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:"You could always count on seeing life at the I-Thou. Some [[beat poet]] dreaming he was [[Allen Ginsberg]] ... a chick sway[ing] to music no one else could hear ... beards, long hair, tie-dye, camouflage, denim, beads, bangles, smoke, voices filled with passion, hope, politics, freedom. It was blast, the Haight in essence, everything I valued." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wonderland (novel)|Wonderland]]'') | :"You could always count on seeing life at the I-Thou. Some [[beat poet]] dreaming he was [[Allen Ginsberg]] ... a chick sway[ing] to music no one else could hear ... beards, long hair, tie-dye, camouflage, denim, beads, bangles, smoke, voices filled with passion, hope, politics, freedom. It was blast, the Haight in essence, everything I valued." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wonderland (novel)|Wonderland]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
''Wonderland'' consistently renders the name of the joint as ''I-Thou''. Real world sources more typically have it to be ''I/Thou''. | * ''Wonderland'' consistently renders the name of the joint as ''I-Thou''. Real world sources more typically have it to be ''I/Thou''. | ||
* The name of the shop derives from a philosophical movement started in the [[1920s]] through the publication of the book, {{wi|I and Thou}}. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
*[http://wild-bohemian.com/hipshops.htm Map of Haight-Ashbury in January 1967], showing location of I-Thou | *[http://wild-bohemian.com/hipshops.htm Map of Haight-Ashbury in January 1967], showing location of I-Thou | ||
{{Places to eat and drink}} | {{Places to eat and drink}} | ||
[[Category:Restaurants]] | [[Category:Restaurants]] |
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