http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2041 Via Negativa » Blog Archive » September wrap-up Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:18:36 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/20/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2041 [...] Out back at the all-night diner Chilly out. I'm getting goose pimples, says the baker. The rolls harden in their metal beds. Dawn settles over everything like fine flour. [...] [...] Out back at the all-night diner Chilly out. I’m getting goose pimples, says the baker. The rolls harden in their metal beds. Dawn settles over everything like fine flour. [...]

]]> http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2040 Dave Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:18:16 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/20/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2040 Dude, you could fill a chapbook with poems about that place. I also didn't mention the muffled sounds of horny waitrons fucking on the back stairs. Didn't want to spoil the mood. Dude, you could fill a chapbook with poems about that place. I also didn’t mention the muffled sounds of horny waitrons fucking on the back stairs. Didn’t want to spoil the mood.

]]> http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2039 Beer Activist Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:11:53 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/20/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2039 you forgot the part about sneaking into the walk-in fridge to take a hit off the whip-cream canister. hihzzzz hihzzzz. you forgot the part about sneaking into the walk-in fridge to take a hit off the whip-cream canister. hihzzzz hihzzzz.

]]> http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2038 Bill Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:02:36 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/20/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2038 Huh! It's a big world. Great poem. Thanks. Huh! It’s a big world. Great poem. Thanks.

]]> http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2037 Dave Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:36:09 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/20/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2037 Yup. They do a brisk business supplying rolls, kaiser buns and sticky buns to other area restaurants, as well as what they use themselves, which is quite a bit on busy football weekends. Yup. They do a brisk business supplying rolls, kaiser buns and sticky buns to other area restaurants, as well as what they use themselves, which is quite a bit on busy football weekends.

]]> http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2036 Bill Sat, 23 Sep 2006 23:02:44 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/20/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2036 Do all night diners in State College really have assistant bakers? Is that where we are? Do all night diners in State College really have assistant bakers? Is that where we are?

]]> http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2035 Dave Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:31:26 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/20/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2035 Thanks, Dick. I guess it is a bit less dramatic than what I usually go for. I was writing under the influence of Jean Follain, FWIW. Thanks, Dick. I guess it is a bit less dramatic than what I usually go for. I was writing under the influence of Jean Follain, FWIW.

]]> http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2034 Dick Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:37:18 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/20/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2034 I like very much the fine detail throughout. Quiet, undramatic but a powerful evocation of people & place. I like very much the fine detail throughout. Quiet, undramatic but a powerful evocation of people & place.

]]> http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2033 Dave Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:48:40 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/20/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2033 You and me both (though early morning is so much better if one hasn't been up all night, I've found). Thanks for the comment. You and me both (though early morning is so much better if one hasn’t been up all night, I’ve found). Thanks for the comment.

]]> http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2032 Lori Witzel Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:32:38 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/09/20/out-back-at-the-all-night-diner/#comment-2032 Not much useful to add, except that particular time of day, combined with that particular setting for it (all-night diners, or for that matter bakeries) are some of my favorite things. Not much useful to add, except that particular time of day, combined with that particular setting for it (all-night diners, or for that matter bakeries) are some of my favorite things.

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