"That’s what a great bar does. It stays the same so we can measure our own change. That’s why we mourn them when they disappear."
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Wright Thompson, Grantland.com
Just read this piece he wrote about the closing of Elaine’s, a famous writer’s bar in New York City. I’ve never been to Elaine’s, but the article makes me wish I had. Wright’s one of my favorite writer, and after I read these lines (the last in the article), I literally exhaled and said, “Jesus Christ.” The descriptions, the language, the feel of it all…that’s what I aspire to reach with my writing. Maybe I can find an Elaine’s-like bar in Boston.
