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May 13, 2007--Linda Eder at Feinsteins/Regency

I saw Linda tonight at Feinsteins at Regency. What an experience. Linda, though brilliant, was not perfect. Her voice cracked several times and her song choice was less than stellar. There was no Man of La Mancha, but there was an "If I Could". And guess what, it was dedicated to her baby. Why is it that every Diva has to sing this song to her baby. Barbra, then Celine, and now Linda Eder. You'd think they were the only three mothers on earth. Get over it. Having a child is what makes you human and common. Speaking of common... Feinstein's is the most overpriced-yet-ordinary joint I have ever endured. I paid $125 for a meal that was called the "Peter Gallagher". The appetizer was good, but the skirt steak tasted like microwaveable salisbury steak. The cheesecake is the worst I've had in all of New York, a city with mostly amazing cheesecake. And the service... I actually felt sorry for my waitress. What a mess!!! She complained, she cried, she complained, she tried and on and on. What was really aggravating was getting served after those who arrived much later. And did they remember who had what? NO. They did the unclassy food auction: Whose having the steak? Who has the pasta??? And they expected me to be done by the time Linda started singing. THE NERVE! DO THEY NOT KNOW WHO I AM????

2007-05-14 01:43:52 GMT

Comments (23 total)

Author:Anonymous

No, we don't know who you are - Who are you? Emily?

2007-05-15 00:12:44 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Do you have GRANDMA'S HANDS? When you're just out walking and you pass, little signs that say "keep off the grass" do you ask yourself why? These are the most important questions.

Brian

2007-05-15 00:16:20 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Yes - he also has Grandma's Hands and feet. He likes to sing "Honey Can I put on your Clothes?" to Grandma. Which of course, is the 3rd most important question. Also, what he means by "clothes" is really Grandma's underwear.
--Barbra
<mailto:barbra@barbra.streisand.com>

2007-05-15 01:34:14 GMT

Author:Anonymous

This is truly worse than "Punky's Dilemma." She was a working girl you know.

Brian

2007-05-15 03:34:35 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Let your hair down, just an inch or two. Let your skin be red or green or blue.

2007-05-15 05:10:29 GMT

Author:Anonymous

The only thing I have in common with Grandma is that my hands clap in church on Sunday Morning. IE, the morning after my night the dread Feinstein's at Regency. what a hole in the ground. They should not allow these sort of establishments in the upper west side.
--Louis
<mailto:Barbraguide@hotmail.com>

2007-05-17 19:43:40 GMT

Author:Anonymous

I trembled with rage and fear, Louis, that you have nothing in common with Grandma. Did that song not teach you anything?! I would think that you, above anyone, would play your tambourine so well even if you didn't live on the upper west side. I worry that you are a snob who will go to Rome for Barbra's concerts and clap in church on Sunday morning and us lesser beings won't be there to witness it.

2007-05-18 01:18:59 GMT

Author:Anonymous

I also worry that you might rub gauva jelly all over your belly (c'mon, rub it alllllllll over!) I'd hate to think that you might rub it all over Grandma while she's clapping in church on Sunday mornin'. Or Emily for that matter.

2007-05-18 11:35:40 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Rubbing guava jelly all over your belly has many unsavory implications. Especially if Grandma is involved. Exactly what is "Guava Jelly"? Is it a fruit-based product? Or is it organic? Does it come with a tambourine that we can play so well? Is it something that stains clothes beyond removal by Tide or All? If it is a permanent stain, might Linda Tripp ask you to save it for impeachment proceedings? Please tell.
--Brian

2007-05-19 00:19:40 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Hi Brian - I think Gauva Jelly is more like a flavored lubricant that Grandma needs to rub all over her belly because it's so big that she can't get into her clothes. She needs clothes to go to church to clap on Sunday mornin' and warn everyone about the snakes there in that grass.

Trix

2007-05-19 00:34:20 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Thanks for clafifying, Trix. You are so totally the Wikipeida of all things Barbra. Can I buy Guava Jelly? I want to try it since Barbra sings about it. You mentioned that it's "so big." What do you mean by that????? Should this be an "off-line" conversation? I hardly think so since all our conversations here are just between us.
--Brian

2007-05-19 01:18:14 GMT

Author:Anonymous

2007-05-19 01:18:14 GMT

Author:Anonymous

As Barbra sang - "Who Will Buy?" And since Barbra can get it for you wholesale, that's a fine kind o' freedom! I think Emily and Louis should buy Guava Jelly as well as Grandma. By "Big" I mean Grandma's belly and that tambourine she used to play so well. You are right though - no one will know about this conversation unless someone suddenly starts to google "guava jelly".

