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Concluding that this is the person who stole Warren’s film, they hatch a plan to lure the thief into coming back for the rest of the loot so they can catch him or her in the act. The four of them soon learn that a notorious and dangerous criminal (the “Blind Barber” of the title) is believed to be on board the ship. It seems that Warren inadvertently brought some reels of film on board showing his uncle, near the end of a long dinner party, making an extremely impolite speech about his fellows among the world’s mighty, and that someone has just broken into Warren’s cabin, hit him over the head, and stolen enough of this film to cause unheard-of scandal. Thomassen Valvick (Ret.) are summoned to Warren’s cabin, where they find its occupant nursing a wounded cranium and thoughts of vengeance. One afternoon during the Queen Victoria’s voyage, Morgan and his friends Peggy Glenn and Capt. It begins with Curtis Warren, an amateur cinematographer who also happens to be the nephew of what Morgan describes as “a Great Personage in the present American Government not far from F.D. Fell to unfold a remarkable story of mayhem and mystery. When the ocean liner Queen Victoria arrives in Southampton harbor from New York City, mystery writer Henry Morgan disembarks hastily and calls on Dr.
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Fell's adventures, somewhat echoing the farcical later adventures of Carr's Sir Henry Merrivale. This novel is generally felt to be the most humorous of Dr. It is a mystery novel of the type known as a whodunnit.
Blind barber series#
Asher Roth’s upstairs club thing isn’t for me, but the cut? The back bar? The free drink? All better than expected, if not great - even if a few hairs fell into my Negroni.Īt least, for the first time in my food writing career, I can confidently say that they were my own.The Blind Barber, first published in October 1934, is a detective story by American writer John Dickson Carr, featuring his series detective Gideon Fell. I left Blind Barber (1325 Sansom Street) smelling of Campari (a nice little aftereffect of getting your haircut there), reckoning with the fact that I very much enjoyed Blind Barber. He offered me unsolicited hair care advice - curls like mine need moisture! Who knew? - and even recommended some store-brand hair products he stands by instead of upselling with products sold in the shop. It’s been about three weeks since my cut, and my hair still has shape, when usually, by now, it’s devolved into an unkempt Chia Pet. For those of you interested.Īnd my haircut? Brenard is a pro. And upstairs, there’s a second bar/lounge/dance floor where Asher Roth - the Asher Roth Sir Asher Roth - is Blind Barber’s DJ-in-residence. There’s a kitchen that does grilled cheese and dips. It’s very much a poorly kept secret, intentionally so, which I appreciate. I didn’t have to figure it out, I didn’t have to find it. But Brenard told me about the door right away. It’s in the back behind a door, giving the whole place lame speakeasy vibes. The bar is not in the same room as the barber shop. If you don’t want to drink during your haircut, you have every right to wait till it’s finished and get your free drink at the bar.
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And even then, I still sipped up a few hairs. That the only way to shield your drink from shrapnel was by hiding it under your bib (cape? cloth?). Honestly, the only gripe I had with it - with the entire concept of drinking a cocktail with my cut - was the fact that it didn’t come with a clip-on fan or a cap protecting the glass’s gaping maw from falling hair. The Negroni itself was prepared correctly - which isn’t hard, I know, since the recipe is three equal parts - but you’d be shocked by how many bad, careless Negronis I’ve had over the years.
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One drink softens the blow of a $55 haircut. I was only able to drink one Negroni before Brenard was done with me, but I could have downed two if I put my mind to it. Some shops offer you a canned beer with your cut, sure, but a cocktail? A bespoke drink? A classic? That’s luxury.
Blind barber for free#
You drink for free when you’re getting your haircut, which is: 1) the only reason why I get to write about this on Foobooz and 2) the kind of self-care men don’t normally allow themselves. A post shared by Blind Barber on at 1:13pm PST