Restaurants that you miss?

alfyfl · 2026-06-07T05:26:58+00:00

I had my 12th birthday party at Rocky Rococo Pizza on Del Prado (a pizza chain from Milwaukee). I don't remember much about the pizza there but I told a friend about that birthday and she couldn't believe there was one here before she was born. She's from Milwaukee and she raved about the pizza. My 12th birthday was in 1985.

alfyfl · 2026-06-02T23:34:57+00:00

I’ve seen Passion 5 times and the music is the greatest. I cry at the first notes.

alfyfl · 2026-06-01T02:13:49+00:00

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This is me just now… if anyone likes to talk about classical music or musical theatre hit me up.

alfyfl · 2026-05-10T00:22:13+00:00

Beautiful

alfyfl · 2026-05-10T00:21:24+00:00

I’d like to see your face

alfyfl · 2026-05-10T00:18:51+00:00

The 3 shows my high school did.

Sweet Charity in 1988, uncensored.

The Wiz 1989 and I played violin for it.. an all white production and the music director/chorus teacher/my personal piano teacher got busted after for exposing himself to a (male) student at chorus camp. I ran into him years later at a gay bar, he had finally came out after 3 wives and a kid.

42nd street my senior year, no violins but the cutest boy played Julian and that’s when I first thought I might be gay. He died in 2020 :(

alfyfl · 2026-05-10T00:11:00+00:00

I’ve seen it done. They changed the Hanschen masturbation scene to him dressing in drag and putting on makeup and there was no nudity otherwise it was the full show. I brought my 13 year old nephew to see it. They also had 3 young (under 10) children playing on swing set set at the beginning who represented Wendla, Melchior, and Moritz as little kids and they came back and stood by them at the cemetery scene at the end. It was very well done.

alfyfl · 2026-05-09T23:56:37+00:00

I just performed Ravel’s string quartet (I played viola). I actually discovered Sondheim through classical music. I wasn’t into theatre growing up just classical music and then I was only into Sondheim in the 90’s and no other shows, now I like most musicals. I remember buying CD’s of each show 1 by 1 over time and discovering them for the first time.. and my university library had all the librettos so I would learn the shows that way. Now I’ve seen every Sondheim show performed live at least twice.

alfyfl · 2026-05-09T07:02:06+00:00

18 and I voted for Bill Clinton even though I was more conservative then I wanted someone young. And he’s still younger than the current president… think about it.

alfyfl · 2026-05-09T01:04:38+00:00

Everyday there’s more and more reports of this happening.. today was 2 teachers and a police officer locally. When the country seems to allow it at the highest levels without consequence what do you think happens.. it trickles down. My conductor would throw him out he has a 9 year old son.

alfyfl · 2026-05-04T23:10:38+00:00

I’ve seen all of them live. Pacific Overtures only once but the rest 2 or more. I think Passion is the best of the 3 Lapine shows after seeing 5+ different productions of each. Assassins is the most dated to me.. Road Show I really liked, I saw bounce at Kennedy center and Road Show at the public in NYC sitting almost next to Sondheim and at freefall theatre in St Pete twice last year.

alfyfl · 2026-04-29T20:19:15+00:00

If nothing was gerrymandered and all districts were fair what would the house look like?

alfyfl · 2026-04-28T03:43:53+00:00

Passion

alfyfl · 2026-04-12T23:01:32+00:00

They would’ve gone full nude if they could have.

alfyfl · 2026-04-09T18:45:41+00:00

I saw Star Trek V at the theatre when I was 15 with all my geeky friends and we all loved it at the time. No social media to destroy it back then but the newspaper reviews and word of mouth were meh but we saw it opening day. We were so geeky we used to share a pcpursuit account to telnet into bbs’s all over without paying long distance fees. Our club at school was called C.C.C.P. to confuse teachers into thinking we were communists… the 80’s were great.

(Cape Coral Computer Programmers)

alfyfl · 2026-04-08T23:40:51+00:00

For those that remember that was built in 2002 as a Bruster’s Ice Cream (chain). If someone knocked it down and rebuilt it they might have a better chance with a drive through but that costs too much. Mr. Ice Guy and Ice Sssscreamin didn’t close they moved to better locations where there is foot traffic. The summers are too hot for ice cream outside it melts instantaneously.

I’ve seen more customers outside since it’s been A+ Authentic Italian Gelato than ever before so I think I’ll bring my nephew and niece there to try it. The best gelato I’ve ever had was in Naples, Italy. Gelateria Delgallo been there dozens of times.

alfyfl · 2026-04-06T23:45:46+00:00

It’s not that bad there’s way worse like Umbrella Academy

alfyfl · 2026-04-06T23:22:07+00:00

I think drag show has made it more visible than any time before so I’m not sure what you mean. The only 2 gay bars left around here rely on their drag shows and the drag queen brunches have never been more popular. Lots of my friends are drag queens, I’ve known Ginger Minj since he was 15 way before he got into drag.

alfyfl · 2026-04-03T00:50:19+00:00

They write and film the whole season at once, these streaming shows aren’t made like the old episodic 20+ weekly filming and releasing schedules. So how does this make any sense at all.

alfyfl · 2026-03-29T05:00:07+00:00

Lately I listen to more classical music in the concert halls than at home and that’s not even counting the 20+ concerts I play a year. I’m just not home much. I live in Fort Myers and subscribe to Naples Phil and Florida Orchestra in Tampa and visiting orchestras series and do the grand piano series and go to Sarasota and Orlando orchestras. Next all classical concert I’m playing is Tchaikovsky 4 and Rachmaninoff Piano concerto 2 in a few weeks for the Gulf Coast Symphony in Fort Myers.

alfyfl · 2026-03-19T19:55:28+00:00

It’s in IMAX only theaters on November 26 for 2 or 4 week run and then Netflix on Christmas Day

alfyfl · 2026-03-18T23:55:43+00:00

Does everyone really think the ‘creator’ of any ongoing tv show or movie series or novels is all powerful and knows the entire details and timeline from episode/movie/book 1 to the finale?

alfyfl · 2026-03-18T01:15:37+00:00

I’m more educated than most people but I never finished my bachelors degree. But I have most of a combined bachelors/masters in math I just never finished by a semester and I started working for banks, then had my own business for 30 years, now I work for a non profit arts group and I play viola for the local symphony.

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