Last night the seafood restaurant by the beach was packed solid with high rolling golfers. Next to us were three extremely happy guys from Chicago (Canyata is the place to play golf in Illinois one informs 'The Font' ) who drank a steady stream of martinis with their food. " Line 'em up we're thirsty " says one gentleman to the drinks waitress before surprisingly giving her a high five. They had ordered three ( expensive ) bottles of red wine which were opened and decanted and left sitting on the table in front of them while they ate. When they finished their meal they picked up the decanters and took them out onto the terrace. This we thought was interesting behaviour of the sort that would perplex the French.
I read this which failed to address the questions ......
Finding a trug maker is surprisingly difficult. After 30 years both of ours have now given up the ghost :http://www.thetrugstore.co.uk/handmade-sussex-trugs/
Amazing. To begin with I thought this was a drawing :https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/shirokuro-sketchbook-restaurant/
New York apartments :https://gothamist.com/news/4th-generation-resident-of-rent-stabilized-manhattan-apartment-fights-eviction
Spains demographics are a surprise :https://pablogguz.github.io/blog/pop-projections-esp/
6 comments:
Hari Om
The second book has been the topic of discussion at the News Agents and TRIP this week. It has certainly stirred up things a tad.
The decor emulating comic books is something I have seen being used for interior design elsewhere, so may be a new 'trend' - not one to last, I hope. YAM xx
The article about Spain's demographics was very interesting. My husband was in Barcelona last week, and he was amazed by the changes since he last visited many years ago. I have been reluctant to read the Tapper/Thompson book, thinking it was old news, but then I read a fascinating piece on Bulwark this morning about the "Biden Blast Radius," discussing how this will all impact things going forward. Maybe I have to read it.
The Sussex trug site indicates most of their products are sold out. Here's another blog I follow: "An English Homestead" written by Kev Alviti in Malvern, UK. His blog has a homestead shop/Esty link. He makes a number of gardening products. Not perhaps as elegant, but affordable and useful, and includes trugs.
Many behaviours from Chicago would mystify the French. That bakery features in my Friday post. https://travelpenguin.blogspot.com/
It scares me a little that Scotland, Great Britain, Europe, etc., will form opinions on Americans based on the bad behavior of the wealthiest among us who not only travel broadly, but also ... behave badly. I can only tell you that Americans who encounter those folks are also appalled.
The sketchbook restaurant looks like fun. Will diners match their attire to the decor!
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