Well I assume you would be flying in to San Francisco or Los Angeles? In those places you probably would find it hard to find "cheap" hotels. Hostels might be a better deal, or you can find out ahead of time from other Russians who've "crossed the big pond" where affordable rooms could be found.

How long will you be in the US? Do you have a game plan, specific things you wish to see?
We can give you pointers and help you avoid the "tourist traps"

For comparison, most people bake using white flour. The price for as 5 lb bag (around 2.3 kg) is 3 dollars 50 cents.
The price for almond flour, for ONE pound (454 g) ranges from around 8 dollars to over 12 dollars.
There are different companies and different prices.

You are coming to the US this summer?

Yes I would think "pizza dip" would work well with any good, warm bread. Making me hungry :-)

Heard last few minutes of Dean Torrence interview on the XM Sirius Beatles channel Fabforum. Pretty much all I heard was Jan and Dean's take on Norwegian Wood - thought it was ruined by the silly things the fake sitar was doing. Anyway, I posted it here because the interview might have had some Beach Boys content.
The show is available to listen to On Demand for those who have the app. I'll try to listen when I have the time.

Cornish hens (although they are called "hens" they can be male or female) are specially bred small chickens - the ones I got were about 570 g each. Each is supposed to feed no more than 2 people. However we're not big meat eaters so with the five of us  we had leftovers .It's all white meat and very tender.

Almond flour is more expensive than regular flour but not as expensive as in Russia. Yes, with a lot of those "alternative flours" Americans are using, a lot of people decide to grind them - almonds, oats, rice are the most common used.

Some people use cauliflower as an alternative but I'm not going there . Would rather use something more conventional.

Today is Mother's Day in the US. Hope the SS Mothers had a good day.
I fixed lunch for 3 Mothers in my family - Mom, 2 sisters - and a nephew.
Baked a couple of Cornish hens with an orange sauce, sweet potatoes with brown sugar and gingerbread seasoning , a tossed salad, and garlic bread. One of my sisters brought what is known locally as a Gentilly Cake (also known as Chantilly Cake), a cake with almond flour, some fresh fruit between the layers, with mascarpone icing and more fresh berries on top.
There was some fear that the lunch wouldn't happen as there were two rounds of flooding rains in my city last night. But thankfully the streets dried up in time for everyone to arrive .

I'm really looking forward to this series. There have been other documentaries about the Carter Family but not nearly enough about Jimmie Rodgers. I can listen to those pioneers all day.
I hope it will help me appreciate some of the later country recordings , although I don't know if I'll ever like the offerings over the last 20 years or so. Most are way overproduced for my liking.

I love all things related to History. I've been listening to podcasts of University professors giving lectures to students on American History.
We're coming up to the 170th anniversary of a significant event I confess to not knowing anything about until a couple of days ago. On 10 May, 1849 the "Astor Place Riot" took place in New York City.
During the 1840s there was a movement to try to get Americans to be more "sophisticated."
 to make a very complicated story short, Shakespeare was to be performed at two venues in New York City, one starring an American actor and the other, an English actor . The fans for the American showed their displeasure by going to Astor Place and protesting . It got so bad that law enforcement was called . When things really started getting out of hand the police fired into the crowd, killing at least 22 civilians! Over Shakespeare!

Looks like it was a wonderful day for you!
(Did the kitty celebrate?)

[Sense and Sensibility]

Can't help much with Jane Austen. I'm slowly reading Sense and Sensibility but am not familiar with the other books. Pride and Prejudice has been highly praised. I saw a TV adaptation of this (the one with Colin Firth).

Yes you have a great reason to celebrate . The Russians did a lot of the "heavy lifting" early in the War, having to Take More Than One For the (Allied) Team. The bravery and determination in the face of such dire straits were incredible.

Oh, and I love buckwheat, especially in pancakes.

"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" = favorite series next to "Perry Mason". In fact, will say it's better than his feature films. Cool twists & get to see actors in the cast who didn't play in his features. Also, witty intros by Hitch & really cute screen cards with his chubby-cheeked profile between few scenes, as if fast gaps.

I like Alfred Hitchcock and his wry sense of humor. Wish the reruns of his show didn't come on so late at night.
Perry Mason shows come on during the day and my Mom likes to watch them.

Well behaved pups. Our dog, BooBoo, would not have been that patient!

According to a Zombies fan FB  site - try ROCKHALL for presale code. Hope that works!

Oops put this in wrong thread. Someone else gave details in correct thread (BW tour 2019)

We just texted each other using the feature on our cellphones. No apps.
It's about the only way we're "together" nowadays. Don't know the last time all five of us sisters were at the same physical location.

Have been seeing this on my FB feed from American Ballet Theatre:

May 30-June 3, Met, NYC - Twyla Tharp Trio will be performing to Beach Boys songs. Don t know all songs but it mentions "Deuce Coupe" and in the blurb "Devoted to You" with Mike and Brian is heard in the background

I also noticed that relationship between Al and Brian and agree that Brian is depending on Al. During one song Al said something along the lines of "this next part is yours, Brian" then Brian sang.

I really wish someone else would sing GOK. The vocal range is too great for Brian.
I know it's one of if not the most "beloved" of his songs, but he didn't sing it on the recording or the live shows up thru the 90s.
I couldn't bear to listen to it last night. I put my tablet on "mute" for that song.

[Carmen]

I also love instrumental music in operas. Carmen is particularly great.
And vocal selections are packaged as instrumentals to be performed in symphony concerts. One of my favorites is Britten's "Four Sea Interludes" from his opera Peter Grimes.
 "Dawn" gave me goosebumps.

I used to be able to attend operas regularly , or at least live broadcasts in a local theater featuring the New York Metropolitan Opera. Occasionally I would listen on the radio.

Can't do links on my tablet but there's a commercial online - Met Texaco Commercial - that ran for many years here in the US. Showed that even out in the middle of nowhere cowboys could enjoy the opera!

Nowadays I can't get out for the theater shows, and don't have 3 plus uninterrupted hours available on Saturday afternoons to listen to the broadcasts. But I can still listen to individual arias and duets.

One of my faves is Bizet's The Pearl Fishers.
Hope you can listen to duet by Jussi Bjorling and Robert Merrill . Heavenly.

Also aria by Bjorling, Je Crois Entendre Encore.
And if you wish, David Gilmour (!) does a credible take on this song.

I saw it yesterday evening on one of Al's Facebook pages.

Saw that the shows scheduled with Carnie and Wendy have been cancelled due to a "scheduling conflict." Post indicated hope that they could be rescheduled

Yes, Devil at the Crossroads is on Netflix now.
Also I too hope the Bolden movie does him justice .

Spent the afternoon looking at "old stuff." A couple of things brought that on. One was a text from one of my sisters who was attending a play at the Baltimore Hippodrome ( Brian has played there I believe ). I and my sisters texted about how much we love those old vaudeville houses that have been restored (we have 2 in my city).
Today would have been my Dad's 96th birthday. I have a picture of him as a four year old sitting on a pile of lumber. He's wearing clothes of the period, overalls, boots, a floppy hat. Precious. Anyway, the photo has history behind it. Dad said one of his earliest memories was a major flood in our city in 1927. He remembers lumber floating down the street and his Dad retrieving them. So we believe that the photo we have was taken a while later, with my Dad sitting on that lumber.
I love looking at old photos.

Oh , I also was looking at photos of the bluebells in bloom in the UK now. Beautiful!

[In My Room]

Coming back from church, just after noon local time, heard In My Room on the Sirius 60s channel. That's a song I unfortunately rarely hear on the radio nowadays.