You don't remember Millar Bros.? But Dear Leader it was "the place to eat."

Oh my god I am so bored this morning. The next two Funtastic Thursdays are in the can and I'm waiting for BG to go pick up my new bike. Zoom zoom zoom. I googled "the place to eat" and got this as the number one choice:

http://www.doeseatplace.com/menu.htm
Doe’s Eat Place

It's a chain in the South, which must appeal to people for whom "restaurant" is too high fallootin' (sp?). Mmm... Check out their pictures of steaks that look like autopsy photos.

I remember it, but only vaguely. Not like I remember Marconi's or even Danny's. EL

Owl, I checked out the pics and true, they do resemble autopsy pics. In addition, a quick glance at the homepage seems to read "Doe's Fat Place".

New bike as in bicycle or as in Harley?

Miller Brothers:
http://www.baltimorestyle.com/index.php/style/dining_article/d_dinesout_n04/

It was actually Miller Brothers (not Millar) in what is now the Sheraton Baltimore City Center. That hotel was built on the site of the original Miller Brothers Fayette Street Seafood restaurant, one of those legendary long-ago Baltimore dining establishments, described in this story.

Thanks! EL

A real bike - Owl powered, not one of those sissy fossil fuel-powered things.

EL -- your comments in Sunday's review about the lukewarm temperature of the pasta entree made me wonder about the division of responsibility between kitchen and servers. With the increased popularity of "open" kitchens, I have on a couple of occasions (the last time was in September in St. Louis) seen an order that turned out to be mine sit for minutes while the server chats with the person making salads (or whatever). What makes it annoying is that each time I was eating alone so there was no other entree to wait for.

I hate that almost as much as anything. EL

Got my new bike today. Only the most fanatical personality would need to take it for a good ride this afternoon at 4 PM, 27F with 8 MPH wind. That's me. Hopefully, this will alleviate my ants-in-the-pants syndrome and CGFD (Chronic General Fidgettyness Disorder).

I don't know if there is anything beautiful about the new Hilton. That building has all the aesthetics of something that came out of Nikolai Ceausescu's Romania.

I don't know if there is a building in Baltimore that I dislike more. Were it not for the God awful Man-Woman statue at Penn Station, the Hilton would be the ugliest structure in all the town.

Owl, either you biked out to the suburbs or someone else had the itch to ride as well. I shivering in my car (that never really did get warm) stared in amazement, that someone would have the guts to be out in this unbelievable cold on a bike. Evidently you have a secret society...

You are saying we have a frozen owl on wheels?

RoCK, I'd like the sculpture at Penn Station, were it properly proportioned. It should be about 6' tall.

RoCK, you provided the perfect example of my Rule of Life: Don't give away First Prize. I don't know if there is a building in Baltimore that I dislike more. Were it not for the God awful Man-Woman statue at Penn Station, the Hilton would be the ugliest structure in all the town.

In reading the review from Sunday I concluded that the only time eating at Diamond Tavern would be worthwhile would be when a ball game was in progress. The only problem, getting there when there is a ball game in progress. So, I guess this is one more place I will never give my custom.

RtSO -- given the effect of the Orioles' recent playing on their box office, you should have no problem getting to the Diamond Tavern on most home dates (apart from Yankees and Red Sox games, which still draw fans, albeit those rooting for the visiting teams).

RtSO wrote: ...my Rule of Life: Don't give away First Prize.

Robert, that is, indeed, sagacious. I'm going to use that in another blog I frequent (giving you, of course, full credit.)

Hmmm, I think here we can break the rule and give Man/Woman first (last?) place. As far as proper proportions, I'd suggest maybe 6". And maybe a different location, like, say, the bottom of the harbor.

Wow there's a lot of Man/Woman hate out there! I don't think I'd want it in my backyard but I kind of like it. Sigh. I've always loved the "unlovely".

