Neo-Postmodern Polynesian Grilled Chicken

Neo-Postmodern Polynesian Grilled Chicken

Last night while watching Law & Order reruns (I’ll never get sick of them!) I made my first recipe from License to Grill, a book that my parents gave me for my birthday. Neo-Postmodern Polynesian Grilled Chicken. A long funny name for YUM. It turned out great. To top it off, this site has calculated that there is only 2.5 grams of fat per serving. For sides I made edamame and couscous.

Recipe follows the link below –
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Law & Order Filming

No Parking - Law & Order Filming
No Parking – Law & Order Filming, West Village, Manhattan

Looks like someone took Law & Order up on their offer a few weeks ago and filming will be done in our building tomorrow. These signs were all over the block outside my building. I think I need to take a sick day tomorrow to properly stalk the Law & Order cast!

Previous rachelleb.com posts on Law & Order:
Law & Order Location Scouting
Vincent D’Onofrio in SoHo
Crime & Punishment
Obnoxious Link List
Law & Order Filmed in my Neighborhood
My Favorite TV Show

Law & Order Location Scouting

Law & Order Location Scouting

Thursday night when I came home from work I found this posted outside our apartment building door and there were a bunch more laying inside our door. It’s signed by the Law & Order Location Scout. Full text of the letter:

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January 8, 2004

Dear Resident:

Universal Network Television is producing its fourteenth season of the NBC Emmy Award winning television show Law & Order. The program airs on Wednesday nights at 10:00 p.m. and stars Sam Waterston, Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Fred Thompson and Elisabeth Rohm.

– We are currently looking for an apartment to film a scene for an upcoming episode.

– Filming will take place on one weekday only. One additional day of prep and/or wrap may be necessary depending on the scene.

– Of course, we offer a location fee and issue a certificate of insurance along with a location agreement.

If you are interested, please call me directly at 646-296-0461 as I am available to answer any questions you may have. You can also reach me through the Locations Department at (212) 627-0088, Ext 2.

Since we are on a very thight schedule, I would appreciate hearing from you as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Sarah Westcott
Location Scout

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Previous rachelleb.com posts on Law & Order:
Vincent D’Onofrio in SoHo
Crime & Punishment
Obnoxious Link List
Law & Order Filmed in my Neighborhood
My Favorite TV Show

Vincent D’Onofrio in SoHo

Vincent D'Onofrio
Ted, Jessica, Vincent, Rachelle, Tiffany, Chuck :: SoHo, Manhattan

So last night we’re out on the sidewalk outside of Vintage where we just had a wine tasting. I notice there are a bunch of trailers.. like the kind that are around when something is being filmed. In the corner of the window of one of the trailers there’s a piece of paper that says “Law & Order: Criminal Intent“. I started getting excited and taking photos of the trailer and the sign since Law & Order is one of my favorite shows. Meanwhile, back on the sidewalk, everyone else is discussing how Criminal Intent is their least favorite Law & Order show. I get back to the group and Ted is doing his best Vincent D’Onofrio imitation, being all serious and striking a pose, when who walks up directly behind him? Vincent D’Onofrio. We asked if we could take a picture with him and he paused and then said “yes”. You’d think he’d be asked this all the time and he’d immediately say “yes” or “no”, but it was like he actually paused to think about it. As we all arranged around Vincent and handed my camera we were reminded by one of “his people” that “Vincent has a tight schedule, he only has a minute!”

Tiffany, Jessica, Rachelle
Tiffany, Jessica, Rachelle, Vintage, SoHo, Manhattan

Chuck & Ted
Chuck & Ted, Vintage, SoHo, Manhattan

Global 33 and a Late-Night Walk Across Houston Street

Global 33
Global 33, East Village, Manhattan

Gulf
Lot 76 NYC, NoLita, Manhattan

Hot Fat Van
Jim‘s Van, West Village, Manhattan

Art Gallery
Art Gallery, West Village, Manhattan

It was 2 for 1 Tuesday at Global 33 and still surprisingly empty.

Lot 76 NYC, also known as Manhattan Castle & Prop, is an outdoor antique store that sells everything from vintage signs to statuary to old Coke machines to kitchen sinks.

“Lot 76 NYC also does a booming prop business and has provided props for a number of movies that have been shot in New York City including “A Bronx Tale”, “Addicted to Love”, “Kissing Jessica Stein” and several for the directors Woody Allen and Spike Lee. Several New York City television shows have also used the store for a shooting site including “Law and Order”, “The Conan O’Brien Show” and “Sex and the City” to name a few. Designers such as Ralph Lauren and Kenneth Cole have also called upon Lot 76 NYC to come up with a unique photo backdrop. ” ~Lot 76 NYC website

Jim is a band that’s in town for the CMJ Music Marathon.

This art gallery is in the building that used to be IPSoft. I think it’s called Innovation or something like that. I was sad to see IPSoft close. It used to make me giggle in a really immature 6th-grader way every time I walked past it.

Crime & Punishment

Crime & Punishment

So, I never thought I’d be saying this, but lately I’ve grown weary of Law & Order and all of it’s spin-offs. They ruined it by having it on every hour of every day. I’m actually getting sick of it and it’s starting to feel repetitive. Of course, none of this has to do with the fact that there was a period of time when I would turn on TNT and watch back to back episodes every night I was home. heh.

So, I think Dick Wolf was reading my mind when he created Crime & Punishment. Crime & Punishment is like a “real life” Law & Order. Ok.. so maybe he wasn’t reading my mind, he probably was jumping on the reality show bandwagon. In either case, Crime & Punishment is INTENSE. It’s a courtroom drama (you know I’ve always loved courtroom drama ever since I was 7 years old and used to watch Perry Mason reruns with my dad!) with real lawyers, real defendants, real victims, real judges, real juries and real verdicts. Oh, and for some reason they chose the San Diego County District Attorney‘s office to base the show out of.