living in saigon,vietnam apparently.
eeheeee. figures
anybody else know the tran sisters ?
maybe it's me, but i could swear one of them's been missing around town lately.
and if my suspicions are correct, alls i can say is: hee hee heee aha ha ha ha ugh aagh urrgh urrgghh guh guurggh gaaaagh [CLEAN UP IN AISLE FIVE!]
Full Version: where in the world is BRIAN McNALLY ?
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no seriously now
what is wrong with this planet i keep losing some seriously fine yellow sisters to frikkin MCNALLIES of all fucking peoples.
what is wrong with this planet i keep losing some seriously fine yellow sisters to frikkin MCNALLIES of all fucking peoples.
QUOTE (abbe @ Oct 15 2007, 11:54 AM) 
no seriously now
what is wrong with this planet i keep losing some seriously fine yellow sisters to frikkin MCNALLIES of all fucking peoples.
what is wrong with this planet i keep losing some seriously fine yellow sisters to frikkin MCNALLIES of all fucking peoples.
don't blame the innocent planet.................................blame the deranged city...............................................
QUOTE (john.smith @ Oct 15 2007, 12:19 PM)
don't blame the innocent planet.................................blame the deranged city...............................................
Don't blame the innocent city; blame the perverse industry.
QUOTE (abbe @ Oct 15 2007, 11:52 AM)
living in saigon,vietnam apparently.
eeheeee. figures
anybody else know the tran sisters ?
maybe it's me, but i could swear one of them's been missing around town lately.
eeheeee. figures
anybody else know the tran sisters ?
maybe it's me, but i could swear one of them's been missing around town lately.
The skinny one or the skinnier one????? 
QUOTE (Ferret-n-Chicken! @ Oct 15 2007, 12:53 PM)
The skinny one or the skinnier one????? ha haaa
the skinny one.
Really, Saigon? It's a nice place to visit, but I don't think I'd want to live there. There must be alot gong on in Saigon these days though. I know a couple of guys who did the trip with Michael Huynh. Now that you mention it, I know another guy that also just got back from a trip to Saigon recently, but don't know if he was there for business or pleasure.
QUOTE (Dishwasher @ Oct 15 2007, 05:14 PM)
Now that you mention it, I know another guy that also just got back from a trip to Saigon recently
mark baker
QUOTE (abbe @ Oct 15 2007, 11:52 AM)
living in saigon,vietnam apparently.
eeheeee. figures
anybody else know the tran sisters ?
maybe it's me, but i could swear one of them's been missing around town lately.
and if my suspicions are correct, alls i can say is: hee hee heee aha ha ha ha ugh aagh urrgh urrgghh guh guurggh gaaaagh [CLEAN UP IN AISLE FIVE!]
eeheeee. figures
anybody else know the tran sisters ?
maybe it's me, but i could swear one of them's been missing around town lately.
and if my suspicions are correct, alls i can say is: hee hee heee aha ha ha ha ugh aagh urrgh urrgghh guh guurggh gaaaagh [CLEAN UP IN AISLE FIVE!]
Living in Sai Gon? Really? Great ! Can't wait to go myself. I can't say I know the Tran sisters but than again I think one of them worked for me. Who knows? I can't keep them all straight anymore. I just looked at my cell contact list. Sheeeshhh...it looks like a Chinese menu for Christsakes...
QUOTE (abbe @ Oct 15 2007, 11:54 AM)
no seriously now
what is wrong with this planet i keep losing some seriously fine yellow sisters to frikkin MCNALLIES of all fucking peoples.
what is wrong with this planet i keep losing some seriously fine yellow sisters to frikkin MCNALLIES of all fucking peoples.
mmm...what does this mean? "losing"
QUOTE (abbe @ Oct 15 2007, 04:29 PM)
ha haaa
the skinny one.
the skinny one.
One of them used to be at Freemans
QUOTE (NYC Guy @ Oct 15 2007, 07:16 PM)
mmm...what does this mean? "losing"
I think she means they crossed over to the Dark Side.
LOL.
