If you're into grimly majestic old East Coast cemeteries, visit the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven across from Yale.
Dark red stone pseudo-Egyptian entrance gate headed by the promise (or threat?) "The Dead Shall Be Raised." The famous Pissing Angel (if you look at it from the correct angle, outside the Prospect Street wall in front of Becton Engineering Library). Lots of famous and not-so-famous dead Yalies. A somber Tim Burtonish treat. Pack a picnic lunch!
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George Prager
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This is getting grim. I prefer Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. Worth it for the view from Washington tower.
Posted by George Prager
at December 7, 2007 12:45 PM
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nemo
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If you're into grimly majestic old East Coast cemeteries, visit the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven across from Yale.
Dark red stone pseudo-Egyptian entrance gate headed by the promise (or threat?) "The Dead Shall Be Raised." The famous Pissing Angel (if you look at it from the correct angle, outside the Prospect Street wall in front of Becton Engineering Library). Lots of famous and not-so-famous dead Yalies. A somber Tim Burtonish treat. Pack a picnic lunch!
Posted by nemo
at December 7, 2007 12:58 PM
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vansmith
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nice boots, prada?
Posted by vansmith
at December 7, 2007 1:03 PM
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rocco
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Nice boots? Nice stomach! Unlike most 60 yr olds big hanging guts, Jeff's washboard stomach is nowhere near the frame!
Posted by rocco
at December 7, 2007 1:09 PM
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mutinyco
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"nice boots, prada?"
Bruno Magli...
Posted by mutinyco
at December 7, 2007 1:15 PM
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nemo
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Oh come now, don't exaggerate. I don't believe our host is day over 56.
Posted by nemo
at December 7, 2007 1:29 PM
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EDouglas
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When did Jeffrey Wells turn into Morrissey? :)
Posted by EDouglas
at December 7, 2007 2:41 PM
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Josh Massey
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Yes, yes, the boots and the tombstones look the same. Artsy.
Posted by Josh Massey
at December 7, 2007 3:12 PM
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frankbooth
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I miss cemeteries. This is probably the only major town in the country with only two -- a military boneyard in the Presidio, and the tiny one most of you would recognize from Vertigo.
Posted by frankbooth
at December 7, 2007 3:54 PM
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jeffmcm
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I had no idea that was a real one in Vertigo. (or a simultion thereof)
Posted by jeffmcm
at December 8, 2007 12:50 AM
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christian
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When did Jeffrey Wells turn into Morrissey? :)
HE is human and HE wants to be loved.
Posted by christian
at December 8, 2007 5:37 PM
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bagelfilm
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Whenever I am in Paris I lay flowers at Truffauts grave.
Posted by bagelfilm
at December 8, 2007 11:53 PM
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