Worse sculpture EVER.
2.0

(Repeating myself) I actually like Man/Woman. It bring back the days when I was oh, so artsy and went to Felini flicks. It has that same bizarre thing going....

I like the whole genderqueer thing that Man/Woman has going. It is just in the wrong place and too big. Nothing that is anatomically correct (or partially so) should be that big.

Anatomically correct for a couple of gingerbread people.

Come to think of it, I think I'd prefer giant gingerbread people over that monstrosity...

Lissa! laughing!

Gingerbread melts in the rain. It'd probably run into the sewers and out into the bay, and we'd have ginger flavoured crab for two years.

If you want real anatomical architecture, nothing can beat the fine folks at_Not the 9 O'Clock News_ . Probably not safe for work, although it isn't exactly obscene, just suggestive.

Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

MacArthur Park had some strange lyrics but I could listen to Maynard Ferguson wail that tune all night.

As with Lisa, My true dislike of Man/Woman is its placement and its size. The location at Penn Station is arrogant. Penn Station, the building itself, is a work of art. The art of Man/Woman diminishes or at least blocks the art of Penn Station.

See, RoCK, that's exactly my feeling on the subject. I LOVE the facade of Penn Station. I took the LSAT at UB and had a great view of the Station the entire time. I'm sure I would've scored much lower had the sculpture been there to block my view.

I love modern/contemporary/conceptual/challenging (etc) art. But I can't stand seeing that thing in front of that beautiful Beaux arts building.

It'd look better by the Aquarium. Next to the World Trade Centre, just about anything would look good.

For art in front of Penn Station...how about a little maze?

There are probably many city locations where man/woman would work. Just imagining out here in the county has me giggling. I wish we could do a candid camera segment on that (not the huge thing is moveable!).

Well, the same sculptor created "Hammering Man" in Seattle and that does have moving parts (when it's working, anyway). But maybe it's better to leave Man/Woman without moving parts! I actually don't hate it, as so many seem to.

It would be fun, Joyce, to stick it in a parking lot at Columbia Mall, and then watch the fireworks.

Hey Joyce, how about moving it out to Columbia!

Lissa - Glad to see we are on the same page...I work in Columbia, so if anyone wants to help load it on top of my car, I'll take care of the rest...

Lissa and Trixie- laughing just thinking about it!

The only thing more fun than watching the Authorities in Columbia deal with Man/Woman would be watching someone drive with it on top of their car down 195. Or whatever it is (besides the 310) that one takes to Columbia.

Reminds me of the time at college when a very serious and earnest group of lesbian, feminist, pacifist, vegetarian young ladies decided to make a 12' long missile out of papier mache, lash it to the top of a professor's car then drive it to the National Women's something in Seneca, NY.

Of course, it rained, and soon, one very mushy missile was threatening to take out both the wind shield and the rear window. The original statement against the phallocracy of war (or whatever, I was a tad drunk at the time) ended up being, well, a bit limp.

I mostly agree that the man/woman sculpture isn't the right scale when viewed from the area of the train station.

On the other hand, when driving down the JFX at night on the way home from a rehearsal or whatever, I find it almost a comforting sight, and definitely not out-of-scale from that vantage point.

As long as they get to keep their pointsetta tree inside the mall the Columbians might be fine with a giant statue in the parking lot. At least it would be more to scale there.

Well, Columbia already has one hideous piece of public scuplture, the People Tree (photo available on Wikipedia). Perhaps the Penn station monstrosity (correct name Male/Female) could be impaled on the People Tree?

hmpstd, from where do you think people trees come? Not the cabbage patch. Be nice to Momdad. (Well, its how snails do it.)

Alas, the Poinsettia Tree hasn't been in the Columbia Mall for a few years. I think they donated the stand to someplace else and now have only a few Poinsttias around the pool, along with cars and ads therefor.

RiE -- actually, General Growth Properties restored the poinsettia tree at the Mall in Columbia this year, after protests over its discontinuation last year. It even merited a story (with photo) in The Sun.