NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Time: Sat Nov 15 11:10:58 1997 NNTP-Posting-Host: wesn.ndip.eskimo.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 ToBru wrote: [snipped] >They're trying to hold onto memories of a bygone era and they've seemingly > arrived at Frank Sinatra from Hoboken via Sam Giancanna rather than from > Manhattan via Nelson Riddle. > >Too bad for them, and for us. "Last vestiges" of almost anything are nice to > have around. In a way they remind me of a couple things my parents might have > aspired to on occasion; rustic rockeried Northwest elegance, a nodding > awareness of their citizenship on the Pacific Rim. >It's like the little puh-sway-do Buddhist temples my grandmother still has in > her garden: The concrete is starting to show, now that the finish has worn > off. > >Anyone been to Nepenthe [sp?] on the California coast lately? {Pardon my > fantastic digression from the s.e charter} Wonder if the same strain is > starting to show down there, too. > >~tom Great analogy! My wife and I have made it a point over the last 20 years to stop by Nepenthe (Big Sur area) regularly on our (more or less) annual drive down the coast, and alas it too is in a sad decline. Though of a different sort: Hordes of faded, hot-pink tank tops, dingy white shorts and unruly kids have driven the place a notch or two lower on the casual elegance scale. Most popular item on the menu now is probably the burger. Top-end items, like the steaks, are only so-so, and the service is disinterested and prone to errors. Bad enough that we just drove right on by this last time, without a second thought. The view will never die though! -Wes Wes Neuenschwander Seattle, WA, US ******************************************************* * Notice: Email address modified to foil SPAMMERS!! * * Delete "cut-it-out" from my email address * * to reply. Sorry for the inconvenience. * *******************************************************
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