Sunday, January 23, 2011

Famous Bars Writers have gotten inebriated at

What do Jack Kerouac, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams all have in common? Besides the fact that they were all amazing literary writers, they really knew how to party! Here are some of the most famous bars our knowledgeable greats drew their inspiration from.

Vesuvio 
255 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94133 
You can find some photos of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso,and Neal Cassady on the walls of this well-known North Beach San Francisco saloon. Notorious for guesting poets and writers from the Beat Generation, Vesuvio resides next door to famous City Lights Bookstore, joined by "Jack Kerouac Alley."




 Chumley's
86 Bedford St, New York, NY, 10014 
A favorite hangout for writers and journalists, great writers such as Eugene O'Neil, William Faulkner, and John Steinbeck all got silly at this bar. Mad Men took light to this notion and featured it in an episode in season 1when Kinsley celebrates his article being published. Chumley's opens back up in Spring 2011 after being closed for four years for renovation.

 
White Horse Tavern 
567 Hudson St, New York, NY, 10014
 Jack Kerouac used to get kicked out of this bar all the time. You can see the proof for yourself by visiting the restroom and seeing the words"GO HOME JACK!"scribed on the bathroom wall. Dylan Thomas also wrote and drank here; unfortunately, it was the whiskey that sent him to his grave.



  Yaddo Gardens
  Union Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866

 An artist's community in the early 1900's, Carson McCullers, novelist of "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe"drank for inspiration here all the time. The establishment still offers residency to emerging artists. The Garden section is open to the public every day from 8-dark.


Overlook Lounge 
225 E 44th St, New York, NY, 10017
Ernest Hemingway smashed John O'Hara's walking stick in half with his head, after a tiff here back when this bar used to be known as Castello's.  Enjoy the cartoon caricatures decorating the walls brought together by some of New York's talented artists.



Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Why do we love Garfield?

Remember flipping through the Sunday newspaper to find the colorful and witty Garfield comic strip? And if you were like me, you might have started flipping through the TV channels to find Garfield on the cartoon networks. But when the 2004 movie came out, titled, you guessed it, Garfield, did you start to wonder what was keeping you hooked all these years? Was it the obsession with lasagna and pasta, or Garfield's portrayal as a cynical gloomy glum? Maybe it was his teddy bear, Pooky, who seemed to hold him together, or Garfield's ability to bask in a good, long nap. As our demented side laughs at Garfield's lack of motivation and the cruelty he shows to Odie and sometimes the mailman, we at least have an idea of what an anthropomorphized relationship would be like with our cat, who might be wondering the same thing.


Sunday, January 16, 2011

Everything that's Everything



Everything that's Everything is now here. No restrictions, no recourse. Just good old fashion fun! Hodgepodge of hodgepodges, Everything that's Everything is ready to bring you opinions, reviews, rants and raves about, well everything. Will you join me on this great adventure?