tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post7815758895898693430..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: Matthew Zapruder's "The Prelude" : Bed, Breakfast, Cupfulls of DarknessBanjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-39221320184458061192013-02-09T17:46:59.053-05:002013-02-09T17:46:59.053-05:00PA, Gives new meaning to "service" and &...PA, Gives new meaning to "service" and "hospitality" industries, doesn't it. And it might fit with Brenda's idea about hosts who have followed a desire--or just escaped the corporate the world's layers of bosses? Or simply, what nice lady. Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-85706413298064280482013-02-09T17:21:25.498-05:002013-02-09T17:21:25.498-05:00I'm a route 66 cheap motel type. Horse shoe on...I'm a route 66 cheap motel type. Horse shoe one story are my favorite. I did do a B and B in Greece once. I got up to use the restroom in the middle of the night - accessed through the kitchen - to discover the owner had given up her bed so I wouldn't be sharing a room with a couple of guys. She was asleep on the kitchen table. Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-27619413098433831142013-02-09T11:10:01.764-05:002013-02-09T11:10:01.764-05:00Banjo, whether it is a good thing or not, it is a ...Banjo, whether it is a good thing or not, it is a journey. I think that makes it a Zen thing.<br /><br />Funny how B&Bs can be creepy. I guess I want to dig down to the story behind it/in the people. But stuff animals???Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-84232714350934095182013-02-09T09:11:13.302-05:002013-02-09T09:11:13.302-05:00B, I think the other photos would be disappointing...B, I think the other photos would be disappointing, but I'll look again. Also, maybe I'm not sure how I've come full circle . . . but it sounds like a good thing? <br /><br />AH, never been in a B-B in California, but have had some creepiness elsewhere--such a (gorgeous) Swiss-style property in SE Pennsylvania with a pamphlet on how to become a Jew for Jesus, along with a New Testament free for the taking. But to be fair, there was also a Gettysburg B-B hosted by a pleasant couple, the husband of whom was a battle re-enactor and knew a LOT. <br /><br />I suppose it boils down to the fact that B-B's often require some energy and flexibility from the guest, and sometimes we have it, sometimes not so much. I'm glad I gave it another try. Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-9557152113862135122013-02-09T09:02:29.523-05:002013-02-09T09:02:29.523-05:00B and AH, my responses got long, so I'm turnin...B and AH, my responses got long, so I'm turning them into the next post. Thanks! (Here's hoping Blogspot will be kind). <br /><br />RuneE, I bet he’s had a pint by now. And Hadrian's Wall! Haven't thought of that for years. Thanks for the reminder. I'll be googling that, if I know me, and sometimes I do. <br />Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-71307933818188623362013-02-09T07:07:55.628-05:002013-02-09T07:07:55.628-05:00I have visited some B & Bs in the UK, and your...I have visited some B & Bs in the UK, and your photos remind me very much of some of them. The best one was up by Hadrian's Wall and run by the typical grandmother. So we returned six years later :-)<br /><br />I don't think Zapruder would have enjoyed a walk along Hadrian's wall, but he sounds like he would have needed it. And a visit to the local pub afterwards.Rune Eidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008247272056395901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-34755574335725462762013-02-08T11:28:03.039-05:002013-02-08T11:28:03.039-05:00Filled with self-deprecating humor, isn't it. ...Filled with self-deprecating humor, isn't it. And comparing himself, as a poet I think, with Wordsworth the nature boy and Coleridge the tortured soul, he comes up short in his own estimation. <br /><br />I find B&B's creepy, too. Especially when they've filled your room with stuffed animals. But maybe that's a Northern Calif thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-24122020463863224292013-02-08T11:19:01.173-05:002013-02-08T11:19:01.173-05:00"...should the chosen guide
Be nothing better..."...should the chosen guide<br />Be nothing better than a wandering cloud,<br />I cannot miss my way.” <br />So did Wordsworth follow his desire whereas Coleridge couldn't? <br /><br />I have been told by B&B owners that the reason they have the business is to fulfill the need to follow a desire. You have come full circle, Banjo!<br />And I'd love to see more photos of the B&B where you stayed. These are inviting, but please - more coffee.Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.com