2007-05-19 02:03:12 GMT

Author:Anonymous

"Guave Jelly" is taking on sinful tones here. So is the tambourine. I'm not sure we're talking about Barbra stuff anymore. If not, I play a tambourine so well but it's nobody's business. I won't even begin to introduce Grandma's hands into this conversation. Maybe now is a time to talk about American Idol. Grandma is not clapping over THAT decision.
--Brian

2007-05-19 03:37:20 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Now that we know what Grandma does with her hands, anyone have any idea what Emily does with her hands? I doubt that she drops 'dem apple cores.

2007-05-20 13:22:35 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Emily knows not do drop an apple core. She also knows better than to walk on the grass (snakes) because she is busy letting down her hair down an inch or two. Especially when her skin is red or green or blue.
--Brian

2007-05-23 00:23:26 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Lesser Beings: _I_ am NOT a snob. Just because I frequest the upper west side, and jet set to Barbra concerts (actually, I drove a bug to the Philly concert, but no one knows that), does not mean I am a snob. Au contraire, I am down to earth and humble. As for Guava Jelly, I used to eat it weekly in Puerto Rico. It's common there. It's delicious. It's food. Why Barbra or Grandma (they are two different people-Barbra will never be a granny because her son is gay and maybe a tranny) rub Guava Jelly on their ample bellies is a mystery to me. I can't try it since I don't have a belly. Will someone with a belly try it and tell us all about it?
--Louis
<mailto:Barbraguide@hotmail.com>

2007-05-23 18:39:13 GMT

Author:Anonymous

You ATE Guava Jelly when you could have been rubbing it on your belly? How wasteful!! Shame on you. I have a belly and I would have cheerfully offered up mine if you'd asked. I now think you're a snob with a bug. Tell us all about Rome, Snob Louis. By the way, hugs.

2007-05-24 01:08:14 GMT

Author:Anonymous

No plans to go to Rome: it may be cancelled. Plus, bugs don't float so I wouldn't know how to get there. And before I forget: I AM NOT A SNOB!!! I am a man with a massive heart where my belly should be. Oh, and please post pics of yourself rubbing your belly with guava jelly.
--Louis
<mailto:Barbraguide@hotmail.com>

2007-05-25 17:31:34 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Louis - I think instead of "heart", you meant ass. Remember when Jon Peters told me he loved my ass and I fell in love with him and let him produce my next movie? Imagine what could have happened if he'd have rubbed guava jelly on my ass! I'd probably still be with him and would have made more albums like "Butterfly" and more movies like "A Star's a Bomb". I probably would have said "He plays like a zen master - he's very in the moment." Unfortunately Jon didn't rub gauva jelly over me, so I used that line on Andre Aggassi. Jon did run guava jelly all over Jason's Grandma, Diana though. I was saving this story for my autobiography (which I'm still working on, by the way), but thought I should reveal it to you know.

Run Wild, Barbra
--Barbra
<mailto:barbra@barbra.streisand.com>

2007-05-25 20:12:24 GMT

Author:Anonymous

You have no "plans" to go to Rome, Louis? You didn't have plans to go to Vegas where you miraculously appeared for the New Years concert. Were you with Emily? I've always worried that you and she are both working together in this whole concert scheme. Is Barbra singing "Emily" when she really means "Louis"? I have to play that song backwards. I find it very interesting that she only responds to her fans on your site. Can we expect a duet between Babs and "Louis" as she travels cross Europe in a bug? Hugs again (but at a distance).
--Brian

2007-05-26 03:45:29 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Thank goodness I didn't plan to go to Rome. I will however, be in Venice in September, sans bug. Barbra posts to my site for the same reason she fell in love with Jon Peters--he treated her like a real person, not a goddess. No Emily is not me.

2007-05-30 03:48:57 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Are you too good for Emily? Horrors! I am mourning the death of Charles Nelson Reilly and now this? In spite of my sadness, I must ask you: Did you mention how much you love her butt? That's what made her in love with Jon Peters. Even though he kept her waiting while he designed her "For Pete"s Sake" wig, he always loved her butt. Back in the '70s her butt was very important to her. Her priorities have changed since then, but you must give him props to her most important assets.
--Brian

