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The horror.OK... 135 posts into this and no celebrity inks to bacon??
The horror.OK... 135 posts into this and no celebrity inks to bacon??
If you want to impress the waiters there, say you don't need a menu and then order the following:Yes yes yes! When I traveled to USMMA for business, I’d always try to work in a visit there. I did not expense that meal, but oh it was worth it.
That place is high in the pantheon of NYC “classic East Coast steak house.”If you want to impress the waiters there, say you don't need a menu and then order the following:
Tomato & Onion and the Bacon as appetizer
Steak for the number of people in your party (Steak for four), Medium Rare with potatoes & creamed spinach
Apple Strudel "mitt schlaag" for dessert
I worked for Jay Johnson when I was part of 2nd Flt Staff and he was the flag. Absolutely was thin and a runner. His legacy of the emphasis on the PRT especially the run remained long after he retired. By the way, he was a VERY high flier and was wearing four stars as CNO when he had just 28 yrs of commissioned service. Class of 68 was a pretty high achieving class and his classmate, Mike Mullen was CNO almost 10 years after Johnson which also shows how fast Johnson moved upward.OK, since we are talking about military celebrities. Or are we? Anyway, I was stationed at BUMED when Adm Jay Johnson was CNO. SO WHAT? one might ask. The residence of the Vice CNO when he became CNO was on the grounds of BUMED and next to my building. Garland his wife didn’t want to move to the CNO residence at the Navy Yard so they stayed put and the Navy decided it was a great time to do a 6 million dollar renovation on the house.
The admiral had knee surgery and went to our gym to ride the stationary bike as part of his rehab. He is/was a very thin man and a runner. He wasn't snobbish but kind of stand-offish. I was the only one in the morning who would greet him. Everybody else kind of looked at him out the side of their heads.
Side note: The BUMED gym was in the basement of my building, the old observatory which the Navy called building 2, in what used to be an operating room or autopsy room or both and was at the bottom of a round observation area. It was kind of spooky and cool at the same time.
We already did the 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon in this thread. . .OK... 135 posts into this and no celebrity inks to bacon??
The guy who owned Luger's lived to 96. His NY Times obituary said that he had a Luger's steak for lunch and dinner every day. That was some run.That place is high in the pantheon of NYC “classic East Coast steak house.”
In Annapolis, Lewnes’ (“LOOnisses”) is that place.
This makes me jealousI got to sit and talk with Buck O'Neil,
Also in the class of 68. James Webb and NASA administrator Charles Bolden. Bolden was speaker at one of our graduations.I worked for Jay Johnson when I was part of 2nd Flt Staff and he was the flag. Absolutely was thin and a runner. His legacy of the emphasis on the PRT especially the run remained long after he retired. By the way, he was a VERY high flier and was wearing four stars as CNO when he had just 28 yrs of commissioned service. Class of 68 was a pretty high achieving class and his classmate, Mike Mullen was CNO almost 10 years after Johnson which also shows how fast Johnson moved upward.
Here's one more - Oliver NorthAlso in the class of 68. James Webb and NASA administrator Charles Bolden. Bolden was speaker at one of our graduations.
Also USNA 68 Dennis Blair who was Obama’s first DNI and my CO on the Cochrane. Among other things, he's famous for attempting to water ski
from the stern of the Cochrane. He rode in the motor whale boat behind the ship and took the rope and tried to stay upright as the MWB pulled away. I can't remember the ship's speed at the time but he wasn't very successful.
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Shipmate. I would have covered the “McDreamy” duty for you.I feel the same way about senior military folks. I served on two flag staffs (total 7 yrs) and then spent 5 years at the War College so was exposed to lots and lots of the major players of the time plus my USNA class produced well over 30 flags including four 4 stars. It has gotten to the point that I just don't find it that odd any more.
My road roommate on one of the staffs for three years was a major player in his state legislature and widely expected to be their next Senator. In addition to lots of travel in the US, we also traveled together in Europe and the Middle East and I saw him recognized and constantly cornered by folks and he was far from a national name. We attended a 3 week Navy course at Dam Neck and golfed at Oceana after class each day and even on the course where you'd think we were pretty anonymous, we did not get through even one round without him getting stopped. After spending a few years with him, I no longer envied the lot of the famous.
That said, I just got a traffic alert that we have a movie being filmed very close to me and if I want to, I can go out and meet "McDreamy" but I'm going to pass on it.
It's snowing here plus I just finished teaching back to back classes so needless to say, I haven't pursued a sighting.Shipmate. I would have covered the “McDreamy” duty for you.
I’ve been in video sessions with a client this AM and have another in 1 minute. McDreamy will have to wait.It's snowing here plus I just finished teaching back to back classes so needless to say, I haven't pursued a sighting.
Oh yeah, I was going to add him. My wife stood in line to get his autographed book for my son and me. LtCol North was the guest at my son's TBS dining in. They both say he seems like a nice man. I've never met him.
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