Courijinha and Maxim’s

[Coogee]

From time to time we hear about people who talk about good old times , where Corujinha and Maxim’s were great meeting points full of GP’s. As we know, the places are still there, but GP’s are long gone . If we want to revive old days, we have to tell the GP’s in the saunas that we will be at Maxine’s in the afternoon, pre- sauna and at Corujinha in the evenings , post- sauna. I think the GP’s will come back . Don’t they go where the trade is? 

[Riobard]

They would be moving along a continuum from cloistered brothel club at one end to less anonymity and closer to street-hustling at the other extreme, wouldn't they? The ones I know tend to shy away from greater public visibility.

I might get a subdued nod of greeting at Walter's sandwich cart, corner Candido Mendes and Gloria. It is, though, possible to pick up there.

It is a challenge to alter established patterns without the perks of instant gratification while you are building the thing you think they will cum to. 

[mvan1]

2 hours ago, Coogee said:

From time to time we hear about people who talk about good old times , where Corujinha and Maxim’s were great meeting points full of GP’s. As we know, the places are still there, but GP’s are long gone . If we want to revive old days, we have to tell the GP’s in the saunas that we will be at Maxine’s in the afternoon, pre- sauna and at Corujinha in the evenings , post- sauna. I think the GP’s will come back . Don’t they go where the trade is? 

The era of Corujinha's and Maxim's is finished - it's over.

Edward FitzGerald rendered an excellent explanation why places like you mentioned do not survive - and his words apply to many things in life:

"The bird of time has but a little way to flutter and the bird is on the wing."

• The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám 

Edward FitzGerald