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*falls over laughing* Lifetime is playing Frasier episodes. One of my favorites is currently on--when Roz wins a ski resort weekend and gives it to Frasier. Frasier, Niles, their dad, Daphne, Daphne's friend Annie, and the ski instructor are all staying there. It's pure bedroom farce complete with doors slamming all over the place, and it's absolutely hysterical.

http://www.frasieronline.co.uk/episodeguide/season5/ep14.htm

Of course, one of my favorite exchanges from the episode isn't on there :-( Ooh! Found it elsewhere!

Niles and Frasier talking about Annie...
Niles: I grant you she's comely, but don't you find she's a tad--what would the polite euphemism be---stupid?
Frasier: Niles, she's just unschooled, like Liza Doolittle. You find her the right Henry Higgins, she'll be ready for a ball in no time.
Niles: Leave it to you to put the "Pig" back in "Pygmalion."
[...Annie and Daphne enter...]
Frasier: Look at that vista, it's stunning! Puts one in mind of the Matterhorn, doesn't it?
Annie: Oh, I wouldn't know. I'm not very musical.

The episode where Niles and Frasier air-violin to the Brandenburg concertos at the end is rather hysterical, too. I think that's the episode that really won Dan over and left him laughing for about five minutes after.

Ick.

Note to self: when you don't like a restaurant the first time around, don't go back...it never gets better.

Tonight I decided I wanted sushi and went to Ukai, which is right next door to my hotel in Lansing. I keep hearing it's fantastic...obviously these people have never had good sushi. I went there for take-out my last time in town and wasn't impressed, to say the least. I tried it again tonight, and it was no better. They have sushi platters, which is nice, but the fish just doesn't taste as fresh as I'm used to. Also, they have the sweetest green tea ice cream I've ever had...eh. And all they have for gin is Tanq and Sapphire :-(

Ooh...that reminds me! I went to The Chophouse in K'zoo last week with peazgirl1545 and they introduced me to Quintessential, which is also rather wonderful (very very very smooth, with lotus and lavender. I think it would make a fantastic martini, though I'm not a martini drinker).

Anyway, long story short, any restaurant I ever go to that I don't like the first time never gets any better the second, so I shouldn't even waste my time or money. Ukai doesn't even sate my sushi cravings--it just makes me want to find something to get the taste out of my mouth :-(

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Did I mention that occasionally the trash TV in the hotels is completely worth it? I came across this gem while flipping channels and was thrilled to find it online:

Tea Partay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTU2He2BIc0

The...umm..."West Coast response"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l25QMjZdvUY