QUOTE (Dick Johnson @ Oct 16 2007, 01:10 PM)
I think she means they crossed over to the Dark Side.
LOL.
LOL.
new jersey???????????????????
QUOTE (abbe @ Oct 15 2007, 11:52 AM)
living in saigon,vietnam apparently.
eeheeee. figures
anybody else know the tran sisters ?
maybe it's me, but i could swear one of them's been missing around town lately.
and if my suspicions are correct, alls i can say is: hee hee heee aha ha ha ha ugh aagh urrgh urrgghh guh guurggh gaaaagh [CLEAN UP IN AISLE FIVE!]
eeheeee. figures
anybody else know the tran sisters ?
maybe it's me, but i could swear one of them's been missing around town lately.
and if my suspicions are correct, alls i can say is: hee hee heee aha ha ha ha ugh aagh urrgh urrgghh guh guurggh gaaaagh [CLEAN UP IN AISLE FIVE!]
Vanity Fair finally found Brian McNally!
QUOTE
Good Evening, Vietnam!
After a string of restaurant successes (Odeon, Indochine, 44, etc.) and at least two midlife crises, the author confronted his worst fear—terminal boredom. Trading the Manhattan–Hamptons–St. Barth’s grind for a neon-lit apartment in Saigon, he is diligently hitting the skids.
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features...4?currentPage=1
After a string of restaurant successes (Odeon, Indochine, 44, etc.) and at least two midlife crises, the author confronted his worst fear—terminal boredom. Trading the Manhattan–Hamptons–St. Barth’s grind for a neon-lit apartment in Saigon, he is diligently hitting the skids.
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features...4?currentPage=1
i just read it. oh, man
QUOTE (mss @ Mar 18 2008, 11:31 PM)
i just read it. oh, man
eeheee really ?
i didn't bother to read it, but he does look good in the pictures !
awww
poor lonely doggie-like completely batshit-assed-crazy brian-mcnally
he totally sweats me, have i mentioned ? ha ha HA HAA OF COURSE I HAVE.
I think it's safe here. No Schrager hotels...yet...
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Mar 31 2008, 04:58 AM)
I think it's safe here. No Schrager hotels...yet...
oh my gawd. how are you ??!
we miss you brian-mcnally ! i mean... you know. IN A WAY. hee heee
but really now. what's up with your boy graydon, huh ? he's sorta made the downtown NYC "scene" kinda umm
lame ?
no joke. every time ron-perelman sneezes up in that mutherfukker, he phones it in to richard-johnson. or worse, nick-denton. (oh-- do you even know nick-denton ? gawker? it's on the INTERNET can you fucking believe it).
oh lord your boy's joint even has it's OWN FUCKING BLOG. it's a travesty i tell you.
you must be so flattered though, no ? who woulda thunk he'd be such a brian-mcnally wannabee. next thing you know, he'll be macking on "ethnic" girls. hahahahahaahhahaa
but seriously though.
it's very nice to see you. really
i truly hope all is well with you.
xoxo
OH ! hey do you know brian-grazer ?? i don't recall him ever coming to Smith but you must know him, no ? or at least somebody who knows him (NO not graydon)
well next time you're on some super fabulous conference call or e-mailing or text messaging or however it is you stay in touch with the round-eyed world
can you just i dunno. put in a good word in for me or some shit maybe ?
make something up if you have to. like tell him i'm super smokin in bed or something.
ahahahahahaaa aagh gaagh oh my lord I'M TOTALLY KIDDING. geezus christ
well next time you're on some super fabulous conference call or e-mailing or text messaging or however it is you stay in touch with the round-eyed world
can you just i dunno. put in a good word in for me or some shit maybe ?
make something up if you have to. like tell him i'm super smokin in bed or something.
ahahahahahaaa aagh gaagh oh my lord I'M TOTALLY KIDDING. geezus christ
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Mar 31 2008, 04:58 AM)
I think it's safe here. No Schrager hotels...yet...
LOL.
Hello, Mr. Mcnally. It's nice to see you, here. I hope you're doing well in the wild, wild east.
