tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post7790622939480851892..comments2023-10-18T06:20:09.433-07:00Comments on cul de sac: Local History; James Thurber in Falls Churchrichardcthompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176282831210054050noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-54766996871578361402016-07-10T19:33:08.574-07:002016-07-10T19:33:08.574-07:00Thanks for posting the story, the letters and the ...Thanks for posting the story, the letters and the Saturday Evening Post article. My wife and I and a friend had dinner with Rosie Thurber in South Haven MI on Thursday, June 30. She is a delightful woman and a superb conversationalist.<br /><br /> I asked her about the Falls Church City connection. She said she had no idea. I will be forwarding the posting to her along w/ a photo of the James Thurber Ct. Street sign.<br /><br />Paul Wackerbarth<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125335433149036254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-75818827313114918172013-03-07T19:35:43.060-08:002013-03-07T19:35:43.060-08:00Oh man - Falls Church. Better watch your back! Lol...Oh man - Falls Church. Better watch your back! Lols - FC stands for Frequently Calm and Forecast: Clear. I too recently learned about Thurber's brief appearance in FC, and I can't help but imagine a Walter Mitty wandering down Broad Street. Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261763521743189021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-21110148054745061072013-03-07T19:34:54.002-08:002013-03-07T19:34:54.002-08:00Oh man - Falls Church. Better watch your back! Lol...Oh man - Falls Church. Better watch your back! Lols - FC stands for Frequently Calm and Forecast: Clear. I too recently learned about Thurber's brief appearance in FC, and I can't help but imagine a Walter Mitty wandering down Broad Street. Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261763521743189021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-6610886409231331542008-03-18T08:48:00.000-07:002008-03-18T08:48:00.000-07:00Ok richard , thanks so much...So i'm waiting for i...Ok richard , thanks so much...<BR/>So i'm waiting for impatiently.Guillaume Biancohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07229978554692125230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-76746456030143970412008-03-16T12:59:00.000-07:002008-03-16T12:59:00.000-07:00Merci, Guillaume. I'd be willing, let me know whic...Merci, Guillaume. I'd be willing, let me know which one.richardcthompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176282831210054050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-72093219737327627952008-03-14T04:07:00.000-07:002008-03-14T04:07:00.000-07:00Hi richard...I'm so crazy about your drawings.So f...Hi richard...<BR/>I'm so crazy about your drawings.<BR/>So free and fresh line...<BR/>I'm not a collectionnist , just a cartonnist , but i wanted to know if you'd sell one of it...<BR/>A simple one , in black and white...<BR/>Tell me , and congratulation!Guillaume Biancohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07229978554692125230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-33562475092024562008-03-13T14:31:00.000-07:002008-03-13T14:31:00.000-07:00Thanks again, Bob, I'll fix the county/city thing....Thanks again, Bob, I'll fix the county/city thing. You are the Man To Go To. And please do, for a pub crawl the more the merrier.<BR/><BR/>And Kid Shay too. I see no reason why we need confine a pub crawl to the eastern US.richardcthompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176282831210054050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-18190503588285866862008-03-13T10:44:00.000-07:002008-03-13T10:44:00.000-07:00A pub crawl with a James Thurber theme? Man, I'm ...A pub crawl with a James Thurber theme? Man, I'm missing out. You know, they've got some great pubs in Portland, too...and cul de sacs, too.Kid Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475696121551202158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-75439448597434882732008-03-13T09:56:00.000-07:002008-03-13T09:56:00.000-07:00Wow!!! I said it there, I see it here! PS: I'll f...Wow!!! I said it there, I see it here! PS: I'll forward the post to the Acosta family (many live in FC) and try to get you a copy of Mrs. Acosta's "Why I Love James Thurber" essay which was publish in Look or Life or something like that.....<BR/><BR/>PS: Falls Church is an indy city, not part of Fairfax Cty. And count me in for the pub crawl. --BBBob Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036622294403415491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-87130317818432159052008-03-13T00:58:00.000-07:002008-03-13T00:58:00.000-07:00The Four Provinces on the corner of Lee Highway an...The Four Provinces on the corner of Lee Highway and Route 7. It's not bad. There are suddenly about four Irish pubs between Rosslyn and Clarendon. Let's go on a pub crawl!richardcthompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176282831210054050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-75970961496725826182008-03-12T08:14:00.000-07:002008-03-12T08:14:00.000-07:00I'm there!!! (Which pub?)I'm there!!! (Which pub?)here today, gone tomorrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17203537337770906267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-54129477780014643182008-03-11T20:45:00.000-07:002008-03-11T20:45:00.000-07:00I think we should all meet there for a seance. And...I think we should all meet there for a seance. And there's a good Irish pub a coupla blocks west, too.richardcthompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176282831210054050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-45698593800979932542008-03-11T17:01:00.000-07:002008-03-11T17:01:00.000-07:00I think we should start holding regular comics get...I think we should start holding regular comics get-togethers there in the cul-de-sac. It is a CUL de SAC, right?Mike Rhodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14551914909843150387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346830305687186778.post-12855914712313620562008-03-11T10:03:00.000-07:002008-03-11T10:03:00.000-07:00Cool. I'm a Thurber fan just down the road in the ...Cool. I'm a Thurber fan just down the road in the Annapolis area; I'll have to make a pilgrimage out to James Thurber Court one of these days.Aunt Scribahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06861333851419378664noreply@blogger.com