ATTENTION MICHAEL WHITE

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ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE SAN FRANCISCO
1345 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA 94109.
Tel.: 775-7755.
Website: www.afsf.com

Shit, I just walked past there.

Is this place good? I have been looking for a good French bakery for a while. So much disappointment in my raisin swirl purchases.

Just kidding!

Monsieur White-

how foolish am I for considering purcahsing a seersucker suit off ebay?

i wouldnt be wearing it anywhere fancy-pants, just out and about or to a wedding or two.

I can't say, really. Make sure to spend a few bucks extra once you get it to have it altered and it will be all that much better. I wore a seersucker suit to a wedding in late May, flubbed a handoff of a bottle of champagne from the bride at about 1AM as the reception ended and everybody prepared to go to afterparties and when the bottle exploded on the ground, was too concerned with whether the bride's dress was affected to notice that a small shard of glass, propelled by the pressure of the effervescent wine, had stabbed me just below the knee. I didn't feel it until she pointed out to me that I was bleeding - profusely. Still, that could happen in any suit, but at least with a seersucker one, it's more dramatic (not to mention patriotic) looking.

too bad those image artifacts aren't real on that suit gr8080

http://images.andale.com/f2/116/105/12097278/2007/3/11/click2enlarge/DSCN0001.JPG

and michael white, you are a true gentleman.

I advocate seersucker. Just don't wear your straw boater with it or else you may look like a patent medicine salesman.

A boater's okay, but seersucker looks better with a panama, anyway.

Two words clinch the answer to this question: "off ebay". Buy rubber chickens off ebay. Buy tiki torches off ebay. Buy phony Rolexes off ebay. But don't buy a suit off godforsaken ebay.

I always used to buy vintage clothes off eBay. Not sure if this is vintage but it's definitely a great place for that type of shopping.

Dear Michael White:

Elsewhere someone was complaining about docksiders coming back, which is readily understood. What would you consider the well-dressed man's proper footwear in these times?

Yours
Ned

I buy clothes off ebay all the time. It can be iffy with sizes but some listings actually have really good info on measurements.

ALSO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. WHITE:

Is brandy best over ice or are there other good ways to drink it?

with a suit i'd be getting it tailored once it arrived anyway.

michael-

where is your (now bloodstained) seersucker suit from?

... ahd where is it heading to?

eBay

where is your (now bloodstained) seersucker suit from?

Jos Bank, I think. I can't remember.

Is brandy best over ice or are there other good ways to drink it?

Not a huge brandy drinker as I don't drink much brown liquor (with the notable exception of Calvados) but I have never liked brandy any other way than neat.

Elsewhere someone was complaining about docksiders coming back, which is readily understood. What would you consider the well-dressed man's proper footwear in these times?

Dear Mr. Raggett,

I have never worn 'docksiders' but I do spend much of the summer shod in <a href="http://www.sperrytopsider.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&itemID=904";>these</a>. However, I feel people should wear whatever makes them feel most comfortable and even should I not personally fancy a person's footwear, I'll undoubtedly find them a more interesting interlocutor if they're at their ease.

i am sad that link doesn't work

I don't drink much brown liquor
this is so amusing to me! i don't know why! it seems very m white tho and somehow very right, even though i totally love whiskey!
i think it must be the summertime getting to me, i mean, i've been wanting white wine and i rarely want white wine, so yeah, m white cannot control my mind can he

Brown liquor makes me feel like death the next day. It's not that I won't have a scotch occasionally or a scotch and soda, but I don't have many and I rarely get cognac or armagnacs anymore. I do really like me some calvados, though.

Summertime for me is all about Sancerres (sauvignon blancs), Albariños, Verdelhos, Grüner Veltliners, Rosés, etc., when I'm not guzzling gin and tonics.

M.White-

is there a reliable way to obtain tonic water free of high fructose corn syrup?

schweppes has diet tonic water! w/o aspartame! (has 'saccarine')
it is impossible to find!