I just wanted to say I was a big fan of Smith, Blue Door, 44 and most especially 150 Wooster. I used to work for your brother, Keith, and although I'm aware he is often referred to as, "the successful one", I still hold forth you were always, "the exciting one". In spite of the way events have transpired, I do believe you will always hold a special place in the hearts of New Yorkers who long for the headier days.
I wish you all the best and admire that despite your 'crazy' reputation within the industry, you are apparently, a pretty good sport.
Plant a good ol' American dollar in a Vietnamese G-string for me, will ya? I'll pay you back.
Respectfully,
"Dick Johnson"
QUOTE (Dick Johnson @ Mar 31 2008, 01:10 PM)
LOL.
Hello, Mr. Mcnally. It's nice to see you, here. I hope you're doing well in the wild, wild east.
I just wanted to say I was a big fan of Smith, Blue Door, 44 and most especially 150 Wooster. I used to work for your brother, Keith, and although I'm aware he is often referred to as, "the successful one", I still hold forth you were always, "the exciting one". In spite of the way events have transpired, I do believe you will always hold a special place in the hearts of New Yorkers who long for the headier days.
I wish you all the best and admire that despite your 'crazy' reputation within the industry, you are apparently, a pretty good sport.
Plant a good ol' American dollar in a Vietnamese G-string for me, will ya? I'll pay you back.
Respectfully,
"Dick Johnson"
Hello, Mr. Mcnally. It's nice to see you, here. I hope you're doing well in the wild, wild east.
I just wanted to say I was a big fan of Smith, Blue Door, 44 and most especially 150 Wooster. I used to work for your brother, Keith, and although I'm aware he is often referred to as, "the successful one", I still hold forth you were always, "the exciting one". In spite of the way events have transpired, I do believe you will always hold a special place in the hearts of New Yorkers who long for the headier days.
I wish you all the best and admire that despite your 'crazy' reputation within the industry, you are apparently, a pretty good sport.
Plant a good ol' American dollar in a Vietnamese G-string for me, will ya? I'll pay you back.
Respectfully,
"Dick Johnson"
aww.
you really are just a big fucking softie inside
(thank you sir. it's reasons like this i am PROUD to have built this place.
once in a while i do wonder if i did the right thing.)
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Mar 31 2008, 04:58 AM)
I think it's safe here. No Schrager hotels...yet...
hi mr. brian!
i've never been cool enough to get in any of your restaurants but i just wanted to say the part about smith was the best part of abbe's book! that must have been so amazing to have all those famous people there all the time.
sorry you guys had a fight & your resto closed down.
QUOTE (abbe @ Mar 31 2008, 10:52 AM)
oh my gawd. how are you ??!
we miss you brian-mcnally ! i mean... you know. IN A WAY. hee heee
but really now. what's up with your boy graydon, huh ? he's sorta made the downtown NYC "scene" kinda umm
lame ?
no joke. every time ron-perelman sneezes up in that mutherfukker, he phones it in to richard-johnson. or worse, nick-denton. (oh-- do you even know nick-denton ? gawker? it's on the INTERNET can you fucking believe it).
oh lord your boy's joint even has it's OWN FUCKING BLOG. it's a travesty i tell you.
you must be so flattered though, no ? who woulda thunk he'd be such a brian-mcnally wannabee. next thing you know, he'll be macking on "ethnic" girls. hahahahahaahhahaa
but seriously though.
it's very nice to see you. really
i truly hope all is well with you.
xoxo
Ack! Is this real?!Well, I guess you would know, right?
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Mar 31 2008, 04:58 AM)
I think it's safe here. No Schrager hotels...yet...
Hi, Brian!
We're not worthy! We're not worthy!
Nice to see you!
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Mar 31 2008, 04:58 AM)
I think it's safe here. No Schrager hotels...yet...
yo dude whassup........................breaking: schrager hotel slated to open in saigon in ....5..........4..........3...........2...............
QUOTE (Inkslinger @ Mar 31 2008, 02:13 PM)
Ack! Is this real?!Well, I guess you would know, right?
he was just here. but he didn't reply.
did we scare him away?
