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...Isadora. This new sensation has opened opposite the Superdome just in time for the convention. Isadora, as in Duncan, is art deco inspired, with etched glass, white papier-mache palm trees and piped-in swing music for dancing. Service is a bit rough around the edges, but the inventive Creole- Cajun dishes are generally successful. Among the best: sauteed sweetbreads with poached quail eggs, crayfish ravioli with scallops and tarragon sauce, and a basil-scented red snapper and crab meat with lemon-Cognac sauce that is this city's only good papillote creation...
Last fall he moved to a new location with a stunning art deco interior, where he talks of trying to "exfoliate the levels of flavor." Whatever that may mean, on the plate it translates into several engaging combinations, such as Impromptu Salad, made with wild greens, herbs and even berries of the season; satiny poached sablefish sauced with white wine and leeks; and delicately moist salmon with julienne vegetables and herbed mustard butter...
Beyond the whimsy, serious prices were paid for Warhol's elegant furniture and glistening jewels. During the art-deco sale, a dealer shelled out $418,000 for a pair of circa-1920 console tables designed by French Craftsman Pierre Legrain, a record for his work. Heart-shaped ruby-and-diamond earclips signed by Salvador Dali fetched $55,000. Sotheby's termed Warhol's collection of more than sixty 18th and 19th century chairs, tables, beds, mirrors, desks, sewing tables -- and even a doorway -- "the most important offering of American classical and Federal furniture to be sold at auction in many...
...background to the player photo is a weird blue art deco pattern that belongs in MOMA, not the AL and NL. At least most of their photos are much more professional than in 1981, when you couldn't tell Dick Tidrow from Dennis Lamp from Captain Caveman because of the Instamatic photos. Unfortunately, their 1988 photo of Kent Hrbek still has all the sharpness of a crayon drawing...
Many New Yorkers are nostalgic for the art deco diners that once thrived in the city's neighborhoods. Others yearn for the specialties that used to be prepared for the Horn & Hardart Automat cafeterias. A new spot on Manhattan's East Side aims to satisfy both groups. Dine-O-Mat, a '50s-style chrome and neon diner, features many of the old Horn & Hardart dishes. And why not? H&H owns the budget-priced eatery and plans to open three more around New York this year...