tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post7928078515591723498..comments2024-03-15T07:36:42.852-04:00Comments on Maxminimus: “They were all impressed with your Halston dress and the people that you knew at Elaine’s"ADGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-82152908188136721692011-05-20T17:39:00.865-04:002011-05-20T17:39:00.865-04:00The canary in the cage for me was when all the nat...The canary in the cage for me was when all the nation's radio stations started to sound the same.<br /><br />And Clarke's has had a satellite in Chicago since '86.David Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04656794645683894339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-16265834259043064102011-05-20T16:30:24.523-04:002011-05-20T16:30:24.523-04:00JG Melon is still the burger place you should go t...JG Melon is still the burger place you should go to if you would like to find natives...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-32880267600677397802011-05-20T15:54:02.845-04:002011-05-20T15:54:02.845-04:00Now I'm depressed. Even though I try to ignor...Now I'm depressed. Even though I try to ignore the "obvious and steady slide towards homogeneity," it's everywhere. I got cornered at a Saturday night party by a newcomer to my inner city neighborhood explaining to me how people like him are improving things by bulldozing perfectly good historic houses to build zero-lot-line-look-alike fake Victorian McMansions. So glad I rode my bike, because it took me 3 glasses of wine to get away from him.yoga teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551998007150554947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-73421356453757540662011-05-20T15:25:33.551-04:002011-05-20T15:25:33.551-04:00Sweety, if every long-winded southerner got a blog...Sweety, if every long-winded southerner got a blog, there wouldn't be enough pixels in the world....but thanks.<br /><br />Jane and Lance, I hate those all white interiors too, and I pray for the day when designers are over mid-century modern.CeceliaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017255006204800193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-33647874656180655832011-05-20T15:03:09.385-04:002011-05-20T15:03:09.385-04:00T-Bone...get the needle out of your arm. One can&#...T-Bone...get the needle out of your arm. One can't make a living doing this shit. But thanks.<br /><br />Jane and Lance...I'm gratified that you got here--regardless of the circuitous journey. I've added your blog to my list and I enjoyed also, visiting your illustrator friend's site/blog. I've spent a good bit of time in West Sussex. Matter of fact I'm gonna do a story on the church/chapel at Arundel Castle and the funny noises I made there. Had my first fish and chips in Brighton decades ago.<br /><br />Brohammas..."where am I?" ...I experience that in every homogenized metro area I land in. And I'm in a lot of them.<br /><br />AnonymousNewOrleans...interesting coincidence. I'll be there too. For this first time since 1996.<br /><br />Eleganto...YOUR Georgetown is gone. Sorry.<br /><br />CeceliaMcScrivener...you need to start a blog. You good writer you.ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-62905049423639614752011-05-20T12:38:13.640-04:002011-05-20T12:38:13.640-04:00Hello ADG:
Oh yes, preserve us from all white inte...Hello ADG:<br />Oh yes, preserve us from all white interiors, characterless individuals, suburbia, package holidays, supermarkets, DIY stores, Burger King and sandals worn with socks [as you no doubt realise, we could go on]. For where are the mavericks of the day and the restaurants such as Elaine's with, as you point out here, the absolutely vital ingredient of Elaine?<br /><br />We have come across your blog by a circuitous route but have found in your posts some refreshing reading laced with the dry wit which seems so sadly missing in today's PC world. We love it all and shall return for more.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-22732428480570430072011-05-20T12:30:58.305-04:002011-05-20T12:30:58.305-04:00HA!
When I left Greenville South Carolina, which s...HA!<br />When I left Greenville South Carolina, which surprisingly has a population of say, 20,000 people and about 30,000 chain stores or restaurants, I was pleased to leave bland suburbia behind....<br />Of course i spent last year visiting every Wal-Mart on the eastern sea-board, "where am I, Mass or Va? who knows; it all looks the same from here."<br /><br />It makes me enjoy urban decay that much more. viva la resurgent city centers!Brohammashttp://www.brohammas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-2338176398352205942011-05-20T11:38:52.981-04:002011-05-20T11:38:52.981-04:00I will be in New Orleans next week, care to share ...I will be in New Orleans next week, care to share any of your unpredictable favorites?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-64137820472645332432011-05-20T11:35:52.290-04:002011-05-20T11:35:52.290-04:00Sounds like what you tell me of My Georgetown... ....Sounds like what you tell me of My Georgetown... . Weird. I've gotta get travelling before everything is beached beige. Or greige perhaps.Easy and Elegant Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951907004091808223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-64700388410810077422011-05-20T11:30:08.616-04:002011-05-20T11:30:08.616-04:00"Dead canaries" is right on the money.
