tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post2636698186569285019..comments2023-11-03T05:59:43.804-07:00Comments on A Bloomsbury Life: Bloomsbury Beginnings: New York CityLisa Borgnes Giramontihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08708026781435832810noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-61062129844680031022011-05-01T00:55:34.013-07:002011-05-01T00:55:34.013-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-57821886609570921562010-02-12T08:45:20.595-08:002010-02-12T08:45:20.595-08:00Oh my dear, this is just like a little apartment w...Oh my dear, this is just like a little apartment where Sue, Johnsy or Behrman lives in O. Henry's story. I like reading the story of how you started. You are my inspiration!A Super Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640893790909916004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-3117959295255015782010-02-09T20:42:58.670-08:002010-02-09T20:42:58.670-08:00oops! looks like this was your first apt...not the...oops! looks like this was your first apt...not the one in williamsburg...regardless, love hearing others NYC tales....plaisirs simpleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387564766235169549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-38962555773079021882010-02-07T20:49:34.038-08:002010-02-07T20:49:34.038-08:00can't wait to hear more!can't wait to hear more!Jessica Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398719454621059812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-42281996319756246492010-02-07T12:52:03.655-08:002010-02-07T12:52:03.655-08:00Hi Lisa, that brick wall looks exactly like MY fir...Hi Lisa, that brick wall looks exactly like MY first apartment, one block away on Jane Street. Looking forward to your Brooklyn story as I think Brooklyn may be in our future. <br />BBBart Boehlerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12615567093206057490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-75118328087132608492010-02-07T05:24:01.028-08:002010-02-07T05:24:01.028-08:00I am going to dig for some photos of my humble abo...I am going to dig for some photos of my humble abode and this brought back memories of scraping to make ends meet. I love your NY beginnings.<br />pvepve designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527745630303158002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-31594883812847574202010-02-06T13:29:22.844-08:002010-02-06T13:29:22.844-08:00I think I know that building!
I lived on Horatio S...I think I know that building!<br />I lived on Horatio Street in 1979!<br />Love the photo! Wish I had some of my first apartments. But it was way before this current era of documenting everything ha ha.<br />xo xoVisual Vamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17703228111473936714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-59393010437665799882010-02-06T12:10:20.633-08:002010-02-06T12:10:20.633-08:00You might just be humble in attitude, but that'...You might just be humble in attitude, but that's a great shot. Really.<br />The brick, the print, the coat. I like all of it. Marcel Breuer was an excellent start for you, but you've always had a aesthetic eye.<br />-SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-9156497068892276392010-02-06T11:49:58.235-08:002010-02-06T11:49:58.235-08:00That is so cool! I love reading about first place...That is so cool! I love reading about first places, and seeing photos of first places. My first place was full of pine country looking things. Good thing I didn't spend a lot of money on them as my tastes quickly changed.Angie Muresanhttp://www.angiemuresan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-53741699180548997652010-02-06T04:32:29.564-08:002010-02-06T04:32:29.564-08:00I love this post and look forward to the next inst...I love this post and look forward to the next installment.<br /><br />Kathy Gillespie - Zitos is gone; Rocco's is still there; Murray's is expanded.Victoriahttp://vicsrecipes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-38580300288782945162010-02-05T16:56:23.787-08:002010-02-05T16:56:23.787-08:00LOVE seeing the beginnings, Lisa! Thinking we need...LOVE seeing the beginnings, Lisa! Thinking we need to add that shot into the you-know-what to explain your history o' style. <br /><br />xxxMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13975947063279743507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-73466605137242098312010-02-05T16:22:57.967-08:002010-02-05T16:22:57.967-08:00Well, your clues made it pretty easy since I picke...Well, your clues made it pretty easy since I picked the bdlg for pretty much the same reasons. Jacques was there, and so sweet to my mother when she came to visit! I loved living there, but did loathe all of the obligatory tipping at Christmas since there were SO many doormen and handymen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-5726018524873986362010-02-05T14:45:37.114-08:002010-02-05T14:45:37.114-08:00Always so interesting to hear about someones start...Always so interesting to hear about someones starting points in life!<br />It shapes us and creates the background music to now!<br /><br />My first place was a 250 year old tiny little ferry house on the river Elbe in Dresden - Loschwitz, with an almost as old streetcar rambling by every 15 min to shake the house in it's bones...<br />No pictures, no camera, just memories!