2011-11-11
post/12648356296
quote 18:17:20
“ Imagine going to the pub with a sufferer from square bracket compulsive disorder: “Two pints of Kronenbourg [lager] and a packet of [sea] salt and [balsamic] vinegar crisps, please. Oh, and can I have a dry [house] white [wine], a [Cornish] pasty and a packet of dry roasted [peanuts]? ”
David Marsh in a post to the Guardian’s style blog about the use of square brackets.
2010-12-05
post/2103895748
quote 05:23:12
“ Ddid you know that there still is a Pan Am lounge in West Berlin? It used to be a penthouse apartment for pilots and flight attendants. Today, it’s a party and event location and they’ve kept the original style of the 60ies. ”
David Noël in On This Day Today: 1966. (The whole thing is worth a read for the story of a Pan Am plane crash in East Germany.)
The lounge, on Budapester Straße 43 near Wittenbergplatz U-Bahn has a Flash site (which I didn’t bother looking at), but it’s also covered Ultraswank. It seems to be private, but they (used to) occasionally host jazz nights. Seems like it might be worth looking out for.
