Rockin’ a jukebox fifties-style in American diner
23 April 2008Generally, I hate tourist traps. I don’t care for the Eiffel tower, Big Ben or the San Marco square, I prefer to hang out with locals and discover shops, museums and bars I won’t find in Amsterdam. But to be honest with you, sometimes I actually do enjoy the typically tourist stuff. Perfect example, American diners who try to revive the fabulous fifties.
When Boris and me sat down in Lori’s diner for a quick break of all the Web 2.0 Expo chaos, I discovered an old-fashioned jukebox. So I robbed Boris, ended up with six quarters and enjoyed my jukebox moment. See a visual- (via microblogging service Twitter) and music (via Mixwit) representation.
After posting some pics on Flickr, I discovered I’m not the only Dutch fun of Lori’s cooking skills. Jeroen Mirck has also visited the place a couple of times and made some nice photographs.
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Categorie: cultural stuff
Tags: american, diner, Eiffel Tower, jukebox, lori's diner, san francisco, tourists, Web 2.0 Expo
Awesome, now streaming your mixtape to the office! We’re all very jealous of Boris and you in SF :/
Man – was almost sitting in that diner with you mate… and also had to play it nice an’ loud for the office…
Great stuff!
Glad you like it guys!! See, you don’t need Last.fm to share your playlists. ;-) An old-fashioned memory and a cool new tool works just fine.