Source: The Economist
Article: Pubs in Britain
Coop's Take: 2001 was the year of the Pub for me as I aimlessly hopped around Europe, toasting a Guinness to circumstance: to a country-a-week epic journey; to an unexpected addiction to all things Spain; to this great gal I met in an elevator in Madrid (now my wife); to a new-found passion for theatre. After 9/11, I remember retreating to my Irish pub in the heart of Madrid: angry, confused, desperate to see my country--my family; I remember staying for hours, writing a screenplay on coasters and napkins, sipping my froth. Anyway...
The Economist has a nice ode to pubs...
"EVERY nation needs a national myth, and Britain might seem to need more than most. A modern myth has it as a country full of overworked wage-slaves. Newspapers write of a “long-hours culture”, and point out that the British working week is significantly longer than the European average. Yet walking through the afternoon streets of St James, on my way back from Friday lunch, it is hard to see much evidence of that. A legion of investment bankers and private-equity types crowd the streets, as indistinguishable from one to the next, in their open-necked shirts and luxuriantly coifed hair, as their predecessors were in their umbrellas and bowler hats. They are the overspill from London’s pubs, which have been..." (keep reading Pubs in Britain).
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A frothy Guinness to you for stopping by and another for coming back,
Stagekid
Article: Pubs in Britain
Coop's Take: 2001 was the year of the Pub for me as I aimlessly hopped around Europe, toasting a Guinness to circumstance: to a country-a-week epic journey; to an unexpected addiction to all things Spain; to this great gal I met in an elevator in Madrid (now my wife); to a new-found passion for theatre. After 9/11, I remember retreating to my Irish pub in the heart of Madrid: angry, confused, desperate to see my country--my family; I remember staying for hours, writing a screenplay on coasters and napkins, sipping my froth. Anyway...
The Economist has a nice ode to pubs...
"EVERY nation needs a national myth, and Britain might seem to need more than most. A modern myth has it as a country full of overworked wage-slaves. Newspapers write of a “long-hours culture”, and point out that the British working week is significantly longer than the European average. Yet walking through the afternoon streets of St James, on my way back from Friday lunch, it is hard to see much evidence of that. A legion of investment bankers and private-equity types crowd the streets, as indistinguishable from one to the next, in their open-necked shirts and luxuriantly coifed hair, as their predecessors were in their umbrellas and bowler hats. They are the overspill from London’s pubs, which have been..." (keep reading Pubs in Britain).
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A frothy Guinness to you for stopping by and another for coming back,
Stagekid
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1 comments:
I just got my first Economist in the mail a few weeks ago. I like how they spell "realised." They are a client tease for Hot, the design firm I work for (3 proposals, no bite). They're British. Of course they will know their pubs.
So let's do some election focus...!
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