..."Dead canaries" is right on the money.<br /><br />One evening, my daughter and I were driving on a downtown street, when I noticed that a long empty store was all lit up.<br /><br />From the dim street, the place looked warm and friendly, intimate, really. It was like things used to look on a Friday night downtown.<br /><br />I reflexively pulled in before noticing that it was another one of those Dollar Tree stores. <br /><br />My daughter said, "Mama, now why are we going here? You're good on the plastic container front."<br /><br />Well, what I wanted was to go in and see friends that I had been to school with. To run into ladies from church, who had once scolded that they planned to inform my father about such dire things as my acting silly in the library with the boy who worked there. <br /><br />I am aware that everybody from forty onward, wants to go "home". However, the wishing of it today isn't a collective consciousness phenomenon that's thwarted by ordinary time and change. No, now it's like wishing to be on another world, and wishing it from a place that isn't merely dissimilar from home, but intrinsically different.<br /><br />I never got to go to Elaine's in New York, but I mourn with everyone who has lost that touchstone. I also mourn with you, ADG, over your lost Main Street.CeceliaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017255006204800193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-92032944184897372362011-05-20T11:08:23.779-04:002011-05-20T11:08:23.779-04:00Patsy...you are spot on.
Kinda like when I lived i...Patsy...you are spot on.<br />Kinda like when I lived in New Orleans...after three months of experiencing all of the predictable eatery drinkeries...ie Galatois...Commanders Palace etc. (all very good by the way)I spent the balance of my two years there indulging in mostly places that non-residents wouldn't have on their to-see list. And admittedly, MY London...MY New York is a contrivance vetted by nobody butcept me.<br /><br />AllieVonOneStepAway...I'm using a lot of the "Ceasar Kit" bag salads from Giant these days.<br /><br />old...I've only been to McSorleys once but am glad I can say I did. And I've spent tons of time and left a lot of brain cells at Cherry Grove Beach.<br /><br />Belle...ChicFila...good in any town.<br /><br />LPC...indeed.ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-50268550674231603022011-05-20T10:27:39.939-04:002011-05-20T10:27:39.939-04:00Funny to hear Old mention McSorley's - I thoug...Funny to hear Old mention McSorley's - I thought that photo was of their men's room, which used to be the only rest room. <br /><br />A lot of folks who pine for old New York, aren't from New York. There are a million places that have been around as long as Elaine's and Clarke's, they just aren't destinations for the nouveau famous and out of towners painting the town.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840629057159581688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-50919235472967399732011-05-20T07:40:30.062-04:002011-05-20T07:40:30.062-04:00Kurt Vonnegut, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, and...Kurt Vonnegut, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, and Gay Talese <i>annnd Allie von Summersverb.</i> Best Ceasar salad outside my mother's...XXOOSummer is a Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122787755561566562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-14383007463990962422011-05-20T07:37:36.568-04:002011-05-20T07:37:36.568-04:00Life goes one. We still have McSorleys even though...Life goes one. We still have McSorleys even though its ambiance is weaker due to the NYC smoking ban (which I strongly support)and by the death of frequent patron, Pat Moynihan. Yes, that Pat Moynihan. Being present when he sang the "Wearing of the Green" twenty years ago was one of most prized memories.<br /><br />As per the Palmetto State, I have not had the privilege of spending much time in its environs. However, I did have a scrumptious pancake breakfast at a dive called Tar Baby's near Cherry Grove Creek on a trip from Atlanta to DC a couple of years ago. Shoulda bought the T-Shirt.oldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978319908136474833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-57043894442571610382011-05-19T21:46:00.280-04:002011-05-19T21:46:00.280-04:00We enjoyed the drive through at the Chickfila just...We enjoyed the drive through at the Chickfila just off if I-95 in Florence not two weeks ago.Belle (from Life of a...)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17948665147630448055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-53370182825348334432011-05-19T21:12:17.085-04:002011-05-19T21:12:17.085-04:00Only the best people get thrown out of really drea...Only the best people get thrown out of really dreadful spots.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-61553122570013613592011-05-19T19:48:48.543-04:002011-05-19T19:48:48.543-04:00Damnit. When you are on, you are ON. Screw the big...Damnit. When you are on, you are ON. Screw the big pharma, D...do THIS for a living.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00757489375302816047noreply@blogger.com