Even if you’ve never been to Paris, you’ve probably seen them in movies or magazines: those colorful little French cafe chairs and tables that have been the hallmark of Parisian cafes for over a hundred years.
And you are probably aware of the role they played in the history and culture of the last century, when the likes of Hemingway and Sartre, Fitzgerald and Picasso sat in these very chairs at these very tables, defining the art, literature and philosophy of the twentieth century.
serious things
But there was much more going on in Paris a century ago than just a philosophical discussion.
HAS batch plus. And a lot wilder!
And it was happening right there, among the chairs and tables of the French bistro!
Oh surely, to the untrained eye (or mind), coffee chairs and tables certainly appearance exactly like small restaurant chairs and tables.
however, French coffee chairs and tables signify coffee, croissants and philosophical debate; French small restaurant the chairs and tables have more to do with wine, music, and romance. That magical La Vie En Rose.
Like werewolves of French furniture, the cerebral café chair transforms into the exotic bistro chair when the Parisian sun goes down.
And the names that come to mind are less Hemingway and Sartre, more Josephine Baker and Bricktop.
Which is not to say that the two will never meet.
Because if Hemingway avoided the bistro for the coffee, he apparently took a peek every once in a while. He is supposed to have said of Josephine Baker that he considered her “the most beautiful woman there is, has ever been, or ever will be.”
And Josephine Baker said, “I wasn’t naked. I just had no clothes on.”
But he also said: “Surely the day will come when color means no more than skin tone, when religion is seen solely as a way of speaking for the soul; when birthplaces have the weight of a roll of the dice.” and all men are born free, when understanding engenders love and fraternity”.
Hmmmm. Could it be that the legendary Josephine Baker, toast of the Parisian bistro, was, at heart, a coffee philosopher?
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