Un bar undeva prin Lipscani (nu v\u0103 divulg numele nu pentru efectul artistic, ci pentru c\u0103 nu-mi amintesc, pentru mine Lipscaniul a fost dintotdeauna o mare nebuloas\u0103). Eu \u015fi un prieten bem c\u00e2te ceva (eu un Irish coffee, \u00een speran\u0163a de a drege busuiocul, el fidel berilor lui) \u015fi vorbim despre chestiuni filozofice ad\u00e2nci. E \u00eenc\u0103 devreme, cel pu\u0163in pe alte fuse orare. M\u0103 duc la baie \u015fi c\u00e2nd m\u0103 \u00eentorc \u00eel g\u0103sesc vorbind cu un tip care p\u00e2n\u0103 atunci st\u0103tuse singur \u00eentr-un col\u0163. \u00cemi zice \u00een englez\u0103, „ia uite, tipul \u0103sta tr\u0103ie\u015fte \u00een San Francisco”. Mai mult din reflex zic, „wow, unde \u00een San Francisco?” Zice, „North Beach, tu?” Zic \u015fi eu, „Ashbury Heights”. \u015ei m\u0103 \u00eentreab\u0103 pe ce strad\u0103! Zic „Upper Terrace”. \u015ei \u015ftia de ea!<\/p>\n
Ce \u015fanse ai s\u0103 intri \u00eentr-un bar la \u00eent\u00e2mplare din Bucure\u015fti \u015fi s\u0103 dai peste un concitadin din partea opus\u0103 a globului, dintr-un ora\u015f de numai 800.000 de oameni?<\/p>\n
\u015ei fiindc\u0103 asta nu era destul, dup\u0103 ce st\u0103m noi trei vreun sfert de or\u0103 \u015fi schimb\u0103m generalit\u0103\u0163i despre meseriile noastre \u015fi ce facem noi \u00een Bucure\u015fti (tipul avea c\u00e2teva zile de pierdut p\u00e2n\u0103 la nunta unui prieten din Bruxelles), apare \u00eenc\u0103 un tip care foarte non\u015falant se bag\u0103 \u00een discu\u0163ie, tot \u00een englez\u0103. \u015ei la \u0103sta se vedea de la o po\u015ft\u0103 c\u0103 era tot american, fiindc\u0103 era de culoare, marca Bob Marley. \u015ei cu el am schimbat alte amintiri, despre Cambridge, Massachusetts, fiindc\u0103 tipul fusese la Harvard. Din p\u0103cate, \u0103sta era cam beat (chiar \u015fi dup\u0103 standardele noastre), fiindc\u0103 ne-a luat cam jum\u0103tate de or\u0103 ca s\u0103 afl\u0103m cum \u00eel cheam\u0103 \u015fi era greu s\u0103-l convingi s\u0103 se concentreze mai mult de dou\u0103 fraze pe acela\u015fi subiect. \u015ei am \u0163inut-o a\u015fa, vreo dou\u0103 ore, \u00een care mie \u00eenc\u0103 nu-mi venea s\u0103 cred c\u0103 am dat peste doi americani din cele dou\u0103 ora\u015fe \u00een care am tr\u0103it eu \u00een SUA, complet \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103tor, \u00eentr-un bar oarecare din Lipscani. Asta \u00een timp ce Bob Marley se d\u0103dea de zor la barmani\u0163\u0103, care ar fi vrut s\u0103 ne evite, dar nu avea cum, pentru c\u0103 trebuia s\u0103 treac\u0103 mereu pe la noi s\u0103 ne aduc\u0103 b\u0103uturi. \u015ei eram \u015fi ultimii clien\u0163i (cel pu\u0163in ultimii care nu adormiser\u0103 deja). O experien\u0163\u0103 complet suprarealist\u0103.<\/p>\n
Asta cred c\u0103 a fost, de departe, cea mai improbabil\u0103 noapte din via\u0163a mea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Un bar undeva prin Lipscani (nu v\u0103 divulg numele nu pentru efectul artistic, ci pentru c\u0103 nu-mi amintesc, pentru mine Lipscaniul a fost dintotdeauna o mare nebuloas\u0103). Eu \u015fi un prieten bem c\u00e2te ceva (eu un Irish coffee, \u00een speran\u0163a de a drege busuiocul, el fidel berilor lui) \u015fi vorbim despre chestiuni filozofice ad\u00e2nci. E […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}