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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #60 on May 26, 2009, 11:11pm »

superb story.thank you so much.i'm serious here that if you were to find a publisher you might be surprised just how many people would buy this book.i hav at least 6 friends who said they would definitely get a copy.well done anyway.

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« Reply #61 on May 27, 2009, 9:44am »

Who'll play Kerouac2 and his friend in the film version?

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« Reply #62 on May 27, 2009, 4:13pm »

A scene from the movie:

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« Reply #63 on Jun 6, 2009, 10:00pm »

Lovely, Kerouac. You can tell a story. How fine to be part of making that great city even better.

(Bixa's photo above shows the moment when Larry's preparing food order in the kitchen and accidentally makes the cat howl. Those pictured form a false conclusion, concentrated look of apprehension. )

(I saw my first post childhood Stooges a few weeks ago to keep the spouse company, and it happened to be that one.)

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« Reply #64 on Jun 7, 2009, 3:03am »

*hi-eeeee, Lola!!!*

You're lucky! I don't think I ever saw that one. Snippet of conversation from long ago between me & a friend:

Frank: So you really like the Stooges?

Bixa: Yes, yes I do.

Frank: That's odd, most women don't like them.

Bixa: They don't? Are you sure? Why?

Frank: I think the Stooges are too dangerously close to what women think men are really like.

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« Reply #65 on Jun 9, 2009, 12:00am »

Hi, Bixa!

I'll confess I'm not sure whether Larry was making the cat screech or the dog howl at that moment. Diners and waiters fear the worst.

Should we start another thread and take a poll?

Q: Men: are you like a Stooge? If so, in what way? If not, why not, and how sad does that make you?
Q: Women: how closely does your old man resemble a Stooge? Which one(s)? If you never noticed the striking resemblance before, are you now sorry we asked?

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« Reply #66 on Jun 9, 2009, 12:12am »

kerouac, sorry to profane your beautiful thread with my apparent entire-sex-bashing. I grew up with three fine brothers who were my best friends, and if anything I tend to overly idealize those on your side of the fence.

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« Reply #67 on Jun 9, 2009, 2:38am »

Yes ~~ start a thread, Lola! My theory is that the guys will vie to prove they're the most Stoogeish.

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« Reply #68 on Jun 10, 2009, 8:07pm »

So many good places close.

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #69 on Oct 1, 2009, 10:26am »

I passed by again last week and the "new" place is still going great.

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« Reply #70 on Oct 1, 2009, 10:53am »

This was(is) one of my favorite threads on here. Forgot about this. Thanks for update.Do you get any kind of surge or nostalgia attack when you pass by there K.? Or even a shudder?

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #71 on Oct 1, 2009, 11:00am »

Actually, there is one thing that I regret. Right across the street from it is a nursing home run by the city of Paris, exactly the same as my mother's nursing home. It is maybe 20 meters from door to door. She was so unhappy to be "locked in" the place where she is for the first two years (she called it "the prison"), since she cannot wander alone in the street, and I always imagine how nice it would have been for her to be able to spend at least part of her days in the café under the supervision of the friends who worked there, feeling more like a normal person.

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #72 on Oct 1, 2009, 5:56pm »

Hi K2,

I just stumbled on this thread and wow, thank you for your cafe adventure. We found a great little place last Sunday around the corner from us. The owner was not too busy and had time to talk with us. He said that a lot of the cafes, bistros are owned by some rather large conglomerates, Flo, etc and there aren't many that are even doing homemade food. He does, it is called L Ami George and it is at 5 rue du Quartre Septembre phone; 01422974880. The food was fantastic, home made foie gras, frites, sauces, etc and he is open on Sunday. There is a nice little bar and he has flat screen TVs. We will be going back there before we leave.

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #73 on Oct 1, 2009, 7:01pm »

I am NOT opening up a café to serve my confit de canard!

That is sad about your mum, kerouac.

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #74 on Oct 1, 2009, 7:08pm »

Thanks for the bittersweet reminiscences.

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #75 on Jun 14, 2010, 2:50pm »

I keep seeing more and more cafés being converted from the old traditional style into things that look like operating rooms or nuclear labs. Pretty soon they will require people to wear paper booties to walk through the door. Yuck.

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #76 on Jun 14, 2010, 3:17pm »

I can't stand this. Is the baleful influence of Philippe Starck still afoot?

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #77 on Nov 17, 2010, 6:19pm »

When it's not Philippe Starck, it's Jean Nouvel, who just redesigned a 'galerie' on the Champs Elysées, now mostly occupied by H&M.

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #78 on Nov 18, 2010, 2:11am »

the chairs and table look too stiff, angular to be inviting was one mistake. IMHO

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #79 on Nov 19, 2010, 1:38am »

Thank you, for a portion, of what should be a published book. You have written and photographed so many great pieces on this board. You could formulate them into a novel or biography, whatever you chose would be successful. Brilliant, enjoyed it immensely.

There is so much talent by so many on this board, some days I am overwhelmed, someday I am encouraged.

Kerouac, does your neighbor who is now teaching still have pieces for purchase?

Cheers, Mich

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #80 on Nov 19, 2010, 5:52am »

I'm sure that my retired neighbor still has plenty of paintings that she would like to sell.

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #81 on Jun 5, 2012, 5:34pm »

Coming back to this thread, I should say that my neighbor died in July 2011 and her apartment was recently sold. It is now being gutted and totally redone by the young couple who bought it.

When her son emptied the apartment, I salvaged a few things out of the trash. I probably should have taken more stuff than I did, including maybe some of her paintings that were dumped.

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #82 on Jun 5, 2012, 5:40pm »

Anyway, here is the painting that she gave me.

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #83 on Jun 5, 2012, 11:10pm »

Kerouac, I'm so glad you posted the picture of your neighbor's art today because it bumped the thread up and caught my eye. I had never read the story of your cafe and found it fascinating. I have also appreciated reading many of your other posts, particularly those with photos. The story of your ancestral home near Metz especially interested me since i visited near there in 2010. Thank you for sharing both your stories and your photos.

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Re: Our café adventure
« Reply #84 on Jun 6, 2012, 2:55pm »

I'm glad to see this one bumped, too. Every now and then I've seen its name in my bookmarks list and wondered what was going on with it.

The "painting" looks like a charcoal sketch with something else going on, perhaps a monoprint? Or pastels (chalk) or oil pastels. Do you know what medium the artist used?

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