Comments on: The view from the gilded throne

By: WolfieWolfgang

WolfieWolfgang — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:32:00 +0000

Thanks everyone for your comments, It feels like we were all there together having our coffee....actually that would have been really good fun.

It is a good place and it was sad but true that being out and about in town was a real treat for the brain damaged wolf.

It was good to know that I am not the only nosy sod out there.

Same time, same place tomorrow then! See you there.

By: Bridge

Bridge — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:34:00 +0000

I’m reminded of Suzanne Vega’s ‘Tom’s Diner’.
That sounds like such a precious place and having time to watch and sit is a gift, even if it isn’t one you asked for especially.
I adore ‘the public’, one of my favourite things is watching people have a go at something, like ice skating or performing somehow.The fact that people will risk injury or indignity simply for the joy of living and taking part is wonderful to me.

By: Anatole

Anatole — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:31:00 +0000

“Murder in the Coffee Shop.” Perfect–somebody should write it–and what a list of suspects!

Thanks, Wolf. I loved sharing that coffee with you.

By: Claudio

Claudio — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:04:00 +0000

Can you taste the arsenic in the coffee? Maybe it tastes like there is almond syrup in it – or is it not that kind of place?

I love sitting in places watching the world go by – it’s one of the greatest pleasures in life. Of course, it’s free – apart from the cost of the coffee. I was people watching in the Treasurer’s House in York (there was a bloody good row going on!) and realised that there was a woman watching the same argument. We were pulling faces at each other as the row – very restrained – got better. As she left, she smiled/winked and made a comment about ‘not getting caught’.

I’m less aware of when I am being watched – which is probably okay if it entertains other people.

With some of my friends, we make up the stories that go with the people we see – or hear. “I think he’ll either be a doctor – or maybe a painter and decorator.” – you just have to try and work out what leads up to that comment.

Good to see that you are getting out, and that you have interesting places to go to. You never know, you might overhear the start of an Agatha Christie-type mystery.