<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18777473</id><updated>2010-03-19T07:51:52.296-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Salon Mercurio at L'Espresso</title><subtitle type='html'>European cafes have historically maintained a position in society as a centre for culinary delights and civic discourse, and Salon Mercurio at L’Espresso is motivated to both institute and fuse this trans-Atlantic public practise.
Join us the last Thursday of every month to enjoy controversial speakers, avant-garde videos, and provacative presentations on everything from 
Love to Art to Politics.
Take part in the discussions by becoming a Salon participant.</subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.barmercurio.com/salonBlog.html'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://barmercurio.com/atom.xml'/><author><name>barMercurio</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15726099975849637130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18777473.post-114773108441361098</id><published>2006-05-15T18:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-19T12:17:16.173-04:00</updated><title type='text'>UPCOMING: CATHARSIS - VICARIOUS PLEASURES</title><content type='html'>Thursday May 25th  7:30-10:30pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VICARIOUS PLEASURES &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicarious pleasures abound in theatre, sport, politics and life. &lt;br /&gt;Are they a healthy release or a psychic trance? &lt;br /&gt;A look at roles, masks and distancing in theatre and therapy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18777473-114773108441361098?l=www.barmercurio.com%2FsalonBlog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/114773108441361098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18777473&amp;postID=114773108441361098&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/posts/default/114773108441361098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/posts/default/114773108441361098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.barmercurio.com/2006/05/upcoming-catharsis-vicarious-pleasures.html' title='UPCOMING: CATHARSIS - VICARIOUS PLEASURES'/><author><name>barMercurio</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15726099975849637130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='15283374518032595625'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18777473.post-114773057453622475</id><published>2006-05-15T17:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-15T18:09:50.170-04:00</updated><title type='text'>JUST PAST:  The Chimera Laments</title><content type='html'>Thursday  May 4th  7–10 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.barmercurio.com/uploaded_images/chimera-758650.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.barmercurio.com/uploaded_images/chimera-754927.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• that its grounds are unrelated &lt;br /&gt;• that the media it enjoyed are reversing &lt;br /&gt;• that piano keys are changing pitch &lt;br /&gt;• that shuffleboard is risky &lt;br /&gt;• that it cannot find one love &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;30-minute video followed by discussion&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18777473-114773057453622475?l=www.barmercurio.com%2FsalonBlog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/114773057453622475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18777473&amp;postID=114773057453622475&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/posts/default/114773057453622475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/posts/default/114773057453622475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.barmercurio.com/2006/05/just-past-chimera-laments.html' title='JUST PAST:  The Chimera Laments'/><author><name>barMercurio</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15726099975849637130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='15283374518032595625'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18777473.post-114201031577385698</id><published>2006-03-10T12:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-15T18:03:10.150-04:00</updated><title type='text'>PAST:  Botanybody?</title><content type='html'>Thursday March 30th, 2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BOTANYBODY?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.barmercurio.com/uploaded_images/botany-791452.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.barmercurio.com/uploaded_images/botany-790017.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gardens of Pleasure&lt;br /&gt;The Winter of our Discontent&lt;br /&gt;Cultivating Roots and Seeds&lt;br /&gt;Flower Children&lt;br /&gt;The New Organics&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;30 minute video followed by discussion&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18777473-114201031577385698?l=www.barmercurio.com%2FsalonBlog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/114201031577385698/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18777473&amp;postID=114201031577385698&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/posts/default/114201031577385698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/posts/default/114201031577385698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.barmercurio.com/2006/03/past-botanybody.html' title='PAST:  Botanybody?'/><author><name>barMercurio</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15726099975849637130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='15283374518032595625'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18777473.post-113959177085888243</id><published>2006-02-10T12:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-15T17:52:42.706-04:00</updated><title type='text'>PAST:  No Argument</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.barmercurio.com/uploaded_images/noArgument-721993.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.barmercurio.com/uploaded_images/noArgument-713186.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;The past Salon at L'Espresso Bar Mercurio was&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NO ARGUMENT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Thursday February 23rd   7-10 pm&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:georgia;"&gt;33 ways not to argue / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:georgia;"&gt;Power arguments / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:georgia;"&gt;Postmodern posturing / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:georgia;"&gt;Other irritations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:georgia;"&gt;30 minute video followed by discussion &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If there are any comments or suggestions about upcoming Salons, please feel free to share...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18777473-113959177085888243?l=www.barmercurio.com%2FsalonBlog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/113959177085888243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18777473&amp;postID=113959177085888243&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/posts/default/113959177085888243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/posts/default/113959177085888243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.barmercurio.com/2006/02/past-no-argument.html' title='PAST:  No Argument'/><author><name>barMercurio</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15726099975849637130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='15283374518032595625'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18777473.post-113580939513535614</id><published>2005-12-28T17:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T11:37:23.393-05:00</updated><title type='text'>PAST:  Mythdemeanour</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.barmercurio.com/uploaded_images/JanMYTH-765936.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.barmercurio.com/uploaded_images/JanMYTH-763156.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;If there are any comments about our past Salon "Mythdemeanour" please feel free to share. We would enjoy to hear your thoughts... just click on the comment link below.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18777473-113580939513535614?l=www.barmercurio.com%2FsalonBlog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/113580939513535614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18777473&amp;postID=113580939513535614&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/posts/default/113580939513535614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/posts/default/113580939513535614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.barmercurio.com/2005/12/past-mythdemeanour.html' title='PAST:  Mythdemeanour'/><author><name>barMercurio</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15726099975849637130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='15283374518032595625'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18777473.post-113150234575241614</id><published>2005-11-08T21:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T17:23:45.516-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Welcome to Salon Mercurio at L'Espresso,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;              &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Please feel free to share your thoughts and / or feelings about our&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Thursday night gatherings...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;                                                                              Thank you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;You may post your comments by clicking on the comment link below&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18777473-113150234575241614?l=www.barmercurio.com%2FsalonBlog.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/113150234575241614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18777473&amp;postID=113150234575241614&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/posts/default/113150234575241614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18777473/posts/default/113150234575241614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.barmercurio.com/2005/11/welcome.html' title='Welcome...'/><author><name>barMercurio</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15726099975849637130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='15283374518032595625'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></entry></feed>