2007-05-31 01:55:26 GMT

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		May 13, 2007--Linda Eder at Feinsteins/Regency I saw Linda tonight at Feinsteins at Regency. What an experience. Linda, though brilliant, was not perfect. Her voice cracked several times and her song choice was less than stellar. There was no Man of La Mancha, but there was an "If I Could". And guess what, it was dedicated to her baby. Why is it that every Diva has to sing this song to her baby. Barbra, then Celine, and now Linda Eder. You'd think they were the only three mothers on earth. Get over it. Having a child is what makes you human and common. Speaking of common... Feinstein's is the most overpriced-yet-ordinary joint I have ever endured. I paid $125 for a meal that was called the "Peter Gallagher". The appetizer was good, but the skirt steak tasted like microwaveable salisbury steak. The cheesecake is the worst I've had in all of New York, a city with mostly amazing cheesecake. And the service... I actually felt sorry for my waitress. What a mess!!! She complained, she cried, she complained, she tried and on and on. What was really aggravating was getting served after those who arrived much later. And did they remember who had what? NO. They did the unclassy food auction: Whose having the steak? Who has the pasta??? And they expected me to be done by the time Linda started singing. THE NERVE! DO THEY NOT KNOW WHO I AM???? 2007-05-14 01:43:52 GMT Comments (23 total) Author:Anonymous No, we don't know who you are - Who are you? Emily? 2007-05-15 00:12:44 GMT Author:Anonymous Do you have GRANDMA'S HANDS? When you're just out walking and you pass, little signs that say "keep off the grass" do you ask yourself why? These are the most important questions. Brian 2007-05-15 00:16:20 GMT Author:Anonymous Yes - he also has Grandma's Hands and feet. He likes to sing "Honey Can I put on your Clothes?" to Grandma. Which of course, is the 3rd most important question. Also, what he means by "clothes" is really Grandma's underwear. --Barbra <mailto:barbra@barbra.streisand.com> 2007-05-15 01:34:14 GMT Author:Anonymous This is truly worse than "Punky's Dilemma." She was a working girl you know. Brian 2007-05-15 03:34:35 GMT Author:Anonymous Let your hair down, just an inch or two. Let your skin be red or green or blue. 2007-05-15 05:10:29 GMT Author:Anonymous The only thing I have in common with Grandma is that my hands clap in church on Sunday Morning. IE, the morning after my night the dread Feinstein's at Regency. what a hole in the ground. They should not allow these sort of establishments in the upper west side. --Louis <mailto:Barbraguide@hotmail.com> 2007-05-17 19:43:40 GMT Author:Anonymous I trembled with rage and fear, Louis, that you have nothing in common with Grandma. Did that song not teach you anything?! I would think that you, above anyone, would play your tambourine so well even if you didn't live on the upper west side. I worry that you are a snob who will go to Rome for Barbra's concerts and clap in church on Sunday morning and us lesser beings won't be there to witness it. 2007-05-18 01:18:59 GMT Author:Anonymous I also worry that you might rub gauva jelly all over your belly (c'mon, rub it alllllllll over!) I'd hate to think that you might rub it all over Grandma while she's clapping in church on Sunday mornin'. Or Emily for that matter. 2007-05-18 11:35:40 GMT Author:Anonymous Rubbing guava jelly all over your belly has many unsavory implications. Especially if Grandma is involved. Exactly what is "Guava Jelly"? Is it a fruit-based product? Or is it organic? Does it come with a tambourine that we can play so well? Is it something that stains clothes beyond removal by Tide or All? If it is a permanent stain, might Linda Tripp ask you to save it for impeachment proceedings? Please tell. --Brian 2007-05-19 00:19:40 GMT Author:Anonymous Hi Brian - I think Gauva Jelly is more like a flavored lubricant that Grandma needs to rub all over her belly because it's so big that she can't get into her clothes. She needs clothes to go to church to clap on Sunday mornin' and warn everyone about the snakes there in that grass. Trix 2007-05-19 00:34:20 GMT Author:Anonymous Thanks for clafifying, Trix. You are so totally the Wikipeida of all things Barbra. Can I buy Guava Jelly? I want to try it since Barbra sings about it. You mentioned that it's "so big." What do you mean by that????? Should this be an "off-line" conversation? I hardly think so since all our conversations here are just between us. --Brian 2007-05-19 01:18:14 GMT Author:Anonymous Thanks for clafifying, Trix. You are so totally the Wikipeida of all things Barbra. Can I buy Guava Jelly? I want to try it since Barbra sings about it. You mentioned that it's "so big." What do you mean by that????? Should this be an "off-line" conversation? I hardly think so since all our conversations here are just between us. --Brian 2007-05-19 01:18:14 GMT Author:Anonymous As Barbra sang - "Who Will Buy?" And since Barbra can get it for you wholesale, that's a fine kind o' freedom! I think Emily and Louis should buy Guava Jelly as well as Grandma. By "Big" I mean Grandma's belly and that tambourine she used to play so well. You are right though - no one will know about this conversation unless someone suddenly starts to google "guava jelly". 