Dear Abbe, Dick Johnson and Inkslinger;
Okay, I better fess up now before I get my Dick or Johnson in Abbe's Slinger. WildWildEast is not Brian McNally. It's my blog from Saigon and also a book about my arrival and times in Asia, originally to Korea in 1995. The whole McNally/VF WWE story was set in motion by a reader of mine from NY when she saw the VF piece and wrote to tell me about it. Whole story here: http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com/20...-in-saigon.html
All props to Mr. McNally – he sounds like a real prince and helluva right guy. I hope through all of this we get to meet and hopefully he starts a restaurant worth a shit around here. Don't believe this Anthony Bourdain Travel Channel BS on Vietnam. Somewhere in the country the food is good, but in Saigon it ain't. And the "scene"? Posers at best. McNally could fix this joint for good. Hope he does.
Okay, I better fess up now before I get my Dick or Johnson in Abbe's Slinger. WildWildEast is not Brian McNally. It's my blog from Saigon and also a book about my arrival and times in Asia, originally to Korea in 1995. The whole McNally/VF WWE story was set in motion by a reader of mine from NY when she saw the VF piece and wrote to tell me about it. Whole story here: http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com/20...-in-saigon.html
All props to Mr. McNally – he sounds like a real prince and helluva right guy. I hope through all of this we get to meet and hopefully he starts a restaurant worth a shit around here. Don't believe this Anthony Bourdain Travel Channel BS on Vietnam. Somewhere in the country the food is good, but in Saigon it ain't. And the "scene"? Posers at best. McNally could fix this joint for good. Hope he does.
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Mar 31 2008, 02:42 PM)
Dear Abbe, Dick Johnson and Inkslinger;
Okay, I better fess up now before I get my Dick or Johnson in Abbe's Slinger.
Okay, I better fess up now before I get my Dick or Johnson in Abbe's Slinger.
No worries. My fault! I sent Abbe a copy of your message and noted that it had an Asian Pacific IP Address. Sorry to everyone for the misunderstanding, but we will take this opportunity to email these messages to Mr. Brian McNally directly.
We hope that you will stay on here and give us updates on the happenings in Saigon!
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Mar 31 2008, 02:42 PM)
Dear Abbe, Dick Johnson and Inkslinger;
Okay, I better fess up now before I get my Dick or Johnson in Abbe's Slinger. WildWildEast is not Brian McNally. It's my blog from Saigon and also a book about my arrival and times in Asia, originally to Korea in 1995. The whole McNally/VF WWE story was set in motion by a reader of mine from NY when she saw the VF piece and wrote to tell me about it. Whole story here: http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com/20...-in-saigon.html
All props to Mr. McNally – he sounds like a real prince and helluva right guy. I hope through all of this we get to meet and hopefully he starts a restaurant worth a shit around here. Don't believe this Anthony Bourdain Travel Channel BS on Vietnam. Somewhere in the country the food is good, but in Saigon it ain't. And the "scene"? Posers at best. McNally could fix this joint for good. Hope he does.
Okay, I better fess up now before I get my Dick or Johnson in Abbe's Slinger. WildWildEast is not Brian McNally. It's my blog from Saigon and also a book about my arrival and times in Asia, originally to Korea in 1995. The whole McNally/VF WWE story was set in motion by a reader of mine from NY when she saw the VF piece and wrote to tell me about it. Whole story here: http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com/20...-in-saigon.html
All props to Mr. McNally – he sounds like a real prince and helluva right guy. I hope through all of this we get to meet and hopefully he starts a restaurant worth a shit around here. Don't believe this Anthony Bourdain Travel Channel BS on Vietnam. Somewhere in the country the food is good, but in Saigon it ain't. And the "scene"? Posers at best. McNally could fix this joint for good. Hope he does.
oh !
whatever. either way. he'll pop in and see the posts sooner or later. i wasn't kidding when i said he totally sweats me hahahahhaa
yah, ya gotta hand it to the man-- brian-mcnally does have the juice all right.
i don't know if you're involved in the restaurant scene in any capacity, but the trick with him is to somehow get him on the project... BY SALARY ONLY. no matter how much he charms, just don't let anyone go in for that "managing partner" stuffs-- that's just a time bomb waiting to explode.
eeheeee
well as you can see, somewheres deep down we all love brian-mcnally and wish him nothing but the best.