I guess stocking up on Kosher for Passover tonics isn't exactly reliable.

Stirrings is one that I know of, but you're unlikely to find it in most bars. I'm still basically trying to find establishments that don't have tonic on the gun and use the bottled stuff. Whole Foods carries another one, too, but the name escapes right now.

Q Tonic may eventually make it across the States, who knows?

Fever-Tree is supposed to be good, too, but I still haven't found any here.

hahah i have sat through event meetings w/ caterers bitching about clients requesting that stuff.

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thanks michael!

btw, rrobyn, that (broken) link was to these:

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9iby6HrtJJG3VQBXUOjzbkF/SIG=12crj0e2q/EXP=1184106091/**http%3A//www.zappos.com/images/S/Spry86.1/1733-27124-t.jpg

i think i will drink sauvignon blanc next wkend at a party
if i don't drink gin and (sugar-free) tonics
am going on a sugar-free tonic finding mission - does it not seem like an essential thing in life?? it shld be everywhere

those are exactly what i thought they would be! nice
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gr8080, I agree that corn syrup is the devil's balls' sweat, blah, blah, blah and though I rarely drink coke, the few times I have shared a coke with Mexican guys working in California, it always tastes better somehow, apparently 'cause they like the stuff imported from Mexico that's made with sugar, not corn syrup. However, I douse my tonic quite liberally with gin so it's not as if I'm THAT likely to taste the difference. What I do taste is if it's flat and insipid (out of a gun) or tastes faintly of plastic from a plastic bottle. Luckily, a few g&ts in, I can either no longer taste the difference or have entirely ceased to care.

those are exactly what i thought they would be! nice

Plus, when they get old, they're good river shoes.

rrobyn, I don't know where you are, but if you can get your hands on this Spanish verdejo, Naia, by all means do so. It's dirt cheap, perfect for summer, citrusy but not all fruit.

montreal! i will look for it!

M. White, is any one of the 43 Exact Matches or 12 Partial Matches for "Michael White" in the IMDB you?

IX, though I worked on several films for which they have failed to give me credit and I never worked on 'The Boy Scout'.

Michael, you're so suave, that velvet feels coarse in comparison.

ATTN MICHAEL WHITE DID YOU KNOW U ARE THE MANAGER OF GRAND CENTRAL SUBWAY STA.?

http://www.moviemaker.com/magazine/issues/52/images/white.jpg

The last couple of times I've been to NYC, Laurel, I've been at least once to the Campbell Apartment, but the only managing I did there was to manage to leave without falling over (much).

"IX" ha

The first said "A".

The second said "0".

"I'm tired of using technology?"

i've always been intrigued by this 'location manager' concept, but it's probably very different from my imagination

It's hard work, gabbneb.

he is sending you the lyrics to walk like an egyptian
-- kyle (akmonday), Friday, October 28, 2005 10:36 AM (1 year ago)

LOL

Adam's is also funny too hhahaa..

Dear M. White,

How did you get to be so awesome. Is there a twelve-step program or thin paperback I could acquire to become awesome like you. Or perhaps an audiocassette that I could play under my pillow at nights, allowing it to work on my subconscious, or at least cause my dreams to be awesome.

It's hard work, gabbneb.

so something other than 'think up cool locations', then?

A location manager's role follows a sequence of activities from the pre-planning to completion stages of a production. Typical activities include:

