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new zealand consulate

from flight of the conchords posted in television by donkeyoti

Jemaine and Bret often go to the New Zealand Consulate (actually, the East Broadway Medical Association building) to meet with their band manager, Murray, in Flight of the Conchords.

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dave’s pawn shop

from flight of the conchords posted in television by donkeyoti

In the HBO show Flight of the Conchords, this is the location of Mohumbhai and Son's Pawn Shop where Jemaine and Bret's buddy, Dave, works.

In real-life, this is the home to Roger TV Services where you can buy TVs and air conditioners. They also sell DVD versions of the show here.

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museo ernest hemingway

from ernest hemingway posted in literature by pete_nice

Finca Vigía (English translation- Lookout Farm) is where Ernest Hemingway made his occasional home from 1939 to 1960. At this location, he wrote seven books, including The Old Man and the Sea, A Moveable Feast and Islands in the Stream.

Today, Finca Vigía is the home of the Cuban Museo Ernest Hemingway. The walls are covered with his hunting trophies and his books still line the shelves, and his fishing boat is outside.

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the hemingway-pfeiffer museum

from ernest hemingway posted in literature by pete_nice

In 1927, Ernest Hemingway married Pauline Pfeiffer of Piggott, Arkansas. She was a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism in 1918, and was working with the Paris Vogue magazine when they met at a party.

The couple was married from 1927-1940, and the Pfeiffer family financed much of Hemingway's writing career- purchasing the couple a car and a home in Florida.

Hemingway wrote much of A Farewell to Arms in the barn studio of this residence, and today it is a museum and educational center.

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musée mécanique (former)

from neutral milk hotel posted in music by ratsnamgod

The inspiration for the once untitled 10th track on In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

The band would visit this collection of arcade oddities when touring the Bay Area. On one visit, Jeff Mangum encountered a young girl who resembled the object of his obsession, Anne Frank.

The museum has moved from its Cliff House location that NMH visited to its current location in the Fisherman’s Wharf district.

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