[i was actually pretty impressed brian-mcnally was finally able to figure out how to work a messageboard. following links and reading is one thing-- evidently registering and posting is completely another.
]
Shit Abbe, you've nailed my mantra here in VN. Show me a SALARY bitch – real fucking money I can count with my grubby little ill-manicured hands! You don't take any promises here. You take green farking cash. And that's all. You'd be an idiot to even take drugs. They know their Exlax! I'm in the advertising business – you learn to smell the shit before it even walks in the door. McNally will do ok. He knows this too, methinks.
QUOTE (Dick Johnson @ Mar 31 2008, 01:10 PM)
LOL.
Hello, Mr. Mcnally. It's nice to see you, here. I hope you're doing well in the wild, wild east.
I just wanted to say I was a big fan of Smith, Blue Door, 44 and most especially 150 Wooster. I used to work for your brother, Keith, and although I'm aware he is often referred to as, "the successful one", I still hold forth you were always, "the exciting one". In spite of the way events have transpired, I do believe you will always hold a special place in the hearts of New Yorkers who long for the headier days.
I wish you all the best and admire that despite your 'crazy' reputation within the industry, you are apparently, a pretty good sport.
Plant a good ol' American dollar in a Vietnamese G-string for me, will ya? I'll pay you back.
Respectfully,
"Dick Johnson"
Hello, Mr. Mcnally. It's nice to see you, here. I hope you're doing well in the wild, wild east.
I just wanted to say I was a big fan of Smith, Blue Door, 44 and most especially 150 Wooster. I used to work for your brother, Keith, and although I'm aware he is often referred to as, "the successful one", I still hold forth you were always, "the exciting one". In spite of the way events have transpired, I do believe you will always hold a special place in the hearts of New Yorkers who long for the headier days.
I wish you all the best and admire that despite your 'crazy' reputation within the industry, you are apparently, a pretty good sport.
Plant a good ol' American dollar in a Vietnamese G-string for me, will ya? I'll pay you back.
Respectfully,
"Dick Johnson"
I didn't know you could be so nice Dick!!!
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Mar 31 2008, 02:42 PM)
Dear Abbe, Dick Johnson and Inkslinger;
Okay, I better fess up now before I get my Dick or Johnson in Abbe's Slinger. WildWildEast is not Brian McNally. It's my blog from Saigon and also a book about my arrival and times in Asia, originally to Korea in 1995. The whole McNally/VF WWE story was set in motion by a reader of mine from NY when she saw the VF piece and wrote to tell me about it. Whole story here: http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com/20...-in-saigon.html
All props to Mr. McNally – he sounds like a real prince and helluva right guy. I hope through all of this we get to meet and hopefully he starts a restaurant worth a shit around here. Don't believe this Anthony Bourdain Travel Channel BS on Vietnam. Somewhere in the country the food is good, but in Saigon it ain't. And the "scene"? Posers at best. McNally could fix this joint for good. Hope he does.
Okay, I better fess up now before I get my Dick or Johnson in Abbe's Slinger. WildWildEast is not Brian McNally. It's my blog from Saigon and also a book about my arrival and times in Asia, originally to Korea in 1995. The whole McNally/VF WWE story was set in motion by a reader of mine from NY when she saw the VF piece and wrote to tell me about it. Whole story here: http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com/20...-in-saigon.html
All props to Mr. McNally – he sounds like a real prince and helluva right guy. I hope through all of this we get to meet and hopefully he starts a restaurant worth a shit around here. Don't believe this Anthony Bourdain Travel Channel BS on Vietnam. Somewhere in the country the food is good, but in Saigon it ain't. And the "scene"? Posers at best. McNally could fix this joint for good. Hope he does.