<br /><br />XX VictoriaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572400688345132982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-57169318130539220592010-02-05T13:47:07.272-08:002010-02-05T13:47:07.272-08:00i CANNOT wait to read about when you lived where m...i CANNOT wait to read about when you lived where my great great uncle was shot!! sigh...loved it!DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435206223622005832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-78318521599252620902010-02-05T12:04:06.286-08:002010-02-05T12:04:06.286-08:00Anonymous: Your sleuthing powers amaze me -- that ...Anonymous: Your sleuthing powers amaze me -- that WAS the building indeed! How funny...was Jacques the doorman still there? I used to trip home over the cobblestones after dancing at Nell's and then a late-night meal at Florent. Here's to happy times at the West Coast, darling! xxLisa Borgnes Giramontihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708026781435832810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-89118555567029788462010-02-05T12:02:06.834-08:002010-02-05T12:02:06.834-08:00I remember living in some horrid places until the ...I remember living in some horrid places until the design bug really took hold in my mid-twenties. I hope we get to see the progression of your Metamorphosis! :)katiedidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12682823255667624459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-89140201343482025812010-02-05T10:04:28.889-08:002010-02-05T10:04:28.889-08:00That wall looks very familiar to me. Did you live ...That wall looks very familiar to me. Did you live at 95 Horatio (aka The West Coast bldg)? I was there in the mid to late 90s and have fond memories of leaning out of my window to enjoy a ciggie and the setting sun after pigging out on Moules Frites at Florent (insert lip smack here). Of course, this was on the days when the meat market was closed as the stench from the butchers' remnants sutck in thopse cute cobblestones was unbearable, especially in the summer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-76856912767023105632010-02-05T08:42:16.068-08:002010-02-05T08:42:16.068-08:00Blue: The parkin recipe keeps staring at me mournf...Blue: The parkin recipe keeps staring at me mournfully. Soon, soon...I'll let you know. <br /><br />Columnist:Yes, it was all about more dash than cash in those days...and still is sometimes!<br /><br />Helen: How genius were you to use hair clips to keep the curtains back?! Love it. And the vision of that couch: cold in winter, sticky in summer, right?<br /><br />And that link... amazing. Thank you.<br /><br />Architect Design: I'm sure your abodes have been nothing less than the height of sophistication, whatever your financial circumstances.<br /><br />French Fancy: Oooh, I bet those kimonos sound like quite the piéce de resistance. xx<br /><br />Laura (What I Like): It's crazy how rents keep going up and up and up...<br /><br />Kathy Gillespie: You're bringing back wonderful memories....I remember those shops well. Your apartment sounds pretty spectacular. It was a great time to be in NYC, wasn't it?<br /><br />Pamela Terry and Edward: You just made me smile so wide reading that.Lisa Borgnes Giramontihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708026781435832810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-63470712617030173892010-02-05T08:23:47.577-08:002010-02-05T08:23:47.577-08:00I remember not being able to afford weekly fresh f...I remember not being able to afford weekly fresh flowers..... a tragedy in my book.... so I plopped a feather duster in a vase. You know, it looked pretty good. At the time.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-24468084481514184862010-02-05T07:22:49.655-08:002010-02-05T07:22:49.655-08:00I love that photo.I love that photo.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17226885250333932243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-60977038925201944522010-02-05T06:56:52.183-08:002010-02-05T06:56:52.183-08:00I too lived in the West Village in the early 80...I too lived in the West Village in the early 80's and have very special memories of that time and place. I was newly married and it was a magical adventure. Living on the 11th floor of a loft building on Hudson Ave we had a clear view of the river and could watch the QEII leaving for England every Sunday night, all lit up in full regalia.<br />What I miss the most?...the butcher, the green grocer, the cheese shop, the bread shop all in one block along Bleeker street.froogalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01062921574441301804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-70479844621903527952010-02-05T06:32:15.966-08:002010-02-05T06:32:15.966-08:00I'm so thrilled for the rest of this series! ...I'm so thrilled for the rest of this series! I paid about the same for my first place in New York...although I was one of four roommates and there was certainly no loft involved...Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085413093222573852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-9994428744518086442010-02-05T06:26:43.470-08:002010-02-05T06:26:43.470-08:00That coat on the wall looks so good. My first (sha...That coat on the wall looks so good. My first (shared) apartment in Notting Hill was very sparse so I put two Japanese kimonos on the wall. As you say - instant art.French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-17008406035232416622010-02-05T06:02:41.317-08:002010-02-05T06:02:41.317-08:00An autobiographical series of posts -I can't w...An autobiographical series of posts -I can't wait to read the others! I think everyone remembers their first apartment fondly but with a bit of ackward embaressment: "I really did that?!". It looks pretty fantastic though, love that raincoat!ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-5049483714710887642010-02-05T04:28:34.622-08:002010-02-05T04:28:34.622-08:00Oh I love stories about folks' first places! ...Oh I love stories about folks' first places! Mine was a two bedroom I shared with six of my (literally) closest pals. I couldn't afford/wasn't interested in real curtains so I tacked up printed sheets from the Salvation Army and held them back during the day with hair clips. Our living room had a turquoise vinyl couch we found on the side of the street and a lava lamp. <br /><br />Sorry to change the subject but I came across this and thought you should see, if you weren't already familiar...<br /><br />http://thejailbreak.com/2009/11/10/olympia-le-tans-book-bags/Helen Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18349026141813519166noreply@blogger.com