2007-05-19 02:03:12 GMT Author:Anonymous "Guave Jelly" is taking on sinful tones here. So is the tambourine. I'm not sure we're talking about Barbra stuff anymore. If not, I play a tambourine so well but it's nobody's business. I won't even begin to introduce Grandma's hands into this conversation. Maybe now is a time to talk about American Idol. Grandma is not clapping over THAT decision. --Brian 2007-05-19 03:37:20 GMT Author:Anonymous Now that we know what Grandma does with her hands, anyone have any idea what Emily does with her hands? I doubt that she drops 'dem apple cores. 2007-05-20 13:22:35 GMT Author:Anonymous Emily knows not do drop an apple core. She also knows better than to walk on the grass (snakes) because she is busy letting down her hair down an inch or two. Especially when her skin is red or green or blue. --Brian 2007-05-23 00:23:26 GMT Author:Anonymous Lesser Beings: _I_ am NOT a snob. Just because I frequest the upper west side, and jet set to Barbra concerts (actually, I drove a bug to the Philly concert, but no one knows that), does not mean I am a snob. Au contraire, I am down to earth and humble. As for Guava Jelly, I used to eat it weekly in Puerto Rico. It's common there. It's delicious. It's food. Why Barbra or Grandma (they are two different people-Barbra will never be a granny because her son is gay and maybe a tranny) rub Guava Jelly on their ample bellies is a mystery to me. I can't try it since I don't have a belly. Will someone with a belly try it and tell us all about it? --Louis <mailto:Barbraguide@hotmail.com> 2007-05-23 18:39:13 GMT Author:Anonymous You ATE Guava Jelly when you could have been rubbing it on your belly? How wasteful!! Shame on you. I have a belly and I would have cheerfully offered up mine if you'd asked. I now think you're a snob with a bug. Tell us all about Rome, Snob Louis. By the way, hugs. 2007-05-24 01:08:14 GMT Author:Anonymous No plans to go to Rome: it may be cancelled. Plus, bugs don't float so I wouldn't know how to get there. And before I forget: I AM NOT A SNOB!!! I am a man with a massive heart where my belly should be. Oh, and please post pics of yourself rubbing your belly with guava jelly. --Louis <mailto:Barbraguide@hotmail.com> 2007-05-25 17:31:34 GMT Author:Anonymous Louis - I think instead of "heart", you meant ass. Remember when Jon Peters told me he loved my ass and I fell in love with him and let him produce my next movie? Imagine what could have happened if he'd have rubbed guava jelly on my ass! I'd probably still be with him and would have made more albums like "Butterfly" and more movies like "A Star's a Bomb". I probably would have said "He plays like a zen master - he's very in the moment." Unfortunately Jon didn't rub gauva jelly over me, so I used that line on Andre Aggassi. Jon did run guava jelly all over Jason's Grandma, Diana though. I was saving this story for my autobiography (which I'm still working on, by the way), but thought I should reveal it to you know. Run Wild, Barbra --Barbra <mailto:barbra@barbra.streisand.com> 2007-05-25 20:12:24 GMT Author:Anonymous You have no "plans" to go to Rome, Louis? You didn't have plans to go to Vegas where you miraculously appeared for the New Years concert. Were you with Emily? I've always worried that you and she are both working together in this whole concert scheme. Is Barbra singing "Emily" when she really means "Louis"? I have to play that song backwards. I find it very interesting that she only responds to her fans on your site. Can we expect a duet between Babs and "Louis" as she travels cross Europe in a bug? Hugs again (but at a distance). --Brian 2007-05-26 03:45:29 GMT Author:Anonymous Thank goodness I didn't plan to go to Rome. I will however, be in Venice in September, sans bug. Barbra posts to my site for the same reason she fell in love with Jon Peters--he treated her like a real person, not a goddess. No Emily is not me. 2007-05-30 03:48:57 GMT Author:Anonymous Are you too good for Emily? Horrors! I am mourning the death of Charles Nelson Reilly and now this? In spite of my sadness, I must ask you: Did you mention how much you love her butt? That's what made her in love with Jon Peters. Even though he kept her waiting while he designed her "For Pete"s Sake" wig, he always loved her butt. Back in the '70s her butt was very important to her. Her priorities have changed since then, but you must give him props to her most important assets. --Brian 2007-05-31 01:55:26 GMT Site Home