In France I came across this sign:
Provisional bar and occasional hotel.
I wonder if this establishment accepts reservations?
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Michele D'Acosta 
It sounds like they haven’t quite made their minds up yet what they want to be!
It’s so tempting to say: “To be or not to be…?”
I love it! If we could all be so casual. 🙂
Glad you found it amusing 🙂 Despite the ambivalence there’s something quite life-affirming about the laid back approach!
very good
Doris, thank you so much.
Got me thinking this one. If the phone number is real they may only work certain days or times. I feel it’s a gimmick and not really what is says. I’m not good at mysteries but great at creating them unconsciously. Perhaps the phone number is real and they are testing the waters.
Dear friend, yours is a thought provoking comment. If I saw this sign in the UK I like to think I could guess whether or not they were being ironic. In this case, I have a feeling this wasn’t a gimmick. But who can say… Il faut démystifier un peu la situation!
haha, very funny, if you are curious you want to find out then you go in …
Olivia, yes, I’d love to have gone inside but the bar (occasional hotel) was closed every time I went by…
Only provisional reservations…just in case.
Happy Friday,
janet
Janet, you make me laugh out loud. Comment of the day! Best wishes, Michele
It’s very non-committal, I must admit. A bit like Morecambe on a wet Wednesday afternoon.
Brian, you’re very funny. I’d forgotten that expression about Morcecambe, thanks for the memory 🙂
Amused. Ocassional hotel? I’m sometimes a hellicopter. 🙂
It’s a crazy world… sometimes I’m a dolphin 🙂
Did you peek through the window to see what was inside? very mysterious….
Thank you for your observations. You noticed the soul retrieval journey tag! So much to say about this, but not sure where or how to begin… Thank you for caring. Michele
That’s pretty funny. Est-ce que vous parlez donc français ?
Tu es drôle 🙂 Yes, I speak a little French. Et tu?
Oui, bien sûr 🙂
Fantastique 🙂
I wonder if they serve food to go with the beer?
Perhaps they serve the occasional beer to go with the occasional food?
That’s my kind of bar 😆
Mine too. I love your style 🙂
Excelent.
Thank you for visiting my blog and delighting in this crazy sign 🙂
If they serve as a hotel, only occasionally, that would be for we who may be lured by the mind altering nature of alcohol and willing to drink to blindness in celebration of being drunk for the sheer joy of it. Might not be able to go home after that. An occasional hotel. Now there’s an idea. Nice. 🙂
Mr King, I love your sense of the absurd! In view of your blog “We Drink Because We’re Poets” I hereby dedicate this post to you. Hope you’re having a very good day. Michele
Yes, but with some reservations.
Hi Dennis, I like your style of humor 🙂
Open between morning coffee and afternoon wine, maybe.
Laurie.
I think you’re right to wonder. It sounds like they’re a little confused. 🙂
Thanks for joining in the fun. I loved your comment!
You know, Michele, that happens to work out great for me, because I am a “voyageur occasionnel.”
Ernie, you made me laugh out loud. As well as being very clever you have a great sense of humor. Thank you 🙂
Very well captured – “I wonder if this establishment accepts reservations” – maybe only occasional… 😉
Thank you so much. I’m a great admirer of your work.
I just love your photography. You have such a keen eye 🙂 esp for color and light in color.
Thank you for your very kind words of appreciation. Wherever possible, I give my best…
I could use this as a poster for my house
I’m at your service, my friend 🙂
This is a funny sign:-)
So glad you enjoyed the Gallic humor!!
Fabulous!!!
LB, thank you!!! It’s a pleasure 🙂
very laissez-faire! Love it!
Catherine, I was thinking of calling this post “The Sign Says… laissez-faire”. So funny you should mention those words. Maybe I should have stuck to my original idea? 🙂 Thank you.
Great minds lol
I say give the number a call and ask if they will take a provisional booking as you’re going to visit anyway! 🙂 Maybe they’ll serve you a coffee or a beer through a crack in the door even if they’re not open.
The sign is far too inviting to by-pass the opportunity of finding out. Great image. I was imagining just such a place in France only this afternoon, somewhere I could sit, relax and take in the scenery.
Much love to you
Lady Isis
Thank you for your wonderful comment. I agree there’s something quite relaxing about this sign 🙂 It’s the sort of haphazard establishment one might find in Alice in Wonderland! Much love to you. Michele
Love the reflective texture of glass… what is on the glass, behind it, and mirrored to our eyes all at one time. Photography picks this up in ways that our brains tend to block out. Of course, noticing what people see in the glass instrutive about them too. Did he read the words painted on it? Was she looking inside? Who noticed the skyline and light illuminated by the glass? Oh, there is a poem in the making.
Oscar
Quite an inviting sign. 🙂 Looks like a nice place to stop into.
I immediately thought of passing out in the bar and having to be helped into a cab.
Sandra, you know what… I hadn’t thought of doing that. But now you come to mention it — that’s a great idea!!!
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What do you think of when you see this sign?
Makes me think… aren’t all bars and hotels actually provisional? Just passing through, are we? 😉