[Pen-l] No sign of recession in the ritz spots of New York City

[Charlie <charles1848@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

After years as a powerful speaker of the California assembly, Willie 
Brown had made himself well-to-do. He has no landmark legislation to his 
credit, but he's known for his custom tailored suits and hats. He lives 
in a fancy hotel in San Francisco. This is from his weekly column:
...
Went back to New York to be on Sean Hannity's Fox News show. It was a 
nice chance to see my daughter, my granddaughter and my son-in-law and 
take them around town.

Those Wall Street wonders may share a big chunk of the blame for our 
financial collapse, but you can tell they aren't hurting. We went to 
Cipriani for dinner one night. The place was packed, and everyone was 
dressed to kill. And the bill pretty nearly killed me as well - $600 for 
five people, and no one was drinking.

The next day at Nello's on the Upper East Side - another $600. For 
lunch!" Ravioli: $60. Pasta Bolognese: $48. It was staggering.

I went out to the stores. They were all full. And there were no panic 
sales signs like you see here.

Willie Brown
San Francisco Chronicle, February 22, 2009

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/22/BAR3161AGK.DTL

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Charles Andrews

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