On the radio it has with piano played today Billy Joel Man and in that moment, I felt transported back in time. I could see the little bar, see the flipper in the corner and Hari behind the bar. The Music of Billy Joel, Queen, U2 or The Rocky Horror Picture Show, hear and taste the peach or Fernet directly. And all of a sudden I felt the need after a long day, all the ordinary and non-ordinary stress and shortcomings, return to this bar.

The Caruso has long been my second home. With 16 Years, it was my first escape of known paths, an immersion in a world of adults and the possibility of hiding from everyday life. Although many were of course older than me, I never felt excluded or out of place, the common love for music and the bar have them disappear the barrier of age.

Today I understand this desire to come to a place, which is outside of everyday life and yet feels like a welcome, the better, because there are simply days, which are not intended to finish at home. And after the Piano Man, I note, that I lack a Caruso.