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stunning founder. the son's heart is not in it.

Revisado: 12-02-21

Harry's Bar, founded by Giuseppe Cipriani (1900-1980; not his grandson of same name), is absolutely legendary. And we know very little about it.

This might be the best source, along with the British documentary on Youtube from 1970.

Even though his son Arrigo's second part is much complaining, even though son and grandson face numerous legal problems (wikipedia), the story is fascinating. What Belmond and LVMH are trying to do with hotels was born with Giuseppe Cipriani. The family can't hold a candle. LVMH is trying their best but there will never be anyone like him.

Read it. Just be aware of Cipriani & co's problems after the founder's death. Even as a skeptical reader doubting Arrigo's thinking, it's fascinating to read nevertheless. Why is the reputation so poor, why is the business so unstable that they are constantly thrown out by landlords, tangled in lawsuits, and cheating taxes?

Just be aware the context is the rise and the fall. Giuseppe Cipriani was a genius who built an empire just by being a waiter and barman to the best of his ability. He didn't set out to open a bar, a 2-Michelin star restaurant, or two luxury hotels. His customers liked the experience he and his family and team provided so much they practically begged him to.

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surprisingly lulz and interesting

Revisado: 12-02-21

Funny introduction by someone who went the immersion route. The Irishman's humor drew me in even as a millennial whos idea of French culture is limited to Louis Vuitton, DJ Snake, slightly disgusting Brie, and long multi-course meals.

I'm not that into wine and was just learning a bit about france. He gives unexpected background on French attitudes toward work (which you might accurately call stereotypes).

Unexpected, fascinating background on:

-French labor (not the focus but there's anedoctal context to the 35 hr work week, vacation)
-deeply ingrained food attitudes (almost no mention of fish albeit he's not a native)
-fascinating introduction to bouchon, eating offal
-many other details that are hard to even google without knowing french

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glad this was in the plus catalog

Revisado: 10-07-20

This must read like the other obviously self-published books in the author's oeuvre. Thought it was going to be a general book on how to market to women, not just how to be a salesperson to them. And as far as that goes, she does a job that amounts to assembling self-help platitudes from better-known people in this field or from who knows where. It sounds like a poorly organized podcast.

That is, it's not entirely useless or difficult to listen to, but too fluffy and full of unexpected gems in the vein of say something like Martin Lindstrom's eye-opening books.

Why She Buys looks more like what I was hoping for.

Also, there is an atrocious 3 minute long humblebrag that is truly pathetic where she mentions having a top 39 iTunes audiobook in some business niche.

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