feliz Gone now. Was an old fashioned place where you could get a hunk of game.
Dresden
Grandview Gardens This was the old dim sum joint.
Hop Louie Upstairs in "New" Chinatown.
L.A. Nicola
Engine Company No. 28
Lawry's Patio
Prego
Cafe Rodeo
El Paseo
Grill on Main
Snow White Cafe
Hamburger Hamlet (Hollywood)
Taix Venerable Echo Park Restaurant. Went there in 1966 and 2003
Musso & Frank's Grill
Miceli's
Empress Pavilion
Pig & Whistle
Vert
Edendale Grill
Fox Inn The first bar I went to in LA. RIP
Music Machine
Huntley House Still popular as Topper's Mexican restaurant. Nice views from the top of the Huntley Hotel.
Carlos & Pepe's
Wildflour (Santa Monica)
Marshall Sutter's
McGinty's Across the street from the Fox Inn. One would go here during the Fox's breaks.
San Francisco Saloon
Chippendale's They let the guys in after the male exotic dancer show was over - and the place was packed with girls.
Yesterdays This place was very popular; especially the balcony section over Westwood Blvd.
Crystal Palace Another short-lived Westwood restaurant.
Mom's Brentwood club with a definite U.C.L.A. feel.
Hamburger Hamlet (Brentwood) This link in the Hamburger Hamlet chain featured dancing
P.O.E.T.S. No business lasted very long at this Weswood location.
Monty's (Westwood) I remember the sign on top of the building more than the bar.
Willy Tiffany's
Brandy's
Merlin McFly's
Madame Wong's West
D.B. Levy's They had a huge menu
Dillon's Very popular multi-level disco
Oar House
Fish Company
Fat City
D.B. Cooper's
Apples
Bentley's 49
Wave
Baxter's (Westwood)
Cutters
Tavern on Main
Land's End
City of Angels Brewing Co.
Ye Olde Kings Head
Ocean Avenue Seafood
Cafe Pelican
DC3
Rebecca's
La Cage Aux Folles
On the Waterfront
Brennan's
King George V (Old)
King George V (New)
Eureka
Father's Office Once had the novelty of being smoke-free
Teaser's
Broadway Bar & Grill
Red Onion (Redondo Beach) I remember a normal mixed dance crowd; and they had a porno running on a big screen?!
Reuben's (Torrance)
Jockey Club (Redondo Beach) The day after running up a huge bar tab here with Malcolm
Lococo's Map of Iberia on the dance floor.
Gung Hay Big Asian hangout.
Baxter's
Warehouse
Gulliver's
T.G.I. Friday's
Tequila Willie's
Airport Hyatt Had a drink here when the Theta formals were held at this hotel.
Irisher Went there during Frank's Labor Day party
MacArthur Park I think we went there for John's 40th birthday.
The Strand Spacious music venue. Saw Taj there.
Manhattan Coolers One of those places that there is only one of
Angeli Mare Had dinner here once. There was a small
Larson's Hole in the Wall One day I drank my way home from the beach - see the next 3 entries. This place is gone.
Frank's Bar & Grill See above.
Pork Chop Brown's See above.
Nordondo Club See above. Always liked the name of this place.
Huntington Beach Beer Co Had lunch there. There were more White people in Huntington Beach than I had ever seen in one place in my life. It seemed like a different country - maybe Nazi Germany.
Hennessy's (Hermosa Beach) Nice indoor-outdoor beach tavern.
El Adobe (San Juan Capistrano)
Swallows Inn (San Juan Capistrano) Fantastic local saloon.
Ciao Pasta (San Juan Capistrano)
Sasch I could never figure out why the people at this Vally club were so stuck up.
Tennessee Gin & Cotton Big multi-roomed dance club.
Adam's Rib Around the world in 80 beers.
Fung Lum Real fancy Chinese. Went there very early on with Mark. I know it was early in my drinking days
Palomino The classic Valley country music venue.
Stanley's Restaurant with large
L'Express (North Hollywood) Their food wasn't too bad
L'Express (Sherman Oaks) I can scarcely remember this one.
China Trader Anne and Laurie were served a Mickey Finn here.
Stage East
F.M. Station
Country Club
Queso Grande Cantina
Moscow Nights
Shaine's
Jerry's Deli
Casting Office
El Chiquito
Dalt's
Moonlight Tango Cafe
Que Pasa
Hilltop Hungarian Restaurant Gone; had good food though.
Robin Hood
Pago Pago Gone; now a Disney day care center at this location.
Des Reagan's Went there more often as the Cinnamon Cinder; country music.
Now Voyager
El Torito
Don Cuco
Piero's Chef Piero himself was tending bar when I wen't in there.
Feed Store
Whispers Bar of the Ramada Inn.
Acapulco (Burbank)
Tony Roma's (Universal)
Giamela's/Nick's Saloon Used to go there with Brent for a couple of beers while ostensibly going "across the street" on business.
Smokehouse Old fashioned place; famous for its cheese toast.
Tin Horn Flats Neighborhood bar in Burbank; decent burgers.
Gladstone's
Sardo's Every old-timer in Toluca Lake must be in this place around lunch time.
Victoria Station
Camacho's Forgettable restaurant in Citywalk.
Pickwick Bowl Good large bowling alley.
Hollywood -a-Go-Go Sleazy bikini dancing girls.
Captain's Cabin This seemed like a dangerous place.
TGI Friday's (WH) Their food is surprisingly good. Met Janet here.
Hollywood Athletic Club (Univ.) Another gimmicky Citywalk joint.
Mo's
Buchanan Arms
Champs
Blue Chip (Burbank)
Timmy Nolan's
Cheesecake Factory (Sh. Oaks)

[Catbird]

37. Endless lists -- take up birding

Many of you probably know that serious birders keep life lists of all the bird species they have ever seen. However, really serious birders (or merely obsessive ones) keep additional lists: year lists, state lists, state year lists, county lists, county year lists, birds heard lists, birds photographed lists, yard birds, day lists, birds seen from cars, birds on TV programs, etc., etc. There are also total ticky lists for geographical regions, which sum up several other lists for subregions. (For example, the sum of all your state lists). In addition to personal counts, there are ample opportunities for group counting.

It helps to be able to identify the birds, but that's not absolutely essential. A database system or specialized software is highly desirable.

Maybe I need a list of birds mentioned on DU.

[Catbird]

38. Dupe -- delete