tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174461443579168085.post4651129673468497738..comments2024-03-13T22:33:31.935+01:00Comments on not drinking poison in paris: paris discovers beer : la fine mousse, 75011aaron ayscoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12595822449248202660noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174461443579168085.post-19358989561945649012012-08-29T00:45:41.964+02:002012-08-29T00:45:41.964+02:00My wife & I are going to Paris on our honeymoo...My wife & I are going to Paris on our honeymoon in a few weeks - we live in San Diego, home of the IPA, so we're looking forward to finding a few good, strong beers. Thanks for the post, this is helpful.David Lizerbramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12094788657942277952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174461443579168085.post-37066097610742526812012-08-20T19:19:26.346+02:002012-08-20T19:19:26.346+02:00I only discovered recently DFW. More exactly, I on...I only discovered recently DFW. More exactly, I only recently dared to read DFW because even if I read quite a lot, I tend to fear 1000 pages books in font size 6. Actually, I started with a (more shorter) non fiction book (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Supposedly_Fun_Thing_I'll_Never_Do_Again) which I quite enjoyed (especially the post 93 stuff, when the whole mega long foot notes start).<br />I bought The Pale King after that (I usually am more a novel reader) but I don't plan to read it yet. So wait and see...mixlamalicehttp://laviedemix.over-blog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174461443579168085.post-26192964900805434362012-08-20T11:31:24.427+02:002012-08-20T11:31:24.427+02:00yep, the "native companion" schtick is p...yep, the "native companion" schtick is pure DFW homage, as is the liberal use of footnotes. his footnotes were somewhat more substantial than mine are; i seem to use the device primarily to insert cheap jokes. <br /><br />the DFW homages themselves are intended as semi-ironic, an overeager way to differentiate this blog from the infinity of gastro blogs that consist exclusively of photos of food. finally, it bears mentioning that my admiration for DFW applies only to his non fiction. (i find his fiction unreadably bad.) aaron ayscoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12595822449248202660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174461443579168085.post-14423257089659924322012-08-18T13:51:56.930+02:002012-08-18T13:51:56.930+02:00Hi,
Thanks for sharing this place.
As I tell to so...Hi,<br />Thanks for sharing this place.<br />As I tell to some of my friends (who do not believe me but some of them used to live near the Belgian boarder), I drank more good beers during my 2 years in New England than during my whole life in France (with the notable exception of a pub in Nice, "De Klomp" which had something like 100 different beers on the menu, but is alas closed today).<br />I also tend to prefer English or American ales or I.P.A.s rather than the very strong triple Belgian beers.<br />It is also quite fun to notice that many NewEnglanders have the same tendancy to be snobbish when talking about beers than French people are when they talk about wine. "Beer tasting" events were quite fun to attend...<br /><br />By the way it occurred to me that you may be a "fan" of David Foster Wallace (lots of footnotes, use of the "Native Companion" expression which I saw in one of his essays, tendancy to mix pop culture with more "philosophical" reasonings etc). Am I right?mixlamalicenoreply@blogger.com