TBW Daily Diary

Post #490 . . . Sorry to learn that Dale Guanowsky has passed away. He was a well-known and well-liked bartender in town. He, his mom and sister were frequent shoppers at The Bare Wall . . . The Subway at Third and Forster was held up by an armed black man last evening about 7:30 . . . Had an e-mail about the rates at the Shire-Max Inn in Provincetown after yesterday's post. Management informs me that rates change according to season or special activities in town; they ask that you call for quotes . . . The visitor counter below resets every evening about 8 p.m. to suggest a weekly total of "hits" . . . That TripAdvisor site that we had some fun with a few weeks back is now being sued by hotels which got unfavorable reviews from customers; they want the "bad" reviews removed . . . Received more "Twelve Coffees Around the World" collections; the title tells it all. It sells for $17.50 and is quite popular with our clients. A smaller six-pot version sells for $8.75 and would make a wonderful hostess gift during the holidays . . . David Morrison reported on FaceBook that he had just seen the great old 1930s musical "42nd Street" and that he was ready to "Shuffle Off to Buffalo," one of the featured production numbers. It is a terrific film and if you watch that particular segment you will hear Ginger Rogers sing one of the song's later verses. She almost sings "belly" but quickly changes to "tummy" which of course is not the necessary rhyme. The word belly was considered obscene in the '30s and there were apparently a lot of chuckles in the audience when it almost slipped out--accidentally, of course. It was Mae West whose antics and clever turns of phrase brought about the Production Code back then. Knowing Mae, she would have said belly with puckered lips and a twinkle in her eye . . .