Hi WWE!!! That's so cool that you're posting from Vietnaml!!! If you go to Brian's barber shop and you find him, tell him that we all say hi!!!!
Hmm, why do I think that haircuts are not the most popular menu item at that barbershop? Think Brian's keeping that joint a secret!
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Mar 31 2008, 02:42 PM)
Dear Abbe, Dick Johnson and Inkslinger;
Okay, I better fess up now before I get my Dick or Johnson in Abbe's Slinger. WildWildEast is not Brian McNally. It's my blog from Saigon and also a book about my arrival and times in Asia, originally to Korea in 1995. The whole McNally/VF WWE story was set in motion by a reader of mine from NY when she saw the VF piece and wrote to tell me about it. Whole story here: http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com/20...-in-saigon.html
All props to Mr. McNally – he sounds like a real prince and helluva right guy. I hope through all of this we get to meet and hopefully he starts a restaurant worth a shit around here. Don't believe this Anthony Bourdain Travel Channel BS on Vietnam. Somewhere in the country the food is good, but in Saigon it ain't. And the "scene"? Posers at best. McNally could fix this joint for good. Hope he does.
Okay, I better fess up now before I get my Dick or Johnson in Abbe's Slinger. WildWildEast is not Brian McNally. It's my blog from Saigon and also a book about my arrival and times in Asia, originally to Korea in 1995. The whole McNally/VF WWE story was set in motion by a reader of mine from NY when she saw the VF piece and wrote to tell me about it. Whole story here: http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com/20...-in-saigon.html
All props to Mr. McNally – he sounds like a real prince and helluva right guy. I hope through all of this we get to meet and hopefully he starts a restaurant worth a shit around here. Don't believe this Anthony Bourdain Travel Channel BS on Vietnam. Somewhere in the country the food is good, but in Saigon it ain't. And the "scene"? Posers at best. McNally could fix this joint for good. Hope he does.
I'm surprised that the food scene in Saigon wouldn't be better. There's a chef here in NY that owns Bao and Mai House, and I heard he's taken other chefs with him on tours of Vietnam. It's also surprising that Jean Georges (who I used to work for) doesn't at least have a Spice Market opening there, since he's opening alot of places all over the world with W Hotels.
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Mar 31 2008, 07:30 PM)
Thanks, WWE!
Nah, this is LA in vietnam. It's about throwing a little "pho" (noodle soup) against the wall and seeing what sticks. Diners are "bad food avoiders" (Old McDonald's research term) Better at burgers than burgeoning. Tourists. And testeless ones at that. Hanoi. Rockin' food. Ho Chi Minh on ice. Go figure.
There's a fucking tragedy a day around here... http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com/20...limps-blow.html
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Apr 1 2008, 06:50 PM)
There's a fucking tragedy a day around here... http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com/20...limps-blow.html
hope everyone's ok!
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Mar 31 2008, 02:42 PM)
Dear Abbe, Dick Johnson and Inkslinger;
Okay, I better fess up now before I get my Dick or Johnson in Abbe's Slinger. WildWildEast is not Brian McNally.
Okay, I better fess up now before I get my Dick or Johnson in Abbe's Slinger. WildWildEast is not Brian McNally.
Oh, man! You suck.
Just kidding. I still want you to plant that dollar though.
(What's going on? First you, then McNally..... I don't know, moving to Vietnam seems like an awfully drastic cure for Yellow Fever....)
LOL.Sorry, gotta run. I'm about to get attacked by a couple of yellow girls, here. Any second now....)
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Apr 1 2008, 11:08 AM)
Hmm, why do I think that haircuts are not the most popular menu item at that barbershop?
Shave?
QUOTE (abbe @ Oct 15 2007, 10:52 PM)
anybody else know the tran sisters ?
Ok, new topic. Anyone ready to post a photo of the Tran sisters?
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Apr 4 2008, 03:34 AM)
Ok, new topic. Anyone ready to post a photo of the Tran sisters?
heeee
sorry ! no pictures !
they're totally cute as buttons though. very small and very stylish. and super sweet.
thus-- WHY one of them ever admitted to having "a huge crush on brian" i swear i'll never know.
hahhahahahahaa oi.
