tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5924044789680588648..comments2024-03-28T14:57:10.962-05:00Comments on Althouse: A glimpse of an atrocious hotel lobby in Gagra, Georgia (or is is Abkazia?) sends me back to "That Party at Lenny's."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29637682164791422052016-10-13T17:44:27.699-05:002016-10-13T17:44:27.699-05:00nostalgie de la boue
Talk about le mot juste! Ann...nostalgie de la boue<br /><br />Talk about le mot juste! Ann, when you finally join a cult, that should be your new name.Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63964823839154281982016-10-13T17:21:28.208-05:002016-10-13T17:21:28.208-05:00"You couldn't absentmindedly walk off wit..."You couldn't absentmindedly walk off with that thing in your pocket, or accidentally kick it under the couch!"<br /><br />It fits in Russian pocket comrade. buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388691837737324814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66820851311890750462016-10-13T16:45:00.326-05:002016-10-13T16:45:00.326-05:00I like the big chess pieces.I like the big chess pieces.RMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094584962671073162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29671898055212383972016-10-13T15:01:18.405-05:002016-10-13T15:01:18.405-05:00I love how the one white knight seems to have gone...I love how the one white knight seems to have gone missing, and is replaced by...what is that exactly? An enormous wad of used chewing gum?<br /><br />How does a piece that size even go missing? You couldn't absentmindedly walk off with that thing in your pocket, or accidentally kick it under the couch!George Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750118272829157143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56485033457078813012016-10-13T14:15:27.249-05:002016-10-13T14:15:27.249-05:00A great big guy on a stone toilet. In the lobby. ...A great big guy on a stone toilet. In the lobby. No wonder the smaller people are averting their gaze.hawkeyedjbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02445315365889955298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24008299777673653782016-10-13T14:09:55.358-05:002016-10-13T14:09:55.358-05:00According to the chess pieces, the couch and Lenin...According to the chess pieces, the couch and Lenin, those 2 people are really tiny.ccscientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497281371083491686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16350455911272515942016-10-13T13:21:26.119-05:002016-10-13T13:21:26.119-05:00Vladimir is reaching for your pussy. Because he c...Vladimir is reaching for your pussy. Because he can.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08258681007386089907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61746400027299521062016-10-13T12:13:08.500-05:002016-10-13T12:13:08.500-05:00Imagine being nostalgic about all those trips to t...Imagine being nostalgic about all those trips to the dentist when you were a kid. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86152276856814790302016-10-13T12:09:38.622-05:002016-10-13T12:09:38.622-05:00Once you realize that Lenin is really getting up t...Once you realize that Lenin is really getting up to let a fart, the room isn't so bad.tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63263288732986555822016-10-13T11:32:16.082-05:002016-10-13T11:32:16.082-05:00"Back in the US, back in the US, back in the ..."Back in the US, back in the US, back in the USSR. You don't know how lucky you are, boys."robotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04158315485808195005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7259602556700588582016-10-13T11:07:29.091-05:002016-10-13T11:07:29.091-05:00Nostalgia day!Nostalgia day!Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58299187512076175992016-10-13T11:05:05.478-05:002016-10-13T11:05:05.478-05:00Svetlana Kalinskaya, a 70-year-old Russian retiree...Svetlana Kalinskaya, a 70-year-old Russian retiree from Rostov-on-Don, said... “Compared with Turkey, the service here is zero.... But it is paradise.” Asked whether she minded Lenin looming over the lobby, Ms. Kalinskaya said the statue only brought back happy memories of a “time when we all lived together in one big country.”<br /><br />Some younger Russians also come for the experience of being back in the Soviet Union, even though they are often too young to remember the real thing. Sergey Rogulov, a 39-year-old driver from St. Petersburg, said he liked the shabby Stalin-era interiors — “it is like time travel back to the U.S.S.R.”...<br /><br />Funny that neither of them has an urge to travel to and stay in a Gulag. If Fat Kim were to croak today and take his regime with him will their be North Koreans nostalgic for the good old day in thity years time?cubanbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746305669005611456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36588252090958293332016-10-13T10:47:47.111-05:002016-10-13T10:47:47.111-05:00Someday we will have hotel lobbies like that, with...Someday we will have hotel lobbies like that, with statues of Obama. Or Hillary!Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038514318463662024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4633488698815625852016-10-13T10:47:39.922-05:002016-10-13T10:47:39.922-05:00Thanks for the excerpt from Radical Chic. It has ...Thanks for the excerpt from Radical Chic. It has been my touchstone for judging social mores for over 45 years. The passage where Wolfe describes the angst of deciding what sort of servants to have passing the canapes is a classic (Lenny and Felicia settled on white South Americans). Amadeus 48 https://www.blogger.com/profile/15907486643353591432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23892512093467323662016-10-13T10:41:33.388-05:002016-10-13T10:41:33.388-05:00 Thats the point of travelling - discomfort, dange... Thats the point of travelling - discomfort, danger, and shock. <br />All in order to impress the folks at home.<br /><br />See Hilaire Belloc.buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369134902650235470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6243553034671698722016-10-13T10:35:43.940-05:002016-10-13T10:35:43.940-05:00When I travel, I look for horrific juxtapositions....When I travel, I look for horrific juxtapositions. I used to record my discoveries longhand -- with a fountain pen in a sketchbook, drawing and writing, in the manner of my favorite book "Get Me a Table Without Flies, Harry."<br /><br />Now, I've got a digital camera and can experience the horrors more expeditiously.<br /><br />But still... what am I doing traveling? It's an angsty art mission. Not that relaxing, pleasurable stuff I see in the ads and travel articles. I should be getting paid, not paying.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26440673994927928632016-10-13T10:35:42.615-05:002016-10-13T10:35:42.615-05:00One of the oversized white knights has been replac...One of the oversized white knights has been replaced with a rockpdughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09832284495239324375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73871030826753912612016-10-13T10:21:24.533-05:002016-10-13T10:21:24.533-05:00Looks cozy to me. It looks freshly vacuumed. Color...Looks cozy to me. It looks freshly vacuumed. Colors kind of suck.Etiennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463542962653770911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71807627753606784532016-10-13T10:21:16.880-05:002016-10-13T10:21:16.880-05:00I'd imagine Bob Dylan is playing in the backgr...I'd imagine Bob Dylan is playing in the background.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13112853872356968052016-10-13T10:18:12.162-05:002016-10-13T10:18:12.162-05:00Its amusing.
I am mostly Spanish, so it comes natu...Its amusing.<br />I am mostly Spanish, so it comes naturally I guess, the taste for the bizarre. <br />But thats another thing travel brings, perspective. Vbuwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369134902650235470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47818056997781189372016-10-13T10:14:58.519-05:002016-10-13T10:14:58.519-05:00That Party of Lenin's.That Party of Lenin's.Sean Gleesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453423442746126630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48937829282010659452016-10-13T10:14:55.544-05:002016-10-13T10:14:55.544-05:00It does have that Wes Anderson vibe.It does have that <a href="http://static4.worldofwonder.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/slide-9d8dd066-3e7f-4263-a653-b0d2609d966e.jpeg" rel="nofollow">Wes Anderson vibe.</a>rehajmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554135440560051175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3725863970401961422016-10-13T10:06:02.349-05:002016-10-13T10:06:02.349-05:00Atrocious? I think it's hilarious.Atrocious? I think it's hilarious.Eric the Fruit Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003976042428037836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68222726167908143122016-10-13T10:05:30.879-05:002016-10-13T10:05:30.879-05:00Good lord, this is the worst? You really are shelt...Good lord, this is the worst? You really are sheltered.<br />No way. I have seen far, far worse across this great land. <br />Dirtier, shabbier, unpainted, uncarpeted, broken down pinball and vending machines and etc. ad infinitum. <br />This place is reasonably neat and well maintained. So its got a gimmick statue in it. You will find weird stuff everywhere that isnt a chain.<br />And Asia. And Europe. Dont get me started. <br />I was once a road warrior and I have seen what I have seen.buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369134902650235470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17244023584989624872016-10-13T10:00:14.641-05:002016-10-13T10:00:14.641-05:00Love the gauzy curtains: white red white. Love the gauzy curtains: white red white. mcculloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03168402889404727565noreply@blogger.com