Well, the guys outdid themselves today and the initial foundation pour is now scheduled for Monday. In today's photo you can see little terracotta-colored "mushrooms" that mark the top of all the rebar which will eventually be found within 523's walls. We'll have an inspection Monday morning & then pour at 1:00. While I've done major remodels over the year, building "from scratch" is fascinating to me. I'm enjoying being a spectator to the process.
My next-door neighbor to-be, Nancy (in the future, she'll simply be "Nancy"), gave me the tour of her home today. It's a Craftsman-style house that at one point was comprised of 11 "apartments" during the 30's. She told me how the owner, his wife & his mother-in-law lived in the basement to keep the upper levels fully occupied. Nancy & her husband, Carl, have five children still at home. Their house is so warm & inviting - the kids have such a great place to grow up!
Nancy then introduced me to the Fountain Cafe on Washington Street which is parallel to Water Street. Most towns would call Water Street "Main Street", but it's perfectly named as it is. Fountain Cafe is a precious little spot for wonderful food & conversation! When we left, we went next door to the fairly new Perfect Endings Cupcakes. It's attached to an extensive tea shop next door and I can tell I will have to stay away from this temptation alley (great intentions...)! I left with a gorgeous cupcake for this evening. As we later walked toward the car, we saw a young girl atop a miniature horse in the middle of a rehearsal for Cirque de Poet which is to be a benefit performance for the orthopedic children's hospital. I was amazed at her angelic voice as four younger children (who I believe represented the four seasons?) danced around Haller Fountain. As Nancy & I, along with various other passing adults who had stopped to form the actors' audience, enjoyed their performance she whispered "Just another afternoon in PT". I've attached a photo of the kids - note that one of the "seasons" was BAREFOOT! I was chilled myself & can't imagine following her lead - particularly in ethereal costume!
Local photos to follow the next two days. Who knows what I'll find to show you?
Enjoy your weekend, whatever you want to do!
I read this early this morning Lili..."Attention is an underrated word. It doesn't get the...well, attention it deserves. We pay homage to love and happiness, and God knows, productivity, but rarely do we have anything good to say about attention. We are too busy, I suspect. Yet our lives are empty and meaningless without attention....Perhaps love and attention are really the same thing. The British scholar Avner Offer calls attention "the universal currency of well being". Attentive people, in other words, are happy people. Eric Weiner The Geography of Bliss.
ReplyDeleteThis is where I see you Lili...living in the centre of Attention.