The original Café Diva was at 12th and Spruce, Center City Philadelphia -- right across from my garret apartment. Talk, chess, readings, musings and occasional fillings-in found me here. I loved the area, and urban living. Nga (Nga like "National Golf Association," as she put it) Mai, way cool proprietor and "serial entrepreneur," moved Diva over to 140 S. 20th Street, Rittenhouse Square, across the park from the Free Library branch where I saw Queimada / Burn (1969) and La battaglia di Algeri / The Battle of Algiers (1966), two great films that have stuck with me over the years.
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