burgers, cheeseburgers, pizza,
Coney Islands, etc., music 9
p.m. to 2 a.m. by Reflections,
with DJ between sets...$40 per
person, advance ticket sales
and general admission...IV.
Hurley and Ballroom Pack-
ages may be combined with
either the DeSoto Diner pack-
age or overnight stay at $72
per room.
RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL
300 Town Center Drive,
Dearborn, MI. 48126, (313)
441-2000...Three packages...I.
New Year's Eve Gala in The
Ballroom, black tie or Cocktail
attire, with champagne and
hors d'oeuvres reception in the
Grand Hallway, four-course din-
ner including hors d'oeuvres of
lobster barquette with Ginger,
Beluga caviar with lemon
mousse, smoked salmon, quail
quiche, smoked duck in phyllo
and marinated goat cheese;
Appetizer, basil-wild mushroom
ravioli; soup, tomato con-
somme; salad, Maine lobster,
baby lettuce, truffle; sorbet,
blackberry with lemon; entree,
veal medallions foie gran with
spinach corn and fluted potato;
dessert, tangerine mirroir...
Dancing to The Sun Messen-
gers...$115 per person, $250
per couple...II. New Year's
Eve Gala (pkg. no. I.) and
overnight accommodations
plus breakfast buffet and late
check-out New Year's Day,
$323 per couple...11l. Room
accommodation without Gala
Celebration includes breakfast
buffet New Year's Day, $99 per
room...All packages require
pre-payment and carry a seven-
day cancellation policy...The
World's Smallest New Year's Eve
Party is a Ritz Carlton tradition
with little ones having their
own fun-fest while parents are
enjoying activities in The
Ballroom...This complimentary
service is available to pint-sized
children 5 years old to 10 years
old and includes a buffet din-
ner with their favorite foods,
games and activities through-
out the evening from 7:30
p.m....Reservations for children
are required...The Restaurant
and The Grill will each have
two seatings, 6 p.m. and 8:30
p.m. with special New Year's
Eve menus...Contemporary
jazz entertainment and dancing
is being offered in The Grill.
SEBASTIAN'S GRILL
2715 W. Big Beaver in the
Somerset Collection, Troy, MI
48084, (313) 649-6625...
Regular menu 5 p.m. and 7
p.m....Prix Fixe dinners at two
seatings, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m....
Appetizer choices of butternut
squash soup with pear com-
pote, escargot in phyllo with
chardonnay sauce, steamed
upright artichoke, smoked
Scottish salmon, eggplant blinis
with tomato-basil sauce or
seafood medley with red pep-
per coulis; salad selections from
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Prime Rib, vegetable of the day,
wild rice medley and special
Star Clipper Sauce, lemon chick-
en Breasts lightly breaded and
sauteed in olive oil, topped
with a light lemon cream and
Gorganzola cheese (for accom-
paniment, ground duck and
Canadian bacon is served in a
Zucchini boat and the daily
vegetable), Seafood Medallions,
crab, scallops, shrimp and sole
with vegetable and spices, pre-
pared on a bed of Fettuccini
Alfredo and accompanied by
the daily vegetable.. Also appe-
tizer, soup and dessert are
included in the gourmet meal,
tax and gratuity included...
Train selections with live music
by Dennis Vernier or Murder
Mystery, with boarding at 8
p.m., departure 9 p.m. and
return at 1 a.m....$52,50 or
$67.50...Reservation required
with pre-payment.
Michigan, trout & spinach salad
with orange port dressing, wild
mushroom salad with leeks,
walnuts, sherry vinaigrette,
Caesar Salad, rock shrimp salad
with ripe avocado & roasted
pepper-mustard dressing, warm
Michigan goat cheese with
tomatoes, pinenuts & fine herb
vinaigrette; entree choices of
filet of beef Wellington with
wild mushroom-herbed
Madeira duxelle and veal glace,
rack of New Zealand baby
lamb with Rosemary-garlic
sauce and minted fruit relish,
sauteed provimi veal with
spinach linguine, fine herbs
and Morel mushroom sauce,
roasted Indiana duckling with
sauteed walnuts, apple cider
and cream sauce, phyllo-
wrapped lobster tail with crus-
tacean mousse and cognac
sauce, grilled fillet of yellow fin
tuna over spicy black beans
with roasted pepper sauce,
wild mushroom raviolis and
cedar roasted salmon with herb
cream sauce, selection of
Sebastian's desserts... $50 per
person 8 p.m. or 10 p.m. seat-
ing...Music by the Martin Scot
Kosins Trio...Credit card will
hold reservations.
JET
JEWISH ENSEMBLE THEATRE
presents
The Queen's
Physician
By Betty Neustat
Directed by Dinah Lynch
SWEET LORRAINE'S CAFE
2901 Greenfield Road, north of
12 Mile Road, Southfield, MI
48076, (313) 559-5985.
Reservations are strongly sug-
gested for the regular and spe-
cial dining features at menu
prices...vegetarian special, filet
mignon special, pasta special
and mixed grill special...
Continuous seating will be from
4 p.m. to 12 Midnight with
selected wines and cham-
pagne, including 20 by the
glass... No cover, no minimum.
STAR CLIPPER TRAINS
840 North Pontiac Trail, Walled
Lake, MI 48390, (313) 960-
9440. Keystone dining cars
include a three-hour journey
with choice of seating in either
of two dining cars...Five-course
dinner includes; choice of
AARON DE ROY THEATRE
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
6600 W. Maple Rd. • W. Bloomfield
Tickets (313) 788-2900 or
Laugh To The Bank
With 'Frozen Assets'
MICHAEL ELKIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
ith Frozen Assets,
producer/co-writer
Don Klein hopes
audiences will be
laughing all the way to the
bank.
The film's bank deposits,
however, are not the kind
the FDIC is willing to in-
sure. The comedy's focus is
on a sperm bank, where
"assets" inspire the interest
of young infertile couples.
A literary agent for the
past 14 years, Don Klein
conceived the idea of the
sperm bank as the center of
a conflict between an ideal-
istic biologist (Shelley Long)
and an ambitious capitalist
(Corbin Bernsen) hoping to
capitalize on the bank as a
profit-making venture.
The topic came right out of
the headlines, says Mr.
Klein, who is hoping to
make headway with au-
diences in the mood for a
Frank Capra-esque romantic
comedy.
"It's a sexy subject," says
Mr. Klein, citing statistics
that one couple out of six is
infertile to some degree.
Frozen Assets is Don
Klein's baby, his first project
as producer and screen-
writer. "It's a different take
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on family values," he says of
the film.
A pregnant pause. "It's sex
in the '90s for people incapa-
ble of having babies."
Single himself, the 40-
year-old Mr. Klein helped
create a family aura for the
film: His mom portrays a
New York madam and his
nieces appear in other roles.
If the occasion arose, Mr.
Klein says, he would con-
sider using a sperm bank
himself. For now, he con-
tents himself with the
closeness of his immediate
family.
He put his own assets in
Frozen Assets as well as
those of others. Was it worth
it? "I've attained a dream,"
says Mr. Klein.
Certainly, the New York
University Law School
graduate never dreamed of
being in show business. Or
did he? "Well, even in
school," he says, "I wrote
and produced student
shows."
More than anything, Don
Klein has gotten a good
laugh out of the film, a sense
of joy he hopes his audiences
share. "What could be wrong
with a little comedy and
laughter today.
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