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Post by bixaorellana on May 27, 2009 16:13:22 GMT
A scene from the movie:
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Post by lola on Jun 6, 2009 22:00:20 GMT
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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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 7, 2009 3:03:06 GMT
*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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Post by lola on Jun 9, 2009 0:00:08 GMT
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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Post by lola on Jun 9, 2009 0:12:20 GMT
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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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 9, 2009 2:38:27 GMT
Yes ~~ start a thread, Lola! My theory is that the guys will vie to prove they're the most Stoogeish.
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Post by komsomol on Jun 10, 2009 20:07:11 GMT
So many good places close.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2009 10:26:24 GMT
I passed by again last week and the "new" place is still going great.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2009 10:53:58 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2009 11:00:04 GMT
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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Post by traveler63 on Oct 1, 2009 17:56:46 GMT
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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Post by lagatta on Oct 1, 2009 19:01:14 GMT
I am NOT opening up a café to serve my confit de canard!
That is sad about your mum, kerouac.
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Post by fumobici on Oct 1, 2009 19:08:56 GMT
Thanks for the bittersweet reminiscences.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2010 14:50:22 GMT
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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Post by lagatta on Jun 14, 2010 15:17:03 GMT
I can't stand this. Is the baleful influence of Philippe Starck still afoot?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2010 18:19:05 GMT
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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Post by cigalechanta on Nov 18, 2010 2:11:29 GMT
the chairs and table look too stiff, angular to be inviting was one mistake. IMHO
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Post by mich64 on Nov 19, 2010 1:38:26 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2010 5:52:35 GMT
I'm sure that my retired neighbor still has plenty of paintings that she would like to sell.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2012 17:34:01 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2012 17:40:56 GMT
Anyway, here is the painting that she gave me.
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Post by htmb on Jun 5, 2012 23:10:09 GMT
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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Post by Kimby on Jun 6, 2012 14:55:47 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2012 16:42:56 GMT
I think that she used charcoal and pencil with little newspaper collages.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 6, 2012 19:11:46 GMT
Thanks, K2. I hadn't considered collage. So not a "painting" at all. A picture, perhaps. Or an artwork. I passed by again last week and the "new" place is still going great. What's the latest on the cafe, since you brought up this thread?
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Post by tod2 on Jun 7, 2012 11:49:52 GMT
Peeked at the address on PagesJaunes PhotosdeVille..........the cafe still lives on as Au Vrai Paris tinyurl.com/cpv8d4h
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2012 11:59:55 GMT
They need to update their photos then! If you look at Google Street View, you will see Les Artistes as it looks now.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2012 18:14:46 GMT
Always,always,always loved this thread!! Such a cool story.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2012 18:45:55 GMT
I was talking to my boss about this today. He is leaving the company at the same time as I. He saw this café as well and visited it a number of times, because his daughter painted the Christmas decorations on the windows one year.
He has a project of opening an Italian café and bookstore in Paris once he leaves the company, so perhaps I will have a new story to tell in a year or two. (No, he has no Italian roots, but Italy is his passion and also that of his daughter.)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2012 19:04:02 GMT
Another odd moment this week, when I received a package of mail forwarded by my café friend's former high school employer (I am the forwarding address because he is living in Brazil, managing a Lycée Français there). Always included in the mail are items regarding his father, since he is in charge of his father's administrative documents now that his father has returned to Algeria.
One of the documents was the postal voting document for the independent merchants election, which also concerns retired merchants. Since it was my friend's father's café before he took it over, I took it upon myself to vote in his place (particularly since there was only one day left for the postal vote).
It was very strange to feel that I had a tiny say about what to do regarding shopowner's representation in a world that I left years ago.
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