Posts Tagged ‘Bars’
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Photo: 3652 Days: #216: Smog Cutter: East Hollywood, CA.
0August 6, 2010 by Citizen192
August 4 2010 Notorious for being the old stomping grounds of Charles Bukowski (a rumor no one I know has ever been able to verify) the Smog Cutter sits between gangland Los Angeles and the Western fringe of Los Feliz/Silverlake. The bar is small in square footage but large in personality. If you’re not ready for pushy/playful bartenders demanded you buy another drink, a cramped setting and lukewarm Budweiser, then go elsewhere. This is the place where “dive” really means something. And where karaoke shines.
Read More...Category 3652 Days, Los Angeles, Photography, Travels | Tags: 3652 Days, August 4 2010, Bars, Los Angeles, Smog Cutter
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Photo: 3652 Days: #19: My Friends Are Glowing.
0January 20, 2010 by Citizen192
Jan 19, 2010 The shadows lurking in the foreground discussed LSD’s emancipation during the 1970′s. They spoke of the era with fondness. “LSD was free everywhere man! Don’t you get it? People didn’t care if you were on that shit.” They were giddy with thoughts of rampant love; the innocence they talked about was something they’d obviously lost a long time ago. I didn’t know whether to hiss with judgment and cast them aside as relics of a time when wanton gluttony and selfishness were the norm. Then I remembered I love Hunter S. Thompson. Maybe I’m envious because they
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keep readingCategory 3652 Days, Life, Photography, The New York Beat, Travels | Tags: #19, 3652 Days, Bars, NYC, Photography
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Photo: 3652 Days: #9: We Bid Farewell To One, Welcome Back Another.
2January 10, 2010 by Citizen192
Jan 9, 2010 We gathered at Elsa Bar in Alphabet City to bid farewell to Rochelle (right). She’s leaving to South Africa to work on a project called “Hear Me Roar” intended to teach children the fundamentals of storytelling. Rochelle leaves Monday. Mario (left) arrived around 6:26pmEST from the Bay Area, unpacked, scoped out his new spot and made it to Elsa Bar around 11:15pm. That’s hustling. He left New York City last September uncertain about his future. He’ll be starting his PhD in Sociology in New York City this year. Our generation tends to bounce around everywhere because opportunity
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keep readingCategory 3652 Days, Family, Life, Photography, The G5, The New York Beat, Travels | Tags: #9, 2010, 3652 Days, Anna, Bars, NYC, The G5, The New York Beat, Travels