OH YAH
i completely forgot to mention
the other day someone told me some crazy rumor about brian-mcnally moving back to NYC "to open another restaurant" (?!) and i was all: "nah, can't be." cuz it wasn't so long ago brian-mcnally told me personally he DOES NOT WANT to come back to new york, he loves saigon, he's happy there blah blaah etc etc.
and so i'd asked him: "really truly? not even if it's a good offer?" (i sorta had someone in mind for him, you see.)
anyhoo, now it seems two other peoples have indeed spotted brian-mcnally out and about town this week. i heard he is here to see his family, but now i am thinking: hmmm... is it possible the rumor could be true ??
whatever
i'm just sayin.
i completely forgot to mention
the other day someone told me some crazy rumor about brian-mcnally moving back to NYC "to open another restaurant" (?!) and i was all: "nah, can't be." cuz it wasn't so long ago brian-mcnally told me personally he DOES NOT WANT to come back to new york, he loves saigon, he's happy there blah blaah etc etc.
and so i'd asked him: "really truly? not even if it's a good offer?" (i sorta had someone in mind for him, you see.)
anyhoo, now it seems two other peoples have indeed spotted brian-mcnally out and about town this week. i heard he is here to see his family, but now i am thinking: hmmm... is it possible the rumor could be true ??
whatever
i'm just sayin.
QUOTE (abbe @ Oct 9 2008, 11:15 AM)
the other day someone told me some crazy rumor about brian-mcnally moving back to NYC "to open another restaurant"
So, this all amounts to simply answering the question - Would Brian McNally lie to Brian Grazer?
Dum dump dummmmm.......
LOL.
No sign of him here. I ran into another restaurant guy visiting from New York and he knew Brian. Was surprised to hear he was in Saigon. Check Graydon Carter's Hamptons house. They could be on the patio.
I can always be found at http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com
I can always be found at http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com
QUOTE (WildWildEast @ Oct 9 2008, 11:56 AM)
No sign of him here. I ran into another restaurant guy visiting from New York and he knew Brian. Was surprised to hear he was in Saigon. Check Graydon Carter's Hamptons house. They could be on the patio.
I can always be found at http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com
I can always be found at http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com
Lookie here! If it isn't Our Man in Saigon! (Yeah, we had him first, Graydon!)
[Psst, Hamptons season is over, buddy! Someone needs to check the banquette near the bathroom at The Waverly, instead. Yup, there he is! Picking truffles off of Ron Perelman's Mac 'n Cheese! LOL.]
QUOTE
Did the Waverly Inn Send Brian McNally Scampering Back to Saigon?
http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/12/did_th...send_brian.html
http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/12/did_th...send_brian.html
yah so
now i am hearing that brian-mcnally is opening "vietnamese noodle shops" here in nyc.
i wish i had heard this a few days earlier, cuz i just ran into brian-mcnally in the street last week, and had i known this prior, i would have asked him directly.
but whatever--
i'm not so sure i would put too much stock in this rumor just yet, cuz i remember it was not so long ago somebody i know was SURE "brian-mcnally is opening a wine bar on greenwich ave" and it turned out the [former] chef of KEITH-mcnally was the one opening the wine bar.
so, you can see how this telephone game works. people just don't LISTEN.
either that or they're just stupid. the fuck i know
now i am hearing that brian-mcnally is opening "vietnamese noodle shops" here in nyc.
i wish i had heard this a few days earlier, cuz i just ran into brian-mcnally in the street last week, and had i known this prior, i would have asked him directly.
but whatever--
i'm not so sure i would put too much stock in this rumor just yet, cuz i remember it was not so long ago somebody i know was SURE "brian-mcnally is opening a wine bar on greenwich ave" and it turned out the [former] chef of KEITH-mcnally was the one opening the wine bar.
so, you can see how this telephone game works. people just don't LISTEN.
either that or they're just stupid. the fuck i know
QUOTE (abbe @ Jan 13 2009, 10:49 AM)
or they're just stupid.
yea that's the one............................................
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