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By Griff Wigley, on May 26, 2010, 11:01 pm
 The 6 am Tuesday gang of sidewalk salonistas at the Goodbye Blue Monday were floundering a bit this week. Anchor Eric Johnson was out of town.
I’ve heard occasional objections over the past 5 years to my use of the term ‘salonistas.’ It’s a bit obscure, I admit, since the Urban Dictionary defines a salonista as “A person who wrote/worked for the online magazine Salon.com, especially during its heyday in the 1990s.” It also has a more generic meaning: anyone who regularly attends a conversation salon AKA a literary salon.
I’m not sure what term they’d prefer. Gasbag geezers?
By Griff Wigley, on July 24, 2009, 6:47 am
 Every couple of years, I take a photo of a group of sidewalk salonistas “… obstructing the sidewalk while using mood-altering chemicals in front of the Goodbye Blue Monday.”
They’re still at it, as evidenced from yesterday morning. See the 2007 and 2005 photos.
By Griff Wigley, on June 16, 2007, 10:25 am
 
Left: Exactly two years ago today, I blogged on N.org about a group of sidewalk salonistas “… obstructing the sidewalk while using mood-altering chemicals in front of the Goodbye Blue Monday.”
Right: Some of them are still engaging in the practice, as evidenced by this photo that I took earlier this week. The group is larger but the women seem to have bailed, strangely enough. (Click photos to enlarge.)
6/20 update: Marion Cass, Carleton chemistry professor, became the group’s token babe today.
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The 6 am Tuesday gang of sidewalk salonistas at the Goodbye Blue Monday were floundering a bit this week. Anchor Eric Johnson was out of town.
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