06-12-2006, 07:17 PM
My worst nightmare came true: thanks to the WC Football, I have lost my pub, De Brakke Grond in Amsterdam. A nice quiet place where they served good beer, where you could study and have a conversation, and where the barmaid knew your name. Our friend Jasper once delivered a lecture over there. For an earlier eulogy: [url:8370gs8u]http://www.livius.org/a/netherlands/amsterdam-brakke_grond/amsterdam-brakke_grond.html[/url]
It has a new management. Nothing shocking, but yesterday, the pub was dressed like a Dutch football supporter and produced just as much many decibels. If this is an indication of the new style of the pub, I am afraid that they have lost their regular customers. As a Dutch poet once said: Everything of value is defenseless.
It has a new management. Nothing shocking, but yesterday, the pub was dressed like a Dutch football supporter and produced just as much many decibels. If this is an indication of the new style of the pub, I am afraid that they have lost their regular customers. As a Dutch poet once said: Everything of value is defenseless.