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Sweating And Lurking At The Strand's 80th Birthday

ellagood — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:23:54 EDT

80??

wow. the fact that it is NOT a duane reade is pretty fucking spectacular.

Sweating And Lurking At The Strand's 80th Birthday

Trackback — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:46:26 EDT

At The Strand’s 80th birthday gala, Fran Lebowitz correctly observed that New York breaks down into two groups: “people with five thousand books and people with the space for...

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Sweating And Lurking At The Strand's 80th Birthday

Trackback — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:44:56 EDT

Photo of The Strand via Flickr/Eric_Waggoner EAST VILLAGE—The Strand, beloved indie bookstore and New York institution, celebrated its 80th anniversary this weekend. The store opened in 1927 on Fourth Avenue and moved to its current location in the late 50s.

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Sweating And Lurking At The Strand's 80th Birthday

sailor — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:22:10 EDT

@Spit: A tad overstated, but the book people really can't find their ass with both hands.

And the lack of photo captions for this post really underscores their fundamental irrelevance.

Bon soir.

sailor

Sweating And Lurking At The Strand's 80th Birthday

i-triphammer — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:14:05 EDT

I was at the sweltering book fest and the highlight for me was the free vodka on offer - Trump Vodka to be precise - with bottles that matched the Donald's hair color. I had to stop my self from vomiting in my mouth. Eeeuw.

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Sweating And Lurking At The Strand's 80th Birthday

OneHundredServed — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:06:47 EDT

Frank McCourt'z in tha house! Holla!

OneHundredServed

Sweating And Lurking At The Strand's 80th Birthday

Spit — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:59:08 EDT

Who are all these douchebags in the pictures? The people who actually work at the Strand are pretty cool. The owners, their assorted friends, and homage-paying literary figures: douchebags.

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