gusconversation

GUSCONVERSATION

39-2012

I) HIGHLIGHT
These days, every major American city seems to have a speakeasy, a secret club where illegal alcohol was sold during the booze-ban days of 1920-1930, the era of Al Capone.

Modern speakeasy bars just recreate those times atmosphere. They are not technically illegal nowadays.

First photo: The Patterson House, Nashville, Tennessee.
Second photo: Bourbon & Branch, San Francisco, California.

major - importante
speakeasy - bar (clandestino no tempo em que bebidas eram proibidas nos Estados Unidos)
booze-ban days - tempo em que bebidas alcoólicas eram proibidas
nowadays - hoje em dia

II) HIGHLIGHT

Pope Benedict XVI meets former Cuban leader and fellow octogenarian Fidel Castro in Havana. ( Source: L'Osservatore Romano/European Pressphoto Agency/March 28,2012)
to meet - encontrar
former - ex, anterior