Word: pleasantly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...better still is The Blue Parrot on Mt. Auburn St. near the post office. It ain't Casablanca, but the American/continental selections are superb, very reasonably priced, and served up in pleasant surroundings...
...those of you with more adventure in your hearts, not to mention money in pockets or parents in tow, Cambridge offers a fair number of alternatives to strict meat and potatoes. Ferdinand's offers small portions, overpriced but served in a pleasant atmosphere. Check it out once if you can stand the $30 per person charge and heavy Brahmin concentration at this Mt. Auburn St joint...
Norman B. Cregger Mount Pleasant, Mich...
...most engaging star turn is that of Denis Lawson, who appeared briefly in each of the Star Wars movies and won friends as the cagey innkeeper in Local Hero. He leads a sprightly revival of the 1929 English musical Mr. Cinders, a pleasant romantic twist on the Cinderella story, with irresistibly hummable songs and some wince-worthy gags (She: Assault and battery! Is that serious? He: I don't know about assault, but for battery they charge you and put you in a dry cell). The attractive, high-spirited cast avoids the twin pitfalls of archaeologist awe and camp...
...then, construction on the $1.2 billion redevelopment of the downtown Bunker Hill area, scheduled to begin this summer, should be done. (It is as if the city had decided, belatedly, to build a there there.) But will L.A. be a pleasant place? According to the U.S.C. study, the metropolis is heading for housing that is still more expensive, traffic that is slower, and public schools abandoned entirely to the poor. Technicians will be in demand, while jobs for blue-collar workers will be scarce. Crime will spill over into fancy neighborhoods...