Travels With Cher-ie
Name the Place
On Campus
Page, Stage, Canvas, and Screen
Sonnies and Cher
…With a “Side” of Your Family
100
In addition to providing the Weisbergs their first tour of the Baka neighborhood, Sandy and Cynthia Levinson also introduced them to this mononymous East Jerusalem money-lender. (His prices were lousy.)
FAUZI
100
210 E. 77th Street
NEW LINCOLN
100
As a freshman, Caryl Kamornik (nee Lowenstein) and her roommate Mollyanne Wersted lived in this dorm, which sounds like a mostly bygone mode of watching television.
CABLE
100
In Her New Moves, Paul surprises Elaine with tickets to this ballet, in an (unsuccessful) attempt to rekindle their marriage.
LA BAYADERE
100
Edward James Olmos and Maria Conchita Alonso were the stars of Caught, whose screenplay was penned by the father of this longtime family babysitter.
ALEXANRDA POMERANTZ
100
Long before Cheryl’s first visit to the Museum of Science and Industry, Aunt Vivian auspiciously presented Cheryl and Bonnie with a gift consisting of three of these adorable animals.
BABY CHICKS
200
Located at the corner of its eponymous avenue and the Rue Jean Rey, this bygone Paris hotel featured fabulous Eifel Tower views and, more importantly, a top- notch continental breakfast.
SUFFREN LA TOUR
200
225 F. Street
CHERYL AND RICHARD’S WASHINGTON, DC ADDRESS
200
This poet and English professor taught two generations of Weisbergs, Cheryl at Brandeis, and Ben at Johns Hopkins.
ALAN GROSSMAN
200
Cheryl’s TV work as a background artist has included gigs on Curb Your Enthusiasm and Law & Order, as well as an infomercial for this fabric decorating device.
THE GLITZER
200
During the Weisberg family’s sabbatical semester in Vancouver, Cheryl and Sam were granted access to the set of this whimsical fantasy.
JUMANJI
200
It wasn’t a reward for finding the afikomen, but Cheryl was gifted several vintage outfits from this relative’s maternity shop – the site of many childhood seders.
AUNT SHIRLEY
300
Reminiscing on their time spent with Cheryl and Richard in Bellagio, this couple cited memorable discussions of “the Christian/Jewish difference in the relation of literalism to morality, especially as it affects legal bonds.”
THE HARTMANS
300
6 Avenue Paul Appell
CHERYL’S 1967 PARIS HOME
300
While not exactly a gentleman, on at least one occasion, this odd duck gave Cheryl a ride on his motorcycle from Waltham to Porter Square.
SIDNEY WOLINSKY
300
One of Cheryl’s earliest stage performances featured a dramatic rendering of a speech by this historic figure from a play by George Bernard Shaw.
JOAN OF ARC
300
This New Lincoln hooligan was, and remains, the only kid Cheryl ever forbade any of her kids from becoming friends with.
BRIAN SEGAL
300
Sid famously took the Weisbergs on a wrong way tour of First Avenue after a celebratory graduation meal at this Yorkville diner.
CAFÉ 79
400
While visiting London, Cheryl, Richard and Sam took in an early production of this famous play, whose most recent Broadway production featured Neil Patrick Harris and James Cordon.
ART
400
2929 S. Ellis Avenue
MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL
400
This rail-thin, elfin high-school and college classmate of Cheryl’s, who was a guest at Cheryl and Richard’s wedding, went on to have a successful acting career before his untimely death in 1987.
ROY STEVENS
400
Looking for a Friend: A Book for Owen and Wes recounts the adventures of this personable, if occasionally malodorous, mammal.
SKIPPY THE SKUNK
400
This movie, around which Cheryl organized a birthday party for Ben, featured a contest sponsored by Glad Trash Bags.
MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY
400
Marty (Pop-Pop) Zackian wasn’t a martyr (at least in the literal sense of the word), but his surname is derived from this 17th century Belarusian rabbi, who was.
RABBI YISRAEL, THE MARTYR OF RUZHANY
500
During a whirlwind overnight trip to Leipzig in 2012, Cheryl and Richard took in a concert at this famous Leipzig music hall.
GEWANDHAUS
500
15 Quai De La Tournelle
LA TOUR D’ARGENT
500
Cheryl’s contributions to the Brandeis Justice included an account of a freshman orientation seminar on Paul Goodman’s Growing Up Absurd led by this legendary Brandeis English professor.
ALLEN LEVITAN
500
Cheryl’s drawing of this Edward Hopper painting of his wife, Jo, has adorned Ben and Rachel’s home for many years. The original hangs in the Columbus Museum of Art.
MORNING SUN
500
While Cheryl and Richard had to finagle Benno’s way into Beverly Hills High through the use of a phony address, Sam legally attended this Los Angeles neighborhood school.
WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY
500
The summer their younger brother Steve was born, Cheryl and Bonnie were shipped off to Camp Wonderland, whose white-haired owner, went by this folksy moniker.
AUNT ALICE
