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After Last Call: A Bartender Trades SoHo for Serbia to Reclaim His Mansion
- galfarragem 11y agoI know several people whose families have these "scars". These stories are rather common and didn't happen just in Eastern Europe. In my country (Portugal) they happened during decolonization of Africa [1]. Most people lost everything. As difficult as to get wealth is to keep it. [1] - Great book about decolonization of Angola written by a foreigner (Polish journalist): http://www.amazon.com/Another-Day-Life-Ryszard-Kapuscinski/dp/0375726292 http://www.amazon.com/Another-Day-Life-Ryszard-Kapuscinski/d...
- zokier 11y agoI think one of the most notable cases is the Prince of Liechtensteins (former) estates in Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic. Here is an overview of that story: http://www.minorsights.com/2014/09/Czech-Lednice-Valtice.html http://www.minorsights.com/2014/09/Czech-Lednice-Valtice.htm...
- dankohn1 11y agoMy favorite part of the article, and a good intro point, is this 6 question questionnaire of which of his outlandish exploits are true: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/22/nyregion/bob-bozic-fanellis-bartender-soho-nyc-quiz.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/22/nyregion/bob-b...
- moj 11y agoLooks like this is the house on streetview: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8038344,20.4722595,3a,75y,37.44h,103.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1so_G_WESyT1tvlvR1SBkYrw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8038344,20.4722595,3a,75y,37...