E greu s\u0103-\u0163i imaginezi ce aglomera\u0163ie este \u00een ora\u015ful \u0103sta p\u00e2n\u0103 nu vezi cu ochii t\u0103i. \u015ei am auzit c\u0103 se poate \u015fi mai r\u0103u, de exemplu \u00een Hong Kong. E greu s\u0103 te dai la marginea trotuarului dac\u0103 vrei s\u0103 faci o poz\u0103 sau s\u0103 te ui\u0163i \u00een ghid, oriunde stai e\u015fti \u00een calea cuiva (\u015fi New Yorkezii nu se sfiesc s\u0103 dea peste tine). Ieri ne-am dus prin Little Italy \u015fi prin Chinatown. Little Italy se cam mic\u015foreaz\u0103 pentru c\u0103 intr\u0103 Chinatown peste ea; din ce am v\u0103zut noi, e numai c\u00e2teva intersec\u0163ii \u00een sus \u015fi \u00een jos pe Mulberry Street. \u015ei e mare p\u0103cat, pe vremuri avea o istorie bogat\u0103, cu mafio\u0163i, cu oameni ciurui\u0163i de gloan\u0163e, cu str\u0103zi \u00eentortocheate unde se f\u0103ceau ambuscade…<\/p>\n
Am m\u00e2ncat la o bodeg\u0103 chinezeasc\u0103 super-ieftin\u0103, dar care era trecut\u0103 \u00een ghidul nostru. \u00centr-adev\u0103r, a fost minunat\u0103, dar era sc\u0103ldat\u0103 \u00een at\u00e2ta gr\u0103sime, c\u0103 parc\u0103-mi sim\u0163eam inima cum se chinuie s\u0103 pompeze. Eu de exemplu mi-am luat „Spicy double cooked pork”, care erau felii de ceva gen kaiser, fierte \u00eentr-o zeam\u0103 gras\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103rat\u0103 cu buc\u0103\u0163i de ardei iute (cred c\u0103 erau zece ardei iu\u0163i \u00een por\u0163ia mea). Dar am fost cuminte \u015fi am m\u00e2ncat tot, mai pu\u0163in ardeii \u00een sine.<\/p>\n
Pe sear\u0103 au venit Mugur \u015fi cu Julieta din Boston (special ca s\u0103 ne vad\u0103 pe noi!). Am m\u00e2ncat la Bubba Gump, un local f\u0103cut \u00een cinstea unui personaj din Forrest Gump. Nebunie mare, am stat vreo jum\u0103tate de or\u0103 la coad\u0103, iar c\u00e2nd ne-a venit r\u00e2ndul ne-au strigat \u00eempreun\u0103 cu alte dou\u0103zeci de persoane \u015fi am avut un mic concurs unde ne \u00eentrebau chestii despre film \u015fi cine r\u0103spundea corect primea o pr\u0103jitur\u0103. Am avut grij\u0103 s\u0103 nu r\u0103spund la nici o \u00eentrebare! Dar m\u00e2ncarea a fost bun\u0103 (carne cu cartofi).<\/p>\n
La sf\u00e2r\u015fit, am cobor\u00e2t \u00een Greenwich Village \u015fi am b\u0103tut str\u0103zile c\u0103ut\u00e2nd un bar. S-a schimbat mult village-ul fa\u0163\u0103 de ce-mi aminteam eu. Eu \u015ftiam c\u0103 e un loc de arti\u015fti boemi, dar acum erau numai baruri scumpe \u015fi cozi peste tot. Asta e problema c\u00e2nd oamenii cu bani \u00ee\u015fi \u00eenchipuie c\u0103 pot s\u0103 fie \u015fi ei arti\u015fti boemi \u00een Greenwich Village (sau Vama Veche). P\u00e2n\u0103 la urm\u0103, am g\u0103sit un bar numit The Baggot Inn, unde atmosfera era frumoas\u0103, dar muzica era \u00eenfior\u0103tor de tare (aveau o trup\u0103 care c\u00e2nta rock destul de bun). N-am \u00een\u0163eles niciodat\u0103, nici m\u0103car \u00eenainte s\u0103 \u00eemb\u0103tr\u00e2nesc (comparativ cu 18-20 de ani), de ce muzica trebuie s\u0103 urle \u00eentr-un bar p\u00e2n\u0103 la a face imposibil\u0103 orice conversa\u0163ie. Poate toat\u0103 lumea trage p\u00e2r\u0163uri \u015fi trebuie acoperite cu ceva?<\/p>\n
A\u015fa c\u0103 dup\u0103 prima bere am plecat, am cump\u0103rat ceva de b\u0103ut \u015fi ne-am dus \u00eenapoi la hotel, unde am stat de pove\u015fti c\u00e2t am avut noi chef.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
E greu s\u0103-\u0163i imaginezi ce aglomera\u0163ie este \u00een ora\u015ful \u0103sta p\u00e2n\u0103 nu vezi cu ochii t\u0103i. \u015ei am auzit c\u0103 se poate \u015fi mai r\u0103u, de exemplu \u00een Hong Kong. E greu s\u0103 te dai la marginea trotuarului dac\u0103 vrei s\u0103 faci o poz\u0103 sau s\u0103 te ui\u0163i \u00een ghid, oriunde stai e\u015fti \u00een calea […]<\/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-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191","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=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}