Steve Hanson Encounter

March 14, 2002 Invited to a special sneak-peek dinner at Fiamma (Spring St. at 6th Ave.) last night... Upscale Italian cuisine from restauranteur Steve Hanson... I ran into Steve while descending from the second-floor dining room to the basement bathroom. He was busy checking the lights in the stairwell. Moments later he joined me in the bathroom, telling his staff via walkie-talkie to dim the lights. (Suddenly the mood felt much more romantic.) I offered him some advice: "There's no toilet paper." "Really?" He was pissed... On the way out, he shook our hands. "Thanks for the advice about stock issues," he told me.