The Queen Mary: Better they should tow her out a few miles and let her sink. She'll make a great reef, which should prove more productive than sitting in the Long Beach Harbor.

San Bernardino County Fair is a snoozer. Very disappointing. Even the cows were bored, and the chickens looked as though they'd prefer having their heads removed. Food limited, midway deserted, and this was a Saturday afternoon. I don't see much future for this particular county fair.

And looking forward to the grandaddy of California fairs, the LA County Fair. Awesome food...too expensive, but awesome.

Going to the San Bernardino County Fair this Sunday, being the fair-freaks that Benita and I are.

Exactly (from today's LA Times, Letters to the Editor):

Titanic mistake

Re “Queen Mary plan is floated,” April 30

Has this story been sitting on the editor's desk since April 1, and did it just find its way to the top of the pile today? Is this idea -- renovating the long-docked Queen Mary and sending it to sea -- some sort of monstrous joke, or is it another version of Orange County's Great Park? Why do we invariably, inevitably, perpetually populate City Hall with buffoons who pounce on moronic suggestions like this one?

If someone genuinely wants to extricate something from concrete and float it out to sea, might I respectfully suggest we forget about the Queen Mary and instead dig up the entire Long Beach City Hall building and tow it at least into international waters.

That would have an instantaneous, salutary effect on this city's financial deficit.

Ralph L. Seifer

Long Beach

Something has got to give...either blogging, twittering or facebooking. Don't have time for all three.

And a nod to another dining establishment - this time in The Pass - our favorite Italian place; good, honest food, great service. Russo's. Stop there on your way to Palm Springs. It's worth the side-trip. Chi mangia bene, vive bene. Mangia bene at Russo's!

We can't say enough good things about Bottega Louie on Seventh Street. If you haven't tried it yet, you're in for a big, big treat, and what a beautiful space. Great interior architecture and design...completely unexpected in downtown LA.

Courting Vampires opens at Boston Court this Saturday. It's going to be great!

Seeing the Sondheim one-acts at East West Players this Thursday.