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Rigo from Your Location says.
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I found your comment on the cmnuomal atmosphere at Le Pain Quotidien interesting for someone who lives in Germany.In the early sixties just after I had gotten out of two years of militaryduty at the home of the 101st Airborne Division, I found myself inZfcrich, enrolled at school. Talk about culture shock. Sitting in a restaurant, by myself, at a table for two (the place was full), I was introduced to the phrase Ist da noch frei? (is that place yet free?).Not knowing what else to do, I truthfully said yes and the (Swiss) stranger sat down, ordered and I became introduced to the wonderful European custom of cmnuomal breaking bread with total strangers.Something in my personality and heart adapted immediately to this custom. I was recently back in Zfcrich and Berlin, and felt at home againwith a custom we Americans have never really generally adopted. My wife, a born and bred New Yorker, seemed to be delighted with this arrangement also. We have this chain of restaurants in NYC also, but somehow it does not seem the same. I have tried Ist da noch frei? (in English of course) in Starbucks, which is always jammed with the Starbucks Laptop Lounge Lizards, with some success. Possibly the worldwide travel of my countrymen has loosened them up a bit and they do not consider me a wierdo or an imminent danger. |
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Viney from Your Location says.
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Hahhahaa. I''m not too bright today. Great post! |
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Dayanara from Your Location says.
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Good to see a tealnt at work. I can''t match that. |
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