Business Insider – The Rise And Fall Of The American Diner
An evening pause: This remains the place that Americans go to after church.
Enjoy the weekend. And find a great diner to eat at!
Hat tip Cotour.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
An evening pause: This remains the place that Americans go to after church.
Enjoy the weekend. And find a great diner to eat at!
Hat tip Cotour.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Had an after-hours job for four months at Ft Monmouth, NJ. Only place open when we took lunch around 2100 was a diner. After a month, we’d ordered everything on the menu. Started making up off-menu dishes. Staff was accommodating; good food, and decent portions. A comfortable place to go.
COVID lockdowns and DC Council idiocy have just been brutal on restaurants here in DC – I believe we are on track to see 100 closed for good since 2020.
And that includes some great diners, alas, including my favorite, Tastee in downtown Silver Spring. It was open 24/7, filled with Art Deco vibes, and those milkshakes… But the owner had enough finally and closed it and sold the property to a developer last year. Nothing has emerged to fill that void, and I doubt anything will, with things as they are now.
“Bangor man who made “Coffee Pot” sandwiches for decades has died”
News Center Maine (December 24, 2024)
https://youtu.be/Sz6tUu6NO6w
6:37
Francis “Skip” Rist (1937-2024) worked at his sandwich shop on State Street for nearly 60 years before he retired in 2009.
(Ironically, no coffee, just sandwiches…)
I remember Tastee Diner! Used to eat there when I lived in Wheaton. Also loved Gifford’s Ice Cream when I was a kid.
Wayne:
That Coffee Pot story was my next pause suggestion, its a good one, made me hungry.
Edward Hopper “Nighthawks” (1942
Animation: A. Zakharov
https://youtu.be/pfc5AH0V3EM
(0:37)
Suzanne Vega
“Tom’s Diner” (Live A Cappella) (BBC TV 1994)
https://youtu.be/DkYPge6ZKSQ
(3:58)
(Toms Restaurant, 112th street & Broadway, NYC.)