If you asked me to have a drink anytime in the 2010s I probably said Temple Bar. Lafayette and Bleecker. Green lizard signage. Right below that permanent and towering Calvin Klein billboard as much a part of Soho’s architecture as any building. Wayne Koestenbaum and I took photos on a disposable camera in the bathrooms there. Morgan Parker and I met for countless drinks. Took countless selfies. Sometimes I did blow with the occasional stranger who wasn’t over 50—which was rare, as most of the clientele was older.
That is what my what grandmother, who was definitely from the Old New York, who died 2 years short of her goal of 100 months after surviving covid in the first wave, taught me. Getting dressed, shopping at Loehmans but sometimes Sacks, martinis, jazz, going out dancing, travel. You write in the Past Tense, is the new Temple Bar not the same?
Gorgeous.
Living my NYC life vicariously through you. Thank you.
That is what my what grandmother, who was definitely from the Old New York, who died 2 years short of her goal of 100 months after surviving covid in the first wave, taught me. Getting dressed, shopping at Loehmans but sometimes Sacks, martinis, jazz, going out dancing, travel. You write in the Past Tense, is the new Temple Bar not the same?
It’s ok but it’s not the same! 2011-2017 were golden years there.
"Clearly having understood something about suffering yet looking immaculate. Because what else was there to do?" !!!!!
I'd love to have a drink with you. Even though I'm an old frustrated writer from Ohio...but do love a good bar.