There are some brand-spanking-new, bright-blue table umbrellas at the Gowanus Yacht Club and they're low-rent chic. "Original Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer" proclaims each and every one. Now we've got a real beer garden, Wisconsin State Fair-style!
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
3 comments:
I absolutely love state fairs, don't you?
This must be a lie! I was there on Saturday and plain as day, "WE DO NOT HAVE PBR." Is this...irony?
Well, the umbrellas don't SAY they actually SERVE PBR.....just kidding.....it does seem rather ironic.
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