Gil talks about birds and coffee houses. He shares quotes from old publications about chess.
Notable game: https://www.chess.com/blog/introuble2/the-chess-players-at-the-cafe-de-la-regence-disagreements-at-the-paris-vienna-match-of-1884-1885
Fraser's Magazine 1840 "The Café De La Régence" : https://archive.org/details/sim_frasers-magazine_1840-12_22_132/page/668/mode/2up