With all the travels and beach trips, we've not done so much theater this summer. A mere two plays in two months: Radio Golf, produced at Studio Theater and Dirty Blonde at Signature.
Radio Golf, set in Pittsburgh--always important to us--is a class and race-based play about well to do educated blacks and the politics they play to redevelop an area, the Hill District, that is home to many older and not so well educated, nor affluent blacks. The interaction between the two classes, personified between the old owner of an old home, mistakenly sold to the developer and the young golfing politico who's redeveloping is a classic.
Dirty Blonde, a paeon to Mae West, by Claudia Shear, is marvelously well-done. The cast, local, take the play to excellence. Mae West became a caricature toward the end of her life, presented very well. The love of her innuendo, sex appeal, and life bring together to disparate individuals who meet at her gravesite to honor her birthday. A thoroughly enjoyable comedy.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Beach, beach and beach again
This summer has been a beach summer. We've been in the Atlantic more this summer than in many a year past. Three trips in the past two months to:
Longport, south of Atlantic City, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and finally Asbury Park on the Jersey Coast nearer New York.
In each place we have close friends, so places to stay are not a question.
We can report that the New Jersey and Delaware beaches are excellent this year. The weather has been warm, but not too warm, and the water is delightful, barely chilly and certainly not cold. A few jelly fish are around, but nothing serious, and we did see a couple of small crabs scurry in the waves at Asbury Park.
Fortunately we were able to time most of our trips to avoid the Friday and Sunday night rushes, except for the trip to Longport, which was stop and go for miles. We went early on Friday to the other destinations, arriving mid-afternoon in both places and returned after the morning rush on Monday. It makes for a good long weekend.
Restaurants: Steve and Cookies in Margate on the bay side of the town remains a fine choice. Excellent seafood and pies. Famous for peach pie which is homemade only when the peaches are good. The rest of the time you go without. The oysters are excellent, as we slurped them down. Do they scream? steveandcookies.com
Rehoboth Beach continues to amaze. The restaurant scene there is very good. One night we had half price fish and chips at an Irish joint, Stoney Lonen, where we had excellent deep fried oysters, followed by very good chips with haddock. stoneylonen.com. Good beer from Ireland, too.
Lunch the following day in Lewes was good too: Striper Bites is a bistro-bar with excellent lunch sandwiches served on zinc tables. Best inside on a hot day, but it has a good patio. Close by an excellent coffee shop too in downtown Lewes. striperbites.com.
Our third restaurant choice over the Rehoboth weekend was a very fine Chinese restaurant in the town center: Confucius, with a varied menu of excellent choices, including some not so regular Chinese dishes. Of particular note, the five spiced duck. The pot-stickers (bao-tzu) were also excellent. confuciusrehobothbeach.com.
We also had a couple of drinks at one of the outdoor early bars in town. aquagrillrehoboth.com. Aqua had a suitably older crowd with a goodly number of pleasant young men for happy hour. The hunks certainly make paying for drinks more fun. Later in the evening it becomes younger.
We also enjoyed a lunch at the Purple Parrot, now under new owners. At night it's a gay karaoke bar, but at lunch it is a fine place for a very good hamburger. Very cute waiters too.
Our last visit, to Asbury Park, include a stop at a diner on the way for lunch. Ordinary, so I shan't mention it by name, but we have found an excellent coffee shop, that makes Ben's favorite, XXdry skim cappucino, very well. It's on Route 202 north of Wilmington, Delaware, in the Pier 1 shopping center, near Silverside Road, about two miles north of route 95--Brew Haha brewhaha.com.
In Asbury Park we enjoyed drinks on the water one night at Waterworks, across from the Empress. Very good drinks, though a bit pricey. We also had a fine dinner at Langonsta Lounge, where John had a pork leg done as osso buco with black beans. It sounds heavy but it was just lovely. The restaurant is very loud, so be prepared for a sound level that makes conversation difficult. We recommend a table outside if it's available. langostalounge.com.
We should also add that we picked up excellent bison steaks on the way to Rehoboth to visit our friend at Colvine Bison Farm on Route 16 in Greenwood, Delaware. delawarebison.com.
Together with an excellent red wine they made a lovely dinner cooked on a good grille. Watch the speed limits in the small Delaware villages between Washington and the shore, though. Very strictly enforced.
Longport, south of Atlantic City, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and finally Asbury Park on the Jersey Coast nearer New York.
In each place we have close friends, so places to stay are not a question.
We can report that the New Jersey and Delaware beaches are excellent this year. The weather has been warm, but not too warm, and the water is delightful, barely chilly and certainly not cold. A few jelly fish are around, but nothing serious, and we did see a couple of small crabs scurry in the waves at Asbury Park.
Fortunately we were able to time most of our trips to avoid the Friday and Sunday night rushes, except for the trip to Longport, which was stop and go for miles. We went early on Friday to the other destinations, arriving mid-afternoon in both places and returned after the morning rush on Monday. It makes for a good long weekend.
Restaurants: Steve and Cookies in Margate on the bay side of the town remains a fine choice. Excellent seafood and pies. Famous for peach pie which is homemade only when the peaches are good. The rest of the time you go without. The oysters are excellent, as we slurped them down. Do they scream? steveandcookies.com
Rehoboth Beach continues to amaze. The restaurant scene there is very good. One night we had half price fish and chips at an Irish joint, Stoney Lonen, where we had excellent deep fried oysters, followed by very good chips with haddock. stoneylonen.com. Good beer from Ireland, too.
Lunch the following day in Lewes was good too: Striper Bites is a bistro-bar with excellent lunch sandwiches served on zinc tables. Best inside on a hot day, but it has a good patio. Close by an excellent coffee shop too in downtown Lewes. striperbites.com.
Our third restaurant choice over the Rehoboth weekend was a very fine Chinese restaurant in the town center: Confucius, with a varied menu of excellent choices, including some not so regular Chinese dishes. Of particular note, the five spiced duck. The pot-stickers (bao-tzu) were also excellent. confuciusrehobothbeach.com.
We also had a couple of drinks at one of the outdoor early bars in town. aquagrillrehoboth.com. Aqua had a suitably older crowd with a goodly number of pleasant young men for happy hour. The hunks certainly make paying for drinks more fun. Later in the evening it becomes younger.
We also enjoyed a lunch at the Purple Parrot, now under new owners. At night it's a gay karaoke bar, but at lunch it is a fine place for a very good hamburger. Very cute waiters too.
Our last visit, to Asbury Park, include a stop at a diner on the way for lunch. Ordinary, so I shan't mention it by name, but we have found an excellent coffee shop, that makes Ben's favorite, XXdry skim cappucino, very well. It's on Route 202 north of Wilmington, Delaware, in the Pier 1 shopping center, near Silverside Road, about two miles north of route 95--Brew Haha brewhaha.com.
In Asbury Park we enjoyed drinks on the water one night at Waterworks, across from the Empress. Very good drinks, though a bit pricey. We also had a fine dinner at Langonsta Lounge, where John had a pork leg done as osso buco with black beans. It sounds heavy but it was just lovely. The restaurant is very loud, so be prepared for a sound level that makes conversation difficult. We recommend a table outside if it's available. langostalounge.com.
We should also add that we picked up excellent bison steaks on the way to Rehoboth to visit our friend at Colvine Bison Farm on Route 16 in Greenwood, Delaware. delawarebison.com.
Together with an excellent red wine they made a lovely dinner cooked on a good grille. Watch the speed limits in the small Delaware villages between Washington and the shore, though. Very strictly enforced.
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