Showing posts with label 1985 European Summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1985 European Summer. Show all posts
Friday, May 15, 2020

"The tradition of open-air, secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris."

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Personal collection, 1985. Paris is synonymous with books. One might say "the arts" in general, though as a reader and admire...
Thursday, April 23, 2020

ON THE AVENUES: Hemingway in a time of mercifully silent thunder.

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It would be churlish and quite possibly childish of me to point out that after carefully considering all the episodes of Thunder Over Lou...
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Thursday, April 16, 2020

ON THE AVENUES: Bunker mentalities, bunker abnormalities; bunker dreams, bunker screams.

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Ian Anderson wasn’t waiting for Altamont to bring the 1960s flower-power era of peace and love to a close. His band Jethro Tull’s single ...
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Influential books follow-up: At 90, Arthur Frommer still preaches the budget travel gospel, just as he did when I was converted 35 years ago.

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As it was titled in the early 1980s, Arthur Frommer's  Europe on $25 a Day was a rare example of a book that completely and demonstrab...
Saturday, February 02, 2019

REWIND to 30 years ago today: The aftermath of the 1987 European jaunt, and many changes on the road to 1989.

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Moscow USSR, 1989. It has been only a year since I wrote the words below, and since then, I've not been very diligent in the follow...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

ON THE AVENUES: Seeing is believing.

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ON THE AVENUES: Seeing is believing. A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. There were no press conferences at home plate, engraved sports ...
Sunday, January 07, 2018

30 years ago today: The aftermath of the 1987 European jaunt, and many changes on the road to 1989.

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1988. All 72 chapters are collected at this link.  Complete list of links to the 1987 European summer travel series (30 years ago today...
Friday, October 13, 2017

Louisville Orchestra at the Ogle Center on November 11, performing music of Rimsky-Korsakov.

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On November 11, the Louisville Orchestra will be at the Ogle Center on the campus of Indiana University Southeast, performing two works by...
Thursday, July 27, 2017

ON THE AVENUES: Irish history with a musical chaser.

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ON THE AVENUES: Irish history with a musical chaser. A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. Previously in the travelogue: A ferry ride f...