tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post503989282837607474..comments2024-03-22T03:10:02.053-07:00Comments on THE BLUE LANTERN: Effet de Lumiere: The Albertine Reading Room Jane Librizzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03943563452168571716noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-82151133801569132412015-12-27T09:08:47.724-08:002015-12-27T09:08:47.724-08:00Rouchswalwe, I don't read German although I...Rouchswalwe, I don't read German although I've tried a few times when I was desperate for information but I can tell you about the English language collection at the Neue Galerie bookstore which is excellent so I'm betting that the German selections are just as fine. By the way there is a second cafe in the Galerie (in the basement. Cafe Fledermaus!<br /><br />http://www.neuegalerie.org/cafes/sabarskyJanehttp://www.thebluelantern.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-8532383192069593852015-12-27T07:21:47.078-08:002015-12-27T07:21:47.078-08:00Oh, this sounds like a trip to put on my list. Ja!...Oh, this sounds like a trip to put on my list. Ja! Wiener Schnitzel and Linzer Torte are two basics that are difficult to do well. I'm making a note of the Cafe Sabarsky now. Danke, dear Jane!Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-27752551842030281302015-12-22T07:06:50.356-08:002015-12-22T07:06:50.356-08:00Rouchswalwe, it is magical, isn't it? You wou...Rouchswalwe, it is magical, isn't it? You would love the English & German reading room at the Neue Galerie, not least for the view of Centr5al park across Fifth Avenue and the Metropolitan just down the avenue. <br />Aside from the museum itself, you would be a good judge of the food and drink at Cafe Sabarsky in the museum. They have chefs straight from Germany making the Wiener schnitzel and the Linzer torte. Janehttp://www.thebluelantern.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-37349415585391780562015-12-22T07:02:44.271-08:002015-12-22T07:02:44.271-08:00Hels, I think the French Embassy was clever to nam...Hels, I think the French Embassy was clever to name the reading room in honor of one of their best known authors. I would have voted for names from Colette - Cheri, Gigi, Mitsou, Vinca, etc.Janehttp://www.thebluelantern.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-47697736874410275092015-12-21T19:19:23.205-08:002015-12-21T19:19:23.205-08:00My students have spent a bit of time recently on M...My students have spent a bit of time recently on Marcel Proust and his world. <br /><br />And so we are not surprised at all that The Albertine was named for an important female character who gave her name to the sixth volume of Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu. Since Proust died in 1922 and the sixth volume was posthumously published (1925), this part of the town house was not in the style of King Louis XIII. Not that I mind :) Perhaps the the artists of Atelier Meriguet Carrere were hoping to introduce the late author to a new American audience? Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-63606033666143664052015-12-21T18:41:00.109-08:002015-12-21T18:41:00.109-08:00Oh my ... how wonderous. Amazing! Stunning ... I&#...Oh my ... how wonderous. Amazing! Stunning ... I'm running out of adjectives. Merci for this, dear Jane! And happy winter solstice!Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.com