52601 Mon Dec 23 22:26:57 -0800 2002 12 2 Los Angeles Area 0 268897 Dined last night with friends at Angelini. I have been raving about the place for a year or so. It may be that the bloom is off the rose. People were nice, the table was ready, service was efficient enough. But the food somehow perfunctory. Dishes I have had before, once perfect, had lost their special savor. Maybe the chef is on a holiday. Who knows. Mon Dec 23 22:26:57 -0800 2002 0 juny1cat 1 268903 YOUR singing to the choir, it's never been above average, ever! In fact my Atty offered to drop me as a client for making the suggestion for going there, and we ordered several items. Tue Dec 24 01:31:30 -0800 2002 268897 0 russkar 2 268932 Funny. My lawyer fired me after I took him to dinner at Pastina. Go figure. Tue Dec 24 15:19:00 -0800 2002 268903 0 Winona Ryder 3 268937 Well golly-gee, the celebrities that are chowhounds!! Which movies has russkar stared in?? Is Pastina a place for stargazing?? Tue Dec 24 16:39:01 -0800 2002 268932 0 tinker bell 4 268943 This is a great thread, huh? Tue Dec 24 20:23:52 -0800 2002 268937 0 Scooter Pie 3 268938 I took mine to Knoll's Black Forest Inn. Later that night he shot himself. Tue Dec 24 17:16:26 -0800 2002 268932 0 felix 4 268941 I wonder what would happen if Robert Blake to take his lawyer to Vitello's!!!! Tue Dec 24 17:41:32 -0800 2002 268938 0 hendrie 5 268942 That's why Harland Braun, his first lawyer, is no longer on the case. Tue Dec 24 18:07:05 -0800 2002 268941 0 brian h 3 268952 Jeez, my clients don't even offer to take me to Campanile; any of you guys need a lawyer? RFGS Wed Dec 25 13:19:55 -0800 2002 268932 0 Rich Gould-Saltman 4 268955 Don't you find that whenever the client picks up the tab they want something? Like free legal advice, or tickets somewhere, or an "adjustment" on their bill? Wed Dec 25 13:58:43 -0800 2002 268952 0 mc michael 5 268971 In seventeen years of being involved in a law practice, eating with a client is like climbing a rock wall in an ice field - someone crashes sooner or later and its usually sooner.Eat Doritos at your desk Wed Dec 25 22:48:07 -0800 2002 268955 0 Zoe 4 268960 Geez, Richard, you need a better caliber of client!! (jk, mine don't offer Campanile, either.) Wed Dec 25 16:34:12 -0800 2002 268952 0 LBQT 1 269454 Not downhill to me. Went there over the weekend. We thought it was great as usual. Fusilli w/ lamb ragu - perfect - as was the spagetti with cheese and black truffles. Roasted leg of pork in wood fired oven was very good. Afaggato for dessert (espresso over vanilla gelatto). Great '97 Barolo by the glass. All-in-all a great dinner. Mon Jan 06 16:03:18 -0800 2003 268897 0 Mark