Sunday, January 30, 2011

accademia americana




The bar at the American Academy in Rome
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Location: Via Angelo Masina, 00153 Roma, Repubblica Italiana

14 comments:

  1. paulJanuary 30, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    Eleonora played billiards (pool!) at the American Academy when she was a feisty young teenager. An adjoining cloak room had these dusty covered stunning portraits of "Fellow" at the AAR dating to the 1910's. An employee, Walter Cini, put in his own pocket money and bought a wooden bar podium, and an espresso machine, and with poof of steam, we had a bar which became the hub of these bustling group of artists and scholars, one from each field, ever since, circa 1976. Nonetheless, sneak over to the Bar Gianicolo (Porta San Pancrazio) for the best tramezzini and veggie drinks.

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  2. Rosaria WilliamsJanuary 30, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    And the literati on the wall after they saw their bar tab. Ahhha!

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  3. jeffJanuary 31, 2011 at 1:46 AM

    Nice display, but they need some women!

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  4. Eleonora BaldwinJanuary 31, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    Paul-
    I saw the pool table, and wondered if maybe it was the same one... Thank you for your sweet comment and foodie tip!

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  5. Eleonora BaldwinJanuary 31, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    Rosaria-
    Ha ha ha, their eyes all look a little glazed, in fact. The food served here, Rosaria... dreamy. It used to be known as the WORST kitchen in the city, and now Alice Waters supervises, Mona Talbott cooks and everything is sourced from the Academy garden!

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  6. Eleonora BaldwinJanuary 31, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    Jeff-
    I agree! Where are the lady fellows???

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  7. SarettaFebruary 2, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    Who are all these guys? Where do they come from? What do they want from us? ;-)

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  8. CarolineFebruary 2, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    Looks fun. I love your blog! Rome alwayas looks so romantic - delicious.

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  9. Eleonora BaldwinFebruary 2, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    Saretta-
    Come visit and we can go find out together!

    Caroline-
    Thank you! I agree, Roma is very romantic. Ciao

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  10. RandyFebruary 3, 2011 at 4:19 AM

    Wonderful! I like the portraits very much.

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  11. RIZALENIOFebruary 3, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    Glad that I found your site. You have lots of wonderful photos here. Will be back here from time to time.

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  12. Eleonora BaldwinFebruary 3, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    Randy-
    there's a whole wall full of them!

    Rizalenio-
    Thank you, I'm happy you like them. Come back whenever you feel like seeing the Eternal City thru my eyes.

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  13. k.a. photographyFebruary 4, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    Interessante con ogni foto che ha una storia sua...

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  14. Eleonora BaldwinFebruary 4, 2011 at 1:32 PM

    Andras~
    È vero, ogni volto, una storia. Molto affascinante...

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