tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post2621080000907434924..comments2023-10-09T02:38:50.119-07:00Comments on At My Soiree: Literary Cafes, Pubs, and TavernsChrisJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-46720729598675916242010-06-21T09:48:18.059-07:002010-06-21T09:48:18.059-07:00Ladygoodwood,
It's so easy to imagine the art...Ladygoodwood,<br /><br />It's so easy to imagine the artists wandering by or at that cafe.<br /><br />Thank you for commenting.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-87824541683049405072010-06-21T03:35:21.183-07:002010-06-21T03:35:21.183-07:00in the mid 1980's I moved from the north of En...in the mid 1980's I moved from the north of England to work in London at the Sports Council in their Euston square offices. I had become enchanted by the Bloomsbury Group years before, and I used to love spending my lunch-breaks wandering around those Bloomsbury streets.<br />I have enjoyed similar experiences in the Rive Gauche and Latin Quartier in paris, and also in the Temple area of Dublin. Somehow, for those who are attuned, these great literary figures live on in the atmosphere of these places.Ladygoodwoodhttp://www.englishcountrykitchen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-75145283011309364052010-05-28T21:49:34.778-07:002010-05-28T21:49:34.778-07:00Pearl,
Glad to pass it on. You are welcome.Pearl,<br /><br />Glad to pass it on. You are welcome.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-28929873004451120452010-05-28T06:29:51.663-07:002010-05-28T06:29:51.663-07:00I didn't know any of that. thanks.I didn't know any of that. thanks.Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251168248457758117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-41666711268593408032010-05-24T16:03:25.898-07:002010-05-24T16:03:25.898-07:00OTG,
I'm sure it wasn't as romantic as we...OTG,<br /><br />I'm sure it wasn't as romantic as we think, but would still be fun.<br /><br />I hope blogging doesn't totally make that sort of thing disappear, but it probably won't.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-5033012953494847892010-05-24T16:02:04.245-07:002010-05-24T16:02:04.245-07:00Owen,
Ah, Paris; yes, that would be wonderful.Owen,<br /><br />Ah, Paris; yes, that would be wonderful.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-67666382088290745502010-05-24T16:01:22.041-07:002010-05-24T16:01:22.041-07:00Paul,
If you do, let me know what it's like!Paul,<br /><br />If you do, let me know what it's like!ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-60314574903696386102010-05-24T16:00:48.650-07:002010-05-24T16:00:48.650-07:00Trulyfool,
Yes, I guess it's not always the w...Trulyfool,<br /><br />Yes, I guess it's not always the way we would imagine or like.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-72024177354885947012010-05-24T15:59:56.455-07:002010-05-24T15:59:56.455-07:00Hels,
You are probably right about having an &quo...Hels,<br /><br />You are probably right about having an "office," and there were certainly enough writers who drank too much.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-3125513495844287702010-05-24T02:18:46.683-07:002010-05-24T02:18:46.683-07:00I totally agree with you. I often get nostalgic ab...I totally agree with you. I often get nostalgic about those types of meeting places, where artists, writers and musicians gathered. <br /><br />I'm not sure it was a romantic as we think, but it would be nice to test it out. <br /><br />Oh well, they didn't have blogging!One of The Guyshttp://www.theguysperspective.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-73816772543563857932010-05-23T04:42:35.133-07:002010-05-23T04:42:35.133-07:00Generally speaking, I don't think it's a g...Generally speaking, I don't think it's a good idea to wish one could go back in time. <br /><br />But that said, more than once I have wished that I could have sat in a cafe along the Seine and listened to Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Callaghan debate the subjects of the day.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-87885906028095376642010-05-22T00:56:19.995-07:002010-05-22T00:56:19.995-07:00I love to hang out in cafes that were once the mee...I love to hang out in cafes that were once the meeting places of modernist writers, especially in Vienna, Zürich and Paris. Next time I'm in London I'll check out this pub - they are so much nicer now that they are smoke free.P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-40046530618924522292010-05-21T22:23:14.210-07:002010-05-21T22:23:14.210-07:001978 stayed in a hotel in Russell Square.
2002 st...1978 stayed in a hotel in Russell Square.<br /><br />2002 stayed in a flat in Maida Vale.<br /><br />Both times my aim was to spend time at the British Museum. Done.<br /><br />Just last evening I was drinking coffee from a 'Rosetta Stone' cup purchased at the museum.<br /><br />What a turista I am. I could feel the ghosts. <br /><br />A panhandler put the touch on me, somewhat aggressively, and suggested that if I didn't 'spare him a pence or two', he might ask my wife.<br /><br />I gave him a coin of some denomination, and could feel the slime of his paw. He wandered with his happy dog. <br /><br />Felt like something out of Dickens. I thoroughly washed my hands -- gave them a good 'laving'.Trulyfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13385653066007723233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-38051868592728455432010-05-21T18:59:10.899-07:002010-05-21T18:59:10.899-07:00Agreed absolutely. Very atmospheric post.
I think...Agreed absolutely. Very atmospheric post.<br /><br />I think that the young men (largely men) gathered initially in pubs (or coffee shops and wine bars in Paris or Vienna) because they were too grindingly poor to afford heating at home. Sitting in a nice warm pub gave them an "office" where they could write, sketch, meet friends and drink. <br /><br />There doesn't seem to have been much food involved and I would not be surprised if all our budding artists and writers were malnourished and skinny. I also wonder how many of them eventually came to love alcohol too much!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com