Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Happy Birthday Jack Kerouac

today we celebrate jack kerouac's birthday. he was born jean-louis kerouac in 1922. kerouac is best remembered for writing on the road. it is said that he drank coffee, ate pea soup, and wrote his famous novel on a single ream of paper in just 20 days. kerouac hung out with some well known writers and poets in the early 1950's, people like allen ginsberg, william s. boroughs, and neal casady. one of these men lived in lawrence, ks. until he died in 1997. do you know who he was? tell a barista today and get double punches toward a free drink! the answer to the last trivia question: lois.

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