assessing scripts or story boards and breaking them down into locations and a schedule;
meeting with the director and designer to discuss projects;
collating ideas and undertaking research using resources such as the internet, specialist location libraries, local and regional film commissions/agencies;
visiting and photographing locations appropriate to budget to assess suitability;
making preliminary enquiries regarding access, parking, and location use;
liaising with the director to discuss and show ideas and photographs;
collating practical information on potential locations, such as hotels for accommodating the crew and cast. In the case of photography shoots, the location manager often books the hotel and travel arrangements as well;
liaising with key members of the production team to assess visual and technical specifications;
negotiating access and drawing up a contract with location owners;
researching locations thoroughly to ensure no disruptive works or events are likely to take place during the shoot;
organising permissions for access, for example with local authorities and the police;
scheduling crew arrival dates and times and keeping all parties informed on site;
organising the technical specification for equipment, power sources and accommodation for crew on site;
ensuring health and safety and security requirements are met at all times;
distributing maps, directions, parking plans and all relevant support information to all services and crew;
arranging schedules for the day with the assistant director to ensure continuity;
managing the location on the day and resolving practical or people-related problems as they arise;
supervising location support staff throughout the process;
being in constant attendance to ensure all aspects run smoothly including the final clearing up and thanking of site owners.

thanking of site owners <--- toughest part

yeah, sorta what i figured. sounds like a lot of fun but not especially well-suited to me.

what sort of (athletic) footwear does m. white use/endorse?

That depends entirely on the emoluments offered.

Cher M. White,
Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé. Buvez-vous de ça? Se bois frais, non?

Se boit frais

Andere Frage: wovon lebt der Mensch?

Le Beaujolais nouveau est RJG

je voudrais du vin mais mon apartment, c'est "sec" à ce moment :(

Quel dommage, pauvre petite!

i was going to say "je voudrais du beaujolais" but i didn't want to limit myself. now i wish i'd gone with the rhyme.

Maybe we should have taken this over to AAD.

i has bought some beaujolais for les holidays!

cld you translate this for me pl: "Vous direz ce que vous voudrez, la tondeuse avait priorite..."

merci!

the corner store is already almost out of the BJN, some guy bought five cases the day it arrived. by the time I get back from thanksgiving I suspect it'll all be gone. oh well.

"Vous direz ce que vous voudrez, la tondeuse avait priorite..."

You can say what you want, but the lawnmower had the right of way...

I'm in Paris. Beaujolais is ubiquitous here right now but as iniquitous as ever. I've been drinking St Joseph, Chinon, Sancerre, Champagne, Graves, Morgon, and closest of all to Bojo, Morgon, but I've managed to avoid the vile stuff.

mmm sancerre

Morgon, and closest of all to Bojo, Morgon
Michael, this kind of repetitive construction might be OK in French, but in English we have rules, you know.

http://g.courtial.free.fr/Gaston_Lagaffe_wallpaper_fond_d_ecran.jpg

Thank you Michael, this is why I asked!

Michael, this kind of repetitive construction might be OK in French, but in English we have rules, you know.

Your honor, I claim temulence as my sole defense.

ATTENTION MICHAEL WHITE...

...it's your birthday (or is about to be). Have a great one!

Alors bon anniversaire!

Gratulerer med dagen!

Bon anniversaire mon vieu jeune homme!

this gent has taste

Huge fiesta in the works for tomorrow. It should be diverting.

Thanks, all.

*hic*

Happy birthday!

Dear M. White,

You have/do work in film production, right? Can you recommend a lawyer with experience of film writer's agreements, WGA arbitration, etc.? Bonus points if they are in NYC rather than LA, but I'll take what I can get.

Anyone else reading this with knowledge of this area welcome to chip in (slocki? max and lamp llc?)

"You have/do work in film production, right?"

^^^ needs rewrite.

I haven't worked in film production in quite a while, caek, and have practically no contacts in NYC nor in writer's issues. :(

ok thanks anyway.

just out of interest, what did you do when were working in film?

Location scouting.

I don't if he's been around as of late but remy might also know of some lawyers w/industry experience.

m. white,

what was the best thread on ILX Haven?

Man, I haven't read that in ages. I'm almost only a lurker here.

Monsieur Blanc, allow me to abuse this thread to ask your expertise on something. If in French a person is referred to as a "patate tiède", what does that mean? How does it translate to English?

(I'm asking because I was reading this)

Much obliged!