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Follow the trail
Meant to attend an art opening at Shoreline Grill, but missed the bulk of it, so landed instead at McCormick and Schmick’s. The long bar, with its busy, upbeat attendants, is perfect for street-watching (the restaurant is below sidewalk level), sipping a Tito’s with lemon and sampling the seafood appetizers.
Peeked into Glass, the new upscale bar at Fifth and Congress, which, in fact, is swathed in heavy fabric, while Fabric, the new gay bar that shares the same building, is all clean lines and cool lighting. Huh. Lingered at Fabric, which feels like a cross between Oslo and Apple (the owners of Apple launched this spot, with its great, curving bar, comfy lounge niche and enclosing dance floor).
Then it was off to La Zona Rosa for the Dennis Quaid Charity Weekend opener. The first band (I’m pretty sure it was Dan Dyer) was very good, but wrong for such a big hall — and a downer. Then came Buddy Quaid’s roots/country/rock band, which proved eminently competent, but uninspiring. Finally, out come Dennis and the Sharks, thrashing, growling, raising the audience’s temp to a boiling point. Ducked out before guests such as Robert Rodriguez joined him onstage. Hard to believe Dennis is 51.
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