Religious and spiritual experiences aside, about 10 of us
had a great time visiting Rick’s American Café in Casablanca. We walked there
after dinner on Monday night. It was designed and opened about 10 years ago by
Kathy Kriger, who had just retired as Commercial Attache for the American
embassy. All of the décor was taken from the movie, “Casablanca”. It was quite
beautiful and exotic, but no Humphrey Bogart or Sam. To our delight, Kathy was
seated at the end of the bar drinking her Jamieson and was eager to chat after
her initial shock at 10 Americans invading at once! She dispelled the rumor
that the current piano player was related to the original Sam in the movie, but
did tell us that Bogart had insisted that the movie director audition the son
of his personal cook of 35 years, who was a great singer and pianist but too
tall at 6’5” (compared to Bogart’s 5’6”!) to get the part. The movie was
playing in the upstairs bar on continuous loop. We all had a drink at the bar,
took pictures and taxied back to our hotel. A good time was had by all!
Am Shalom trip participants enjoyed a wonderful time in Morocco!
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